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。
教学重难点
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。
课前准备
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
教学过程
Step 1 Warming up.
Show some pictures, and let the students listen and read after the teacher.
【设计意图】
本活动的目的是让学生通过听和跟读，初步感知形容词比较级。
Step 2 Now work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.
Let them listen again and repeat the sentences.
Work in pairs, talk about the pictures.
【设计意图】
本活动通过学生进一步听读，并两人一组操练，让学生对形容词比较级的用法加深印象。
Step 3 Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you.
Tell the students to look at the pictures and practice using the words from the box.
【设计意图】
本活动让学生根据图片和所提供的词汇谈论两个城市。
Step 4 Listen and complete.
Listen to Activity 1 and fill in the blanks.
Elicit answers from the class.
【设计意图】
本活动旨在让学生根据听到的小短文进行信息提取，完成图片说明。
Step 5 Listen and read
1. Listen and answer the questions.
(1)Is Shenzhen on the coast?
(2)Is Shenzhen older than Hong Kong?
2. Work in groups. Try to find out the comparative degree 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.
【设计意图】
本活动先通过听录音，让学生对形容词比较级形成初步的认识。再以小短文的形式来回顾对话内容，考察学生对对话内容的理解和消化。
Step 6 Complete the sentences
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box. You need to use
some of the words more than once.
Ask them to check the answers with their partners.
Elicit answers from the whole class in full sentences.
【设计意图】
本活动主要考察形容词比较级形式，要求学生学会根据情境进行词形变化。
Step7. Listen and notice how the speaker stresses the underlined words.
Ask the students to read through the four conversations on their own.
Play the recording. Ask the students to pay attention to the underlined words.
Elicit that the underlined words are stressed to correct wrong information.
【设计意图】
本活动旨在强化学生对形容词比较级形式的认知并且学习-er的发音。
Step8. Compare Shenzhen with your hometown. Make notes in the table.
Ask the students to read the table and think about what information can be included in it.
Ask them to fill in the table with information about Shenzhen and their home town.
【设计意图】
本活动为下一个活动做准备。
Step9.Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and your hometown.
Write the adjectives on the board: big, small, hot, cold, tall, new.
Identify the name of the students’ home town and elicit questions according to the information in the table.
Elicit answers from the whole class.
【设计意图】
本活动是本单元的输出阶段。让学生对已学知识进行实践和应用，提高表达能力。
Step10. Homework
Copy the new vocabulary and phrases. Learn the dialogue in Activity 2 by heart.
教学反思
本单元重点学习单音节词和部分双音节词的比较级形式。教师有必要提醒学生注意在描述过去、现在和未来的深圳时，课文是如何表达的，从而进一步提高学生运用不同时态来表达时间的语言能力。
课件37张PPT。Liu Xiang is tall. Pan Changjiang is short. Liu Xiang is taller than Pan Changjiang.Warming upLin Xinru is thin.Liu Yifei is thinner. Liu Yifei is thinner than Lin Xinru.45kg48kgLi Yong is more outgoing than Cheng long.Cheng Long is outgoing.Li Yong is more outgoing.A: Is that Zhou Xingchi?
B: No, it isn’t. It’s Yao Ming.
He is taller than Zhou Xingchi.The women are heavy. The man and the woman are thin. The women are heavier than the man and the woman. The red box is big. The green box is small. The red box is bigger than the green box. The purple ruler is long. The blue ruler is short. The purple ruler is longer than the blue ruler. long hairshort hairWhat is Hong Kong and Shanghai famous for?The ?Oriental?Pearl?Tower?Victoria PeakShanghai is famous for the Oriental?Pearl?Tower. Hong Kong is famous for Victoria Peak. Jin Mao Tower(上海金茂大厦)Victoria Peak
(香港太平山顶)1 look at the pictures and talk about them.
Use the words in the box to help you.
high hill population river wide
Now listen and complete.
Place: _________
Population: ______ million
Jin Mao Tower: _____ meters high
Place: ____________
Population: ______ million
Victoria Peak: _____ meters high
Shanghai23.5420.5Hong Kong75522. Watch and readEveryday EnglishHey!
How was your weekend?
Pretty good!
备注：见视频 Module 2
Unit 1 Activity 2Listen to the dialogue and answer the following questions. Where is Shenzhen?
2. When did Shenzhen become important?
3. What’s the population of Shenzhen?
4. Where did Daming tell Tony to remember to visit?It’s on the coast near Hong kong.In the 1980s.Over ten million.The Diwang Tower.Now complete the passage about Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong. It became important in the .Before that it was a ____________. Today the population of Shenzhen is more than ____million. There are many tall buildings in Shenzhen. A famous one is the _____________.It is ______than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
1980ssmall villageten Diwang Towertaller 3 Complete the sentences with the correct
form of the words in the box. big busy clean large new small wide
1. About thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a_____ village,
but today it is a very city.
