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初中英语外研版八年级上册
Module 2
Unit 1 It’s taller than many
other buildings
新课导入
Look at the pictures. Where are these buildings
Shanghgai
Shenzhen
1
2
能熟悉并能正确运用本课时的重点单词和短语
能初步理解并应用含形容词比较级的句型
知识梳理
1 Look at the pictures and talk about them.
Use the words in the box to help you.
Now listen and complete.
Place: (1)__________
Population: (2)________million
Jin Mao Tower: (3)________metres high
Place: (4)___________
Population: (5)________million
Victoria Peak: (6)________metres high
high hill population river wide
Shanghai
23. 5
420. 5
Hong Kong
7
552
2 Listen and read.
Tony:Hey,Daming!How was your weekend
Daming:Pretty good!I went to Shenzhen.
Tony:Where's Shenzhen
Daming:Well,it's on the coast near Hong Kong.
It was a small village about thirty years ago,
but today it's a very big city.
Tony:So it's a newer city than Hong Kong
Daming:Yes,it's a very new city.In fact,it only became important in the 1980s. It's getting bigger and busier.Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I'm sure.
Tony:What's the population of Shenzhen
Daming:It's over ten million,I think.That's larger than the population of many other cities in China. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it's a beautiful city.
Tony:I’d like to go there one day.
Daming:Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It's taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
Now complete the passage about Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong.It became important in the (1)____________.Before that it was a (2)____________.Today the population of Shenzhen is more than (3)_____million.There are many tall buildings in Shenzhen.A famous one is the (4)_______________.
It is (5)________ than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
1980s
small village
ten
Diwang Tower
taller
3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.You need to use some of the words more than once.
big busy clean large new small wide
1 About thirty years ago,Shenzhen was a________village,
but today it is a very________city.
2 Shenzhen is a ________city than Hong Kong.
3 Shenzhen is getting ________and________.The streets
are________and________.
4 Shenzhen will become as ________ as Hong Kong.
5 The population of Shenzhen is________than that of
many other cities in China.
small
big
newer
bigger
wider
busier
cleaner
busy
larger
1 —Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing.
—No,it isn’t. It’s smaller.
2 —Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen.
—No,it isn’t. It’s older.
3 —Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong.
—No,it isn’t. It’s newer.
4 —Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen.
—No,it isn't.It's busier.
Now work in pairs.Listen again and repeat.
4 Listen and notice how the speaker stresses the underlined words.
5 Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table.
Shenzhen Your home town
a big city
a small town
a large population
a small population
higher buildings
lower buildings
wider streets
narrower streets
6 Work in pairs.Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and your home town.Use big,small,hot,cold,tall or new.
—Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen
—No,it isn't.It's smaller than Shenzhen.
范例:
—Is the population of your home town smaller than
that of Shenzhen
—Yes,it is.
—Is your home town newer than Shenzhen
—No,it isn't. It's older than Shenzhen.
1 It’s over ten million, I think.
我认为它的人口超过1000万。
million “百万”,当前面有具体数字时,要用单数形式,即“基数词+million”,表示确切的数目。
如:
每年约有五百万人来这个国家游览。
About _______________ people visit the country every year.
five million
有关人口的词汇探究
拓展:millions of“数以百万计的, 无数的”。表示约数(不确切的数目)时,million前不能出现具体数字。
有类似用法的还有hundred, thousand等。如:那些星星数百万年前就已经在那里了。
The stars were there _______________ years ago.
millions of
2 Remember to visit the Diwang Tower.
记得去参观一下地王大厦。
remember to do sth.意为“记得要做某事”,表示这件事还没有做;remember doing sth.意为“记得做过某事”,表示曾经做过某事,现在(或说话时)还记得。
如:Please ____________________ the letter for me.
请记得为我寄这封信。(信还没有寄)
Don’t you _____________________ me the story yesterday
你不记得昨天给我讲过这个故事了吗 (故事已讲过)
remember to send
remember telling
活动小结
通过以上的活动,我们可以知道:
million “百万”“基数词+million”
remember to do sth.意为“记得要做某事”,表示这件事还没有做;remember doing sth.意为“记得做过某事”,表示曾经做过某事,现在(或说话时)还记得。
探究二
1. —How was your weekend
—Pretty good!
——你的周末过得怎样? ——很棒!
pretty good意为“相当好;很好”,用于对“How’s… /What do you think of… ”的回答。pretty=very/quite,作副词,可用来修饰形容词和副词。
有关人口的句型探究
如:我的饮食习惯相当好。
My eating habits are ___________________.
拓展:pretty adj.漂亮的,可爱的,精致的;(尤指女子)妩媚的,动人的
pretty good
2. What’s the population of Shenzhen
深圳有多少人口?
population(n.)意为“(某一地区的)人口,全体居民”。
(1)集体名词,看作一个整体,在句中作主语时,谓语动词用单数形式。
【注意】表示人口多少用large或small修饰,population前面有分数或百分数修饰时,
谓语动词用复数形式(强调个体)。
(2)表达“某地有多少人口”通常有两种方法:
①The population of+某地+be动词+数词。
eg.The population of Shanghai is over 20 million.
上海的人口超过两千万。
②某地+has a population of+数词。
eg.Shanghai has a population of over 20 million.
上海有两千多万人。
活动小结
通过以上的活动,我们可以知道:
pretty good意为“相当好;很好”,用于对“How’s… /What do you think of… ”的回答。pretty=very/quite,作副词,可用来修饰形容词和副词。
表达“某地有多少人口”通常有两种方法:
①The population of+某地+be动词+数词。
②某地+has a population of+数词。
当堂检测
根据句意选出恰当的单词填空,有的需要变换形式。 hill, wide, million, pretty, than, get1. Spring comes and the weather __________ warm.2. On the ___________, we saw lots of young trees.3. Emma is ___________ busy this term.4. The river in front of our village is about ten metres ___________.5. I think his uncle is taller ___________ his father.6. There are eight ___________ people in Green City.
gets
hill
pretty
wide
than
million
重点单词:
million
hill
population
than.
重点句式:
Pretty good!
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Module 2 Unit 1