Step 1：Warm up
1.Free talk.
How many children are there in our class?
How many boys/girls?
How many windows/desks/chairs…?
2.Game:
（出示事先准备好的盒子）Look, there is a box on the desk.
What’s in the box? 请一名同学到前面来看一眼盒子里的东西，进行描述，其他同学猜。
Step 2：Presentation and practice
1. Before watching
T: We know Lingling is going to go to England with Amy. Today they are going to go to the park.
Please watch TV, then answer.
T: Where are they?
S: Linging is in London with Sam and Amy.
They are in a park.
T: What’s the park like now? What’s in it?
S:There are swings here. swing秋千，教读
There is a pond. pond 池塘，教读
There are ducks, too.(板书)
T:：But it was different before. What was it like before？
2. While listening:
1).听录音, 每一遍解决一个问题，可通过pairwork巩固操练。
Q1: Does this park look different now?
different不同的, look different看起来不同
Yes, it does. This park is different.
Q2: Were there any swings here before? before以前，教读
No, there weren’t.
There weren’t any swings here before.
There weren’t (以前) 没有（复数），教读。any一些（用于否定句）
Q3:Was there a pond here before?
No, there wasn’t.
There wasn’t a pond here before.
There wasn’t (以前)没有（单数），教读。
Q4: There was only a________. only只，仅仅,教读。
There was only a slide. slide滑梯，教读。
2).Listen, point and find“There was, There wasn’t, There weren’t”.
反馈，听录音跟读划出的句子。
3).Listen and repeat. couldn’t（以前）不能,教读。
4).Read in groups.
3.After listening：
Activity book P2\ P3 1). Listen and say. 2).
Listen and say, then practise in pairs.
梳理，归类: now before
there is there was there isn’t there wasn’t
there are there were there aren’t there weren’t
3).Retell.(看图)
The park is different now. There weren’t any swings here before.
There was only a slide. There wasn’t a pond here before.
There is one now. There are ducks, too.
Step 3: Consolidation and extension
1. Practise.
1).Say the phrases.2).Point the picture and say.
Example
A: There weren’t any swings before.B: Now there are swings.
2.教室的变化。
学生观察一下教室与以前相比有哪些变化，小组讨论后反馈。
There was/were…here. There wasn’t/weren’t…here.
Examples
There was a small blackboard here. Now there is a big blackboard.
There wasn’t a computer here. Now there is a computer.
Step 4: Summary
总结本课所学重点。
before now
There was there is There wasn’t there isn’t
There were there are There weren’t there aren’t