2. It is a ______ city than Hong Kong.
3. It is getting _____ and _____. The streets are _____
and ______ .
4. It will become as as Hong Kong.
5. The population is ______ than that of many other
cities in China.
smallbig/largenewerbiggerbusierwidercleanerbusylarger英语句子一般由多个单词构成，这些单词的重读(stress) 一般遵循以下规律：名词、形容词、数词、动词、副词、代词和表达强烈思想感情的感叹词需要重读；人称代词、连词、冠词、介词、以及少数系动词和助动词等主要起语法作用的单词一般不重读（当然有少数例外）。注意:
有时为了表达思想感情一些提供新信息的词需要重读, 需要强调的词需要重读。分析:4 Listen to the underlined word.1－Shenzhen is bigger 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. Pronunciation and Speaking 5 Compare Shenzhen with your hometown. Make notes in the table.
6 Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and
your hometown : Use big, small, hot, cold, old or new.— Is your hometown bigger than Shenzhen?
— No, it isn’t. It’s smaller than ShenzhenThe dog is bigger than the mouse.The horse is the biggest of all.bigbiggerbiggest比较级和最高级The boy is younger than the man.The baby is the youngest of the three.youngyoungestyoungerJimLi LeiTomLi Lei is taller than Tom.Jim is the tallest of all.￥30￥20￥10The red coat is cheaper than the yellow one.The blue coat is the cheapest of the three.Jim is strong.stronger.the strongest.ExerciseLi Lei is Tom is The colourful car
of all. (彩色车最好看)The red car
the blue car. (红车比蓝车好看)The blue car is nice.is nicer thanis the nicest小结（1）形容词比较级的用法(1)在对两者进行比较时, 形容词要采用其比
较级的形式。如：
Shanghai is bigger. 上海更大。
2. 若要说明其比较的对象, 则用比较级+
than(比) + 比较对象。如：
Shanghai is bigger than Hong Kong.
上海比香港大。小结(2)1. This pen is ______ than that one. (long)
2. It’s ______ and ______ than Cambridge.
(big, busy)
3. Is Hong Kong _____ than Shanghai? (old)
4. Is Hong Kong _____ than Shanghai? (hot)用所给词的适当形式填空。longerbigger busierolderhotter根据汉语提示完成英语句子。1. 他比他的父亲高。
He is _____ than his father.
2. 我们的教室比你们的大。
Our classroom is ______ than yours.
3. 地球比月亮大。
The earth is ______ than the moon.
4. 这课比那课容易。
This lesson is _____ than that one.tallerlargerbiggereasier一、根据句意，选择正确的短语并用其适当的形式填空。My grandfather told me that song was very popular __________.
– How many boys went to John’s birthday party last night?
– __________ten. more than pretty good in fact
get cleaner in the 1980sin the 1980sMore thanQuiz3. We are cleaning the room. In several minutes, it will _________ and brighter.
4. – How was your picnic yesterday, David?
– ____________!
5. – Wow, you are also in the stadium! Do you like football?
– Oh, sorry. ______, I am only staying with my cousin to make him happy.get cleanerPretty goodIn fact二、用括号内所给单词的适当形式填空。
??1.?My?sister?is?two?years? ? (old)?
than?I.??
??2.?Who?sings? ? (well),?John?or?Betty?
??3.?My?English?teacher?is?much? ? (serious)?than?my?other?teachers.
??4.?The?red?coat?is?as? ? (long)?as?the?blue?one.?
??5.They?don’t?get?up?as? ? (early)?as?
us.?olderbettermoreseriouslongearly三、根据句意，选出正确的选项。
1.?I?think?Chinese?is? ?than?any?
other?subject. ?????
A.?easy??????????????B.?easier C.?easiest
2. – I’m planning to visit the Yellow River Delta National Nature Reserve（黄河三角洲国家级自然保护区）.
– _____ is it?
– It’s natural and beautiful. I think tourists can enjoy wonderful views there.
A. How B. What C. When D. Where3. – _____ the population of China?
– It’s about 1.3 billion.
A.What’s B. How many is
C. How much is
4. Did you know that the earth is home to _____ animals?
A. milion B. millions
C. million of D. millions of
5.Liuzhou is ______ than Shanghai.
A. small B. smaller C. smallestCopy the new vocabulary and phrases.
Learn the dialogue in Activity 2 by heart. Homework
