课堂操练
Listen and answer the questions.

1.What is the history homework?
Write about life in the past and life today.

2.What is the question they need to answer?
The question is “Is life today better than it was in thepast?

3. What does Betty ask?
Betty asks if they can write about medicine and pollution.4.What does Daming ask?
Daming asks if they can write about personal safety.

Listening Material
Mr Jackson: So for history homework,T'd like you to write about life in the past and life today. Pleaseanswer the question: Is life today better than itwas in the past? Yes. Betty?
Betty: Can we write about anything, such as medicine and pollution?
Mr Jackson: Yes, think about how our medical knowledge has grown and,of course, the environment isan important part of our lives today.
Daming: And what about personal safety?

Mr Jackson: That's a good idea,Daming.Do you think we're safer today?
Daming: Well,I think there are fewer accidents than
in the past. Life is safer, certainly. Mr Jackson:And why do you think this is tme?
Daming: Probably because there are so many laws to protect us today.
Mr Jackson: OK, you can write about personal safety as well.Remember to hand in your homeworknext Monday.