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Unit 4 Our World
Section A
Topic 2 How can we protect ourselves from the earthquake?
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Language goals
By the end of the class, you will be able to
I. New words and expressions:
earthquake, province, missing,strike, mobile, phone, fire, rainstorm, snowstormfall down, another two, keep calm, calm down, return to normal life, more than, lose one’s life, ask sb. for help
2. Learn the comparative, superlative degrees of multisyllabic and partially two-syllable adjectives
3. Learn some sentence structures about what happened in an earthquake.
4. Talk about earthquakes and give response properly.
1. 濒危动物
2. 中国西南方
3. 越来越少土地
4. 在数量上
5. 让他们的海洋家园脏
6. 为...而杀死...
7. 在中国南部
8. 最古老的品种
9. 以......为食
10.把...喂给...吃
11.拿...来喂...
12.有什么事要做
13.许多、大量的,做主语,表复数
14....的数量,做主语,表单数
15.处在危险中, 濒临灭绝
16.处于困境中,在危难中
17.处于困境中,有麻烦
18.在陆地上
19.登上....,降落在...上
animals in danger
Southwest China = the southwest of China
less and less land
in number
make their ocean home dirty
kill ... for
in the south of China = in South China
the oldest type of
feed on
feed sth. to sb./sth.
feed sb./sth. with sth.
have sth. to do
a number of +复数
the number of +复数
in danger
in need
in trouble
on the land
land on...
Revision in class
Revision
形容词的比较等级
1). 原级,即原形,用very, so, too, as, quite等修饰.
(not) as + adj./adv.(原形) + as 和....(不)一样....
so + adj./adv.(原形) + that 如此....以至于.....
too + adj./adv.(原形) + to do sth. 太.....而不能.....
eg. He is too young to go to school.
= He is so young that he can’t go to school.
He is as tall as Tom.
2) 比较级:表示两者之间的比较,常用than连接,结构为“比较级+than”
eg. His brother is braver than him.
Tom runs faster than Michael.
注意:1. 比较级+ and + 比较级 越来越……
eg. Miss Ye is getting thinner and thinner.
Our country is becoming more and more beautiful.
2. the + 比较级,the + 比较级 越....,越....
eg. The harder he studies, the better his grades are.
3. 比较级前可用even(更加), still(更加), much(……得多), far(……得多),
a little(……一点), a bit(一点), a lot(大量)或倍数来修饰.
eg. Mr. Liu is a lot earlier than I.
Fangfang is a little fatter than Meimei.
4. the + 比较级 + of the two... 表示两者中较....或更....
eg. He is the taller of the two boys.
5. 比较的对象相同,为了避免重复,可用that/those代替第二个比较对象,单数名词
或不可数名词用that代替,复数名词用those代替.
eg. The weather in Shanghai is better than that in Wuhan.
The texts in Book III are much easier than those in Book IV.
3) 最高级:表示三者或三者以上的比较, 最高级前通常要加the, 常用结构为“the+最高级(+名词)+比较范围”, 比较范围常用介词in,of, among等引导的短语来表示.
① in + 范围,of + 数量
eg. Shanghai is the largest city in China.
Tim is the tallest boy of three.
② one of the + 最高级 + 名词复数
eg. He is one of the strongest boys in our class.
③ 比较级 + than + any other+单数名词/比较级 + than + the other+复数名词”
...比任何其他的人或物都... (用比较级表示最高级)
2a. Study the rules and complete the table.
多音节词和部分双音节形容词的比较级和最高级:在形容词前加 more/most。
Adjective useful serious dangerous
Comparative more useful
Superlative most useful
Adjective beautiful important terrible
Comparative
Superlative
more serious
most serious
more danerous
most dangerous
more beautiful
most beautiful
more important
most important
more terrible
most terrible
2b. Number the things according to the degrees you like them. Then follow the example to make small conversations.
Example:
A: The telephone is useful.
B: I think the mobile phone is more useful than the telephone.
C: Yes, but the computer is the most useful of the three.
1b. Listen to 1a and choose the correct answer.
1. Kangkang and Li Ming are talking about _______.
ways to protect us from earthquakes
the earthquakes in China
the number of buildings falling down
the missing people in earthquake
2. The level of the Yushu earthquake was 6.1. ( )
3. Running out of the door is safer. ( )
4. The most important thing is to stay calm. ( )
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1c. Listen again and complete the table.
Earthquake Year Degree Fact
2010 buildings___________
some people________
many people _______
Wenchuan earthquake more serious
240,000 people __________________
Yushu earthquake
fell down
died
were missing
2008
Tangshan earthquake
1976
the most serious
lost their lives
serious
Language Points
1. strike意为“侵袭,爆发”,过去式struck
eg. The lightning struck again.
2. when and where
eg. They will meet at the school gate at 8:00 next morning.
When and where will they meet?
3. fall down 倒塌,跌倒,下落
eg. I fell down and hurt my knee.
fall off ..... = fall down from... 从…摔下
eg. I fell off my bike/fell down from my bike and hurt my knee.
fall ill = be ill
fall behind … 落后 / 落在……后面
4. miss (v.) 错过,没赶上 missing (adj.) (= lost) 失踪的,丢失的
Language Points
5. other, others, another, the other
another泛指三个或三个以上的人或物中的另一个
another + 数字 + 复数名词 = 数字 +more +复数名词
eg. This coat is too small, please show me another.
another 3 hours = 3 more hours 另外三个小时。
other作形容词,指其他的,修饰后面的名词。
eg. What other animals do you like?
the other指已知的两个人或物中的另一个,
常见短语 one... the other...”一个是......另一个是......”
eg. I have two books. One is about English, the other is about maths.
others泛指其余的人或物中的一些,常与some连用.
other+名词=others 别的人/事物
Language Points
eg. Some apples are good and others(other apples) are bad.
the others指一定范围内的其余人或物中的全部。
the other +名词= the others “其余的人/事物”
eg. Some people like football, the others(the other people) like basketball.
