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Unit 4
Topic 1 What’s the strongest animal on the farm
Section A
本节课通过Michael 和Wang Wei 的对话，引出农村和城市的对比，最终学习本节课以及整个话题的重点：形容词的比较级和最高级。
1. 能根据音标正确拼读并运用单词表中的黑体单词, 如: sky, river, clear, nature, horse, sheep等。
2. 能正确拼写本课新词，根据对比或者联想记忆单词，如：sky-blue, river-clear等。
3. 能正确运用比较级和最高级来分层描述物体。
1. 能听懂有关农村和城市对比的话题，并能听懂熟悉的事物之间的比较。
2. 能正确朗读课本的文本材料，读懂用比较级和最高级描述的句子。
3. 能正确运用比较级和最高级写出事物之间的对比。
知识技能
核心素养
Free talk:
Where do you want to live, the city or the countryside
I want to live in the countryside.
Why
Because ...
countryside
The air is fresh.
The sky is blue.
The trees are green.
The river is clear.
It’s quiet in the countryside.
The air is dirty.
The river is dirty.
city
The buildings are tall.
The roads are wide.
It’s noisy in the city.
The sky is gray.
The traffic is busy.
The air in the countryside is _______.
fresher
The sky in the countryside is ________.
bluer
The river in the countryside is ________.
clearer
The trees in the countryside are _________ than those in the city.
greener
It’s __________ in the countryside than in the city.
quieter
1. 一般在词尾直接加er/est: tall—taller—tallest
2. 以e 结尾的单词去e加er/est: wide—wider—widest
3. 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)
形容词比较级(-er)和最高级(-est)的规则变化:
Adjective strong tall nice brave
Comparative stronger nicer
Superlative strongest nicest
Adjective big fat thin lazy ugly
Comparative bigger fatter lazier
Superlative biggest fattest laziest
Study the rules carefully and complete the table.
2b
thinner
tallest
braver
bravest
thinnest
taller
uglier
ugliest
写出下列形容词的比较级和最高级。
long _______ _______ short _______ _______
large _______ ________ late _______ _______
happy ______ ________ easy ________ _______
hot _______ ________ hard ________ _______
Listen to 1a and check the words you hear. Then read it aloud.
________ fresher ________ busier _______ bluer
________ taller ________ bigger _______ clearer
________ nicer ________ quieter _______ noisier
1b
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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 again and fill in the blanks. Then read it aloud.
1c
Look at the picture in 1a.
Which do you like better, countryside or city Why
1a
Underline the comparative degrees in your book.
1a
Watch the video and imitate.
Pair work:
1a
Work in pairs, practice the dialog.
Act out the dialog in class.
Listen to the conversation and fill in the blanks.
One day, the children were visiting a farm.
2a
Answers to 2a:
taller stronger
shorter nicer
cuter better
Look at the picture and choose the correct word for each animal. Then make conversations with the adjectives in 2b.
horse pig
cow cat
sheep mouse
hen goose
duck dog
rabbit
3
(One day, the animals on the farm were talking.)
Dog: I’m the strongest on this farm.
Rabbit: I don’t think so. The pig is stronger than you.
Dog: Ha! Ha! He is lazier than me.
…
3
Look at the pictures, make sentences according to the examples.
horse pig cow cat sheep mouse
hen goose duck
dog rabbit
The hens are smaller than the dogs.
The mice are smaller than the hens.
The mice are the smallest of all.
3
Grammar:
形容词比较级常用于“比较级+than”结构中。
如：He is stronger than his sister.
形容词最高级常用于“最高级+of/in+范围“结构中。
如：He is the strongest in the class.
She is the tallest of three.
常用的不规则变化的形容词的比较级和最高级:
原级—比较级—最高级
good—better—best
many—more—most
much—more—most
bad—worse—worst
far—farther, further—farthest, furthest
Exercises:
A
C
1. This pencil is ___ than that one.
A. longest B. long C. longer D. as long as
2. These children are ____ this year than last year.
A. tall B. tallest
C. very taller D. much taller
3. Which is ___, Li Lei or Wu Tong
A. strong B. strongest C. stronger D. the strongest
C
D
C
Exercises:
A
C
4. Which language is ____, English, French or Japanese
A. easy B. easier C. the easiest D. much easy
5. Which month is ____, June, July or August
A. hot B. hotter C. hottest D. the hottest
C
D
Summary:
We learn:
形容词的比较级和最高级
We can:
能正确运用形容词的比较级和最高级来谈论事物。
Homework:
1. Read and recite 1a.
2. Make sentences with the words of 3.
3. Preview Section B.
