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Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 3 Language in use
Are you familiar with these sentences They are all from the texts we have learnt.
It’s getting bigger and busier.
Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
3. It’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
4. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
5. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong.
6. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China.
7. Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing.
比较级的构成：规则变化：
单音节和部分双音节词 一般在词尾加-er
tall→taller
long→longer
以字母e结尾的词，在词尾加-r fine→finer
late→later
重读闭音节词且词尾只有一个辅音字母，双写辅音字母再加-er big→bigger
thin→thinner
以“辅音字母 + y”结尾的双音节词，先把“y”改为“i”再加-er easy→easier
friendly→friendlier
比较级用于比较两个主体的，组成句子的方式是将形容词或副词变成比较级的形态，即在形容词或副词前加more或加后缀-er。
1. short — _______ 2. thin — ______
3. early — _______ 4. tall — _______
5. fine — _______ 6. fat — _______
7. busy — _______ 8. big — ______
9. new — _______ 10. heavy — _______
11. hot — _______ 12. old — _______
13. long — _______ 14. wide — _______
15. large — _______ 16. tidy — _______
shorter
thinner
earlier
taller
finer
fatter
busier
bigger
newer
heavier
写出下列形容词的比较级。
hotter
older
longer
wider
larger
tidier
A
B
A
B
2. 表示两者之间的选择, 可使用
Which is + 比较级, …or…
3. The+比较级…，the + 比较级… “越…越…”
Which is longer, this one or that one
The harder you work, the better your grade is.
你越努力，你的成绩就越好。
4. …比较级+and+比较级… “越来越…”
In spring, the days are getting longer and longer.在春天，白天变得越来越长
The blouse I bought yesterday is a little cheaper.
昨天我买的衬衣比较便宜。
To play basketball is far more enjoyable to the boy.
打篮球对于男孩子来说要有趣得多。
5. much, a lot, a little, a bit, far等后用形容词和副词的比较级。very不能和比较级连用。
6. as+形容词原形+as… 意为“和…一样…”
This girl is as beautiful as that one.
否定形式：
not as…as…或 not so…as… 意为“和… 不一样”
“不及／不如……”
Tom is not so tall as Mike.
1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.
big cold large old tall
1. Shenzhen was very small about thirty years ago
but it is much ________ now.
2. This building is tall but that building is much .
3. Beijing is old but Xi’an is much .
4. The US has a large population but India’s population
is .
5. Beijing is cold in winter but Harbin is _______.
bigger
taller
older
larger
colder
虽然没有than, 但两者针对同一方面进行比较
形容词前有much修饰，此时much表示 “更…”
2.Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words from the box to help you.
Make comparisons. Write sentences.
The buildings in Picture 1 are older than the buildings in Picture 2.
Picture 1
Picture 2
big busy high low old small tall
The buildings in the village in Picture 1 are older / smaller / lower than the buildings in the city in Picture 2.
The buildings in the village in Picture 2 are newer / higher / bigger / taller than the buildings in the village in Picture 1.
In Picture 2, the roads are wider / busier than those in Picture 1.
Shenzhen Beijing new
Shanghai Hangzhou busy
Xi’an Beijing old
China Australia big
Tian’anmen Square Other squares in Beijing wide
The population of Tianjin The population of Shanghai small
For example: Shenzhen is newer than Beijing.
cold
place
Place
weather
history
population
size
warm
old
new
large
small
large
small
big cold large new old small warm
5 Complete the sentences with the
expressions in the box.
in the northeast is famous for on the coast
pretty good The population of
Cambridge is a beautiful old English city. It
____________its university.
2. Tianjin is near Beijing, ___________of the
Bohai Sea.
3. ________________ India is smaller than that
of China but bigger than that of Russia.
4. Harbin is _________________ of China and is a
very busy city.
5. The weather in Beijing in autumn is _________.
is famous for
on the coast
The population of
in the northeast
pretty good
6 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets.
In my hometown there are two cinemas, the Grand Cinema and the Palace Cinema. The Grand
Cinema is _____(old) and_______ (small) than the Palace Cinema. It is also ________(warm) in the Grand Cinema. The Palace Cinema is usually_______ (busy) than the Grand Cinema because they show better films －and the tickets are________ (cheap) too.
older
smaller
warmer
busier
cheaper
1. New York is a(n)______ and ______ city than
Washington D.C.
2. New York is more_______ than any other city in the US.
3. Shanghai has a(n) ______ population than Beijing.
4. Beijing is______ than Shanghai.
7 Listen and complete the sentences.
bigger
busier
famous
larger
older
Around the world
America
Answer the questions
1.What is the capital of the US
2.Where is Washington DC
3.What is Washington DC famous for
4.Why do tourists go to Washington DC？
Washington D.C.
