Module 2 My home town and my country
Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.
【教材分析】
本课为Module 2的第一单元，主要内容为比较我国两个城市在方位、特点和特色上的不同，掌握形容词比较级的运用。从全书来看，本单元承接上一模块形容词的学习和运用，延伸到比较级形式，学生容易接受。通过对本国城市的比较，为下一单元的异国城市学习奠定了语言基础。
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
1.词汇
2.形容词比较级在肯定、否定和疑问句当中的运用
Ability objective
能听懂和阅读关于两个城市或事物相比较的语言材料，能通过相关词汇和图片描述某一城市的基本概况；能比较两个事物的不同，并写出相关的句子和短文。
Moral objective
感受祖国的地域辽阔，风景万千，培养爱国主义情感。同时，学会与他人沟通和分工合作，建立良好的人际关系。
【教学重点】
1. To learn and review some words and expressions：
hill, wide, million, pretty, and get
2. To learn some expressions about positions.
【教学难点】
1. 比较级的变化规则。
2. 比较级的结构。
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Show the students videos about Shanghai and Hongkong.
Step 2 Listening and vocabulary
1. Show the pictures and learn the new words.
2. Work on Activity 1.
1) Look at the pictures and practice using the words from the box..
2) Listen and fill in the blanks.
3) Listen again and complete the passage using adjectives.
Welcome to Shanghai. This _____ city in East China has a population of 23.5 million. It’s on a _____ river called the Huangpu river. The _____ building you can see is the Jin Man Tower. It’s 420.5 metres _____.
This is Hong Kong. It’s a ______ city on the South China coast. Severn million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. It’s 552 metres _____.
Step 3 Reading
1. Show the pictures, learn some new words.
2. Listen and mark true or false.
1) Shenzhen is a newer city than HongKong.
2) Shenzhen became important in the 1970s.
3) Shenzhen’s population is over twenty million.
4) Diwang tower is taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
3. Read and 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.
4. Find the adjectives and their comparatives in the sentences.
1) So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?
2) It’s getting bigger and busier.
3) That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China.
4) Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
5) It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
3. Complete the passage about Shenzhen.
4. Everyday English.
5. Point out the main points in the passage.
Step 4 Language points
1. population
population意为“人口；全体居民”，是一个集合名词，在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。
常用句型“The population of+某地+be+数词.”或“某地+ has a population of +数词.”表示“某地有多少人口”。如：
The population of my home town is three million.
= My home town has a population of three million.
当表示人口“多”或“少”时常用形容词large或small。如：
The city has a large / small population.
当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词what。如：
What is the population of your country?
根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各题。
(1) The population of this city ____ (be) over one million. (用括号内所给词的适当形式填空)
(2) How much is the population of Shanghai?? ?(改错)
_________________________
(3) The population of India is ________ (smaller / fewer) than that of China. ?(选词填空)
2. million
million是一个数词，意为“百万”，前面有具体数字修饰时用单数形式。
million还常用于固定结构millions of中, 表示“数百万的；数以百万计的”。如：
The old man has two million dollars.
There are millions of books in the library.
根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
(1) 那座城市有七百万人。
There are _______ _______ people in that city.
(2) 他有数百万歌迷。
He has got ________ _____ fans.
3. How was your weekend? Pretty good!
pretty good表示“相当好”。用于对How’s …?/What do you think of …?作答。
e.g. — How was your traveling?
— Pretty good.
—你的旅行怎么样？
— 非常棒。
4. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s. It’s getting bigger and busier.
1) in fact 表示“事实上”。
e.g. In fact, Taiwan is a part of China.
事实上，台湾是中国的一部分。
2) in the 1980s 表示“在20世纪80年代”。
结构为“in the + 年份 + s”。
e.g. in the 1930s 在20世纪30年代
5. Some day it will become as busy as
Hong Kong, I’m sure.
as + 形容词/副词 + as 和……一 样
e.g. He is as tall as his brother.
他和他的哥哥一样高。
not as + 形容词/副词 + as 不像……
e.g. This dictionary is not as useful as you think.
这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。
6. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
much后面加比较级，用来修饰比较级，表示“更……”。
e.g. Tom runs much faster than Mike.
汤姆比迈克跑得更快。
Step 5 Grammar
形容词比较级I
英语中，当我们对两者进行比较时，如句中用的是形容词，我们需要用到形容词的比较级形式。
一、形容词比较级的变化规律
请根据以下例子，总结形容词比较级的规则变化规律。
【例子】
1. young→younger? tall→taller? short→shorter
2. wide→wider?? nice→nicer?? late→later
3. thin→thinner?? fat→fatter?? hot→hotter
4. heavy→heavier?? noisy→noisier?? easy→easier
【结论】
从以上例子我们可以看出，形容词比较级的规则变化规律如下：
1. 一般在词尾直接加_____；
2. 以字母e结尾的形容词直接加_____；
3. 以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，如末尾只有一个辅音字母，应先______该字母, 再加-er；
