新标准初中英语第六册--MODULE 3 Now and then（在线收听）

[00:00.00]MODULE 3 Now and then

[00:03.88]Unit 1 People are       healthier today.

[00:07.84]Vocabulary and listening

[00:10.33]2 Listen and answer the  questions. Use the  words and expressions  to help you.

[01:18.99]3 Listen and read.

[01:22.59]Betty's mum:It's getting            late, Betty.

[01:24.92]Betty:Nearly finished!I'm doing a composition:Is life today better orworse than it was 50years ago?

[01:35.54]Betty's mum:And what do            you think?

[01:37.61]Betty:I think it's      better.

[01:39.59]The most importantdifference is thatpeople are healthiertoday,

[01:43.85]and they live longerthan they did in thepast.

[01:46.64]Betty's mum:That's true.The advantage is that weknow more about medicinetoday.

[01:52.09]We're better atpreventing illness.

[01:54.95]But people don't eat aswell as in the past, anddon't take as muchexercise as they did.

[02:01.29]Betty:I suppose that's      because public      transport is much      better today.

[02:05.73]Betty's mum:Yes, Iagree. People walk oruse their bikes less,and they're lazier.

[02:12.31]Faster transport alsomakes more pollution.And that makes life moredangerous and lesshealthy.

[02:19.39]Betty:What about work?      People don't have      to work as hard as      they worked 50      years ago.

[02:25.51]Betty's mum:Yes, but noone ever says they havetoo much free time!

[02:29.81]I also thinkschoolchildren todaywork harder than we everdid.

[02:34.36]Betty:Yes, but I really      want to do my      best.

[02:38.33]Betty's mum:Why don't you ask Mrs Lidownstairs? She's seenhow life has changed.

[02:44.19]Betty:That's a good      idea.

[02:46.00]Talking of free time,don't forget I'm goingon the school trip nextmonth, and the theatrevisit.

[02:52.65]Betty's mum:Good! You'llbe more relaxed and lessnervous before yourexams.

[02:57.82]4 Choose the best  answer.

[03:02.01]Now listen again andcheck.

[04:40.50]Pronunciation andspeaking

[04:43.26]7 Listen and notice the  stressed words.

[04:49.06]That's true. Theadvantage is that weknow more about medicinetoday.

[04:55.12]We're better atpreventing illness.

[04:58.07]But people don't eat aswell as in the past, anddon't take as muchexercise as they did.

[05:04.85]8 Underline the words  which you think the  speaker will stress.

[05:10.85]Now listen and check. Asyou listen, say thepassage aloud.

[05:16.84]Yes, I agree. Peoplewalk or use their bikesless, and they'relazier.

[05:23.72]Faster transport alsomakes more pollution.And that makes life moredangerous and lesshealthy.

[05:31.49]Unit 2 We weren't very       rich, but we were       happy.

[05:36.69]Reading

[05:38.02]2 Read the passage and  write notes about Mrs  Li's answers to the  ideas in Activity 1.

[05:46.77]Life in the pastMrs Li is over 70 yearsold, and has lived inBeijing all her life.

[05:55.21]I asked her about lifetoday and in the past.

[05:59.59]Tell me about yourparents, brothers andsisters.

[06:03.55]My parents, my sisterand three brothers livedin a small house besidea restaurant.

[06:11.65]We weren't very rich,but we were happy.

[06:15.40]My sister was the eldestchild and she leftschool when she was only12 to help my mother athome.

[06:23.84]Families have changeda lot since I was young.They were much bigger inthose days.

[06:30.72]Most of my friends hadlots of brothers andsisters. Today mostpeople only have onechild!

[06:38.65]Did your parents havejobs?

[06:41.09]My father went out towork. He was a factoryworker, and he oftenworked 12 hours a day.

[06:48.90]My mum wanted to work.She was a teacher beforeshe met my father.

[06:54.76]Looking after us was afull-time job, so shestayed at home.

[07:00.28]Today it's normal formarried women to go outto work, but it was lesscommon in the past.

[07:07.75]My father had the samejob the whole of hisworking life.

