Before you start •Answer these questions to prepare yourself . Use the key words below to help you .•1 How are city and country lifestyles different in China ?2 Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain?Key words:office, farm,underground, walk, crowded, space, quiet, noisyReading Strategies: Prediction• Before you read a text, look at the title, photographs and drawings.• Read the first two or three lines of the text.• Try to guess what the text is going to be about.2 Guess what the two articlesare about .3. Now read the texts quickly and check your guesses .City lifeTraffic jamsFresh airTall buildingsisolationCountry lifeCity lifeTraffic jams…pollutionFresh aircrimemodern museumsfirsthand informationisolationCountry lifeinconvenient trafficpeaceful environment… 4 Read and fill the table with information about Debbie and Paul’s lives. Add information about your own life and compare.Information tableDebbiePaulYouPlace of residentsA big cityA small villageWake up timeOccupationstudentWorking hoursPlace of workEvening activitiesspecial activitiesDebbiePaulLives inA big cityA small villageWake-up time 7JobWorking hoursWorks inEvening activitiesSpecial activities4Go to the cinema drive to the country and go walking thereDance classes, go to the gym, French classesCenter of LondonGo to London for a weekend breakAll day8An accountantNorth of EnglandPlay with his children; study by distance learningA farmerYou City6studentAll dayNo. 159 Middle SchoolStudy Go shopping, study, sleep, play computer games…1.From the paragraph of Passage 1, we can 1.From the paragraph of Passage 1, we can know that ___know that ___A.A. Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn’t Debbie has to get up very early but Paul doesn...
