北师大版高中英语必修一unit1-lesson4-City-and-Country.docVIP

北师大版高中英语必修一unit1-lesson4-City-and-Country 北师大版高中英语必修一unit1-lesson4-City-and-Country PAGE 北师大版高中英语必修一unit1-lesson4-City-and-Country Lifestyles City and Country Part A Reading: City and Country Before you start 1. Answer these questions to prepare yourself. Use the Key Words below to help you. Key Words: office, farm, underground, walk, crowded, space, quiet, noisy (1)How are city and countyr lifestyles different in China? (2)Can you imagine city and country lifestyles in Britain? 2. Guess what the two articles are about. Read to learn 3. Now read the two texts quickly and check your guesses. City and country Debbie is an accountant in a large company in the centre of London. I need to be in my office by nine o’clock so I usually get up at seven o’clock. I travel to work on “the tube”. That’s what people call the underground in London. It takes about fifty minutes. Usually, it’s so crowded that I can’t find anywhere to sit. I just stand. I’m always tired before I arrive at work. I don’t like the underground! I spend all morning checking numbers. Lunch is always simple. I often get a sandwich in a nearby sandwich shop or I just have some biscuits and a cup of coffee. Then in the afternoon, I return to the paperwork in the office. On Monday nights, I have dance classes, and on Wednesday nights, I go to the gym. I need to do that because I don’t get enough exercise otherwise. On Tuesday and Thursday nights, I have French classes. I work for a French company so I think studying French will help me in my job. I go to the cinema almost every weekend. Sometimes, if the weather forecast is good, my friends and I drive to the countryside for a weekend break. We like to visit nice, quiet places far away from the city and go walking where there are no shops, crowds or the tube. That fresh air is so good for my lungs. I love it. Paul lives in a small village in the north of England. I usually get up at four o’clock every morning when it’s still dark. I live and work on th