Step 1. Preparation

1.Say something about your English teacher.

2.Show a photo of the teacher when he/she was a child .

T: What could I do twenty years ago?

Show some photos of the teacher’s children.

Step 2. Presentation & Practice

1. T: I could do a lot of things, but now you see I have changed a lot. Today we will see more changes about some other people.

2. Check Ss’ preparation.

Q：Who are they?  What is this passage about?

What’s the title of the passage?

3. Listen and fill.

4. Watch and judge.

5. Read and write.(Fill in the blanks at P38)

6. Check and learn.

T: Let’s try to talk about them one by one.

(1）S1: Then Mike couldn’t write.

S2: Now Mike can do many things.

T: couldn’t=could not

What could Mike do six years ago?

What can he do now?

(2）S3: Then Mr Brown wrote letters to friends and used the telephone at home and in the office.

S4: Now Mr Brown writes emails and has a mobile phone.

T: Can you say the differences of them?

He can call people anywhere.

A. He can call people in the office.

B. He can call people no matter where they are.

S5: Then Grandpa listened to the radio and read newspapers.

S6: Now Grandpa reads and watches news on the Internet and reads e-books.

T: Do we get news on the radio now?

Do we read newspaper for news now?

What else can we do by the Internet?

Can you say the differences of book and e-book?

(3）S7: Then Mrs Brown made friends at school and bought things from shops.

S8: Now Mrs Brown has e-friends from all over the world and does shopping on the Internet.

T: She has e-friends from all over the world.

A. She has e-friends from different countries in the world.

B. She has e-friends in China.

Step 3 Production & Progress

1. T：What do you think of their life? Listen and repeat the text, please think about it.

2. T：What do you think of their life? Why?

3. Read the text in pairs.

4. Check and retell.

Step 4 Homework

1. Listen and read Story time five times. Try to retell.