Module 2 My home town and my country Unit 1（课件)-2024-2025学年外研版英语八年级上册

Unit 1 Module 2 Enjoy a song Home is in Your Eyes. Where is your home town? Where is it? Is there anything famous there? Talk about our hometown ---Wenzhou. Free talk: million num. 百万 e.g. Wenzhou now has a population of more than 9 million. 温州现有超过9百万的人口。 population n. 人口，全体居民 Learn these new words. hill n. 小山 Get up that hill. 爬上那座山。 wide adj. 宽的；宽阔的 e.g. This river is very wide. 这条河很宽。 than prep. 比 e.g. 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 e.g. For a beginner, you are pretty good. 对一个初学者来说，你是相当不错了。 Beijing in the north of China 20 million (百万) people has a population of 20 million be famous for … Shenzhen in the south of China 10 million people be famous for … Shanghai Hong Kong What do you know about Shanghai and Hong Kong? the Oriental Pearl Television Tower Jin Mao Tower Shanghai World Financial Center Shanghai Grand Theatre  the Bund of Shanghai  金紫荆广场 维多利亚港 Hong Kong Zijing Square Victoria Harbour Victoria Peak(太平山) 太平山夜景 Beijing is bigger than Shenzhen. Shenzhen is smaller than Beijing. 北京 Shanghai Hong Kong Shanghai is bigger than Hong Kong. Hong Kong is smaller than Shanghai. The apple is small. This orange is smaller than the apple. 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. 76 meters wide 1000 meters wide River Thames is wide. Huangpu River is wider than River Thames. Hong Kong is new. Shenzhen is newer than Hong Kong. Shenzhen is busy. Hong Kong is busier than Shenzhen. Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words from the box. high hill population river wide Listen and complete. Place: ___________ Population: ___________ million Jin Mao Tower: ___________ metres high Place: ____________ Population: ___________ million Victoria Peak: ___________ metres high Shanghai 23.5 420.5 Hong Kong seven 552 What do you know about Shenzhen? Shenzhen country's first special economic zone (经济特区) Luohu Port Joint Inspection Station The Diwang Tower In fact, Shenzhen now has a population of more than 15 million. Where is Shenzhen according to the con- versation? 2. What’s the population of Shenzhen? Listen and answer. It’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It’s over (more than) ten million. 3. What’s the famous building in Shenzhen? The Diwang Tower. 1. Is Hong Kong bigger than Shenzhen? 2. Is Hong Kong older than Shenzhen? 3. Is Shenzhen busier than Hong Kong? No, it isn’t. No, it isn’t. Yes, it is. Read again and answer the questions. 4. Is Shenzhen’s street wider than before? 5. Is Shenzhen’ population bigger than before? 6. Is the Diwang Tower taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen? Yes, it is. Yes, it is. Yes, it is. 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. 1980s village taller Diwang Tower ten Now 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. 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 larger in population than Beijing. — No, it isn’t. It’s smaller. —Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen. — No, it isn’t. It’s older. — Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong. — No, it isn’t. It’s newer. —Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen. — No, it isn’t. It’s busier. 4 Listen and notice how the speaker stress the underlined word. 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 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 wide cleaner busy bigger busier wider larger population: 20 million It is older than Shenzhen. It is colder than Shenzhen in winter. Beijing Work in pairs and think of two cities. Compare the two cities. Make up your own dialogue and act it out. population: 10 million Shenzhen is smaller than Beijing. It is newer than Beijing. It is warmer than Beijing in winter. Shenzhen Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table. Shenzhen is bigger than Jinxiang. Shenzhen is ... than Jinxiang. Work in pairs. 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. Home Is In Your Eyes Greyson Chance Hold On ¡®Til the Night 211134.42 55430.94 75597.93 102506.68 $$