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Module 2
My hometown and my country
Unit 1 It is taller than many other buildings.
A village is green and quiet.
A city is modern and busy.
a village
a city
Free talk
1.population n.“(某一地区的)人口,全体居民”
①形容人口多或少时用large/big或small.
The population of my home town is very .
②表示“某地有多少人口”
a.The population of+某地+is/was+数字
Eg.The population of Australia is more than twenty million.
b. 某地+has a population of+数字
Eg. Australia has a population of more than twenty million.
③询问“某地有多少人口”
a. What's the population of. . . ?
Eg.What's the population of Nanning?
b. How large is the population of. . . ?
Eg.How large is the population of Nanning?
④ population与分数或百分数连用表示部分人口,作主语时,谓语 动词用单、复数均可。
More than 60 percent of the population of that city workers.
is/are
2 .wide adj. 宽的;宽阔的;广泛的”
widely adv.“宽阔地;广泛地”
Eg.This bridge is about eight metres wide.
这座桥大约8米宽。
Eg. His uncle travelled widely. 他的叔叔游遍各地。
million
There are about two people in the city.
这个城市大约有200万人。
of people all over the world come to visit the town every year.
[拓展]用法类似: hundred(百)
thousand(千)
billion(十亿)
million
Millions
4.pretty adv.“相当地;非常;很”,
Pretty good!相当好!”
It's pretty cold. 天气相当冷。
[拓展]pretty adj. “漂亮的”。
侧重表示女孩的可爱或某物精致可爱、小巧玲珑,带有感情色彩。
Eg.That girl is very pretty in the new skirt.
south
in the south of 意为“在······的南部(范围内)
Eg.Hainan is in the south of China.海南在中国的南部。
表示两者位置关系时用
in the+方位名词+of. .
Eg.Shanghai is in the east of China.上海在中国的东部。
(1)especially adv. “尤其”
When he is at the airport or on the train,he especially loves reading e-books.
She's especially good at swimming.
(2)辨析:be famous for与be famous as
be famous for 因······而闻名
be famous as 作为······而闻名
This place is famous its cotton.
He is famous a writer.
3)university n. 为“大学;高等学府”
go to university 上大学
Eg. He hopes to go to university next year.
Eg.Is there a university in this town?
2)low adj. “低的;矮的”
Can you see the low building?
The sun was low in the sky.
辨析:low与short
This mountain is . That one is .
这座山很高,那座山很矮。
Tom is ,but his brother is tall.
汤姆个头矮,但是他的哥哥很高。
Eg. She is never afraid of snakes.她从不害怕蛇。
Eg. Anna never eats junk food,does she?
安娜从不吃垃圾食品,是吗?
[助记]表示频度的副词
0% 100%
never seldom sometimes often usually always
(从不) (很少) (有时) (经常) (通常) (总是)
1)never adv. “从不,永不”,表示否定含义。
频度副词位于连系动词be、助动词或情态动词之后,实义动词之前。
shanghai
What do you think of Shanghai?
It is a large/ modern/ beutiful/ clean... city
Look at the pictures and talk about them.
Lead in
Jin Mao Tower
It is taller than many other buildings in Shanghai.
Look at the pictures and talk about them.
Look at the pictures and talk about them.
Huangpu River is wide.
It goes through Shanghai.
Huangpu River
Look at the pictures and talk about them.
Hong Kong
a high hill called Victoria Peak(太平山)
On the top of Vitoria Peak, you can see that Hong Kong is as busy as Shanghai.
Activity 1
Listen and complete
Place:(1)______________
Population:(2)_________million
Jin MaoTower:(3)__________metres high
Place:(4)______________
Population:(5)_________million
Victoria Peak:(6)__________metres high
Shanghai
23.5
420.5
Hong Kong
seven
552
Welcome to Shanghai. This big city in East China has a population of 23.5 million. It's on a wide river called the Huangpu River. The tall building you can see is the Jin Mao Tower. It's 420.5 metres high.
This is Hong Kong. It's a busy city on the South China coast. Seven million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. It's 552 metres high.
Tapescript
Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you.
high
hill
population
river
wide
Place:(1)______________
Population:(2)_________million
Jin MaoTower:(3)__________metres high
Place:(4)______________
Population:(5)_________million
Victoria Peak:(6)__________metres high
Shanghai
23.5
420.5
Hong Kong
seven
552
欢迎来到上海。这个位于华东地区的大城市拥有23,500,000人口。它位于一条叫做黄浦江的大河边。它因金茂大厦而出名,金茂大厦高420.5米。它比上海许多其它的建筑物都高。
翻译
Activity 2
Listen and find out.
1.Where did Daming go during the weekend?
2. How is Shenzhen different now from the past?
He went to Shenzhen.
It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it's a very big city. It's getting bigger and busier. Its streets are much wider and cleaner.
Watch, listen and repeat.
Let's PK.
loudly
clearly
fluenly
beautifully
Now complete the passage about Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong. It became important in the (1)________________. Before that it was a (2)________________. Today the popultion 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.
Read aloud and underline.
Please read aloud the conversation and underline
all the sentences which compare(比较) something in your textbook.
Activity 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.
1. About thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a ______________ village, but today it is a very______________ city.
2. Shenzhen is a ______________ city than Hong Kong.
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.
small
big
newer
bigger
busier
wider
cleaner
busy
larger
形容词比较级的规则构成一:
Practice
1. Qomolangma is ___________(high) than any other mountain
in the world.
2. Subways make our lives __________(easy) than before.
3. This house is _______(new), but that house is even ______(new).
4. The streets in our town are becoming ________(wide) and
___________(clean) than before.
5. China is ___________(large) than many other countries in the
world and the history of China is also ___________(long).
higher
easier
new
newer
wider
cleaner
larger
longer
Don't be shy! Never give up!
Try your best to be a better man.
Homework
1. Write a short passage to introduce our hometown.
2. Roel-play the conversation with your partner.
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