Module 2 Unit 1 It's taller than many other buildings.课件2022-2023学年外研版八年级上册英语

Module 2 My home town and my country. Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings. Free talk Talk about our hometown Foshan Town. 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 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 This river is very wide. 这条河很宽。 than prep. 比 It’s 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 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 For a beginner, you are pretty good. 对一个初学者来说，你是相当不错了。 Lead-in The pencil is long. This ruler is longer than it. Liu Xiang is tall. Yao Ming is taller than him. London is old. Beijing is older than London. This orange is smaller than the apple. The apple is small. A1 Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you. Place: (1)_______________ Population: (2)_______ million Jin Mao Tower: (3) _______ metres high Place: (4)___________ Population: (5)________ million Victoria Peak: (6) ______ metres high high hill population river wide Shanghai 23.5 420.5 Hong Kong seven 552 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? 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? Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. 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. 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. Learn the text. A2 Listen and