4. 以“辅音字母+y” 结尾的形容词，先把y变成____，再加_____。
二、形容词的比较句式结构
形容词的比较句式结构是什么呢？标志词语是什么？请仔细观察下面的例句，然后
补全结论部分所缺的内容。
【例句】
1. Paul is taller than his brother.
2. This mountain is higher than that one.
【结论】
从以上例句我们可以看出，形容词的比较句式的标志词语是______，形容词的比较句
式的常用结构为：主语+be+形容词的比较级+than+比较的对象.。
【运用】根据句意用括号内所给形容词的比较级形式填空。
1. John’s desk is ________ (small) than my desk.
2. Tony’s sweater is _______ (big) than Tom’s.
3. Today is ________ (fine) than yesterday.
4. Zhao Nan’s father is ________ (busy) than her mother.
5. It is much ________ (cold) in Beijing than in my home town.
Step 6 Practice
1. Work on Activity 3.
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box. You need to use some of the words more than once.
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.
2. 写出下列形容词的比较级。
short — _______ thin — ______
early — _______ hot — _______
fine — _______ fat — _______
cool — _______ big — ______
wet — _______ dry — _______
Step 7 Pronunciation
1. Work on Activity 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.
2. Work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.
Step 8 Exercises
Step 9 Speaking
1. Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table.
Shenzhen
Your home town
a big city
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.
Tips:
Is … hotter than Shenzhen?
Is … colder than Shenzhen?
Are the buildings in … taller than those in Shenzhen?
Are the buildings in … newer than those in Shenzhen?
Step 10 Homework
Finish your dialogue.
Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.
【教材分析】
Through comparing the two cities—London and Cambridge, let students grasp the usage of comparison of adjectives in English. By showing the picture, make students master the four compass points(east, south, west, north).
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
Key vocabulary—east, south, west, north, church, million, coast, region
Key structures—have a population of
lots of
be famous for
Ability objective
To get information about Cambridge, London and Britain
To master the four compass points.
Moral objective
To know more about own home town and own country and love to know more about the foreign cities and countries.
【教学重点】
1. To tell the difference among the words: near, opposite, along, on the left/right, across
2. To learn some expressions about asking ways and giving directions.
3. To learn the reading method.
【教学难点】
1. To get information from the article.
2. To write a composition by using the comparative degree.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Warming up
Answer the questions according to the pictures, and let Ss know about England.
Step 2 Consolidate new words
1. Point out the direction words.
2. Look and say. The teacher shows the pictures of new words and let the students to say as quickly as possible.
Step 3 Reading and vocabulary
1. Look at the map of the England and read these sentences.
1) Cambridge is in the east of England.
2) London is in the south of England.
3) Bristol is in the west of England.
4) Manchester is in the north of England.
2. Make a dialogue about the directions
Look at the pictures and make dialogues about the cities on the map.
3. Look at the map of China and point out the locations of the following cities.
Beijing Guangdong Chengdu Shanghai
Step 4 Reading
Pre-reading
Look at the pictures on page 12 and listen.
Scanning
Read the passage and choose a title for each picture.
Careful reading
1. Read the passage again and answer the questions.
1) What’s the population of Cambridge?
2) What’s Cambridge famous for?
3) How old is London?
4) What’s the weather like in England?
2. Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London.
?
Cambridge
London
Location
?
Population
?
Famous places
?
River
?
?
3. Show the video of University of Cambridge.
Post reading
Work on Activity 4.
Step 5 Language points
1. north, south, east和west
north, south, east和west都是方位词。请仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全结论部分所缺的内容。
【例句】
1) North points up on the map. 在地图上，北方指向上。
2) Is the country in the east? 这个国家在东方吗？
3) They are facing west. 他们正面朝西。
4) The U.S. is south of Canada. 美国在加拿大之南。
5) The east wind is blowing softly. 东风轻轻地吹。
【结论】
通过观察上述例句可知：
1) north, south, east和west可用作名词，意为“北方”、“南方”、“东方”和“西方”（如例句1）；表示“在北方/南方/东方/西方”常用短语___ the north / south / east / west（如例句2）。in
2) north, south, east和west可用作副词，意为“向北”、“向南”、“向东”和“向西”，常用于动词之后（如例句3）。有时也用于短语north / south / east / west of，意为“在……之北/南/东/西”（如例句4）。
3) north, south, east和west可用作形容词，意为“北方的”、“南方的”、“东方的”和“西方的”，作它们后面名词的定语（如例句5）。
【运用】
请根据汉语意思补全下列英语句子，每空一词。
1. 你知道哪个方向是南方吗？
Do you know which way __ _____? is south
2. 我们的学校在南京的西部。
Our school is __ ___?____ of Nanjing. in the west
3. 一位老人正向东走。
An old man is _______ ____. walking east
4. 一场北风带来了寒冷天气。
A _____ ____ brings cold weather. north wind
2. It is on the river Cam and has a population of about 120,000.
1) on the river Cam 表示“在康桥河畔”， on表示在河的沿岸。
2) have a population of …表示“有……人口”。指人口的多少用large或 small。
3. My home town is especially famous for its university.
be famous for是一个固定短语，意为“因……而闻名；以……著名”。
主语既可以是表示人的词语，也可以是表示地点的词语。主语是表示人的词语时，多表
示以某种技能或特征而闻名；主语是表示地点的词语时，多表示以某种特产或某处名胜
古迹而著名。
e.g. She is famous for her sweet voice.
