Unit8+Writing 牛津深圳版（广州沈阳通用）八年级英语下册

Unit8Lifeinthefuture

WritingWritingLifeinthepastandpresent

Scienceandtechnologyaredevelopingveryquickly.Whenyourgrandparentswereyoung,theirlivesweredifferentfromyourstoday.Writing

A.Manythingsindailylifearedifferentfromthoseinyourgrandparents’teenagedays.Inpairs,thinkofonething.Usethetopicsbelowtohelpyou.WritingB.Chooseonetopicandmakeanoutline.Followtheexample.inthepastinthepresentForexample:inthepastinthepresentYourgrandparents'teenagedaysNowwenttophysicalshopsstayathomeandshoponlineittookalongtimetogettophysicalshopsitsavesalotoftimeafewkindsofgoodsmorekindsofgoodsThewaypeoplebuythingsWritingWritingC.WriteanInternetpostaboutthetopic.Followtheexample.Forexample:Yourgrandparents'teenagedaysWhenmygrandparentswereyoung,theymustgotophysicalshopstobuything.Ittookalongtimetogetthere.Andthereareverylimitedkindofgoods.NowTodaywecanjuststayathomeandshoponline.Itsavealotoftime.Andtherearemorekindsofgoodsonline.WritingI.写作指导本单元中，我们以学习想象中的各种未来的生活方式为主线，掌握了“未来生活”的相关话题。那么，怎么用英语描写今夕生活的对比情况呢？写作过程中又需要用到哪些词汇和句型呢？Writing【词汇归纳】描述过去时间的相关词汇：inthepast,usedto,yesterday,justnow,lastnight,tenyearsago,longlongago描述现在的相关词汇：now,atpresent,atthemoment,today,nowadays描述生活的相关词汇：hard,terrible,usual,comfortable,boring,interesting,colorful,greatchanges,takeplace,convenient【句型归纳】1.开头：引入写作的话题。Greatchangeshavetakenplacein...Whenourgrandparentswereyoung,theirlivesweredifferentfromourstoday.Thewayof...haschangedalotbecauseofthedevelopmentofthetechnology.2.中间：描述今昔生活的不同之处。When...wereyoung,they...Whiletheywerewaitingforthereply,theymight...Today,we...Wedon’tuse......yearsago...Butnow...3.结尾：总结或展望未来。Withthedevelopmentofscienceandtechnology,...willbecomeallthebetter.Withthechangeofthewayof...,ourlifebecomeseasierandeasier.II.写作训练随着技术的进步，人们洗衣服的方式发生了很大的变化。请根据提示写一篇短文介绍这种变化。要求：80词左右，可适当发挥。提示：Step1:题干细审人称：第三人称为主时态：一般过去时和一般现在时Step2:词汇激活1.过去常常 ___________2.洗衣机 ___________3.打开（电器） ___________4.在过去 ___________usedtowashingmachineturnoninthepastStep3:句型点拨Thewayof...haschangedalot...Butnow,people...However,people...nowadays.Afterthey...Ittookpeoplealongtimeto...Withthechangeofthewayof...Step4:谋篇布局总结：根据写作任务、要求及提示，可知本文应为说明文，对比过去和现在的洗衣方式。III.实战演练近年来，随着科学技术的发展，人们使用电脑的情况发生了很大的改变。请根据内容提示写一篇短文来介绍这种变化。内容提示：要求：1.词数80左右；2.要点齐全，可适当发挥；3.条理清晰，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范；4.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。Nowthewaytousecomputershaschangedalot.Thecomputersusedtobeexpensive.Therewerefewercomputersinthepast.Onlyafewpeoplecouldusethem.Besides,computerswereusuallyusedtowork.Nowcomputersbecomecheaperandcheaper.Nearlyeveryfamilyhasacomputer.Thecomputersciencebecomesacourseatschool,somorepeoplecanusecomputers.B.书面表达（本题15分）

科技的发展使人类的生活进入智能化时代，请发挥你的想象，根据下面的思维导图写一篇短文，描写2050年的生活。要求：1.80词左右（开头已给出，不计入总词数）；2.要点齐全，可适当发挥；3.条理清晰，语句通顺，意义连贯，书写规范；4.文中不得出现真实姓名和校名。Lifein2050

Thedevelopmentofscienceandtechnologymakesourlivesmoreconvenientandwonderful.Sowhatwilllifebelikein2050?

Firstly,ourclotheswillbecomelighter.Wewillwearaspecialkindofclothesthatcanhelptokeepuswarmorcool.Secondly,thefoodwillbehealthierandcheaper.Andwewon’tneedtoworryabout

foodsafety.Thirdly,wewillliveonMars.Ourhouseswillbeverysmart.Lastbutnotleast,thetransportationwillbemoredeveloped.Ifwewanttosendsomethingtoourfriend,wewillonlyneedtocallarobotandinputtheaddress.What’smore,wewon’thavetoworryaboutthetrafficjam.

Allinall,wewillcertainlylove