小山；小丘 人口，全体居民 宽的；宽阔的 百万 相当地；非常 相当好；很好 比 变成；成为 hill population wide million pretty pretty good than get

Module 2 My hometown and my country Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.

Learning aims： 1.To learn useful expressions about comparative adjectives(-er). 2.To describe a city or your home town.

Liu Xiang is tall. Pan Changjiang is short. Liu Xiang is _____ than Pan Changjiang. taller Pan Changjiang is ______ than Liu Xiang. shorter shout --- shorter tall --- taller

Jia lin is fat. Zheng Shuang is thin. Jia Lin is ______ _____ Zheng Shuang . fatter than Zheng Shuang is _______ _____ Jia Lin. thinner than fat --- fatter thin --- thinner

The red box is big. The green box is small. The red box is _______ _____ the green box. bigger than The green box is smaller than the red box. big --- bigger small --- smaller

The purple ruler is longer than the blue ruler. The blue ruler is short. The purple ruler is longer than the blue ruler. The blue ruler is shorter than the purple ruler. long --- longer short --- shorter

Discussion 写出下列形容词的比较级。 1. short — _______ 2. thin — ______ 3. early — _______ 4. red — _______ 5. fine — _______ 6. fat — _______ 7. cool — _______ 8. big — ______ 9. wet — _______ 10. dry — _______ shorter thinner earlier redder finer fatter bigger cooler wetter drier

Look around our classroom, and try to say something like this: The chair is shorter than desk. … is taller/thinner/stronger than me

? ? We can see… high buildings wide river 468 metres high Shang Hai high buildings wide river ? The oriental Pearl Tower is higher than Jin Mao Tower. ? hill sea Victoria harbor 维多利亚港口 Victoria Peak 维多利亚峰

How high is the Jin Mao Tower? It is 420.5 metres high. What is the name of the second city? It is Hong Kong.

Place: (1)__________ Population: (2)_____ million Jin Mao Tower: (3) 420.5 metres high Shanghai 23.5 Place: (4) Hong Kong Population: (5)_____ million Victoria Peak: (6)______ metres high 7 552

1. Where is Shenzhen? 2. What’s the population of Shenzhen? 3.What place is taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen? It’s on the _______ near ____________. coast Hong Kong Over ten million. Diwang Tower.

Read and finish Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong. It became important in the . Before that it was a ____________. Today ________________ Shenzhen is more than ten million. There are many tall _________ in Shenzhen. A ________ one is the Diwang Tower. It is ______than many other buildings in Shenzhen. 1980s small village the population of buildings famous taller

Language points It’s on the coast near Hong Kong. on the coast of 在…沿海地区 in the east/west/north/south of 在…东西南北地区 Qingdao is on the coast of China. Shanghai is in the east of China. Hong Kong is in the south of China. Xiamen is on the east coast of China.

2. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s. in fact Diaoyu islands belong to China. In the 1980s：20世纪80年代 “in the + 年 + s” 在…世纪…年代 in the 1960s： in the 1870s： 在20世纪60年代 在19世纪70年代 在21世纪30年代_________________ in the 2030s

How many population are there in …? 3. What’s the population of Shenzhen? 或者：How many people are there in…? How many population are there in …? Answers: It’s over ten million. The population of Shenzhen is ten million. Shenzhen has a population of ten million

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. 5. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.

形容词的比较级 1. 比较级定义：表示两者或两类人或事物 之间的比较。 1 2 bigger than

Discussion 写出下列形容词的比较级。 1. short — _______ 2. thin — ______ 3. early — _______ 4. red — _______ 5. fine — _______ 6. fat — _______ 7. cool — _______ 8. big — ______ 9. wet — _______ 10. dry — _______ shorter thinner earlier redder finer fatter bigger cooler wetter drier

2.比较级变化规则： 一般在词尾加-er。如： small — smaller old — older 以字母e结尾的形容词直接加 –r。如： large — larger fine — finer 以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，如末尾只有一个辅音字母，应双写该字母，再加-er。如： big — bigger hot — hotter 以辅音字母加 y 结尾的形容词，把“y”变 “i”， 再加–er。如： busy —busier easy — easier

3. 比较级的基本结构（1）： A be adj+er than B 1 2 The water in Glass 1 is colder than Glass 2. 甲 乙 Jia is taller than Yi.

3. 比较级的基本结构（2）： A be as adj as B，表示“与…一样…” Tom is as lovely as Jerry. Hangzhou is as hot as Xiamen.

It’s getting hotter and hotter in summer. 3. 比较级的基本结构（3）： adj+er and adj+er ：“越来越…”/“又…又…” It’s getting hotter and hotter in summer. Its streets are much wider and cleaner.

比较级前可加much或a little表示程度。 4.比较级前表程度： 比较级前可加much或a little表示程度。 The Snow White is much more beautiful than the Witch. Lery is a little shorter than Mary. Mary Lery

C B Exercises 1. My pencil is ___________ than yours. A. long B. longger C. bigger 2. — Is Hong Kong ____ than Shanghai? — Yes, it is. A. new B. newer C. newest B

3.The fox is __________than the bird. heavier B. lighter C. smaller Exercises 3.The fox is __________than the bird. heavier B. lighter C. smaller 4.This apple is_________than that one. A.bigger B.larger C. biger A A

This tree is______________________. 6.张华比班上其他许多男生都要高。 Exercises 5.这棵树又大又高。 This tree is______________________. 6.张华比班上其他许多男生都要高。 Zhanghua is taller ________________ _____________in his class. bigger and taller than many other boys

more than pretty good in fact Quiz 一、根据句意，选择正确的短语并用其适当的形式填空。 more than pretty good in fact get cleaner in the 1980s My grandfather told me that song was very popular __________. – How many boys went to John’s birthday party last night? – __________ten. in the 1980s More than

3. We are cleaning the room 3. 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 cleaner Pretty good In 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.  older better more serious long early

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. Where

3. – _____ 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. smallest

Revision --上海有多少人口?--它有13，000，000人. --What’s _______________ Shanghai? --It has _______________ 13 million. --________________ Shanghai __ 13 million. the population of a population of The population of is 上海比香港大。 Shanghai is bigger than Hong Kong.

上海和北京一样老。 Shanghai is as old as Beijing in winter . 上海又繁华又干净。 Shanghai is busier and cleaner. 香港比深圳冷多了。 Hong Kong is much colder than Shenzhen.

写出下列形容词的比较级。 1. short — _______ 2. thin — ______ 3. early — _______ 4. small — _______ 5. fine — _______ 6. few — _______ 7. cool — _______ 8. big — ______ 9. wet — _______ 10. dry — _______ shorter thinner earlier smaller fewer finer bigger cooler wetter drier