The town is famous for its fruit.
be famous as意为“作为……而著名”，指某人以某种身份、职业等出名；或指某地作为什么产地等而出名。
【运用】汉译英。
(1) 中国以其悠久历史而闻名。 (be famous for)【2014 山东潍坊】
________________________________________
China?is famous for its long history.
(2) 张艺谋以他的电影而闻名。
________________________________________
Zhang Yimou is famous for his movies.
(3) 北京作为一个首都城市而闻名。
________________________________________
Beijing?is famous as a capital city.
(4) 杨利伟作为一名伟大的宇航员而闻名。
________________________________________
Yang Liwei is famous as a great astronaut.
4. Tourists like the area of low mountains and beautiful lakes in the north…
low意为“矮的；低的”，常指建筑物、山的低或矮、价格的低、声音的低。
e.g. The Browns live in a low house.
The hill is low.
Today the price of sweaters is low.
Joan often speaks in a low voice.
short也有“矮的”的意思, 但常指人的矮。
e.g. The girl in the front of the classroom is short.
根据句意选用low或short填空, 有的需要变换形式。
(1) The price of the T-shirt is very ______.
(2) Li Lei is ________ than his brother.
(3) The hill is _____ and we can get there very soon.
Step 6 Writing
1. Answer the questions and write notes about your home town
1) Where is it?
2) What’s its population?
3) Is it big or small?
4) What is it famous for?
5) How old is it?
6) What is the weather like?
2. Give possible answers.
3. Use your notes and write answers to the questions in Activities 5.
Dalian is in the northeast of China.
It has a population of over six million.
4. Give possible answers.
Step 7 Exercises
Step 8 Homework
Write a passage called “My home town”. Use Tony's passage to help you.
I come from Dalian, a beautiful city in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. It is …
Unit 3 Language in use
【教学目标】
Knowledge objective
Get the students to be able to use the key vocabulary and new words they learn in this unit
Ability objective
To summarize and consolidate-comparing places, comparative adjectives and four compass points(east, south, west, north).
Moral objective
1. To be glad to take part in the group activities and enjoy the happiness.
2. To compare the western country with our country, to make us know our country is great.
【教学重点】
To be able to write a passage to introduce one’s hometown and our country.
【教学难点】
Through listening, speaking and writing, let students practice the comparison of adjectives.
【教学方法】
PWP method, task-based method
【教学手段】
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
【教学过程】
Teaching Procedures:
Step 1 Revision
Revise the comparison of adjectives by filling the blanks.
Step 2 Language practice
Read the four sentences and complete the following exercises.
1. It’s getting bigger and busier.
2. It’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
3. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
4. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
Step 3 Work on Activity 1
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box
1. Read the word in the box.
2. Use the correct form of the words to fill in the blanks.
1) Shenzhen was very small about thirty years ago but it is much _________ now.
2) This building is tall but that building is much _____.
3) Beijing is old but Xi’an is much ______.
4) The US has a large population but India’s population is _______.
5) Beijing is cold in winter but Harbin is ________.
Step 4 Work on Activity 3
Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words from the box to help you.
1. Answer the questions.
--- What can you see in Picture 1?
--- What can you see in Picture 1?
2. Make comparisons. Write sentences.
The buildings in the village in Picture 1 are older/smaller/lower than the buildings in the city in Picture 2.
The buildings in the city in Picture 2 are newer/higher/bigger/taller than the buildings in the village in Picture 1.
In Picture 2, the roads are wider/busier than those in Picture 1.
Step 5 Work on Activity 3
Write sentences. Look at the table and use the information in the table to make sentences.
For example: Shenzhen is newer than Beijing.
Shenzhen is busier than Hangzhou.
Xi’an is older than Beijing.
China is bigger than Australia.
Tian’anmen Square is wider than other squares in China.
The population of Tianjin is smaller than the population of Shanghai.
Step 6 Work on Activity 4
TIP:
Word map is a way of learning vocabulary in groups and the words in the map are all related to each other.
1. Complete the word map. Use the words from the box. You need to use one word more than once.
2. Now work in pairs. Talk about your home town. Use the words in the word map to help you.
Step 7 Work on Activity 5
1. Read the expressions in the box.
Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box.
1) Cambridge is a beautiful old English city. It _____________ its university.
2) Tianjin is near Beijing, ____________ of Bohai Sea.
3) _________________ India is smaller than that of China but bigger than that of Russia.
4) Harbin is _______________ of China and is a very busy city.
