八年级英语上册 Module 2 My hometown and my country Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings课件 .ppt

1、Module 2,My home town and my country,Unit 1 Its taller than many other buildings.,Learn these new words.,hill n. 小山,Get up that hill. 爬上那座山。,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 wid

2、e. 这条河很宽。,than prep. 比,e.g. Its cheaper to travel by train than by air. 旅游坐火车比飞机便宜。,pretty adv. 相当地；非常；很,Im pretty sure that hell say yes. 我非常确定他会说是。,pretty good 相当好；很好,短语,e.g. For a beginner, you are pretty good. 对一个初学者来说，你是相当不错 了。,get v. 变成；成为 e.g. As you get old, your memory will become worse. 当你

3、变老的时候，你的记忆 力会变差。,The pencil is long.,Lead-in,This ruler is longer than it.,Liu Xiang is tall.,Yao Ming is taller than him.,London is old.,Beijing is older than London.,The apple is small.,This orange is smaller than the apple.,high hill population river wide,1. Look at the pictures and talk about th

4、em. 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,Shanghai,23.5,420.5,Hong Kong,seven,552,1. Is Shenzhen on the coast?,Yes, it is.,2. Listen an

5、d answer the following questions.,2. Is Shenzhen older than Hong Kong?,No, it isnt.,1. So its a newer city than Hong Kong? 2. Its getting bigger and busier. 3. Thats larger than the population of many other cities in China. 4. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. 5. Its taller than many other

6、 buildings in Shenzhen.,比一比，看哪组在对话中所找的含有比较级的句子最多。,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

7、many other buildings in Shenzhen.,1980s,village,taller,Diwang Tower,ten,Now complete the passage about Shenzhen.,1. 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 wide,big,small,newer,3. Complete

8、 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 cle

9、an large new small wide,cleaner,busy,bigger,busier,wider,larger,Everyday English,Hey!,How was your weekend?,Pretty good!,How was your weekend? Pretty good! pretty good表示“相当好”。用于对Hows ?/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。,Language points,2. In fact, it onl

10、y became important in the 1980s. Its 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 + s”。 e.g. in the 1930s 在20世纪30年代,3) become important 表示“变得重要”。 getting bigger and cleaner 表示“变得更大和更干净”。 become 和

11、get 表示“变得”，用法 等于 be。,become，get，go，grow这几个 词作连系动词时，都可以表示 “变成”，但也有些区别： become较正式， get和go较口语化。此外become和get可由好变坏，也可由坏变好，而go通常是由好变坏。例如： The situation has become even betterworse. 情况变得更好糟了。,They are getting richer and richer poorer and poorer. 他们越来越富了穷了。 The woman had gone mad. 那女人疯了。 grow作“变成”时，有“逐渐变成新的

12、状 态”的意思。例如： My younger brother is growing tall. 我的弟弟渐渐长高了。,3. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, Im 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。,4. Thats larger than th

13、e population of many other cities in China. population 表示“人口”，一般用单数。 e.g. Whats the population? 表示“人口有多少？” Whats the population of America? 美国的人口是多少？ China has a large population. 中国的人口庞大。,5. 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.

14、汤姆比迈克跑得更快。,Pronunciation and speaking, Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing. No, it isnt. Its smaller. 2. Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen. No, it isnt. Its older.,4. Listen and notice how the speaker streeses the underlined words.,3. Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong. No, it isnt. Its newer.

15、 4. Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen. No, it isnt. Its busier.,Now work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.,5. Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table., Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen? No, it isnt. Its smaller than Shenzhen.,6. Work in pairs. Talk about the differences b

16、etween Shenzhen and your home town. Use big, small, hot, cold, tall or new.,Learning to learn,In English, sentences stress is very important. We stress key words, which give the main information and the main ideas.,1. 比较级定义：表示两者或两类人或事物 之间的比较。,Grammar,形容词比较级（1）,2. 比较级变化规则： 一般在词尾加-er。如： small smaller

17、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. 比较级的结构： (1)同级比较的结构： as + 形容词/副词 + as，表示“和一 样”。 not as + 形容词/副词 + as，表示“不 像那样”。 (2)比较级结构： 比较级 + than + 比较对象，表示 “比更”。,1. sh

18、ort _ 2. thin _ 3. early _ 4. red _ 5. fine _ 6. fat _ 7. cool _ 8. big _ 9. wet _ 10. dry _,Exercises,shorter,thinner,earlier,redder,finer,fatter,cooler,bigger,wetter,drier,写出下列形容词的比较级。,_, this pen is longer than that one. A. One day B. In fact C. Pretty good 2. Is Hong Kong _ than Shanghai? Yes, i

19、t is. A. new B. newer C. newest,选择题。,3. Is the dog _ than that one? Yes, it is. A. big B. biger C. bigger 4. The yellow coat is as _ as the purple one. A. cheap B. heavier C. cheaper,I had to call a taxi because the box was _ than Id expected. (2012苏州) A. heavy B. heavier C. the heavier D. the heaviest 2. She sang a song “I believe I can fly” in Yangzhou English Classics Reading Contest. I have never heard a _ voice than that before. (2012扬州) A. good B. well C. better D. best,B,C,中考链接,编写一个对话，介绍你的家乡和北京的不同。,Homework,