Module 2 My home town and my country Unit 1 It's taller than many other buildings.课件(共60张PPT)

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Unit 1
Enjoy a song Home is in Your Eyes.
Where is your hometown
Where is it
Is there anything famous there
Have a discussion with your partner.
Beijing
- my hometown
in the north of China
20 million (百万) people
Shenzhen
-your hometown
in the south of China
10 million people
Beijing is bigger than Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is smaller than Beijing.
北京
Shanghai
Hong Kong
What do you know about Shanghai and Hong Kong
the Oriental Pearl Television Tower
Jin Mao Tower
Shanghai World Financial Center, the second-tallest building in the world and the tallest structure in Mainland China
Shanghai Grand Theatre
the Bund of Shanghai
上海简称“沪”，有“东方巴黎”的美称，直辖市之一，是我国的经济、金融中心，繁荣的国际大都市，拥有中国大陆首个自贸区“中国（上海）自由贸易试验区”。
上海地处长江入海口，与日本九州岛隔海相望，与江苏、浙江两省相接，共同构成以上海为龙头的中国最大经济区“长三角经济圈”。
上海是中国的历史文化名城，拥有深厚的近代城市文化底蕴和众多历史古迹，江南的吴越传统文化与各地移民带入的多样文化相融合，形成了特有的海派文化。成功举办过2010年世界博览会、中国上海国际艺术节、上海国际电影节等大型文化交流活动。
Hong Kong
Victoria Peak
香港由香港岛、九龙半岛、新界（包括大屿山及230余个大小岛屿）组成。地处中国华南，珠江口东侧，北隔深圳河与广东深圳相接；西与澳门隔海相望；南临中国南海。
香港是一座高度繁荣的国际大都市，是仅次于纽约和伦敦的全球第三大金融中心，与美国纽约、英国伦敦并称“纽伦港”，在世界享有极高声誉。香港也是亚洲重要的金融、服务和航运中心，以廉洁的政府、良好的治安、自由的经济体系以及完善的法制闻名于世，有“东方之珠”、“美食天堂”和“购物天堂”等美誉。
hill n. 小山
population n.
人口，全体居民
million num.
百万
wide adj.
宽的； 宽阔的
than prep. 比
Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words from the box.
high hill population river wide
Listen and complete.
Place: ___________
Population: ___________ million
Jin Mao Tower: ___________ metres high
Place: ____________
Population: ___________ million
Victoria Peak: ___________ metres high
Shanghai
23.5
420.5
Hong Kong
seven
552
What do you know about Shenzhen
Shenzhen
country's first special economic zone (经济特区)
Luohu Port Joint Inspection Station
The Diwang Tower
By the end of 2013, there were 10.63 million permanent residents in Shenzhen.
深圳，别称鹏城，广东省副省级市，中国国家区域中心城市，国际花园城市，中国四大一线城市(指北京、上海、广州、深圳)之一。地处广东省南部，珠江三角洲东岸，与香港一水之隔。
深圳是中国改革开放以来所建立的第一个经济特区，是中国改革开放的窗口，已发展为有一定影响力的国际化城市，创造了举世瞩目的“深圳速度”，同时享有“设计之都”、“钢琴之城”、“创客之城”等美誉。
1. Where did Daming go during the weekend
2. Is Hong Kong older than Shenzhen
Listen and answer.
He went to Shenzhen.
Yes, Hong Kong is older than Shenzhen.
3. Is Shenzhen getting bigger and busier
Yes, it is.
4. What are they talking about
5. What’s population in Shenzhen
They are talking about Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
It’s over ten million.
Read and complete the passage about Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is near Hong Kong. It is on the Pearl River. It became important in the _________. Before that it was very _________. The population of Shenzhen is more than _________ million. A famous building in Shenzhen is the ________________. It is __________ than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
1980s
small
ten
Diwang Tower
taller
1. Is Hong Kong bigger than Shenzhen
2. Is Hong Kong older than Shenzhen
3. Is Shenzhen busier than Hong Kong
No, it isn’t.
No, it isn’t.
Yes, it is.
Read again and answer the questions.
4. Is Shenzhen’s street wider than before
5. Is Shenzhen’ population bigger than before
6. Is the Diwang Tower taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen
Yes, it is.
Yes, it is.
Yes, it is.
— Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing.
— No, it isn’t. It’s smaller.
—Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen.
— No, it isn’t. It’s older.
— Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong.
— No, it isn’t. It’s newer.
—Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen.
— No, it isn’t. It’s busier.
Listen and notice how the speaker stress
the underlined word.
population: 20 million
It is older than Shenzhen.
It is colder than Shenzhen.
Beijing
Work in pairs and think of two pare the two cities. Make up your own dialogue and act it out.
population: 10 million
Shenzhen is smaller than Beijing.
It is newer than Beijing.
It is hotter than Beijing.
Shenzhen
Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table.
Shenzhen Your home town
A big city
Work in pairs. Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and your home town. Use big, small, hot, cold, tall or new.
— Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen
— No, it isn’t. It’s smaller than Shenzhen.
pretty 在这里是作副词，意思是“相当地；非常；很”，修饰形容词或副词
I’m pretty sure that he’ll say yes.
我非常确定他会说是。
very, quite, pretty都可表示程度，按照语气的轻重可大致描述为:
quite → pretty → very
1. Pretty good!
What a pretty little garden!
