高中英語必修一Unit1Lesson4CityandCountryreading課件

1、WelcomeHow are city and country lifestyles different in China ? Country vegetable wheat farm fruitThe school in the country is very old and shabbytall buildings gym university cinema City Spacious and bright classroomHave computer classesThe school in the city is very modernand bright.boring, easy,

2、free, peaceful, relaxinginconvenientCountry Lifecrowed,busy, dangerous,stressful, exciting, interesting, modernCity lifeCan you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?Key words:office, farm,underground, walk, crowded, space, noisy quietLesson 4 City and CountryCity life country lifeVSPredict

3、ionGuess what the two articles are about . Fast readingRead text 1 in 2 minutes.Match the paragraphs with their main ideas.Para1 what to do in the morningPara2 what to do at nightPara3 how to spend the weekendsPara4 how to get to the officeRead text 2 in 2 minutes.Match the paragraphs with their mai

4、n ideas.Para 1 wake-up time Para 2 the activities in the eveningsPara 3 hobbies and special activitiesPara 4 the main work on the farmTrue or false:1. It takes Debbie less than fifty minutes to take the tube to work.2. Debbie studies French on Tuesday and Thursday just because she likes it very much

5、.3. The word “tube” is called by the Britain while it is called “underground” in American.4. Paul hasnt been to the Great Wall so far but this is his dream.5. If Paul lives in a big city, he may go to the cinema very often.6. If Paul and Debbie exchange their lifestyles, they might not get used to i

6、t although they seems to like each others life.TFFTTTT1. From the first paragraph of text 1, we can know that _. A. Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesnt have to. B. Debbie is rather tired of the underground. C. Debbie goes to work by car every day. D. Paul has to travel far away to work e

7、very day.Choose the best answers 2. In the last paragraph of text 2, it can be inferred that _. A. Pauls wife does not like movies B. Paul often goes to see the film C. the life of Paul is very convenient D. when Pauls children see the tube, they will get very excited3. The main idea of text 2 is th

8、at _. A. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England B. it is easy for Paul to go to work C. Paul is busy but without the stress of life D. Pauls life is very free4. Whose life is better, Debbies or Pauls? A .Debbies. B. Pauls. C. Both. D. Different people have different ideas.5. Which of

9、the following is NOT true according to the texts? A. Debbie has to spend all morning checking numbers every day on workweeks. B. Debbie likes to go to the countryside to have a weekend break sometimes.C. Debbie and Paul are both movie fanatics and both see movies a lot.D. Paul likes all the crowds a

10、nd the noise in London.Retelling Use your own words to retell the whole text according to the form , and try to add something about your own life . 4Go to the cinema drive to the country and go walking thereDance classes, go to the gym, French classesCenter of LondonGo to London for a weekend breakA

11、ll day8An accountantNorth of EnglandPlay with his children; study by distance learningA farmerSpeaking After graduation , where would you prefer to live , city or country ? And why ?City lifedangerouscolorfulstressfulexcitingbusyinterestingmodernfresh relaxing inconvenient peacefuleasyfreeCountry li

12、feboring City and Country Some people like to live in big cities. They say city life is colorful , convenient and exciting. There are shopping malls or supermarkets everywhere, so you can buy anything you like, while in the country, shops are very far away from your house. It is difficult to do shop

13、ping. In cities, people enjoy themselves in many ways in their spare time, going to the cinemas or theatres, taking a walk in the park, or watching a football gameconclusion But others prefer to live in the countryside. They say cities are crowded with people and cars. It is noisy.While people are s

14、uffering from all kinds of noise, you can enjoy yourself by sitting on the hillside watching the cattle around you. And now cities are becoming dirtier and dirtier. Factories and cars send out poisonous gases, which pollute the air and sky over cities is often gray. Water pollution and white pollution are also big problems in cities. On the contrary, the sky is blue and water is clear in the country. Different people have different choices. Where would you like to live, in the city or in the country, is up to youAs young students , we should devote ourselves to our homeland ; we