5) The weather in Beijing in autumn is ____________.
Step 8 Work on Activity 6
1. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in blanket
In my home town there are two cinemas, the Grand Cinema and the Palace Cinema. The Grand Cinema is (1) ______ (old) and (2) _______ (small) than the Palace Cinema. It is also (3) ________ (warm) in the Grand Cinema. The Palace Cinema is usually (4) ______ (busy) than the Grand Cinema and the tickets are (5) _______ (cheap) too.
2. Draw answers group by group and tell the correct answers.
Step 9 Listening
1. Look at the pictures on page 16 and think of one sentence to describe each city.
1) New York is very busy.
2) Washington D.C. is old.
3) Shanghai has a lot of tall buildings.
4) Beijing has a large population.
Listen and complete the sentences.
1) New York is a(n))_______ and ______ city than Washington D.C.
2) New York is more ________ than any other city in the US.
3) Shanghai has a(n) _______ population than Beijing.
4) Beijing is ______ than Shanghai.
Step 10 Around the world
1. Talk about Washington DC.
2. Read the article, mark true or false.
1) Washington DC is located on the west coast.
2) It is best known for the White House.
3) The Lincoln Memorial is a grand white building.
Step 11 Exercises
Step 12 Module task
1. Work in pairs. Compare two places in your home town.
Where is it?
It’s in the north/south/east/west of the town.
How many people work/go there?
…people work/go there.
How old is it?
It’s about … years old.
Is there anything special about it?
It’s bigger than ...
2. Write the information in the table.
Place 1 :__________
Place 2 :__________
3. Make a report.
Write sentences.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2.
Place 2 is older than Place 1.
Join the sentences using and or but.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2, but Place 2 is older than Place 1.
TIP:
You can write three paragraphs to make your reports:
Paragraph 1: describe Place 1.
Paragraph 2: describe Place 3.
Paragraph 1: compare the two places.
Step 13 Homework
Finish your report.
课件52张PPT。Module 2Module 2My home town and my countryUnit 1
It’s taller than many other buildings.ShanghaiHongkonghigh hill population river wideLook at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you.Listening and vocabularyhill n. 小山population n.
人口，全体居民million
num. 百万e.g. This country now has a
population of about 110 million.
这个国家现有大约1.1亿人口。wide adj. 宽的；宽阔的e.g. This river is very wide.
这条河很宽。Now listen and complete.Place: (1) _____________
Population: (2) _______
million
Jin Mao Tower: (3) _____
metres highShanghai 23.5420.5Place: (4) ___________
Population: (5) ________ million
Victoria Peak:
(6) ______ metres highHong Kongseven552Listen again and complete the passage using adjectives.Welcome to Shanghai. This _____ city in East China has a population of 23.5 million. It’s on a _____ river called the Huangpu river. The _____ building you can see is the Jin Man Tower. It’s 420.5 metres _____.bigwidetallhighThis is Hong Kong. It’s a ______ city on the South China coast. Severn million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. It’s 552 metres _____.busyhighthan prep. 比e.g. It’s cheaper to travel by train than by air.
旅游坐火车比坐飞机便宜。New wordspretty adv. 相当地；非常；很e.g. I’m pretty sure that he’ll say yes.
我非常确定他会说是。pretty good 相当好；很好e.g. For a beginner, you are pretty good.
对一个初学者来说, 你相当不错了。get v. 变成；成为
e.g. As you get old, your memory
will become worse. 当你变老的时候，你的记忆力会变
差。 Listen and mark true or false.1. Shenzhen is a newer city than HongKong.
2. Shenzhen became important in the 1970s.
3. Shenzhen’s population is over twenty million.
4. Diwang tower is taller than many other buildings in 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.1980svillagetallerDiwang TowertenRead and complete the passage about Shenzhen.1. So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?
2. It’s getting bigger and busier.
3. That’s larger than the population of
many other cities in China.
4. Its streets are much wider and
cleaner too.
5. It’s taller than many other buildings
in Shenzhen.Find the adjectives and their comparatives in the sentences.1. population
population意为“人口；全体居民”，是一个集合名词，在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。
常用句型“The population of+某地+be+数词.”或“某地+ has a population of +数词.”表示“某地有多少人口”。如：The population of my home town is three million.
= My home town has a population of three
million.
当表示人口“多”或“少”时常用形容词large或small。如：
The city has a large / small population.
当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词what。如：
What is the population of your country?根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各题。
(1) The population of this city ____ (be) over one million. (用括号内所给词的适当形式填空)
(2) How much is the population of Shanghai?? ?(改错)
_________________________
(3) The population of India is ________ (smaller / fewer) than that of China. ?(选词填空)smallerisHow much→What2. million
million是一个数词，意为“百万”，表示具体的数目时，前面应有数字修饰，且million为单数形式；表示笼统的数目时，应用millions of。如：
The old man has two million dollars.
