(共42张PPT)
Lesson 80
The Crystal palace
本课重点
Words and expressions
extraordinary
Grammar
复习比较级和最高级
Introduce the story
T: Today we'll listen to a story about a remarkable building, built for the Great Exhibition.
Understand the situation
T: What do you think is happening in the picture
Listening objective
T : How many people visited the Great Exhibition of 1851
Answer : Six million.
Comprehension questions
Is the Crystal Palace an ordinary or an extraordinary building
An extraordinary one.
Was it built in the eighteenth or the nineteenth century
The nineteenth.
Comprehension questions
Where was it built
In Hyde Park.
Comprehension questions
What was it built for
For the Great Exhibition of 1851.
Comprehension questions
How was it different from all other buildings in the world
It was made of iron and glass.
Comprehension questions
Were there many other buildings as big as the Crystal Palace
No, there weren't.
Comprehension questions
Who came to see it
A lot of people from many countries did.
Comprehension questions
What was sent to the exhibition from abroad
A great many goods were.
Comprehension questions
What else was on display
A great deal of machinery was.
Comprehension questions
What was the most wonderful piece of machinery on show
Nasmyth's steam hammer was.
Comprehension questions
WORDS
New words and expressions
New words and expressions
extraordinary adj.
very unusual or surprising
非凡的,不平常的
New words and expressions
extraordinary kindness
特别的和善
New words and expressions
extraordinary authority
特权
New words and expressions
an extraordinary achievement
非凡的成就
New words and expressions
It took an extraordinary amount of work.
New words and expressions
GRAMMAR
比较级和最高级
Mary is tall, but Jane is taller. Jane is taller than Mary. Caroline is very tall. She is the tallest girl in the class. (KS8)
He is as old as I am. (KS32)
There were few people in the shop. (KS56)
There is little I can do to help him. (KS56)
Grammar
Exercise
用than…或者as…填空:
I can’t reach as high as you. You are taller ____________.
He doesn’t know much. I know more ______________________.
I don’t work particularly hard. Most people work as hard ________________.
than me
than him/than he does
as me/as I do
Grammar
We were very surprised. Nobody was more surprised ____________________.
She’s not a very good player. I’m a better player ___________________.
They’ve been very lucky. I wish we were as lucky___________________________.
than us/than we were
than her/than she is
as them/as they have been
Grammar
Exercise 2
Her illness was ___________________ we thought at first. (much/serious)
This bag is too small. I need something ________________________. (much/big)
You’re driving too fast. Could you drive ______________________ (a bit/slowly)
much bigger
a bit more slowly
much more serious
Grammar
Exercise 2
You looked depressed this morning but you look __________________now. (a bit/happy)
I enjoyed our visit to the museum. It was _______________________ I expected. (far/interesting)
It’s ______________ to learn a foreign language in the country where it is spoken. (a lot/easy)
a bit happier
far more interesting than
a lot easier
Grammar
TEXT
Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
非限制性定语从句,修饰the Crystal Palace
Text
Perhaps the most extraordinary building of the nineteenth century was the Crystal Palace, which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851.
the Great Exhibition,世界博览会
Text
The Crystal Palace was different from all other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass.
be made of…,用……制造
Text
It was one of the biggest buildings of all time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. A great many goods were sent to the exhibition from various parts of the world.
of all time,空前的
Text
There was also a great deal of machinery on display. The most wonderful piece of machinery on show was Nasmyth's steam hammer.
on display = on show,展出
Text
带on的短语:
He has gone to Frankfurt on business.
I didn’t catch the bus. I came here on foot.
I asked to see the officer on duty.
On the whole, it has been a very successful year.
On the average, I make six telephone calls a day.
Text
Exercise
While the guard was _______, he heard a shot.
I’ve changed my mind. ________________ I’ll go by plane instead.
I think you dropped your handkerchief __________, so that he could pick it up.
You must not, ______________, leave this room.
on duty
On second thoughts
on purpose
on any account
Text
Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steam boats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe.
Text
On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train.
on arriving in England,一到英国
Text
There were six million visitors in all, and the profits from the exhibition were used to build museums and colleges.
in all,总共
Text
Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.
Text
重点回顾
Words and expressions Grammar
1. extraordinary 复习形容词、副词的比较级和最高级