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8B Unit 1 Past and present 

Integrated skills

教学目标: 1. To listen for details about changes to Starlight Town.

         2. To learn the new words and useful expressions by identifying specific details in pictures and general context.

3. To learn to talk about the changes in your own life.

1. Let’s talk about Sunshine Town’s past and present. Think about the buildings, the

   environment and the living conditions.

   Q:What does Mr Chen think about the changes to Sunshine Town?

2. A1 Daniel and Kitty are doing their history project. Listen to their conversation.

   Complete the information below about Starlight Town in the past. (P 15)

    Tip 1: Before listening, you can look at the pictures and read the text first, then guess

         the answer.

    Tip2: If the answer is a long word, you can write some letters.

Qs:  1. What can you see in Starlight Town in the past?

     2. What kind of transport can people use in the past, a bike, a taxi or a bus?

     3. Do the people live in tall buildings?

A2 Listen to the rest of their conversation and complete the information about today’s

   Starlight Town. (P 15)

Qs:  1. What can you find in this picture?

2. How can people travel to and from the town at present?

3. Team racing

Work in groups to tell Starlight Town’s past and present. What has changed in the transport, the environment and the living conditions there?

e.g. In the past, people travelled by bus or bicycle in Starlight Town, but now they can travel by bus, taxi or even train.

e.g. A: What was the environment like in the past in Starlight Town?

B: There were green hills, clean and fresh air ··· what about the environment now?

A: Now the lakes become smaller, and there is a railway station, tall buildings and new flats.

B: Oh, it has changed a lot over the years/a lot of changes have taken place over the years in Starlight Town.

4. A3 Kitty is writing about Starlight Town in her diary. Complete her diary entry with the words in the box. (P 15)

13 February

Dear Diary,

Today, I borrowed a book about Starlight Town’s past and present.

Starlight Town was very beautiful years ago. There were green _______ and wild ______ near the lake. The ______ was clean and fresh then.

Now it has become a _______ town. There is a new _______ station. There are some new roads too. People can now travel to and from the town by bus, _______ or train, but in the past, people could only travel by bus or ___________.

Another big change is the many tall _________ in the town. Local people used to live in old _______, but now, most of them have moved into new _______.

Starlight Town has changed a lot over the years. I hope I can visit it again.

5. Starlight Town got ___________________.

  Starlight Town lost ___________________.

  People can get a lot from the changes, but they also lost a lot. Further thinking：What can we do to make our city more beautiful?

6. Free talk: How can we keep in touch with our old friends?

  send an email   send a message   chat on WeChat   send a letter  make a phone call   chat on QQ

The Internet makes communication much easier.

  We mainly communicate with each other by QQ/ WeChat(微信).

7. Speak up: We haven’t seen each other since then.

Millie is telling Sandy about an old friend. Listen to their conversation and answer the questions.

1. Where has Becky just returned from?

2. When did Millie and Becky last see each other?   

3. Why hasn’t Millie seen Becky for such a long time?

4. How do they keep in touch with each other?

Complete the dialogue between Millie and Sandy.

Millie: I met my old friend Becky last week. She’s just ________ from the USA.

Sandy: Really? When did you ___ see each other?

Millie: About ___ years ago. She went abroad with her parents. We _________each other since then.

Sandy: Oh, you were still at ______school then. So how do you _________with each other?

Millie: We mainly ___________ by email. The Internet ______ communication much easier.

Sandy: Exactly.

8. Chat time

Work in pairs and make the similar dialogue. 

Useful expressions: How long is it since you last saw each other?

When did you last see each other?

How long have you known your friend?

We’ve known each other for 5 years.

How do you keep in touch with each other?

We mainly communicate by telephone/ text/email.   

9. Make up dialogues about changes in your life

10. Homework

1. Finish some related exercises.

2. Grasp the new words and useful expressions.

3. Preview Study skills on page 17.