Unit1 It’s taller than many other buildings.

课件24张PPT。 Module 2
My home town and my country.----Kate Unit 1
It’s taller than many other buildings.Look at the pictures and talk about them.
Use the words in the box to help you.High hill population river wideNow listen and complete.Place:(1) _______________.
Population: (2) ________ million.
Jin Mao Tower:(3) ______metres
high.
Place:(4) _______________.
Population: (5) ______millon.
Victoria peak: (6) ____metres
high.Shanghai23.5420.5Hong Kongseven552Listen to the dialogue and then answer the following questions.1.Where did Daming go during the weekend?
2. Is Hong Kong older than Shenzhen?
3.Is Shenzhen getting bigger and busier?He went to Shenzhen.Yes, it is.Yes, it is.2. Listen and readTony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?
Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen.
Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?
Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong
Kong. It was a small village about
thirty years ago, but today it’s a very
big city.
Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?
Daming: Yes, it’s a very new city. In fact, it
only became important in the 1980s.
It’s getting bigger and busier. Some
day it will become as busy as Hong
Kong. I’m sure.Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?
Daming: It’s over ten million, I think.
That’s larger than the population
of many other cities in China. Its
streets are much wider and cleaner
too. I think it’s a beautiful city.
Tony: I’d like to go there one day.
Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang
Tower. It’s taller than many other
buildings in Shenzhen.1.Pretty good! 相当好，很好。
beautiful, pretty 与 handsome
三者都有“漂亮的，美丽的”之意，但侧重点不同。handsome, pretty 只表示beautiful的一部分。
beautiful表示 “漂亮的”，不用于男性。
如：She is a beautiful woman. 她是一位漂亮的女性。
2）pretty 表示“美丽的，可爱的，多用于儿童、妇女和较细小的东西，表示精致的美。如：a pretty child
如： You look pretty in that dress! 你穿那件连衣裙真漂亮！
3) handsome 一般指男性美,有 “俊美的，潇洒的”之意。
如： He’s the most handsome man I’ve ever met.
他是我见过的最俊美的男子。Language points:2. on the coast 在海岸上, 沿岸There are lots of small villages on the coast.
在海岸上有许多小村庄。
I used to live in a small village on the coast.
我曾住在海边的一个小村庄里。
The town lies on the coast.该城镇位於海边。 3. So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?
这么说，深圳是一个比香港更新的城市？
“than” 是形容词比较级的标志词4. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s. 实际上，深圳到了20世纪80年代才成为一个重要的城市。1980s 表示 “20 世纪80 年代”。 例如：
These singers were popular in the 1960s.
这些歌手在20世纪60年代很受欢迎。5. It’s getting bigger and busier.
现在的深圳变得越来越大，也越来越繁华。形容词比较级+ and + 形容词比较级 表示：越来越······I think this will only get better and better.我认为这只会越来越好。 6. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong，I’m sure.我相信，将来它会和香港一
样繁华。
as...as意为“和……一样”，表示同级的比较
其基本结构为：as+ adj./ adv. +as。例如： This film is as interesting as that one.
这部电影和那部电影一样有趣。 其否定式为not as/so +adj./ adv. +as。例如： This dictionary is not as/so useful as you
think.
这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。 一些带有as...as结构的常见短语归纳：as busy as a bee 像蜜蜂一样忙碌as easy as ABC 像ABC一样容易as deep as a well 像井一样深as light as a feather像羽毛一样轻as soft as butter 像黄油一样软as rich as a Jew 像犹太人一样富裕 7. What’s the population of Shenzhen?
深圳有多少人口？
population 一般用作单数，表示 ”人口、居民 ”
It’s over ten million, I think. 我想超过一千万吧。如：China has a large population.Key phrases to explain.
▲What’s the population of Shanghai?
population通常不用作复数，常用large或small修饰，以表示人口“多”或者“少”。如：The country has a largesmall population.
population做主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。如：
The population of that area is very small.
8. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China. 比中国其他许多城市的人口都更多。9. It’s streets are much wider and
cleaner too.它的街道也更宽敞、更干净。much + 形容词的比较级 表示：······ 的多she is much taller than her brother. 10. Remember to visit the Diwang Tower.
记得去看看地王大厦。 remember to do sth. 记住（去）做某事1)Remember to bring your homework to
school.记得把作业带到学校来。
2) Remember not to be late for class!记得上课不要迟到!不论是remember 还是forgot后面用不定
式的表示事情还没有做，用ing 形式的表
示事情已经做过了！ remember to doremember doingforget to do forget doingtry to do try doing记得要做某事(没做)记得做了某事(做了)忘记要做某事(没做)忘记做了某事(做了)尽力做某事试着做某事 Summary （总结）一般在词尾加-er以字母 e 结尾的
形容词,直接加 - r双写，再加 - er以“辅音字母+ - y ”结尾的
形容词，先把 y 变成 i，
再加 - erNew complete the passage about Shenzhen. Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong.
It became important in the (1)_____. Before
that it was a (2)___________. Today the
population of Shenzhen is more than (3)____
____Million. There are many tall buildings in
Shenzhen. A famous one is the
(4)_____________. It is (5)______than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
1980ssmall villageovertenDiwang Towertaller3. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. You need to use some of the words more than once.About thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a
_____ village, but today it is a very______ city.
2.Shenzhen is a _______city than Hong Kong.
3.Shenzhen is getting _______and _________.
The streets are ________and _________.
4.Shenzhen will become as ____as Hong Kong.
5.The population of Shenzhen is _______than that of many other cities in China. big busy clean large new small widesmallbig / largenewerbiggerbusierwidercleanerbusylargerPronunciation and speaking1—Shenzhen is larger in population than
Beijing.
---No, it isn’t. It’s smaller.
2.—Hong Kong is never 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.4. Listen and notice how the speaker stresses
the underlined words.Now work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.5.Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table.a small city a new city an old city the buildings / tall the buildings / low the climate / hot the climate / warmpopulation / big
population / small
6. 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.---Is your home town newer than Shenzhen?
---No, it isn’t. It’s older than Shenzhen.--- Are the buildings in your home town taller
than the buildings in Shenzhen?
--- No, they aren’t. They are lower than Shenzhen.--- Is the climate in your home town hotter than
that in Shenzhen?
--- No, it isn’t. It’s not hotter than that in Shenzhen.