外研版九年级下册Module3 Unit 2 I think life is better today.

1、Families have got smaller than they were in the past. Today most people only have one or two children. There were five children in my family.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. She didnt go out to w

2、ork. My daughter goes to work even after getting married. I wasnt sent to school because my family couldnt afford it, and whats more, because I was a girl. My daughter is really lucky. She has a good education.Read the passage again and answer the questions.1.What kind of article is it?2. Where does

3、 Mrs Li live?An interviewMrs. Li lives in Beijing.3. How often could Mrs Li eat meat in the past?4. Why does Mrs Li sometimes feel lonely now?Once or twice a year.Because her daughter cant come to see her often.A novelLife in the past Life now1. Family: bigger; 1. Family: smaller; five children one

4、child2. Food: 2. Read the passage and complete the notes and add more points of your own.simple, eat meat once or twice a year.Eat better.Life in the past Life now3. Work: 3. 4. Education: 4. My mother didnt go out to work. Looking after us was more than a full-time job.My daughter goes to work even

5、 after getting married. And she is busy working every day.I wasnt sent to school because my family couldnt afford it, and whats more, because I was a girl.My daughter has a good education.My father was a postman, and he often worked twelve hours a day Complete the passage with the words and expressi

6、on in the box.candles cold generally speaking postman tiny traffic Mrs Lis father was a (1) _. He often worked outside for twelve hours a day in the summer 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 tha