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Module 2
My home town and my country
Unit 2
Cambridge is a beautiful city
in the east of England.
contents
A
Words and expressions
B
C
Writing
D
E
Exercises
F
Lead-in
Reading and vocabulary
Language points
Lead-in
Let's look at some pictures and answer the questions.
Where is it
It’s England.
Lead-in
It’s famous for Big Ben.
What is it famous for
Lead-in
It is London.
What is the capital of England
Words and expressions
north n. 北；北方 adj. 在北方的；朝北的
south n. 南；南方 adj. 在南方的；朝南的
west n. 西；西方 adj. 在西方的；朝西的
home town 故乡；家乡
especially adv. 尤其
be famous for 因…而闻名
university n. 大学
island n. 岛；岛屿
area n. 地区；区域
low adj. 矮的；低的
mountain n. 山；山岳
countryside n. 农村地区；乡下
umbrella n. 雨伞
Reading and vocabulary
1. Look at the map of England and read the sentences.
Cambridge is in the east of England.
London is in the south of England.
Bristol is in the west of England.
Manchester is in the north of England.
east north south west
Manchester
Bristol
London
Cambridge
Reading and vocabulary
Beijing Guangdong Chengdu Shanghai
指出下面中国城市的位置
Reading and vocabulary
2. Read the passage and choose a title for each
picture below.
1. Tower Bridge and the River Thames
2. Cambridge University and the River Cam
a._______
b._______
1
2
a
Reading and vocabulary
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1. What’s its population of Cambridge
It is about 120,000.
2. What’s Cambridge famous for
Cambridge University.
3. How old is London
It’s about 2,000 years old.
4. What’s the weather like in England
It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter.
Reading and vocabulary
3. Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London.
Cambridge London
Location
Population
Famous places
River
In the east of
England
In the south of
England
120,000
About 7.5 million
University, old buildings and churches
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge
River Cam
River Thames
Reading and vocabulary
4. Complete the passage with the words and
expression in the box.
England is part of a(n) (1)_______. It is famous for its beautiful green (2)___________ with (3)__________ and lakes in the north, and hills and villages in the south. My (4)__________ is Cambridge, in the (5)_____ of England. It has lots of old buildings and churches, and a well-known (6)_________. It is smaller than (7)_______, which is in the (8)______ of England.
island
countryside
mountains
home town
east
university
London
countryside east home town island
London mountains south university
south
Writing
5. Answer the questions and write notes about
your home town.
1. Where is it
2. What is its population
3. Is it big or small
4. What is it famous for
5. How old is it
6. What is the weather like
Writing
Possible answers
My home town — Dalian
in the northeast of China
over six million
a big city
famous for beaches, the Underwater World,
the Bird Park and the Polar Region Zoo
5. over 100 years old
6. warm in winter and hot in summer
Dalian is in the northeast of China.
It has a population of over six million.
6. Use your notes and write answers to the questions
in Activity 5.
Writing
Writing
Possible answers
Dalian is in the northeast of China. It has a
population of over six million. It is a big city. It is
famous for its beautiful beaches, the Underwater
World, the Bird Park and the Polar Region Zoo. It
is over 100 years old. It is warm in winter and hot
in summer in Dalian.
I come from Dalian, a beautiful city in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. It is ...
7. Write a passage called My home town. Use Tony's
passage to help you.
Writing
Writing
Possible answers
My home town is Dalian. It’s an important city in Liaoning Province in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. The city is over 100 years old. It has a lot of beautiful beaches like the Tiger Beach and the Bangchui Island Beach. Many people go there for holidays and for swimming every year.
Writing
Dalian is famous for Dalian Discoveryland Theme Park and Xinghai Square. They are very interesting and lots of tourists go to visit them. It is warm in winter and hot in summer in Dalian. The temperature doesn’t change very much and it is usually sunny. I think it is a great city.
Language points
1. Cambridge is in the east of England.
【考点】in the east of：“在…的东部”，表示方位可用
介词in，on，to。
eg. Shanghai is a big city in the east of China.
in 表示在地点内部
on 表示两地接壤
to 表示两地相隔
Language points
2. It has a population of about seven and a half million.
【考点】has a population of：“有…人口”，该结构用于
描述一个地方的人口。
eg. China has a population of 1.3 billion.（√）
【易错】China has 1.3 billion population.（×）
Language points
3. It is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and
Tower Bridge.
【考点】be famous for：“因…而闻名”。
eg. China is famous for the Great Wall.
【拓展】be famous as：“作为…而闻名”
eg. Mo Yan is famous as a writer.
Exercises
Ⅰ. 根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
1．Guangzhou is in the s_____ of China.
2．There are some famous m_______ in China, such as Mount Huang
and Mount Tai.
3．—Do your grandparents live in the city —No, they live in the
c_________ because they like working on their farm.
4．We eat all kinds of foods, e_______ rice and fish.
5．She became a u_______ student at the age of 16.
outh
ountains
ountryside
specially
niversity
Exercises
Ⅱ. 用所给单词的适当形式填空
1．Which one is _____（low）, the white door or the yellow door
2．The cat _____（it）has a very nice small house.
3．In the school library there are many good books _______（read）．
4．It's hard for children to go to school in some poor _____（area）.
5．There are several beautiful sandy _______（beach）on the coast.
lower
itself
to read
areas
beaches
Exercises
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成句子
1．这座城市以它清澈的湖水而闻名。
The city ___ _______ ____ its clear lake water.
2．澳大利亚的人口比中国的人口少得多。
The population of Australia is ______ _______ than ____ of China.
3．露西非常喜欢水果，比如苹果和梨。
Lucy likes fruit a lot, _____ ___ apples and pears.
is
famous
for
much
smaller
that
such
as
Exercises
Ⅲ. 根据汉语意思完成句子
4．我们村有2000人。
Our village has ___ _________ ___ two thousand.
5．南京今天天气如何？
_____ ___ the weather _____ in Nanjing today
a
population
of
What
is
like
Exercises
Ⅳ. 按要求完成下列各题
1．The population of China is about 1.37 billion.（改为同义句）
China ____ __ _________ ___ about 1.37 billion.
2．London is in the south of England.（对画线部分提问）
______ ___ London
3．In Shenzhen, many other buildings are lower than Diwang Tower.
（改为同义句）
In Shenzhen, Diwang Tower is _____ ____ many other buildings.
has
a
population
of
Where
is
taller
than
Exercises
Ⅳ. 按要求完成下列各题
4．The river is about 6,000 metres long.（对画线部分提问）
_____ _____ ___ the river
5．24, million, the, Shanghai, of, is, population, about（连词成句）
__________________________________.
How
long
is
The population of Shanghai is about 24 million
Thank you!
