Unit4 Then and now
A Let’s learn
What can you see?
building
playground
dining hall gym
grass
Is there a dinning hall in our school?
dinning hall
No, there isn’t.
reading room
Is there a reading room in our school?
Yes, there is.
Was there a tall building last year?
No, there wasn’t.
last year 上一年
Was there a picture last
month? No, there
wasn’t.
last month 上一个月
Was there a children’s center
in our school 2 years ago?
No, there wasn’t.
children’s center
...years ago …年前
Was there a reading room in our
school 6 months ago?
Yes, there was.
…月前... months ago
There was only one building in our
school twenty years ago.
Now, there are three in our school.
...years ago …年前
There was no playground in our
school 20 years ago.
playground
But now there is a new one
in our school.
你会说下面单词和短语的意思吗?
dinning hall gym grass ……years ago ……months ago last year last month
In the Tang dynasty…
At that time, there were no gyms.
People didn’t go by bus.
People couldn’t use the Internet.
At that time,
there were no dinning halls.
At that time,
there were no post offices.
At that time,
there were no cinemas.
At that time,
there were no motels (汽车旅馆).
At that time,
there were no cafés(咖啡馆).
At that time,
there were no telephones.
At that time,
there were no traffic lights.
At that time,
there were no lights.
At that time,
people couldn’t go by bike and
by taxi.
There be 句型
现在时
There is +单数……
There are+复数……
过去时
There was +单数……
There were+复数……
Tips:
There是个近视眼,只能看到最近的,
最近的是单数用is,是复数用are;
如果是表示过去的,单数用was,复数用were
1、There ____ an apple on the table.
A. is B. was C. are
2、There____ two apples in the basket.
A. is B. was C. are
3、There ____ an apple, two pears and
five watermelons on the table.
A. is B. was C. are
A
C
A
4、There ____ no gyms in my school 2
years ago.
A. was B. are C. were
5、There ____ no grass in my school
last year.
A. was B. are C. were
6、There ____ no gym, no dinning halls
and no library in my school six
months ago.
A. was B. are C. were
C
A
A