多么漂亮的小花园！
Who is the pretty girl sitting beside you
坐在你旁边的那个漂亮女孩是谁
pretty adj. 漂亮的; 机灵的，聪明的
— How was your weekend, Susan
— ________
A. Good idea! B. Pretty good!
C. Sorry. D. I don’t know.
翻译：孩子看上去相当健康。 (pretty)
B
The child looks pretty healthy.
2. in the 1980s
in the 1980s 表示“20世纪80年代”。“ in + the + 时间s”表示 “在某年代或特定世纪某年代”。如：
Cars of this kind were made in the 1930s.
这种汽生产于二十世纪三十年代。
Great changes have taken place in China in the 1980s.
二十世纪八十年代中国发生了巨大变化。
( ) My uncle moved to London ____
A. in the fifties B. in the 1980s
C. in his fifties D. in 1980s
B
[Practice]
3. It’s getting bigger and busier.
get在这是系动词，后接形容词，意为“变成、变得”。如：
As you get old, your memory gets worse.
当你变老的时候，你的记忆力会变差。
The weather gets warmer, and the days get longer.
天气变得更暖和了，天也变得更长了。
get 还有“得到、获得；到达；收到”之意。如：
Where did you get the book
从哪儿能获得这本书？
Can we get to the station in time
我们能及时到达车站吗？
I got a letter from Tom this morning.
我今天早上收到了汤姆的信。
get 相关短语
get up 起床
get in 收获，收割
get back 取回
get into 进入
get in one’s way 挡了某人的去路
get off 下车，从……下来
get on 上车
get on well with 与……相处融洽
get out 离开、出去
get ready for 为……准备好
get rid of 除掉、去掉
get to know 认识
4. population
population n. 人口
是一个集体名词，当其用作主语时，谓语动词常用第三人称单数形式。如:
The population of Paris is 7 million.
巴黎的人口有七百万。
注意: 表示人口的“多”或“少”，要用large或small, 不能用much或little。如:
China has a large population.
中国人口众多。
[拓展]
表达“某地有多少人口”通常有两种方法:
1)“The population of + 某地+ be + 数词”。如:
The population of Shanghai is 13 million.
上海的人口有一千三百万。
2)“某地+ has a population of +数词”。如:
Shanghai has a population of 13 million.
上海有一千三百万人。
[Practice]
请根据上句改写下句，使上下两句意思相
同或相近。
1. What’s the population of Japan
___________ people __________ in Japan
What’s the ___________ the people in Japan
number of
How many
are there
2. The number of the people in our city is five million.
___________________ our city is five million.
Our city has ________________ five million.
___________ five million people in our city.
There are
The population of
a population of
[考题链接]
( ) The experts think that India’s population may be ______ than China’s ______ 2020.
A. many, by B. more, in C. larger, by
解析：此题考查人口的“多”或“少”的表达，由于题目中有 than，要用比较级，故先排除A；而指“人口多”时要用 large, 故选 C。
C
— What’s _____ population of China
— China has ______ population of 1.3
billion.
A. a; the B. the; a
C. /; / D. the; the
— ______ is the population of the town
— Over 20,000. And a third of the population
______ workers of the car factory．
A. What; are B. How many; are
C. What; is D. How many; is
B
A
5. million
million num.百万
million前有具体数字时，million后不能加s，如two million(两百万)；如果无具体数字时, 后面要加s并与of 连接，表示不确切的数字“数百万的……”，即millions of。
He was prepared to pay two million.
他愿意支付200万。
A careless mistake cost the company millions of pounds.
一个粗心的错误使公司蒙受数百万镑的损失。
About forty ________children from poor families still need ________．
A. million；help
B. million；helps
C. millions; help
A
— TB (肺结核) is very terrible.
— Yes, it kills _______ people every year.
　 A. million of　　 B. some million of　　
C. millions of　　 D. some millions of
C
hundred, thousand, million这些词的用法极为相似，需注意的用法有：
当这些词与具体数字连用时，通常不加复数词尾-s, 也不后接介词 of。
2. 当这些词不与具体数字连用，而是表示不确定的泛指数时，则不仅要加复数词尾-s, 而且要后接介词 of, 然后才能接名词。
注 意：
There are about two ______ students in the newly built school. (2006 杭州)
A. thousand B. thousands
C. thousand of D. thousands of
答案：A
解析：当hundred, thousand, million,
billion等词前有确切数字时，这些词应
用单数形式。
— What’s the population of Shanghai
— It has a population of 13 million.
— Is Hong Kong bigger than Shanghai
— No. Shanghai is bigger than Hong Kong.
1. — 上海有多少人口？ — 一千三百万人口。
2. — 香港比上海大吗？ — 不，上海比香港大。
Translate the sentences.
4. 哪一个更繁华一些，上海还是香港？
In winter Shanghai is colder than Hong Kong.
Which is busier, Shanghai or Hong Kong
3. 上海的冬天比香港冷。
1.This pen is ______ than that one. (long)
2. It’s ______ and _______than Cambridge. (big, busy)
3. Who is ________ (heavy), you or your brother
4. Is Shanghai _______ in winter than Hong Kong (hot)
5. Planes are ________ (fast) than trains.
faster
heavier
hotter
bigger
busier
longer
Fill in the blanks.
Think of two cities you know in China and try to compare them using big, small, hot, cold, old or new.