(共22张PPT)
Unit 7
What’s the highest mountain in the world
人教版八年级英语下册
Section B 1a-1d
cm(=centimeter)
weigh
birth
at birth
up to
adult
厘米
v. 重量是……;称……的重量
n. 出生;诞生
出生时
到达(某数量、程度等)
adj. 成年的;成人的
n. 成人;成年动物
Words and expressions
To learn to compare facts about elephants and pandas
To learn new words: weigh, birth, adult…
Objectives
Elephant
—is 350 cm tall
—weighs 5,000 kilos
—eats 150 kilos of food a day
Try to describe the elephant using the information above.
Do you know
Panda
— is 150 cm tall (standing on two legs)
— weighs 100 kilos
— eats 10 kilos of food
a day
Try to describe the panda using the information above.
Example sentence:
This elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
(200 cm taller / shorter, weigh much more / less, eat much more / less, eat many times more.)
This panda is 200 cm shorter than this elephant.
This elephant eats much more than this panda.
Compare facts about these two animals. Use the language in the box to help you make sentences.
1a
Listen and check ( ) the numbers you hear.
_____100 _____ 16 _____ 20
_____ 50 _____ 120 _____ 0.1
_____ 0.2 _____ 150
1b
1. At birth, a baby panda is about ______ to
_______ kilos.
2. At birth, a baby panda is about ____cm
long.
3. A baby panda is not black. It is ________
and it has no ________.
4. A panda can live up to _____to _____ years.
Listen again and complete the sentences.
pink
0.2
15
0.1
teeth
20
30
1c
Take turns telling your classmates about pandas.
A: A baby panda cannot see.
B: An adult panda weighs many times
more than a baby panda.
1d
Bamboo 竹子
An adult panda weighs many times more than a baby panda.
“倍数+比较级+than…”,表示“……比……(大/小/长/短……)几倍”。
这个盒子比那个字大三倍。
This box is three times bigger than that one.
Language points
This elephant weighs many times more than this
panda.
An adult panda weighs many times more than a
baby panda.
There are ten times more apples here than there.
He earns five times more money than he did ten
years ago.
English-Chinese
ocean, the Pacific Ocean, cm, birth, adult
Chinese-English
称……的重量;出生时;到达(某数量、程度等)
Dictation
I. 根据提示填写单词。
I can take _______ (至多有) four people in my car.
2. _________ (出生时), most babies weigh between 6 and 8 pounds.
3. ________ (称) that loaf of bread on the balance, please.
4. Children must be accompanied by an a ______.
up to
At birth
Weigh
dult
Exercises
1.I’m thirteen. Jim is fourteen. (old)
Jim is older than me.
2. Mr. Green is 1.75m. Mr. Smith is 1.70m.
(short)
Mr.Smith is shorter than Green.
II. 合并句子。
3. The red box is 2kg. The yellow box is 4kg.
(heavy)
The yellow box is heavier than the
red box.
4. My hat is 20 yuan. Alice’s hat is 30 yuan.
Lucy’s hat is 50 yuan. (cheap)
My hat is cheaper than Alice’s hat
and Lucy’s hat.
1. Jim is very ________. Li Lei is _________ than Jim. (hungry)
2. Kate’s mooncakes are ___________ of all. (nice)
3. Your box is ________ than mine. But his is
_______________ of the three (heavy).
4. Unit 2 is quite ______. Unit 3 is _______ than Unit 2. It’s ____________ in Module 1. (hard)
hungry
hungrier
the nicest
heavier
the heaviest
hard
harder
the hardest
plete the sentences with the right
forms of the words.
5. I think English is as ___________ as Chinese. (important)
6. This picture is ____________________ of the four. (beautiful)
7. Lucy did ________ than Lily. (bad)
important
the most beautiful
worse
IV. 翻译下列句子。
刚出生时,熊猫宝宝大约有15公分长。
2. 大象比这个熊猫要重许多倍。
3.我的苹果要比妹妹的多三倍。
At birth, a baby panda is about 15 cm long.
The elephant weighs many times more than this panda.
My apples are three times more than my sister’s.
(2019·湘潭)
— What subject do you like ____ ,English, math or physics?
— Of course, English.
A.good B. better C.best
【解析】句意:“英语,数学和物理,你最喜欢哪一科?”“当然是英语。”从列举的三科可知,此处考查like...well最高级like...best。
U7 S -
中考链接
C
U7 S -
(2019·广东)
Fishing is one of ____ activities among the middle-aged people.
A. popular B. more popular
C. most popular D. the most popular
【解析】句意:钓鱼是中年人中最受欢迎的活动之一。此处考查多音节形容词popular的最高级, 故选D。
D
Review the new words and
expressions.
2.Using the languages in the box of 1a to make comparisons (at least 10 sentences).
Homework