Unit1PastandpresentReading(I)I
TeachingaimsandlearningobjectivesBytheendofthelesson,studentsshouldbeableto:1
skimthearticleforthemainideaofeachpart;2
scanthearticletogetspecificinformation;3
retellthechangesinSunshineTownandthefeelings;4
discussthechangesinourcity
Teachingcontents1
Newwordsandphrases:since,ever,northern,married,wife,block,since,over,pollution,factory,waste,realize,improve,situation,however,impossible,before,lonely,anyway,husband,interview,turn…into…,insomeways,fromtimetotime,allone’slife2
Newstructures:DoyouknowSunshineTownverywell,MrChen
I’velivedheresinceIwasborn
Hasthetownchangedalotovertheyears
Nowthegovernmenthasturnedpartofthetownintoanewpark
Ithasbecomeimpossibleforustoseeeachotherasoftenasbefore
NowIfeelabitlonelyfromtimetotime
Focusofthelessonandpredictedar