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Unit2Ithinklifeisbettertoday.LookattheseBeijing’spictures.Saywhatlifewaslikeinthepastandwhatlifeisliketoday.roads---narrowhouses---small,crowdedringroads---widebuildings---tall,brightlivingconditions---hardlivingconditions---comfortablecommunications---simple,slowinthepastsendatelegramatpresentcommunications---various,quick,easyLookatthewomaninthephoto.Howdoyouthinkshefeels?Thinkaboutwhatshewilltalkabout.•family•health•work•educationReadandtakenotesonwhatMrs.LisaysaboutthepointsinActivity1.Thencompletethenotesandmorepointsofyourown.Family:bigger,fivechildrenFood:Work:Education:Transport：Entertainment：Lifeinthepastsimple,meatonlyonceortwiceayearhardanddifficultwork,longhoursexpensive,oftenonlyforboysonfootorbybikenotelevisionFamily:smaller;onechildLifenowFood:Work:Education:Transport：Entertainment：morefoodandbetterfoodinterestingjobsforboysandgirlsgoodschoolsforeveryonemucheasier，buses，carsandplanestelevision,computers,etcReadthepassageagainandanswerthequestions.1.WheredoesMrsLilive?2.HowoftencouldMrsLieatmeatinthepast?3.WhydoesMrsLifeellonelysometimes?Mrs.LilivesinBeijing.Onceortwiceayear.Becauseherdaughtercan’tcometoseeheroften.Completethepassagewiththewordsandexpressioninthebox.candlescoldgenerallyspeakingpostmantinytrafficMrs.Li’sfatherwasa_______________.Heoftenworkedoutsidefortwelvehoursadayinthesummerheatorinthewinter____________.Theylivedina__________houseandused_________________forlight.postmancoldtinycandlesMrs.Lisaysthat_______________,lifeisbettertoday.Butnoteverythingissatisfying.Therearesomethingsthatsheisnothappywith,forexample,the_________________.generallyspeakingtrafficWorkinpairsandtalkabouttheadvantagesanddisadvantagesoflifenowforMrsLi.Talkaboutthechangesinyourhometown.Thenreportittotheclass.1.Whatwas/were…likeinthepast?2.Whathashappenedto…nowadays?3.Whatwill…belikeinthefuture?liveinlowhousesliveintallbuildingsplantcropswiththehelpoffarmanimalsplantcropswiththehelpoffarmmachinesstudyinamodernschoolstudyinanoldschool1.…lookingafteruswasmorethanafull-timejob.Languagepoints“morethan+名词”表示“不只是，不仅仅是”Heismorethanafathertoher.他待她胜过父亲。Katewasmorethanateacher.Shealsodidwhatshecouldtotakecareofherpupils.凯特不仅仅是位教师，她还尽其所能照顾她的学生。morethan与数词连用，意思是“多于，大于，超过”。例如：Ihaveknownhimformorethantwentyyears.我认识他已超过二十年了。morethan与形容词连用，表示“非常、十分”。例如：Theyweremorethanhappytoseeuscomebackfromtheholiday.看到我们度假归来，他们异常高兴。知识链接affordv.担负得起(……的费用、损失、后果等),常用在can和beableto之后;通常构成短语affordsth.或affordtodosth.。Theboywantstoseeamovie,buthecan’taffordaticket.那个男孩想看场电影,但却买不起票。Shecan’taffordtogoabroad.她没有足够的钱去国外。2.…becausemyfamilycouldn’taffordit.答案：can'taffordtodosth.“负担不起”是固定搭配，故答案选Ｂ。句意：我们不能再浪费时间了。There’salottodo.Wecan’t________towasteanytime.(2011年江苏省无锡市中考)A.waitB.affordC.wantD.have根据句意和所给解释补全句中的单词。Thehouseistoodear.Ican’t______it.(beabletomeetthecostof)Themanhadenoughmoneyandhecouldafford______thefamouscar.A.tobuyB.buyingC.buyD.boughtaffordAprovide是“提供”之意,通常构成providesb.withsth.或providesth.forsb.Theschoolprovidedthestudentswithmanybooks.=Theschoolprovidedmanybooksforthestudents.学校向学生提供了很多书。知识链接supply意为“供给；供应”,通常构成supplysth.tosb.或supplysb.withsth.。supply还可以作名词。如:Waterisinshortsupplyinthisarea.这个地区水供应不足。Thegovernmentsuppliessomefoodandclothestothepoor.政府给贫困群众提供了一些食物和衣服。用afford,supply或provide的适当形式填空。1.Lastweekend,weheldafoodfestival.I_________noodlesanddumplingsforit.2.Inthisarea,foodisinshort_______.3.WhenIsawtheinformationabouthomelesschildrenontheInternet,Idecidedto_________________themwithhelp.4.Mybrotherneedsacomputer,buthecan’t_________tobuyone.providedsupplyprovide/supplyaffordeducationn.(各人的)教育；学业Moremoneyshouldbespentoneducation.应当在教育方面投入更多的资金。ShereceivedamedicaleducationinJapan.她在日本受过医学教育。Hegavehissonafirst-rateeducation.他让他的儿子接受了一流的教育。educationaladj.教育的；有教育意义的3.Shehasagoodeducation.education一般用作不可数名词，但表示一段或一种“教育”时,其前可加不定冠词;在有形容词修饰时,则一定要加不定冠词。---Whatareyoureading,Jane?---Somebookson_______education.I’mnowinterestedin_______educationofyoungpeople.A.an;theB./;theC.the;anD.an;/解析:第一个education意为“教育;教育学”，为不可数名词，因此不用冠词;而第二个education表示特指，意为“年轻人的教育”，因此用定冠词，故答案为B。Bgetmarried意思是“结婚”，表示动作。如：Wehadknowneachotherforyearsbeforewegotmarried.Theyhavehadahappylifesincetheygotmarried.bemarried强调结婚了的状态,可与表示一段时间的状语连用;而getmarried只能跟表示某一时间点的状语连用。4.…evenaftergettingmarried.bebusydoingsth.忙于做某事Heisbusypreparingfortheexamination.他忙着准备考试。Heisbusywritingaletter.他正忙着写信。萨莉现在忙着照顾婴儿。Sallyisnowbusy_____________thebaby.5.…sheisbusyworkingeveryday.takingcareof【2013山东枣庄】汉译英这些学生现在忙于观看中国和美国的篮球赛。（bebusydoing）Thesepupils/studentsarebusywatchingthebasketballgame/competitionbetweenChinaandtheU.S.now.bebusywith…忙于做某事Heisbusywithsomeimportantwork.他正忙于处理一些重要的事情。busy用于too...to结构时可接动词不定式。Sheistoobusytolookafterherchild.她太忙，没有时间照料孩子。知识拓展6.It’ssodifficulttocrosstheroad.It’s…(forsb.)todosth.这是一个很常用的句型,意思是“(对某人来说)做某事是…….”。例如：It’snormal(foryou)tofeelnervousbeforeanexam.Itwasn’teasy(forme)toworkoutthemathsproblem.It’simportant(forhim)toknowthetruth.7.Ireallyenjoywatching…enjoyv.享受；喜欢enjoy后可接名词、代词、反身代词或动名词，但不能接不定式。NowthatIamfree,Icanenjoymusicforawhile.既然有空，我可以享受一下音乐。Ienjoyreadin