外研版八年级英语上册Module 4 Planes, ships and trains .Unit 3-1教学课件(共26张PPT)

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Module 4
Planes, ships and trains
Unit 3
Language in use 1
Do you like travelling
How do you often travel
I usually travel by plane. It is the fastest way to travel.
Warming-up
Free talk
I usually travel by train. It is the most comfortable way to travel.
I usually travel by coach. It is the cheapest way to travel.
Warming-up
1. It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.
2. He lives the farthest from school.
3. It is the fastest and the second cheapest.
4. The more information, the better.
Presentation
Language practice
The Europa Hotel is more expensive than
the Grand.
The Europa Hotel is more expensive than all the other hotel in the city.
The Europa Hotel is the most expensive hotel in the city.
语法小知识——形容词和副词的最高级
概念：英语中三者或三者以上的事物相比较，表示“最……”时，要用
“the + 最高级” 的结构表示。
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最高级的规则变化与不规则变化
规则 变化 分类 构成方式 例词
一般情况 在词尾加 -est quiet quietest slow slowest
以字母 e 结尾的词 在词尾加 -st large largest late latest
重读闭音节词词尾只有一个辅音字母 先双写该辅音 字母，再加 -est thin thinnest big biggest
以“辅音字母 + y” 结尾的双音节词 先变 y 成 i， 再加 –est easy easiest early earliest
多音节词和部分双音节词 在词前加 most useful most useful
quickly most quickly
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不规则变化
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good, well best
bad/ill, badly worst
many/much most
little least
far farthest/furthest
最高级的常用句型结构
句型结构 例句
“主语 + be + the + 形容词最高级 + in/of 短语”，意为“……是……中最……的” Tom is the tallest than in his
class/of all the students.
“主语 + 实义动词 (+the) + 副词最高级 + in/of 短语”意为“……是……中最……” I jumped (the) farthest in my
class/of all the students.
“主语 + be + one of the + 形容词最高级 + 可数名词复数 + in/of 短语”意为“……是……中最……的……之一” Beijing is one of the largest
cities in China.
“疑问词 + be + the + 形容词最高级 + 甲, 乙 or 丙 ”用于三者或三者以上的比较 Which country is the largest,
China, Brazil or Canada
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句型结构 例句
“疑问词 + 助动词 + 主语 + 动词原形 (+the) + 副词最高级 +甲, 乙 or 丙 ”用于三者或三者以上的比较 Which season do you like (the)
best, spring, summer or autumn
“the + 序数词 + 形容词最高级 + 名词”，意为“第几最……的” The Yellow River is the second longest
river in China.
“比较级 + than any other + 可数名词单数”，意为“比其他任何一个……都……”，强调在同一范围内做比较 China is larger than any other country
in Asia.
“比较级 + than any + 可数名词单数”意为“比其他任何……都……”，强调不在同一范围内作比较 China is larger than any country
in Africa.
否定词与比较级连用来表达最高级的含义 The movie is Great. I have never
seen a better one.
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1. —What sports do you like _____
—Basketball. I think it’s very relaxing.
A. good B. well C. better D. best
2. Tony is _____ of the three boys, but he is the tallest.
A. young B. younger C. youngest D. the youngest
3. Tianjin is one of _____ cities in China.
A. big B. bigger C. the biggest D. the bigger
Grammar exercises
Practice
1 This bus takes the (long) time because it is
the _______(slow).
2 The new train travels the (fast) of all the trains
in the world.
3 The (cheap) way to get there is by coach.
4 I am in a hurry. What is the (fast) way to get there
5 The fastest way to travel is by plane, but usually it is also
the ______________(expensive).
longest
slowest
fastest
cheapest
fastest
most expensive
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
Practice
a) By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi and that takes time too.
b) The cheapest way is going by coach, but it is not very comfortable.
c) The most comfortable way is going by train, but it takes more time than going by plane.
d) There are three ways: by plane, by train and by coach.
Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.
Practice
Customer: How can I get to Beijing from here
Tourist guide: ______________________
Customer: Which is the fastest way
Tourist guide: ______________________
Customer: Which is the cheapest way
Tourist guide: ______________________
Customer: Which way is the most comfortable
Tourist guide: ______________________
d
a
b
c
Practice
Complete the conversation with the correct form
of the words in the box.
cheap close expensive good much slow
A: What’s the _____ way to go to Qingdao
B: We can take a plane, but that’s _________. We can also take
a train. It’s _______, but it’s not so expensive. The coach
is the _________ way to go, but it takes the ______ time.
A: So how should we go
B: I think the best way is by train because the train station is the
________ to our home.
best
expensive
slower
cheapest
most
closest
Practice
Complete the word map.
Travelling
bus
train
taxi
by taxi
take a taxi
taxi stand
plane
by bus
take a bus
bus stop
by train
take a train
train station
by plane
take a plane
airport
Practice
Remember: It’s easier to learn words and expressions by putting them in groups with a title, for example, Travelling: take a bus/plane/taxi/train, by bus/plane/taxi/train, bus stop/ airport/taxi stand/train station.
Practice
Learning to learn
1 What is the cheapest way to get there
2 What is the most expensive way to get there
3 What is the fastest way to get there
4 What is the most comfortable way to get there
5 What is the safest way to get there
Work in pairs. Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the ways by which you can get there.
Practice
Complete the email with the words in the box.
Hi, Tony,
My family is planning a journey to China in the summer. We want to visit Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) ______ the plane tickets early After Beijing, we want to visit Xi’an and Hangzhou, and maybe somewhere else. How can we (2) ______ from Beijing
FROM: Sally
TO: Tony
SUBJECT: Journey to China
book
book choice cost travel trip
travel
Practice
to Xi’an, by train or by plane The (3) is not so important, but the time is.
After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go to Shanghai first, or can we go from Xi’an to Hangzhou directly
And after Hangzhou what is the best (4) ________ Can we make a short (5) _____ to Suzhou What do you think
Thanks for your help.
Sally
trip
choice
cost
Practice
Listen and match the cities with the information.
1 London a) the city with about four
million people
2 Birmingham b) a small beautiful town
3 Oxford c) the most expensive city
4 Cambridge d) the most interesting city
e) the biggest city
Practice
Listen again and answer the questions.
1 Which city has the largest population
2 Which cities have the oldest universities in the world
3 Which city is the nearest to London
4 What are the popular places for sightseeing in London
London.
Oxford and Cambridge.
Cambridge.
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.
Practice
1. Annie plays the piano very _____(well). Sue plays it ______
(well) than Annie. Sally plays it the ____ (well).
2. Your classroom is _____(wide) and ________(bright)
than ours.
3. Practice as ______ (much) as you can.
4. Where is the _______ (near) bus stop
well
better
best
wider
brighter
much
Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the words.
nearest
Consolidation
5. An orange is a little ______ (big) than an apple, but much
_______ (small) than a watermelon.
6. He is __________________(clever) than any other boy in
the class.
7. He is one of the ____________ (friendly) people in the world.
8. Mr Miller is one of _______________(popular) teachers in
Green High School.
9. Your father is as _______ (young) as your uncle.
bigger
smaller
cleverer/more clever
most friendly
the most popular
young
Consolidation
Summary
Key words and phrases:
far, close, far from, by taxi, take a bus…
Key sentences:
It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.
He lives the farthest from school.
It is the fastest and the second cheapest.
The more information, the better.
Homework
1. Review the use of superlative adjectives and adverbs.
2. Master the useful words and phrases you’ve learned in
this module.
Goodbye!