There are millions of books in the library.【运用】单项选择。
(1) The Great Wall is famous, so every year
________ people come to visit it.
A. million ? ?B. million of??? ??? C. millions of
?【2014 四川广安】
(2) Sam enjoys collecting. He has collected
over three ________ stamps.
A. hundred?? ????????????? B. hundreds
C. hundred of ? ? ? ? ? ?D. hundreds of
?【2014 江苏淮安】C A 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
(1) 那座城市有七百万人。
There are _______ _______ people
in that city.
(2) 他有数百万歌迷。
He has got ________ _____ fans. millions ofseven million?3. —How was your weekend?
—Pretty good!
pretty good表示“相当好”。用于对How’s …?/What do you think of …?作答。
e.g. — How was your traveling?
— Pretty good.
—你的旅行怎么样？
— 非常棒。4. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s. It’s getting bigger and busier.
1) in fact 表示“事实上”。
e.g. I used to live in France; in fact,
not far from where you’re going.
我曾在法国住过；确切的说，离
你要去的地方不远。2) in the 1980s 表示“在20世纪80年代”。
结构为“in the + 年份 + s”。
e.g. in the 1930s 在20世纪30年代5. Some day it will become as busy as
Hong Kong, I’m sure.
as + 形容词/副词 + as 和……一 样
e.g. He is as tall as his brother.
他和他的哥哥一样高。
not as + 形容词/副词 + as 不像……
e.g. This dictionary is not as useful as
you think.
这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。 6. Its streets are much wider and cleaner
too.
much后面加比较级，用来修饰比较
级，表示“更……”。
e.g. Tom runs much faster than Mike.
汤姆比迈克跑得更快。形容词比较级（1） 英语中，当我们对两者进行比较时，如句中用的是形容词，我们需要用到形容词的比较级形式。 一、形容词比较级的变化规律
请根据以下例子，总结形容词比较级的规
则变化规律。
【例子】
1. young→younger? tall→taller?
short→shorter
2. wide→wider?? nice→nicer?? late→later
3. thin→thinner?? fat→fatter?? hot→hotter
4. heavy→heavier?? noisy→noisier??
easy→easier【结论】
从以上例子我们可以看出，形容词比较
级的规则变化规律如下：
1. 一般在词尾直接加_____；
2. 以字母e结尾的形容词直接加_____；
3. 以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，如末尾只
有一个辅音字母，应先______该字母,
再加-er；
4. 以“辅音字母+y” 结尾的形容词，先把y
变成____，再加_____。-er-er?-r双写?i二、形容词的比较句式结构
形容词的比较句式结构是什么呢？标志词
语是什么？请仔细观察下面的例句，然后
补全结论部分所缺的内容。
【例句】
1. Paul is taller than his brother.
2. This mountain is higher than that one.【结论】
从以上例句我们可以看出，形容词的比较句
式的标志词语是______，形容词的比较句
式的常用结构为：主语+be+形容词的比较级
+than+比较的对象.。
【运用】根据句意用括号内所给形容词的比
较级形式填空。
1. John’s desk is ________ (small) than my desk.thansmaller2. Tony’s sweater is _______ (big) than Tom’s.
3. Today is ________ (fine) than yesterday.
4. Zhao Nan’s father is ________ (busy) than her mother.
5. It is much ________ (cold) in Beijing than in my home town.colderbiggerfinerbusier1) About thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a
______ village, but today it is a very
_______ city.
2) Shenzhen is a _______ city than Hong
Kong.big busy clean large new small widebigsmallnewer1. Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the words in the box. You need
to use some of the words more than once.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.big busy clean large new small widecleanerbusy biggerbusierwiderlarger short — _______ thin — ______
early — _______ hot — _______
fine — _______ fat — _______
cool — _______ big — ______
wet — _______ dry — _______ shorterthinnerearlierhotterfinerfattercoolerbiggerwetterdrier2. 写出下列形容词的比较级。Pronunciation and speakingIn English, sentences stress is very important. We stress key words, which give the main information and the main ideas.Learning to learn — 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.Listen and notice how the speaker stresses the underlined words.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.ExercisesⅠ. 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, get
1. 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 ________.getshillprettywidehill, wide, million, pretty, than, get
5. I think his uncle is taller ________ his
father.
6. There are eight ________ people in Green
City. thanmillionⅡ. 根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。
1. 我的周末过得相当好。
My weekend was ______ ______.
2. 实际上他的学校很小。
__ ___, his school is very small.
3. 我的家乡在靠近香港的沿海线上。
My home town is __ ___ ____ near Hong
Kong.
4. 有一天我将会搬到城市去。
____ ___ I’ll move to a city.pretty good??? In fact??? on the coast One day 5. 他父亲出生于20世纪60年代。
His father was born __ ___ _____.
6. 格林塔比许多其他的建筑物高。
Green Tower is taller than
_____ ____ ________.
7. 我们花了一个多小时的时间到那儿。
We spent ____ ____ an hour getting there.in the 1960s many other buildings? more than Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table.— Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen?
