2019学年度外研版选修七Module 4 Music Born in America Period 5 Function教案设计

■Goals

● To learn the way to compare the present and the past

■Procedures

Step 1: Warming-up exercises

First read these opinions from LISTENING on page 49 and answer the questions. Then do this individually, and then check your answers with a partner. Finally call back answers from the whole class.

For reference

1. The mother

2. -er... than; such as; as.... as; much more

3. used to /didn't use to

Step 2: While reading

Check the opinions that your parents have about the music you listen to.

Now work in pairs and discuss your answers. You are asked to do this individually, and then compare answers with a partner. Finally I'll call back answers from the whole class. You can ask them to start with "My parents (don't ) think that...."

Step 3: Exercises

Complete these sentences, making similar comparisons between the present and the past. Use the words in brackets. Do this individually, and then check answers with a partner. Finally I'll call back answers from the whole class.

For reference

1. Modern pop stars earn more money than pop stars used to in the sixties.

2. Old rock bands used to work harder than young rock bands do today.

3. These days, bands don't sing and play instruments as well as the old bands used to.

4. These days, music fans spend less money in buying records than people used to do.

5. In the old days, there used to be less opportunity to listen to music than there are now.