Module 2 Unit 1 It's taller than many other buildings.课件(共18张PPT)

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Module 2
My home town and my country
Beijing highest skyscraper:
China Zun—528 meters tall
Unit 1
It’s taller than
many other buildings.
Beijing
My home town is Beijing.
place
Where are you from
Tian'an Men Square is bigger than many other squares in China.
It's cold in winter and it's hot in summer.
It is a large/big city.
It is 3000 years old and it's an old city.
It has a population of about 21.7 million.
What's the famous place of interest in your home town
How old is it
What's the weather like in your home town
Is your home town big or small
What's the population of your home town
place of interest
weather
history
population
size
Lead-in
When it comes to HOME TOWN, what do you want to know more of it
Place: (4) ___________
Population:
(5) ______ million
Victoria Peak:
(6) ______ metres high
Place: (1) ________
Population: (2) ______ million
Jin Mao Tower:
(3) ________ metres high
Shanghai
23.5
420.5
Hong Kong
7
552
Activity 1—Listen and complete.
420.5 metres
552 metres
Jin Mao Tower is tall.
Victoria Peak is taller
than Jin Mao Tower.
Welcome to Shanghai. This big city in East China has a population of 23.5 million. It’s on a wide river called the Huangpu River. The tall building you can see is the Jin Mao Tower. It’s 420.5 meters high.
This is Hong Kong. It’s a busy city on the South China coast. Seven million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. It’s 552 metres high.
Listening script
1. What are Tony and Daming talking about
2. How many cities are mentioned in this dialogue
What are they
Past and now of Shenzhen. / The development of Shenzhen.
Two.
Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
Activity 2—Listen for general information
Where did Daming spend his weekend
What was Shenzhen like about thirty years ago
When did Shenzhen become important
What’s the population of Shenzhen
Is the Diwang Tower taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen
Activity 3—Read for detailed information about Shenzhen
Where did Daming spend his weekend
Tony: Hey, Daming ! How was your weekend
Daming : Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.
In Shenzhen.
2. What was Shenzhen like about thirty years ago
Daming: It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it’s a very big city.
It was small.
3. When did Shenzhen become important
In the 1980s.
Daming: In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.
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4. What’s the population of Shenzhen
Over ten million.
Daming: It’s over ten million, I think.
5. Is the Diwang Tower taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen
Yes, it is.
Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
Is Shenzhen a newer city than Hong Kong
( OR Is Hong Kong older than Shenzhen )
Yes, it is.
Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
2.Which city is busier now, Shenzhen or Hong Kong How do know that
Hong Kong.
Daming: …Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong.
3. Is the population in Shenzhen larger than that in Hong Kong
Yes.
Daming: It’s over ten million. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China.
Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen
Read again for detailed information about the comparison between Shenzhen and Hong Kong
Listen and read aloud. And find out the sentences with comparative degree, sometimes with its symbol “than”.
1. It’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
2. It’s getting bigger and busier.
3. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China.
4. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
5. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
A + be + adj.-er + than + B
Read aloud
Grammatical rules—form Examples
new—newer tall—taller
clean—cleaner
large—larger wide—wider
big—bigger
fat—fatter hot—hotter
busy—busier
easy—easier heavy—heavier
一般在形容词的词尾加_____
以字母e结尾的形容词，只加____
以一个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节单词，应先_____这个辅音字母，再加_____
以辅音字母+y 结尾的形容词，先把y变成 ____, 再加 _____
Grammatical rules
-er
-r
-er
-er
双写
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1. short — _______ 2. thin — ______
3. early — _______ 4. red — _______
5. fine — _______ 6. fat — _______
7. cool — _______ 8. big — ______
9. wet — _______ 10. dry — _______
shorter
thinner
earlier
redder
finer
fatter
cooler
bigger
wetter
drier
Write out the comparative degree of the following words.
1. — Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing.
— No, it isn’t. It’s smaller.
2. — Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen.
— No, it isn’t. It’s older.
3. — Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong.
— No, it isn’t. It’s newer.
4. — Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen.
— No, it isn’t. It’s busier.
Listen and repeat. Notice how the speaker stresses the underlined words.
In English, sentence stress is very important. We stress key words, which give the main information and the main ideas.
Pronunciation and speaking
Compare Shenzhen and Hong Kong by using the comparative degree of some adjectives like: bigger\smaller, hotter\colder, older\newer, busier\larger, ...
A: Shenzhen is newer than Hong Kong.
B: Hong Kong is busier than Shenzhen.
…
Shenzhen
Team
Hong Kong
Team
vs
Drilling
Work in pairs. Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and your home town. Use big, small, hot, cold, busy, old or new.
A: XX, Where is your home town
B: _____ is my home town.
A: Is _____ newer than Shenzhen
B: No, it isn’t. It’s older.
A: Is ….
Urumqi
chengdu
Beijing
Dalian
Nanjing
Shanghai
Guangzhou
Hong Kong
A: Where did you go this summer holiday
B: I went to Shanghai.
A: What’s the population of Shanghai
B: …
A: How old is it
B: …
A: Is it newer than Beijing
B: …
Activity 4—Dialogue
Compare any 2 cities you know in China. Try to use as many comparative adjectives and useful structures as possible.
Where is …
What's the population of …
Is it big or small
How old is it
What’s the weather like
What’s the famous place of interest
Supporting structures
homework
1. Read more about the materials in textbook and finish the exercises on Page 11.
2. Review what we’ve learnt in class, especially the usage of comparative degree.