— No, it isn’t. It’s smaller than Shenzhen.Work in pairs. Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and your home town. Use big, small, hot, cold, tall or new.Is … hotter than Shenzhen?
Is … colder than Shenzhen?
Are the buildings in … taller than those in Shenzhen?
Are the buildings in … newer than those in Shenzhen?Finish your dialogue.课件46张PPT。Module 2Module 2My home town and my countryUnit 2
Cambridge is a beautiful city
in the east of England. Where is it?It’s England.It’s famous for Big Ben. What is it famous for?It is London. What is the capital of England?N(north)E(east)S(south)W(west)北方南方东方西方New wordsnorth n. 北；北方
adj. 在北方的；朝北的
e.g. Canada lies to the north of USA.
加拿大位于美国的北部。
Is your home town in North China?
你的家乡在中国的北方吗？south n. 南；南方
adj. 在南方的；朝南的
e.g. She works on the south coast.
她在南方沿海地区工作。
Guangdong is in the?south?of
China. ?? 广东在中国的南部。west n. 西，西方；
adj. 在西方的；朝西的
e.g. The sun rises in the east and sets in
the?west. ?? 太阳从东方升起, 从西方落下。
They live in?West?Germany. ?? 他们住在德国西部。university n. 大学
e.g. My uncle is a professor in this
university. 我叔叔是这所大学的一名教授。
island n. 岛，岛屿
e.g. There are some banana trees on that
island.
那个小岛上有一些香蕉树。 countryside n. 农村地区；乡下
e.g. The young people from the
countryside are honest.
这些农村来的年轻人都很老实。
area n. 地区；区域
e.g. There are many gardens in this
area.
这一地区有很多公园。 mountain n. 山；山丘
e.g. The mountain is 3500 meters high. 这座山有3500米高。
low adj. 矮的；低的
e.g. The office is in a low building.
办公室在一幢低矮的房子里。 umbrella n. 雨伞
e.g. I left my umbrella on the bus.
我把雨伞落在公共汽车上了。 especially adv. 尤其
e.g. I love reading, especially novel.
我喜欢阅读，尤其是小说。Reading and vocabularyLook at the map of England and read the sentences.east north south west1. Cambridge is in the east of England.
2. London is in the south
of England.
3. Bristol is in the west
of England.
4. Manchester is in the
north of England.Make a dialogue about the directions.— Where is Manchester?— It is in the north of
England.— Where is London?— It is in the south of
England.— Where is Cambridge?— It is in the east of
England.— Where is Bristol?— It is in the west of
England.Beijing Guangdong Chengdu ShanghaiTell where the four cities are.Look at the pictures and listen.Pre-reading1. Tower Bridge and the River Thames 2. Cambridge University and the River Cama._______b._______12Read the passage and choose a title for each picture below.Scanning1. What’s the population of Cambridge? It is about 120,000.2. What’s Cambridge famous for?University.Read the passage again and answer the questions.Careful reading3. How old is London?It’s about 2,000 years old.4. What’s the weather like in England?It is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter.In the east of
EnglandIn the south of
England120,000About 7.5
millionUniversity, old buildings and churchesBig Ben,
Buckingham
Palace,
Tower BridgeRiver CamRiver ThamesComplete the table comparing Cambridge with London.countryside east home town island
London mountains south university England is part of a(n) (1) _______. It is famous for its beautiful green (2) ___________ with (3) ___________
and lakes in the north, islandcountrysidemountainsComplete the passage with the words and expression in the box.Post readingand hills and villages in the south. My (4) __________ is Cambridge, in the (5) ______ of England. It has lots of old buildings and churches, and a well-known (6) _________. It is smaller than (7) _______, which is in the (8) _____ of England.home towneastuniversityLondonsouthcountryside east home town island
London mountains south university University of CambridgeIt is founded in 1209. It is one of the oldest universities in the world and one of the largest in the UK. It has a worldwide reputation for academic achievements. Cambridge affiliates have won more than 80 Nobel Prizes.1. north, south, east和west
north, south, east和west都是方位词。请仔细观察下面的例句，然后补全结论部分所缺的内容。
【例句】
1) North points up on the map. 在地图上，
北方指向上。
2) Is the country in the east? 这个国家在东
方吗？3) They are facing west. 他们正面朝西。
4) The U.S. is south of Canada. 美国在加拿
大之南。
5) The east wind is blowing softly. 东风轻轻
地吹。【结论】
通过观察上述例句可知：
1) north, south, east和west可用作名词，意为“北方”、“南方”、“东方”和“西方”（如例句1）；表示“在北方/南方/东方/西方”常用短语___ the north / south / east / west（如例句2）。in2) north, south, east和west可用作副词，意为“向北”、“向南”、“向东”和“向西”，常用于动词之后（如例句3）。有时也用于短语north / south / east / west of，意为“在……之北/南/东/西”（如例句4）。
3) north, south, east和west可用作形容词，意为“北方的”、“南方的”、“东方的”和“西方的”，作它们后面名词的定语（如例句5）。【运用】
请根据汉语意思补全下列英语句子，每空一词。
1. 你知道哪个方向是南方吗？
Do you know which way __ _____?
