Step 1 Review 第一步 復習(時間:8分鐘)
通過開展主題為“我和爺爺奶奶比童年”的討論活動，引導學生更加珍惜新社會的幸福生活，從而導入本課話題。
1. (檢查作業。讓學生在小組內交流自己的報告，然后每個小組推薦出一名學生向全體同學匯報。師生互動，談論爺爺奶奶的童年生活。)
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. (談論新社會的幸福生活，感受社會進步。)
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 呈現(時間:14分鐘)
通過多媒體或圖片創設語言情境，教學生詞，培養學生快速閱讀的能力。
1. (用多媒體或圖片呈現舊北京城和現代北京城的照片并做比較，從而引出生詞。)
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. (教師引導并幫助學生用narrow回答。)
(板書并要求學生理解。)
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?
(板書，講解并要求學生掌握。)
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.
(板書，要求學生理解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.
(板書并要求學生掌握。)
quick, rapid, progress, make progress, already
2. (仔細閱讀1a，回答幻燈片中呈現的問題，提高學生的閱讀理解能力。)
(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?
(教師核對答案, 并作必要的講解。)
3. (學生跟讀課文錄音, 找出文中的疑難點，讓學生根據課文內容猜測生詞和短語的含義。教師板書并講解。要求學生掌握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 鞏固(時間:10分鐘)
讓學生再讀課文，找出中心句，完成1b。然后完成反映北京今昔變化的表格，并根據表格內容復述課文，鞏固1a。
1. (快速閱讀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.
(師生核對答案。幻燈片呈現各段中的主題句。)
(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. (讓學生了解：當使用since表示時間時，主句中的動詞通常用現在完成時或過去完成時。詳細講解詳見本單元第三話題。)
(4) It is important to remember the past, live in the present and dream about the future.
2. (讓學生再次閱讀1a。兩人一組填表格, 加深對北京今昔變化的了解。)
(用投影儀出示表格。)
In Beijing In the past Nowadays
Road
House
Communication
Living condition
(幾分鐘后，核對答案。)
3. (讓學生根據上述表格中所填信息復述課文。)
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 練習(時間:8分鐘)
比較新舊北京城的圖片，并采取師生互動、分組采訪的活動形式，展現北京城的今昔巨變，培養學生熱愛生活，熱愛社會的良好情感。
1. (再次呈現新舊北京城的圖片, 參照上一步的表格，師生互動, 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. (分組采訪：二人一組, 其中一個扮演記者，另一個扮演居住在北京多年的老人，對北京的變化做一個采訪。提高學生的口語表達能力，培養熱愛生活熱愛社會的情感。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.
(請盡可能多的學生在課堂上表演其采訪，評出表演最好的小組。)
Step 5 Project 第五步 綜合探究活動(時間:5分鐘)
學生分組談論自己家鄉的變化，課后寫篇作文。教育學生要更加熱愛自己的家鄉，為家鄉擁有更美好的未來而努力學習。
1. (分組談論家鄉今昔的巨變，并繪制對比簡圖，形成調查報告，最后向全班匯報。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.
板書設計：
Our country has developed rapidly.
Section C
see…oneself
keep in touch with
far away
make progress
reform and opening-up