Washington, D.C. is the capital of the United States of America.
It is named in honor of George Washington.
Washington, D.C. is located on the East Coast
Travel Attractions
The White House
The capitol Hill
旅游景点
白宫
国会山
The Washington Monument
The Jefferson memorial hall
华盛顿纪念馆
杰斐逊纪念堂
Lincoln memorial
林肯纪念堂
New York
It consists of Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island(曼哈顿，皇后区，布鲁克林区，布朗克斯区，斯塔滕岛区).
It has the population of 8 million from every corner in the world, in which Chinese are more than 600,000.
Its another name is
the Big Apple.
Module task
Making a report comparing two places in your home town
Where is it
It’s in the north / south / east / west of the town.
How many people work / go there
… people work / go there.
How old is it
It’s about … years old
Is there something special about it
Some famous people went to our school.
Can you compare this two cities
City 1: Hangzhou
City 2: Beijing
1. Where is Hangzhou What’s it famous for
2. Where is Beijing What’s it famous for
3. Which city is bigger or busier …
Hangzhou is in the east of China. It’s famous for the West Lake. Beijing is in the north of China. It’s famous for the Great Wall. Beijing is bigger and busier than Hangzhou.
形容词的比较级
形容词比较级的结构：
① A be +形容词比较级+than B.
② 形容词前有much修饰
③两者针对某一方面进行比较
2. 规则变化
① 一般的直接在词尾加er。
cleaner, longer, shorter…
② 以e结尾的，直接加r。
wider, larger…
③ 以辅音字母加y结尾的，先改y为i再加er。
busy-busier, heavy-heavier…
④ 双写最后的辅音字母再加er。
bigger, fatter, thinner…
本单元还出现了同级比
较，表示两者一样…，句
型为(not )as+形容词原形+as
The earth is ______ (big) than the moon,
but it is _______ (small) than the sun.
2. Ben looks ________ (young) than Jack.
3. The weather wars hot many years ago, but now it is much _______ (hot)
than the black one.
4. There are so many people on the street. It is very ______ (busy).
5. Helen is thin, but Alice is ______ (thin).
.
bigger
smaller
younger
hotter
busy
用所给形容词的适当形式填空。
thinner
1. The population of He’nan is ______ than
that of Shandong.
A. bigger B. more C. larger D. higher
2. _____ is the population of China
A. How many B. What
C. How D. How much
3. Zhuhai is _______ the coast of South Sea.
A. in B. on C. at D. of
4. Hong Kong is _____ busier than Ji’nan.
A. very B. much C. too D. little
5. The city is famous ______ its beautiful
places.
A. to B. at C. of D. for
6. The girl is coming _____ a bag on her
back.
A. with B. at C. of D. for
比较级前可以用如(much, far, a lot, a little, even, still)
7. _____, this pen is longer than that one.
A. One day B. In fact
C. Pretty good
8. — Is Hong Kong ____ than Shanghai
— Yes, it is.
A. new B. newer C. newest
9. — Is the dog _____ than that one
— Yes, it is.
A. big B. biger C. bigger
10. The yellow coat is as ______ as the
purple one.
A. cheap B. heavier
C. cheaper
I had to call a taxi because the box was
______ than I’d expected. (2012苏州)
A. heavy B. heavier
C. the heavier D. the heaviest
2. She sang a song “I believe I can fly” in
Yangzhou English Classics Reading
Contest. I have never heard a ____ voice
than that before. (2012扬州)
A. good B. well C. better D. best
3.Project Hope has built many schools ___big classrooms and libraries.(2012辽宁大连）
A. in B. of C. for D. with
4. Lady Gaga is famous ____ her beautiful voice.（2012福建南平）
A. as B. with C. for
5. — _____ the population of China
— It’s about 1.3 billion. (2012湖南衡阳）
A. What’s B. How many is
C. How much is
1. 广州在中国的南部。
Guangzhou is ____________ of China.
2. — 香港以什么闻名？
— 太平山。
— What’s Hong Kong ____________
— Victoria Peak.
in the south
famous for
3 温州有超过八百万的人口
Wenzhou________________________ over eight million.
4 北京比广州繁忙。 Beijing _______________ Guangzhou. 5 这里比那里宽。
Here ____________________ there. 6 伦敦以泰晤士河而著名。 London ______________ the Thames. 7 长江比泰晤士河长。 Chang Jiang _______________ the Thames.
has a population of
is busier than
is wider than
is famous for
is longer than