6. more than + 数字 = over + 数字 超过,多于
7. lose one’s life/ ones’ lives (= die) 丧生,失去生命
8. protect v. 保护,名词形式是:protection
protect…from…保护……免受……的伤害
eg. You need to wear warm clothes to protect you from the cold.
9. ask sb for help = turn to sb向某人寻求帮助
ask sb for sth 向某人索要某物
ask sb ( not ) to do sth叫某人(不)做某事
Language Points
eg. We should ask the police for help when we are in danger.
I’ll ask my mother for some money.
10. 感叹句
1) What + a/an +形容词+可数名词单数+主语+谓语!
What +形容词+可数名词复数+主语+谓语!
What +形容词+不可数名词+主语+谓语!
eg. What a clever girl she is !
What beautiful flowers they are!
What fine weather it is today!
2) How +形容词 / 副词+主语+谓语!
How +形容词+ a/an +可数名词单数+主语+谓语!
eg. How careful she is!
Language Points
How fast he runs!
How beautiful a girl she is!
3. Listen to the passage and complete the table.
Bad News
What The T16 ______ from Guangzhou to Beijing will be ___.
Why a ____ snowstorm
Passenger stay for about ___ hours
Station prepare ___ and ____
train
late
terrible
eight
food
drinks
1. 濒危动物
2. 中国西南方
3. 越来越少土地
4. 在数量上
5. 让他们的海洋家园脏
6. 为...而杀死...
7. 在中国南部
8. 最古老的品种
9. 以......为食
10.把...喂给...吃
11.拿...来喂...
12.有什么事要做
13.许多、大量的,做主语,表复数
14....的数量,做主语,表单数
15.处在危险中, 濒临灭绝
16.处于困境中,在危难中
17.处于困境中,有麻烦
18.在陆地上
19.登上....,降落在...上
animals in danger
Southwest China = the southwest of China
less and less land
in number
make their ocean home dirty
kill ... for
in the south of China = in South China
the oldest type of
feed on
feed sth. to sb./sth.
feed sb./sth. with sth.
have sth. to do
a number of +复数
the number of +复数
in danger
in need
in trouble
on the land
land on...
Exercises in class
1. The building is _________ than that one.
A. more taller B. very taller C. taller D. so taller
2. —A car accident happened this morning and two men died. —________
A. I thinks. B. Glad to hear that. C. I’m very sorry to hear that. D. Sounds great.
3. —Which book is ______ of these four books? —I think this story book is.
A. interesting B. more interesting C. most interesting D. the most interesting
4. —Do you know how we can _______ ourselves from fires? —Sorry, I don’t know. Let’s find it online.
A. come B. borrow C. protect D. hear
5. —Kangkang, I _______ my pen. Could you please lend me yours?—I’m afraid I can’t. Mine is _______, too.
A. lost; lose B. missing; missing C. lost; missing D. missing; lost
6. —The old woman lost the hope of life because her two sons lost their lives in the earthquake.
—She should cheer up. A dead heart is much _______ than sadness.
A. terrible B. more terrible C. most terrible D. the most terrible
7. —Is everyone out of the fire? —No, _______ two are still in the burning house.
A. another B. other C. the other D. others
8. ——Which subject is______, Chinese,math or English? ——It's hard to say.
A. important B. more important C. most important D.the most important
9. My cousin is ______ about the study than I am, so her grade is______than mine.
A. serious; good B. more serious; better C.most serious; best D. serious; better
10. As we know, our country is becoming ___________ and __________ .
A. more beautiful; more beautiful B. the more beautiful; the more beautiful C. more; more beautiful D. most; most beautiful
C
C
D
C
C
B
A
D
B
C
用所给词的适当形式填空
1. There are more ____________ (rainstorm) in summer than in winter.
2. Do you know why ______________ (earthquake) usually happen in the southwest of China?
3. He ___________ (strike) the ball into the basket by standing three meters away.
4. Ben __________ (fall) down on the ground when he was riding across the corner.
5. I think computers are ________________ (useful) than TVs.
6. 戴太阳镜可以保护眼睛不受伤害。
Wearing sunglasses can ____________ our eyes ___________the sunshine.
7. —我解决不了这个问题。—我们去问李老师吧。
—I can’t solve the problem. —Let’s __________ Mr. Li _________ ___________.
8. Many people ________ __________ __________(失去生命) in the earthquake in Syria.
rainstorms
earthquakes
struke
fell
more useful
protect
from
ask
for
help
lost
their
lives
We learn:
1. New words and phrases:
earthquake, strike, province, missing, mobile phone, fire, rainstorm, snowstorm, lose one's life, protect sb. from, ask sb. for help, keep calm, calm down, return to normal life, more than
2. Master key sentences:
the comparative, superlative degrees of multisyllabic and partially two-syllable adjectives;
We can:
1. talk about earthquakes and give response properly.
2. We know the rules of the comparative and superlative of adjectives.
Summary
Homework
. Read 1a.
2. Recite the new words and expressions.
3. Finish Section A in your workbook.
4. Preview Section B.
5. Know more about how to protect ourselves from the earthquake.
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