1Look at the woman in the photo. How do you...部分翻译
. family 家庭
. work 工作
. health健康
. education教育
2Read the passage and taked notes on what Mrs Li says ...部分翻译
Life noe and then
现在和那时的生活
By Betty King
——贝蒂·金
Mrs Li is over seventy years old. She has lived in Beijing all her life. I asked her about life today and in the past.
李太太七十多岁了。她一辈子都生活在北京。我问了她关于现在和过去的生活状况。
What was your life like in the past?
您过去的生活是什么样子的？
My family lived in a tiny house.There were no electric lights,only candles My father was a postman,and he often worked twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. My mum was a farm girl before she met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She didn't go out to work.There were five children in my family, and lookinci after us was more than a full-tima job.
我的家人住在一所很小的房子里。没有电灯，只有蜡烛。我父亲是一名邮递员，（不管）寒冬或酷暑，他经常每天在外工作12个小时。我母亲在遇到我父亲之前是一个农家女孩。她是一位善良、慈爱的母亲。她没有外出工作。我家有五个孩子，照顾我们比做一份全职工作还要辛苦。
I remember the family meals. The food was simple. We could only eat meat once or twice a year. I wasn't sent to school because my family couldn't afford it ,and what's more,because I was a girl.
我记得（当时）家里的饭菜。食物很简单。我们一年只能吃一两次肉。我没有被送去上掌，因为我的家庭负担不起，而且，因为我是个女孩。
How has life changed?
生活发生了怎样的变化？
Families have got smaller than they were inthe past. Today most people only have one child! The role of women has changedtoo.My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education,and she goes towork even after getting married. l'm happy to see she's busy working every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can't come to see me often.
（现在的）家庭比过去的小了。现在大多数人只有一个孩子！女性的角色也改变了。我女儿真幸运。她受过良好的教育，她甚至在婚后还去工作。我很高兴地看到她每天忙着工作，但有时我感觉孤独，因为她不能经常来看我。
Transport, and travel are easier today. When I was young,l went everywhere on foot or sometimes by bike. Now you can take the bus everywhere,and there's also the underground. And you young people can take a plane to anywhere in the world. The only thing I don't like though, is that there's so much more traffic.It's so difficult to cross the road.
交通和旅行现在更便利了。在我小时候，我去哪里都是步行或者有时骑自行车。现在你到处都能乘公交车，还有地铁。而且你们年轻人能乘飞机去世界的任何地方。不过，只有一件事我不喜欢，那就是交通更加繁忙。过马路是那么难。
Of course,we didn't have television when I was a child. I really enjoy watching television today. There're so many good programmes,like the Beijing Opera and old films. But some of the shows are too noisy for me.
当然，当我是个孩子的时候，我们没有电视。现在我非常喜欢看电视。有那么多好节目，像京剧和老电影。但一些节目对我而言太吵闹了。
Generally speaking,l think life is better to day. We eat better and we live longer.总的来说，我认为现在的生活更好。我们吃得更好，也更长寿了。
Now complete the notes and add more points of your own.
现在完成笔记，添加更多你自己的观点。
Life in the past
过去的生活
1． Family:bigger; five children
家庭：更大；5个孩子
2．Food：
食物：
3．Work：
工作：
4．Education：
教育：
Life now
现在的生活
1．Family家庭； smaller更小；one child 一个孩子
3Complete the passage with the words and expression in the bo
candles蜡烛 cold寒冷的 generally speaking总的来说 postman 邮递员
tiny很小的 traffic交通
Mrs Li's father was a (1)______. He often worked outside for twelve hours a day in the sum mer heat or in the winter(2)_______.They lived in a (3)_____house and used (4)______for light. Mrs Li says that (5)______,life is better today. But not everything is satisfying.There are some things that she is not happy with,for example,the (6)_____.
李太太的父亲是一位邮递员。（不管）酷暑或寒冬，他经常每天在外工作12个小时。他们住在一所很小的房子里并使用蜡烛照明。李太太说，总的来说，现在的生活更好了。但并非一切都令人满意。有一些事情她感到不满意，例如(6)交通。
4Write a passage about the advantages and ...部分翻译
Choose two or three points from the notes in Activity 2 to write about.
从活动2的笔记中选择两个或三个要点叙述。
Families are smaller. . .
家庭更小了……
Give examples or reasons to support those points.
给出例子或理由来支持那些观点。
Most people only have one child today.
今天大多数人只有一个孩子。
For each of the points you choose, write about an advantage and/or a disadvantage. Use the words however, but, although or used to where appropriate.
对于你选择的每个要点，写出一个优点和／或一个缺点。在恰当之处使用词语however，but，although或used to。
Families are smaller because most people only have one child today. As a result, families have more money to spend on their child. However,an only child may feeI lonely. . .
家庭更小了，因为现在大多数人只有一个孩子。因此，家庭有更多的钱花费在他们的孩子身上。然而，独生子女可能感觉孤单……
Finish the passage with your conclusion.
用你的结论完成短文。
Generally speaking,I think. . .
总的来说，我认为……
5Present your passage to the class．部分翻译
Present your passage to the class．
将你的短文展示给同学们。