2. 我们的学校在南京的西部。
Our school is __ ___?____ of Nanjing.
3. 一位老人正向东走。
An old man is _______ ____.
4. 一场北风带来了寒冷天气。
A _____ ____ brings cold weather.is south?? in the west?? walking east??? north wind2. It is on the river Cam and has a
population of about 120,000.
1) on the river Cam 表示“在康桥河
畔”， on表示在河的沿岸。
2) have a population of …表示“有……
人口”。指人口的多少用large或
small。3. My home town is especially famous for its university.
be famous for是一个固定短语，意为“因……而闻名；以……著名”。
主语既可以是表示人的词语，也可以是表示地点的词语。主语是表示人的词语时，多表示以某种技能或特征而闻名；主语是表示地点的词语时，多表示以某种特产或某处名胜古迹而著名。 e.g. She is famous for her sweet voice.
The town is famous for its fruit.
be famous as意为“作为……而著名”，指某人以某种身份、职业等出名；或指某地作为什么产地等而出名。【运用】汉译英。
(1) 中国以其悠久历史而闻名。 (be famous for)
?【2014 山东潍坊】
________________________________________
(2) 张艺谋以他的电影而闻名。
________________________________________
(3) 北京作为一个首都城市而闻名。
________________________________________
(4) 杨利伟作为一名伟大的宇航员而闻名。
________________________________________?Zhang Yimou is famous for his movies. China?is famous for its long history. Beijing?is famous as a capital city. Yang Liwei is famous as a great astronaut. 4. Tourists like the area of low mountains and beautiful lakes in the north…
low意为“矮的；低的”，常指建筑物、山的低或矮、价格的低、声音的低。
e.g. The Browns live in a low house.
The hill is low.
Today the price of sweaters is low.
Joan often speaks in a low voice.short也有“矮的”的意思, 但常指人的矮。
e.g. The girl in the front of the classroom
is short.
根据句意选用low或short填空, 有的需要变换形式。
(1) The price of the T-shirt is very ______.
(2) Li Lei is ________ than his brother.
(3) The hill is _____ and we can get there
very soon.lowlowshorter?Answer the questions and write notes about your home town.1. Where is it?
2. What is its population?
3. Is it big or small?
4. What is it famous for?
5. How old is it?
6. What is the weather like?My home town --- Dalian
in the northeast of China
over six million
a big city
famous for beaches, the Underwater World, the Bird Park and the Polar Region Zoo
over 100 years old
warm in winter and hot in summerPossible answersUse your notes and write answers
to the questions in Activity 5.Dalian is in the northeast of China.
It has a population of over six million.It is a big city.
It is famous for its beautiful beaches, the Underwater World, the Bird Park and the Polar Region Zoo.
It is over 100 years old.
It is warm in winter and hot in summer in Dalian.Possible answersExercisesⅠ. 根据语境及首字母提示补全所缺单词。
1. Chen Ni likes sports, e________ basketball.
2. —Where is London?
—It’s in the s________ of England.
3. Beijing is in the n________ of China.
4. —Is Cambridge in the w________ of England?
—No. It’s in the east of England.
5. This building is high but that one is l________.
6. His father lives in the c___________ not in the
city.especiallysouthnorthwestlowcountrysideⅡ. 根据句意及所给汉语提示写出句中所缺单词。
1. How many __________ (大学) are there in
your city?
2. He drew a picture of three ________ (岛屿).
3. Those __________ (山) all look very beautiful.
4. It’s very cold in these ________ (地区) in
winter.
5. Please take the two old ________ (伞) to your
father, John. universitiesislandsmountainsareasumbrellasI come from Dalian, a beautiful city in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. It is …Write a passage called “My home town”. Use Tony's passage to help you.课件38张PPT。Module 2Module 2My home town and my countryUnit 3 Language in useChina is _______ (big) than Australia.biggerSanya is ________ (hot) than Beijing.hotterRead the four sentences and complete the
following exercises.
1. It’s getting bigger and busier.
2. It’s a newer city than Hong Kong.
3. Its streets are much wider and cleaner
too.
4. It’s taller than many other
buildings in Shenzhen.Language practicebig cold large old tall1. Shenzhen was very small about thirty years ago but it is much _________ now.
2. This building is tall but that building is much _____. 1. Complete the sentences
with the correct form of the words in the box.biggertallerbig cold large old tall3. Beijing is old but Xi’an is much ______.
4. The US has a large population but India’s population is _______.
5. Beijing is cold in winter but Harbin is ________. olderlargercolder2. Work in pairs.
Talk about the pictures.
Use the words from the box to help you.big busy high low old small tall wide--- What can you see in Picture 1?
--- It’s a village. There’re some houses. The village is quiet.
--- What can you see in Picture 2?
