Step 1 Review 第一步 复习(时间:8分钟)
通过开展主题为“我和爷爷奶奶比童年”的讨论活动，引导学生更加珍惜新社会的幸福生活，从而导入本课话题。
1. (检查作业。让学生在小组内交流自己的报告，然后每个小组推荐出一名学生向全体同学汇报。师生互动，谈论爷爷奶奶的童年生活。)
Example:
T: Who can tell us what your grandparents’ life was like in the past?
S1: Let me try. My granny had a hard life during her childhood. Her family was very big and poor. Her parents couldn’t afford an education for her.
S2: My grandpa used to be a child laborer…
S3: …
T: Very good. So you should cherish today’s life and study hard.
2. (谈论新社会的幸福生活，感受社会进步。)
T: What do you think of your life at present?
Ss: We are living a happy life.
S4: We have a balanced diet.
S5: We can wear different kinds of clothes.
S6: We can also get a good education. For example, we have chances to draw pictures, play the musical instruments and receive some other trainings.
…
T: Well done. As we know, great changes have taken place in China. Today let’s talk about the changes in Beijing.
Step 2 Presentation 第二步 呈现(时间:14分钟)
通过多媒体或图片创设语言情境，教学生词，培养学生快速阅读的能力。
1. (用多媒体或图片呈现旧北京城和现代北京城的照片并做比较，从而引出生词。)
T: Let’s look at the place which Kangkang’s granny lived in. It was old Beijing. What were Beijing’s roads like? Look at today’s Beijing. What are Beijing’s roads like now?
S1: In the past Beijing’s roads were narrow. (教师引导并帮助学生用narrow回答。)
(板书并要求学生理解。)
narrow
S2: But Beijing’s roads are wide now.
T: You’re right. Do you know how to keep in touch with our friends far away nowadays?
(板书，讲解并要求学生掌握。)
keep in touch with, far away
S3: We can keep in touch with our friends on the Internet.
S4: We can use cellphones to keep in touch with our friends.
T: Great. But do you know how people kept in touch with their friends and relatives in the past?
S5: They used to write letters.
T: Yes, good. At that time if we wanted to keep in touch with others, we could also send telegrams. But nowadays we can use many sorts of communication methods, such as telephones, cellphones, fax machines, the Internet, and so on.
(板书，要求学生理解telegram, fax, relative；掌握sort和communication。)
relative, telegram, sort, communication, fax
T: In the past the communications were slow, but today’s communications are very quick. So we can say, China has made rapid progress already.
(板书并要求学生掌握。)
quick, rapid, progress, make progress, already
2. (仔细阅读1a，回答幻灯片中呈现的问题，提高学生的阅读理解能力。)
(1) How about Beijing’s roads in the past?
(2) Could most families get enough food in the past?
(3) Why didn’t the children have chances to go to school?
(4) What about people’s life nowadays in Beijing?
(教师核对答案, 并作必要的讲解。)
3. (学生跟读课文录音, 找出文中的疑难点，让学生根据课文内容猜测生词和短语的含义。教师板书并讲解。要求学生掌握succeed；理解reform and opening-up；了解leisure和 mainly。)
see…oneself
so…that…
leisure
mainly
not only…but also…
reform and opening-up
China has developed rapidly since 1978.
Step 3 Consolidation 第三步 巩固(时间:10分钟)
让学生再读课文，找出中心句，完成1b。然后完成反映北京今昔变化的表格，并根据表格内容复述课文，巩固1a。
1. (快速阅读1a，完成1b，找出每段的中心句。)
T: Open your books, read 1a quickly and write down the topic sentence of each paragraph.
(师生核对答案。幻灯片呈现各段中的主题句。)
(1) Kangkang’s granny has seen the changes in Beijing herself.
(2) In the 1960s, the living conditions in the city were poor.
(3) China has developed rapidly since the reform and opening-up. (让学生了解：当使用since表示时间时，主句中的动词通常用现在完成时或过去完成时。详细讲解详见本单元第三话题。)
(4) It is important to remember the past, live in the present and dream about the future.
2. (让学生再次阅读1a。两人一组填表格, 加深对北京今昔变化的了解。)
(用投影仪出示表格。)
In Beijing In the past Nowadays
Road
House
Communication
Living condition
(几分钟后，核对答案。)
3. (让学生根据上述表格中所填信息复述课文。)
T: You can begin like this:
My granny has lived in Beijing for more than forty years, so she has seen the changes in Beijing herself. In the past, the roads were narrow …
Step 4 Practice 第四步 练习(时间:8分钟)
比较新旧北京城的图片，并采取师生互动、分组采访的活动形式，展现北京城的今昔巨变，培养学生热爱生活，热爱社会的良好情感。
1. (再次呈现新旧北京城的图片, 参照上一步的表格，师生互动, 完成1c。)
T: What were Beijing’s roads like in the past?
Ss: Beijing’s roads were narrow.
T: What has happened to Beijing’s roads nowadays?
Ss: Beijing’s roads have changed. They are wider than before. There are more ring roads.
T: What will Beijing’s roads be like in the future?
Ss: We think Beijing’s roads will be the widest in the world in the future.
2. (分组采访：二人一组, 其中一个扮演记者，另一个扮演居住在北京多年的老人，对北京的变化做一个采访。提高学生的口语表达能力，培养热爱生活热爱社会的情感。R=Reporter，M=Man)
R: Hello! How do you do?
M: How do you do?
R: May I ask you some questions?
M: Of course. Go ahead.
R: How long have you lived in Beijing?
M: I have lived here for more than thirty years.
R: Oh. Can you describe the changes about the roads, houses and living conditions of Beijing in the past thirty years?
M: OK. I was born in old Beijing. At that time, Beijing’s roads were narrow and crowded. My house was small and dark and the living conditions were hard. In summer, it was very hot while it was very cold in winter. How hard the life used to be! But now you can see Beijing’s roads are getting wider and wider. I live in a tall and bright building and my living conditions are comfortable. How happy the life is now!
R: Thank you.
(请尽可能多的学生在课堂上表演其采访，评出表演最好的小组。)
Step 5 Project 第五步 综合探究活动(时间:5分钟)
学生分组谈论自己家乡的变化，课后写篇作文。教育学生要更加热爱自己的家乡，为家乡拥有更美好的未来而努力学习。
1. (分组谈论家乡今昔的巨变，并绘制对比简图，形成调查报告，最后向全班汇报。完成2。)
T: Now work in groups of six and talk about the changes in your hometown. Then collect some pictures to show its past and present. Share your pictures with your classmates and give a report about it.
2. Homework:
Write a passage on “Changes in My Hometown” according to the report above. Eighty words at least.
板书设计：
Our country has developed rapidly.
Section C
see…oneself
keep in touch with
far away
make progress
reform and opening-up