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Unit 4 Our World
Topic 1 What’s the strongest animal on the farm
Section A
Learning objects
What will we do today
Learn some new words and expressions.
Learn comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives.
Compare things, people and places.
[k m p r t v]
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Look and learn
This is my farm in the countryside.
Have a brainstorm!
animals
in the countryside
sheepsheep
mousemice
dog
cock
hen
chicks
horse
cow
pig
goosegeese
goats
rabbit
duck
cat
countryside
The air is fresh.
The sky is blue.
The trees are green.
The river is clear.
It’s quiet in the countryside.
Does Wang Wei like the countryside or the city
Listen to 1a and check the words you hear.
_____ fresher _____ busier _____ bluer
_____ taller _____ bigger _____ clearer
_____ nicer _____ quieter _____ noisier
The air in the countryside is ______
The sky in the countryside is ______
The river in the countryside is ______
The trees in the countryside are _______ than those
in the city.
It’s ________ in the countryside than in the city.
than that in the city.
greener
quieter
fresher
bluer
clearer
Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Wang Wei likes the countryside very much because he thinks the air is _________, the sky is _______ and the rivers are ________ there. Michael thinks the countryside is much ________ than the city, too, so people can enjoy the beauty of nature. Wang Wei goes to the countryside every year for his summer holiday.
fresher
bluer
clearer
quieter
Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
(One day, the children were visiting a farm.)
Yukio: Kangkang, what's the strongest animal on the farm
Kangkang: Horses. But I think the _______ horse over there is _______ than the ______ horse.
Sally: I think the sheep are the nicest of all.
Helen: But I think this cat is __________. He lets me hold him.
Yukio: The pigs must be the fattest and laziest animals on the farm. What do you think, Sally
Sally: But I think the pigs are_______. Look! They are swimming and chatting with the hens and ducks.
Kangkang: The cat is running after a mouse and the dog is playing with the rabbit.
Helen: Look! The cows and the sheep are eating. All the animals are living a ________ life on the farm.
taller
stronger
shorter
nicer
cuter
better
Small Big
The mice are smaller than the hens.
The hens are smaller than the geese.
The mice are the smallest of all.
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a little thinner much thinner
The ducks are a little thinner than the geese.
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The ducks are much thinner than the pigs.
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Study the rules carefully and complete the table.
Adjective strong tall nice brave
Comparative stronger nicer
Adjective big fat thin lazy ugly
Comparative bigger lazier
taller
braver
fatter
thinner
uglier
Superlative strongest nicest
tallest
bravest
Superlative biggest laziest
fattest
thinnest
ugliest
Grammar 课本P124
形容词的比较等级：原级、比较级、最高级
单音节词和部分双音节词的比较等级的规则变化如下：
一般在词尾直接加er/est: tall—taller--tallest
以e 结尾的单词去e加er/est: wide—wider—widest
以辅音字母加y结尾的单词，把y改成i, 再加 er/est: busy—busier-busiest
以重读闭音节结尾，且末尾只有一个辅音字母的单词，双写末尾的辅音字母，再加er/est: big—bigger— biggest, (fat, thin, red, hot)
下面这些是不规则形容词
Adjective well/good many/much little bad/ill far
Comparative better more less worse farther/furthest
Superlative best most least worst farthest/furthest
Study the rules carefully and complete the table.
Adjective strong tall nice brave
Superlative strongest nicest
Adjective big fat thin lazy ugly
Superlative biggest laziest
fattest
ugliest
Look at the picture and choose the correct word for each animal. Then make conversations with the adjectives in 2b.
Pair work
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horse pig
cow cat
sheep mouse
hen goose
duck dog
rabbit
Practice
Write down the comparative degrees and superlative degrees of the following words.
short _______ _______ small ______ _______
large _______ ________ late _______ _______
happy ______ ________ easy ________ _______
hot _______ ________ hard ________ _______
cute ________ ________ dirty ________ ______
good/well ______ _______ many/much _________ ___
shorter shortest
larger largest
happier happiest
hotter hottest
cuter cutest
smaller smallest
later latest
easier easiest
harder hardest
dirtier dirtiest
better best
more most
Exercises
Fill in the blanks.
Yang Wei is _______(short) than Yao Ming.
The water in Lihe River is ______(clear) than that in Shahe River.
The students are ______(quiet) in math classes than in English classes.
The boy is __________(fat) in Class one.
Changjiang is __________(long) river in China.
shorter
clearer
quieter
the fattest
the longest
Summary
We learn:
some words and expressions: think about,
the beauty of nature, sky, river, clear, horse,
sheep, thin, cow, hen …
Comparative and superlative degrees of adjectives
We can:
Compare things, people, places, etc.
Homework
Read 1a and 2a aloud and fluently .
Finish the workbook.
Recite the rules.
