初中英语八年级下册《Integratedskills》课件.ppt

Kitty is writing about Starlight Town in her diary. Complete her diary entry on the next page with the words in the box. * 8B Unit 1 Integrated skills Can you tell us the changes to your hometown? 2. What was Sunshine Town like in the past and what’s Sunshine Town like today? 3. Think about the environment, the transport and the living conditions. Free Talk a place of ______ beauty a ________ town natural modern Changes in Starlight Town 1. Why do you call it a place of natural beauty? 2. What kind of transport can you use, a bike, a taxi or a bus? 3. Do the people live in tall buildings? a place of natural beauty environment see hear feel a modern town 1. Why do you call it a modern town? 2. How can you travel to and from the town? 3. Do people still live in small houses? developments tall buildings new flats many shopping malls Listen to the tape, complete the lists below. Environment: green(1) _______,clean and fresh(2)________,willd (3)___________near the lake Transport: bus and(4)_________ Living conditions: old(5) _________ past bike/bicycle hills air birds houses Environment:smaller(1)______________,new(2)__________station, tall(3)_____________and new roads Transport: bus,taxi and (4)______ Living conditions: new (5)_____ flats railway lake buildings train Present air bicycle birds buildings flats hills houses modern railway taxi Today, I borrowed a book about Starlight Town’s past and present. Starlight Town was very beautiful years ago.There were green (1)_________and wild(2)________near the lake.The (3)______was clean and fresh then. hills birds air Now it has become a (4)_______ town. There is a new (5)___________station. There are some new roads, too. People can now travel to and from town by bus,(6)____ or train, but in the past, people could only travel by bus or(7)________. modern railway taxi bicycle Another big change is the many