Module2 Unit 3 Language in use课件-2024-2025学年外研版英语八年级上册

Module2 My home town and my country Unit 3 Language in use 外研版八年级上册 1 Cambridge On the River Cam/120,000 is famous for its university famous people,such as… Buildings,churches, trips along the river by boat 80km from Cambridge In the south, on the River Thames 7,500,000 / 2000 years old is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge part of an island/Villages and beaches on coast North: mountains, lakes South: hill, villages everywhere in English, green countryside not hot in summer or very cold in winter bring an umbrella London England weather Retell the article Lead-in Sanya Harbin Sanya is _______(warm) than Harbin. Harbin is ______ (cold) than Sanya. warmer colder Lead-in China Australia China is _______(big) than Australia. Australia is ______ (small) than Sanya. bigger smaller 1. It’s getting ______ and _______. 2. It’s a _______ city than Hong Kong. 3. Its streets are _____ _____ and ______ too. 4. It’s ______ ______ many other buildings in Shenzhen. Language practice bigger busier newer much wider cleaner taller than 1. 定义：表示将两个人或两个事物进行比较。 2. 比较级的常见句型结构： (1)as+形容词原级+as “和......一样” e.g. I was as happy as John yesterday. 昨天我和约翰一样高兴。 (2)A + be +形容词比较级 + than + B.“A比B更……” 可以用 a lot，a little，a bit，even，still，any，much 等来修饰。 e.g. The subway is much faster than the bus. 地铁比公共汽车快得多。 形容词的比较级 (3)比较级+and+比较级。 e.g. Our city is becoming stronger and stronger. 我们的城市正变得越来越强大。 (4)the+比较级，the+比较级。 e.g. The harder you work，the better grades you will get. 你越努力，你将取得越好的成绩。 7 构 成 方 法 原 级 比 较 级 单音节和少数双音节单词 一般在词尾加er。 tall, long, short, taller, longer, shorter 以元音字母e结尾形容词，直接加r。 nice, fine, large nicer, finer, larger 以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，末尾只有一个辅音字母，应先双写该字母,再加er。 big, hot, red, thin bigger, hotter, redder, thinner 以辅音字母+y结尾的形容词，先把y变成i，再加er。 busy, early, easy busier, earlier, easier 3.单音节和部分双音节单词的比较级 8 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. big cold large old tall 1. Shenzhen was very small about thirty years ago but it is much now. 2. This building is tall but that building is much . 3. Beijing is old but Xi’an is much . 4. The US has a large population but India’s population is ____________. 5. Beijing is cold in winter but Harbin is . bigger taller older larger/bigger colder 1 9 Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words in the box to help you. 2 big busy high low old small tall wide --- What can you see in Picture 1? --- What can you see in Picture 2? --- It’s a village. There’re some houses. The village is quiet. --- It’s a new city. The buildings are very high. The roads are very wide. Now make comparisons. Write sentences. The buildings in the village in Picture 1 are older/ smaller/ lower than the buildings in the city in Picture 2. The buildings in the city in Picture 2 are newer/ higher/bigger/ taller than the buildings in the village in Picture 1. In Picture 2, the roads are wider/ busier than those in Picture 1. Sample： 12 Write sentences. Use the information in the table. 3 Shenzhen Beijing new Shanghai Hangzhou busy Xi’an Beijing old China Australia big Tian’anmen Square Other squares in China wide The population of Tianjin The population of Shanghai small For example: Shenzhen is newer than Beijing. 13 Shenzhen is busier than Hangzhou. Xi’an is older than Beijing. China is bigger than Australia. Tian’anmen Square is wider than other squares in China. The population of Tianjin is smaller than the population of Shanghai. 14 Complete the word map. Use the words in the box. You need to use one word more than once. big cold large new old small warm place weather population size history cold warm big small new old large small 4 15 Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box. in the northeast is famous for on the coast pretty good Cambridge is a beautiful old English city. It ____________ its university. Tianjin is near Beijing, ____________ of the Bohai Sea. __________________ India is smaller than that of China but bigger than that of Russia. Harbin is ______________ of China and is a very busy city. The weather in Beijing in autumn is _____________. is famous for on the coast The population of in the northeast pretty good The population of 5 16 6 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. In my home town there are two cinemas, the Grand Cinema and the Palace Cinema. The Grand Cinema (1) _______ (old) and (2) _______ (small) than the Palace Cinema. It is also (3) ________ (warm) in the Grand Cinema. The Palace Cinema is usually (4) _______ (busy) than the Grand Cinema and the tickets are (5) ________ (cheap) too. older smaller warmer busier cheaper 17 Listen and complete the sentences. 7 Look at the pictures and think of one sentence to describe each city. 18 1. New York is very busy. 2. Washington D.C. is old. 3. Shanghai has a lot of tall buildings. 4. Beijing has a large population. 19 1. New York is a(n) ______ and _______ city than Washington DC. 2. New York is more ________ than any other city in the US. bigger busier famous famous 20 famous 3. Shanghai has a(n) ________ population than Beijing. 4. Beijing is ________ than Shanghai. larger older 21 Washington DC Washington DC is the capital of the US. Located on the east coast, it is best known for the White House, where the President of the US lives and works, and for Capitol Hill, where the US Congress meets. There are many famous monuments, memorials and museums in Washington DC. / ləʊˈkeɪtɪd /adj. 位于；坐落在 白宫 / ˈprezɪdənt /n. 总统；国家主席 国会山（指美国国会） 美国国会 / ˈmɒnjumənt /n. 纪念碑（或馆、堂、像等） / məˈmɔːriəl /n. 纪念碑（或像等） Around the world 22 The Lincoln Memorial is a grand white building. Millions of tourists visit it every year to show respect to President Lincoln. In the National Air and Space Museum, people can see the command module of Apollo 11, which sent the first humans to the moon in 1969. 林肯纪念堂 数百万的…… 美国国家航空航天博物馆 阿波罗11号（美国国家航空航天局的阿波罗计划中的第五次载人航天任务） 23 Making a report comparing two places in your home town Module task: 24 Work in pairs. Compare two places in your home town. 8 • Where is it? It’s in the north/south/east/west of the town. • How old is it? It’s about … years old. • How many people work/go there? … people work/go there. • Is there anything special about it? It’s bigger than… 25 Write the information in the table. Place 1:_______ Place 2:_______ 9 26 It’s in the north of the town. A lot of people work in the offices there. It’s a modern area. It’s large and there are lots of cars there. Place 1 Place 2 Business Centre Ancient Area It’s in the east of the town. People don’t work there. It’s a tourist area. It’s an ancient area and it’s about 500 years old. It’s small and there are few cars there. 27 Make a report. 10 • Write sentences. Place 1 is bigger than Place 2. Place 2 is older than Place 1. • Join the sentences using and or but. Place 1 is bigger than Place 2, but Place 2 is older than Place 1. • Read your report to the whole class. 28 You can write three paragraphs to make your reports: Paragraph 1: describe Place 1. Paragraph 2: describe Place 3. Paragraph 1: compare the two places. 29 1. Grammar: To summarise and consolidate the use of comparative adjectives (-er). 2. Reading: The cultural background and geographical customs of Washington, the capital of the United States. Summary 30 Finish your report. 31 32 $$