--- It’s a new city. The buildings are very high. The roads are very wide.Now make comparisons. Write sentences.The buildings in Picture 1 are older than the buildings in Picture 2.big busy high low old small tall wideThe buildings in the village in Picture 1 are older/smaller/lower than the buildings in the city in Picture 2.
The buildings in the city in Picture 2 are newer/higher/bigger/taller than the buildings in the village in Picture 1.
In Picture 2, the roads are wider/busier than those in Picture 1.3. Write sentences. Use the information in the table.For example: Shenzhen is newer than Beijing.Shanghai is busier than Hangzhou.
Xi’an is older than Beijing.
China is bigger than Australia.
Tian’anmen Square is wider than other squares in China.
The population of Tianjin is smaller than the population of Shanghai.4. Complete the word map with the words in the box.
You need to use one word more than once.Word map is a way of learning vocabulary in groups and the words in the map are all related to each other.coldplacePlace weatherhistorypopulationsizewarmoldnewlargesmallbigsmallbig cold large new old small warmNow work in pairs. Talk about your home town.
Use the words in the word map to help you.coldplacePlace weatherhistorypopulationsizewarmoldnewlargesmallbigsmall5. Complete the sentences
with the expressions in the box.in the northeast is famous for on the coast pretty good The population of1. Cambridge is a beautiful old English city. It _____________ its university.
2. Tianjin is near Beijing, ____________ of Bohai Sea.on the coastis famous for3. _________________ India is smaller than that of China but bigger than that of Russia.
4. Harbin is _______________ of China and is a very busy city.
5. The weather in Beijing in autumn
is ____________.The population ofpretty goodin the northeastin the northeast is famous for on the coast pretty good The population of6. Complete the passage
with the correct form of the words in brackets. In my home town there are two cinemas, the Grand Cinema and the Palace Cinema. The Grand Cinema is (1) ______ (old) and (2) _______ (small) than the Palace Cinema. It is also (3) ________ (warm) in the Grand Cinema. The Palace Cinema is usually (4) ______ (busy) than the Grand Cinema and the tickets are (5) _______ (cheap) too. warmercheaperbusiersmallerolder7. Listen and complete the sentences.Firstly, look at the pictures and think of one sentence to describe each city.1. New York is very busy.
2. Washington D.C. is old.
3. Shanghai has a lot of tall buildings.
4. Beijing has a large population.1. New York is a(n) _______ and ______ city than Washington D.C.
2. New York is more
________ than
any other city
in the US.biggerbusierfamous3. Shanghai has a(n) _______ population than Beijing.
4. Beijing is ______ than Shanghai. largerolderAround the worldWashington DC
Washington DC is the capital of the US. Located on the east coast, it is best known for the White House, where the President of the US lives and works, and for Capital Hill, where the US Congress meets. There are many famous monuments,
memorials and museums in Washington DC. The Lincoln Memorial is a grand white building. Millions of tourists visit it every year to show respect to President Lincoln. In the National Air and Space Museum, people can see the command module of Apollo 11, which sent the first humans to the moon in 1969.Read the article, mark true or false.
1. Washington DC is located on the west
coast.
2. It is best known for the White House.
3. The Lincoln Memorial is a grand
white building.FTTExercisesⅠ. 根据句意用括号内所给单词的适当形
式填空。
1. Oh, the weather is ________ (get) warmer and warmer.
2. The two ________ (square) near Jones Park are small.
3. Which book is ________ (cheap), this one or that one?gettingsquarescheaper4. One of the ________ (cinema) is called the Grand Cinema.
5. It’s cold in Jinan in winter but it’s ________ (cold) in Harbin.cinemascolderⅡ. 根据句意从括号内选出一个恰当的词语补全句子。
1. My room is ________ (many / much) smaller
than Mike’s.
2. __________ (How old / How many) students
go to school on foot in your school?
3. Is there ________ (something / anything)
interesting in the book?
4. Jill’s picture is nice ________ (but / or) her
brother’s is not.
5. The UK has a ________ (large / more)
population.muchHow manyanythingbutlargerModule taskMaking a report comparing two places in your home town8. Work in pairs.
Compare two places in your home town. Where is it?
It’s in the north/south/
east/west of the town.
How many people
work/go there?
…people work/go there.
How old is it?
It’s about … years old.
Is there anything special
about it?
It’s bigger than ...9. Write the information in the table.It’s in the north of the town.
A lot of people work in the offices there.
It’s a modern area.
It’s large and there are lots of cars there.It’s in the east of the town.
People don’t work there.
It’s a tourist area.
It’s an ancient area and it’s about 500 years old.
It’s small and there are few cars there.Business CentreAncient AreaWrite sentences.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2.
Place 2 is older than Place 1.
Join the sentences using and or but.
Place 1 is bigger than Place 2,
but Place 2 is older than Place 1.10. Make a report.You can write three paragraphs to make your reports:
Paragraph 1: describe Place 1.
Paragraph 2: describe Place 3.
Paragraph 3: compare the two places.Finish your report.
