Most people were_peasants.

　　②他们过着艰苦的生活。

　　They lived_a_hard_life.

　　③这儿的人们能挣很多钱。

　　People here have_brought_in_much_money.

　　④很多人有了私家车。

　　Many people have_private_cars_to_drive.

　　2．句式升级

　　⑤用定语从句连接①②句

　　Most_people_were_peasants_who_lived_a_hard_life.

　　⑥用so ... that ...句型连接③④句

　　People_here_have_brought_in_so_much_money_that_many_people_have_private_cars_to_drive.

　　第三步：连句成篇

　　Great Changes in My Hometown

　　Great changes have taken place in my hometown in the past twenty years.

　　Twenty years ago, my hometown was just a small, old and poor town. There were few factories. Most people were peasants who lived a hard life. However, nowadays, thanks to our country's reform policy, people's living conditions have improved a lot. People here have brought in so much money that many people have private cars to drive and advanced mobile phones to make calls. They live in newly­built departments with computers, fashionable furniture and so on.

　　As a member of our society, I am proud of these changes. I hope my hometown will become more and more beautiful.

　　[对应学生课下能力提升(二十)]

　　Ⅰ.阅读理解

　　Bored with your life? Dreaming of something different? I always wonder what life would be like 400 km above my head. That's where the International Space Station orbits the earth, with six astronauts living and working on board, for months at a time.

　　How do they sleep? They spend the night floating in a sleeping bag inside a small cubicle (小隔间) on the ceiling. American astronaut Sunita Williams explains, "It's like a little phone booth, but it's pretty comfortable and it doesn't matter if I turn over and sleep upside down. I don't have any sensation (感觉) in my head that tells me I'm upside down."

Brushing your teeth in a place where you can't have a tap or a sink can be a challenge. Can you imagine the mess that running water would make in zero gravity? Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uses a straw to put a big blob (一滴) of water from a sealed bag onto an ordinary toothbrush and adds a little toothpaste which he has to swallow when he's done.