高中英语必修一unit1L4

Unit 1 L4 City and Country
Debbie is an accountant in a large company in the centre of London.
I need to be in my office by nine o’clock so I usually get up at seven o’clock. I travel to work on “the tube”. That’s what people call the underground in London. It takes about fifty minutes. Usually, it’s so crowded that I can’t find anywhere to sit. I just stand. I’m always tired before I arrived at work. I don’t like the underground!
I spend all morning checking numbers. Lunch is always simple. I often get a sandwich in a nearby sandwich shop or just have some biscuits and a cup of coffee. Then in the afternoon, I return to the paperwork in the office.
On Monday night, I have dance classes, and on Wednesday nights, I go to the gym. I need to do that because I don’t get enough exercise otherwise. On Tuesday and Thursday nights, I have French classes. I work for a French company so I think studying French will help me in my job.
I go to the cinema almost every weekend. Sometimes, if the weather forecast id good, my friends and I drive to the countryside for a weekend break. We like to visit nice, quiet places far away from the city and go walking where there are no shops, crowds or the tube. That fresh air is so good for my lungs.
I love it.
Paul lives in a small village in the north of England.
I usually get up at four o’clock every morning when it’s still dark. I live and work on the farm so I don’t need to travel. After a big breakfast in my house, I walk out of the front door and I’m already at work.
There are many things to do on the farm all day. We don’t have the same work hours that office workers in the city have. We do jobs when they need to be done and that could be early in the morning or late at night. I have cows, sheep, pigs and chickens on my farm. I have to make sure they are free of sickness. I also grow wheat and vegetables do there are many things to look after.
In the evening, I like to play with my children. I have two children, a boy and a girl. They are six and eight years old. I also like to study. Right now I am studying Chinese by distance learning. I am very interested in China and it’s my dream to see the Great Wall one day.
I love movies. My wife calls me a “movie fan”. But there isn’t a cinema in my village so I don’t get the chance to go very often. I go about twice a year, usually when I go to London with my family. We take a weekend break there when I am not too busy on the farm. My wife loves looking in the clothes shops and I like all the crowds and the noise. I also like to buy a few cigars. Unfortunately , my wife isn’t as fond of them as I am. My son and daughter love to ride on London’s red buses and they especially love to go on the tube!
V ocabulary
Use the words from the texts to complete the sentences below.
Accountant, tube, underground, crowded, nearby, otherwise,
cigar, lung, forecast, distance learning
1. In England, the _______________often called the __________. Many people travel on this to work.
2. Smoking _____________can cause ______________ cancer!
3. The _______________says that the weather this weekend is going to be sunny and warm.
4. If you like maths you could be an ____________, ______________ you could be a maths teacher.
5. There is restaurant ___________ and it is always _________ because it is so popular.
6. I am studying business communication by ______________________.
【课前训练】
默写词组
开（电源）________________________ 关（电源）________________________
转换频道________________________ 抱怨________________________
换衣服________________________ 电视连续剧________________________
散步________________________ 下楼________________________
占据________________________ 充满________________________
抱怨n. ____________________ argue (v.)-------__________________(n.)。