序号 课题 课型 讲学时间 班级 姓名 8 Unit 1 Lesson 4 Language preparation for reading skill training 第 周 【学习目标】

After the class, the students will be able to:

1. 用一些名词和形容词来描述城市生活和乡村生活，如：quiet, crowded, noisy, tube, underground, office, farm, space, accountant, lung, distance learning;

2. 通过看文章的标题、图片和阅读文章的第1-3句来预测文章的主题;

3. 了解城市生活和乡村生活的异同。

【课前预习】★为B层选做

1. Talk about city and country lifestyles with you partners. Use the following key words to help you.

1. What do you think of city life?

2. What do you think of country life?

★3.What do city people and country people usually do for fun at night separately(分别地)？

★4.What do city people and country people usually do at weekend separately?

★2. Read the passage and learn different ideas about city life and country life and then answer the question.

Cities and Countryside

　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 shopping. In cities, people enjoy themselves in many ways in their free time, going to the cinemas or theatres, taking a walk in the park, or watching a footfall game...

But others prefer to live in the countryside. They say cities are crowded with people and cars. It is noisy. While people are suffering from all kinds of noise, you can enjoy yourself by sitting on the hillside watching the cows around you. And now cities are becoming dirtier and dirtier. Factories and cars send out dirty gases, which pollute the air and the sky over cities is often gray. Water pollution and white