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Module 2 Unit 1
It’s taller than many other buildings.
八年级上
外研版
通过本课的学习，学生能够：
①能听懂关于对比两个城市的对话。
②会用英语比较两个不同的城市或者地方，进行多轮对话。
③通过今昔对比感受城市的发展变化，培养对家乡的热爱。
Learning Goals
Words & Expressions
小山；小丘 [h l] n._______________
(某一地区的)人口，全体居民 [ p pj 'le n] n._______________
宽的；宽阔的 [wa d] adj._______________
百万 ['m lj n] num._______________
[主口]相当地；非常；很 ['pr t ] adv._______________
比 [ n; n] prep._______________
变成；成为 [get] v._______________
hill
population
wide
million
pretty
than
get
Let’s watch this video and talk about your feelings about the great changes in Shenzhen.
Warming Up
（换）视频深圳巨变——BV1qZ4y1v7Hw
1. Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you.
Pre-listening
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
Hong Kong
seven
552
Shanghai
23.5
420.5
high hill population river wide
Welcome to Shanghai. This big city in East China has a population
of 23.5 million. It’s on a wide river called the Huangpu River. The
tall building you can see is the Jin Mao Tower. It’s 420. 5 metres
high.
This is Hong Kong. It’s a busy city on the South China coast.
Seven million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. It’s 552
metres high.
黄浦江
Listen again and read.
金茂大厦
/ k st /n.海岸
太平山
Watch this video and answer the following questions.
While-listening
1. Where did Daming go during the weekend
He went to Shenzhen.
2. Is Hong Kong older than Shenzhen
Yes, it is.
3. Is Shenzhen getting bigger and busier
Yes, it is.
Listen again and mark the sentences true or false (T/F).
1. Shenzhen is bigger today than 30 years ago.
2. Hong Kong is a newer city than Shenzhen.
3. Shenzhen is busier than Hong Kong.
4. The population of Shenzhen is over ten million.
5. Diwang Tower is taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
T
F
F
T
T
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
相当好；很好
比...新
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 ①
Daming: It’s over ten million, I think.② 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.
事实上，实际上
在20世纪80年代
as ... as... 和......一样......
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.
Everyday English
· Hey!
· How was your weekend
· Pretty good!
为would like的缩写，意为“想要”
remember to do sth. 记得去做某事
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 ________.
small
big
newer
bigger
busier
wider
cleaner
4. Shenzhen will become as ________ as Hong Kong.
5. The population of Shenzhen is________than that of many other cities in China.
busy
larger
Free talk
Did you go to other cities What are they
Do you know anything about the big cities in China
Which city do you like best
Post-listening
Learning to learn
In English, sentence stress is very important. We stress key words, which give the main information and the main ideas.
4. Listen and notice how the speaker stresses the underlined words.
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.
5. Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table.
Shenzhen Your home town
a big city
a large population
higher buildings
wider streets
a small town
a small population
lower buildings
narrower streets
—Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen
—No, it isn’t. It’s smaller than Shenzhen.
6. Work in pairs. Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and your home town. Use big, small, hot, cold, tall or new.
—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.
Sample
Key Phrases
相当好；很好 ______________________
事实上 ______________________
在20世纪80年代 ______________________
和......一样...... ______________________
想要做某事 ______________________
记得去做某事 ______________________
pretty good
in fact
in the 1980s
as ... as...
would like to do sth.
remember to do sth.
1. What’s the population of Shenzhen
population 为名词，意为“（某一地区的）人口；全体居民”。
询问某国、某地有多少人口的句型
What is the population of …
How large is the population of …
How many people are there in …
注意：表示人口的”多”或”少”时，不用much或little，而要用large或small
Language Points
e.g. The population continues to increase. 人口持续增长。
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Instant Training
1. How many people are there in Shenzhen (改为同义句)
________ ________ the population of Shenzhen
________ _________ ________the population of Shenzhen
What is
How large is
2. It’s over ten million, I think.
million为数词，意为”百万”
(1)million与具体数字连用时，词尾通常不加-s，其后也不接介词of。
e.g. This is a big city with a population of seven million.
这是一个拥有七百万人口的大城市。
(2)million不与具体数字连用，而是表示概数时，则词尾不仅要加-s，而且其后要接介词of，再接名词复数形式。
e.g. Millions of people visit the Great Wall every year.
每年有数百万人参观长城。
拓展：
与million用法相似的词有：hundred百 → hundreds of成百上千的; thousand千 → thousands of 成千上万的；billion十亿 → billions of数十亿等。
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Instant Training
1. The movie is so interesting that ______ people have seen it in the past few days.
A. two millions of B. two millions
C. million of D. millions of
2. lt’s reported that nearly two ______ foreign football fans visited Qatar (卡塔尔) to watch the 2022 World Cup.
A. millions B. millions of
C. million D. million for
D
C
Exercises
一、 根据句意及汉语提示写出单词。
1. There are many trees on the _____(小山). They make the air there very fresh.
2. The river is about 1,000 metres long and nearly 10 meters ______(宽的).
3. The ____________ (人口) of the world is increasing quickly.
4. The company will spend about fifty______________(百万)yuan building schools for the children in western China.
hill
wide
population
million
二、单项选择。
( )1. —David is a boy of few words.
—__________, he is warm-hearted.
A.In a hurry B.In fact C.In the end D.After all
( )2. Now people can send messages with their voices. It is____than using a keyboard.
A.faster B.fast C.fastest D.the fastest
B
A
( )3. —What do you think of the book The Family by Ba Jin
—___________. It tells us much about the society at that time.
A.All right B. I think so C.Pretty good D.I agree with you
( )4. We all know that _________birds fly to Dongting Lake in winter.
A.million B.millions C.millions of D.million of
C
C
1.Listening and Speaking:
Daming and Tony talk and compare the cities of Shenzhen and Hong Kong.
2. Key vocabulary:
hill, population, wide, million, than, get
3. Key structures:
①So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong
②… it will become as busy as Hong Kong.
③What’s the population of Shenzhen
④Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
⑤It’s taller than many other buildings.
Summary
