4. Read the email and find three examples that show life was harder in the past than it is today.
1) People lived in small houses, very close to each other, with no space for children to play.
pollution (9) _w_o_r_s_e_ (bad). We must all work harder to reduce pollution.
2. Look at the two pictures and talk about how the town has changed. Use the words in the box to help you.
Write examples. 1) People lived in very small houses, very
close to each other, with no space for children to play. 2) The pollution from factories filled the air. People put their rubbish outside in the streets. As a result, there were many illnesses.
1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. For many people, life is a lot (1)
_e_a_s_ie_r_ (easy) today. Medicine and diet are improving, and people are getting (2) _h_e_a_l_th_i_e_r_ (healthy) and living (3) _l_o_n_g_e_r_ (long). But communication is
Talk about the photos. Say what life was like in the early 1980s and what life is like today.
People are _w_e_a_l_th__ie_r_ today, and they live _l_o_n_g_e_r_ than they did in the past. But people don’t take _a_s_m__u_c_h_ exercise _a_s_ they used to. _M_o_r_e_ people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes _l_es_s_. We eat _b_e_t_te_r_ and we live _lo_n_g_e_r_.
2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy.
3) Children didn’t always go to school, they had to work.
5. Read the email again. Find sentences that tell us: 1) There was not enough living space for people. 2) Most of the big cities were dirty and unhealthy. 3) Life was harder for children in those times.
big building busy house modern more shop street tall trafficsentences with the words or expressions in the box.
heat more than seldom spare speak up
changing (4) _f_a_s_te_s_t_ (fast) of all. Today, with the Internet, people can communicate (5) _m_o_r_e__ea_s_i_ly_ (easily) than ever before with friends all over the world.
4. You have to _s_p_e_a_k_u_p_ because the students in the back cannot hear you.
5. Mr Smith is _m__o_r_e_t_h_a_n__ a teacher. Most of his pupils think of him as their friend.
Not all the changes are (6) g_o_o_d_ (good) ones. More people drive cars instead of riding bikes, so they are not as
(7) _fi_t (fit) as they were. Increasing traffic makes the roads (8) _m_o_r_e_c_r_o_w_d_e_d_ (crowded) than ever, and it also makes
1. We _s_e_ld_o_m__ have time to go on holiday.
2. We do not have much _sp__a_re_ time because we have important exams this year.
3. Never go out in the _h_e_a_t of the day without a hat.