[07:12.47]These days people changetheir jobs much moreoften.

[07:17.28]What was life like athome?

[07:19.77]Well, I remember thefamily meals, threetimes a day.

[07:25.02]My mother was alwayscooking for us. Weweren't rich but we ateenough.

[07:31.79]And the food was alwaysfreshly cooked--mymother never boughtready-made food aspeople do today,

[07:40.59]so it was much betterfor us.

[07:43.07]And of course we didn'thave television, so weplayed games togetherand read a lot.

[07:50.33]I helped my youngerbrother with hishomework in theevenings.

[07:54.68]Where did you meet yourhusband?

[07:56.96]I first met him 60years ago.

[08:00.55]I was carrying someheavy bags on my bikeand I fell off! Hestopped and picked upmy bags.

[08:08.68]My parents liked him,and thought he came froma good family so we gotmarried a year later. Iwas only 19.

[08:18.97]These days mostcouples meet at work,and they just hope theirparents will be happyfor them if they marry.

[08:27.28]Has Beijing changed?

[08:29.85]Yes, there are lotsmore buildings and somuch more traffic! Ican't believe the numberof cars on the streets.

[08:39.55]But I suppose it's thesame everywhere. And Iwalk less these days andtake the bus more.

[08:47.13]And do you think life isbetter today?

[08:50.43]Well, I think so. I'mhealthier than I've everbeen.

[08:55.16]We live longer and weeat better. One day I'llbe talking to your owngrandchildren!

[09:03.53]Unit 3 Language in use

[09:07.24]4 Read the passage. Find  three examples of  things that made life  harder in the past  than it is today.

[09:16.78]Dear Christine,

[09:18.53]I was interested to hearabout your schoolproject--the lives ofchildren in VictorianBritain.

[09:25.25]Did you know that mygreat-grandparents grewup in those days?

[09:29.91]Things werecertainly(无疑) verydifferent for them, aschildren.

[09:33.65]In Victorian Britain,thousands of people cameto the cities to work inthe factories.

[09:39.92]By 1851, half thepopulation of thecountry lived in London.

[09:45.64]Instead of greencountryside, peoplelived in very smallhouses,

[09:51.15]very close to eachother, with no space forchildren to play.

[09:56.16]Families in those dayswere quite big.

[09:59.21]Often, there were fivechildren in one family,and they all had tosleep in houses of justtwo rooms.

[10:06.72]A whole street had toshare one outsidetoilet. Can you imaginethat?

[10:12.87]Most of the big citieswere dirty andunhealthy.

[10:16.81]The pollution fromfactories covered thestreets.

[10:20.52]People put their rubbishoutside in the streets.As a result, there weremany diseases.

[10:27.30]And life was harder forchildren in those times.

[10:30.82]They didn't always go toschool, because they hadto work instead.

[10:35.96]Many children startedwork in factories whenthey were only four orfive years old.

[10:42.27]They worked 12 hours aday, in dangerous andunhealthy jobs, for verylittle money.

[10:49.18]Many were hurt inaccidents from themachines.

[10:53.02]I think my great-grandparents wouldbe very pleased to seethat you and yourfriends

[10:58.79]don't have theseproblems in Londontoday!With loveGran

[11:04.44]6 Listen and complete  the table.

[12:29.32]Words and expressionsModule 3

[12:31.73]debate/di'beit/n.辩论illness/'iln╓s/n.病;疾病prevent/pri'vent/v.防止;预防medicine/'medsn/n.医学

[12:38.76]suppose/s╓'p╓uz/v.猜想;假设relaxed/ri'l╗kst/adj.放松的;松弛的

[12:42.56]eldest/'eldist/adj.(尤指家里孩子中)     年龄最大的married/'m╗rid/adj.已婚的;结婚的

[12:46.18]fall off (从……)跌落get married 结婚couple/'k╘pl/n.夫妻diet/'dai╓t/n.日常饮食

[12:53.31]lead a ... life过(某种生活)disease/di'zi:z/n.(尤指感染导致的)病;   疾病