Module 2 Unit 3课件 2024-2025学年英语外研版八年级上册

Language in use Module 2 My home town and my country To summarise and consolidate the use of comparative adjectives(-er) To compare two places in your home town Look at the following sentences. And pay attention to the words in red. It’s getting bigger and busier. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. 3. It’s a newer city than Hong Kong. 4. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen. 5. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong. 6. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China. 7. Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing. 比较级用于比较两个主体。组成句子的方式是将形容词或副词变成比较级的形式，之后要用than引出比较的对象。 比较级 形容词比较级的构成—规则变化： 单音节和部分双音节词 一般在词尾加-er tall→taller long→longer 以不发音字母e结尾的词，在词尾加-r fine→finer late→later 重读闭音节词且词尾只有一个辅音字母，双写辅音字母再加-er big→bigger thin→thinner 以“辅音字母+y”结尾的双音节词，先把“y”改为“i”再加-er easy→easier   friendly→friendlier 比较级的句子结构： 原来的句子结构不变，只是将形容词变成比较级的形式，然后在后面用than引出所比较的对象。例如： 1. Shanghai is busy. Shanghai is busier than Hangzhou. 2. Shanghai is an old city. Shanghai is an older city than Shenzhen. 比较级常用句型： 1. A+be+形容词比较级+than +B A比B更…… e.g. This tree is taller than that one. The climate in Beijing is hotter than that of Kunming. 2. 表示两者之间的选择, 可使用 Which is + 比较级, …or…? e.g. Which is longer, the Yangtze River or the Yellow River? 3. ……比较级+and+比较级…… 越来越…… e.g. The weather is getting warmer and warmer in spring. 4. as+形容词原形+as… 和……一样…… e.g. Tom is as tall as Mike.  I was as happy as John yesterday. 否定形式：not as…as…或 not so… as… 和…… 不一样、不及／不如…… e.g. Tom is not as tall as Mike. Tom is not so tall as Mike. This book isn’t as interesting as that one. 注意： 修饰比较级的副词要用much, a lot, a little, a bit, far, even, still等。very不能和比较级连用。 e.g. It was cold yesterday, but it’s even colder today. He is getting much fatter these days. 用所给词的适当形式填空。 Her hair is _______ (long) than mine. Who is _______ (short), Tom or Jack? Lily is ________ (quiet) than her sister. It becomes _______ and _________ (hot) when summer comes. This one is too large. Can you show me a _________ (small) one? longer shorter quieter hotter hotter smaller 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 1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. older larger colder big busy high low old small tall wide 2. Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words from the box to help you. — What can you see in Picture 1? — It’s a village. There’re some low houses. The village is quiet. — What can you see in Picture 2? — It’s a new city. The buildings are very high. The roads are very wide. Now make comparisons. Write sentences. big busy high low old small tall wide 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. 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 Shenzhen is newer than Beijing. 3. Write sentences. Use the information in the table. Shanghai 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. Word map is a way of learning vocabulary in groups and the words in the map are all related to each other. 4. Complete the word map with the words in the box. You need to use one word more than once. cold place Place weather history population size warm old new large small big small big cold large new old small warm cold place Place weather history population size warm old new large small big small Now work in pairs. Talk about your home town. Use the words in the word map to help you. in the northeast is famous for on the coast pretty good The population of 1. Cambridge is a beautiful old English city. It _____________ its university. 2. Tianjin is near Beijing, ____________ of the Bohai Sea. on the coast is famous for 5. Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box. 3. _________________ India is smaller than that of China but bigger than that of Russia. 4. Harbin is _______________ of China and is a very busy city. 5. The weather in Beijing in autumn is ____________. The population of pretty good in the northeast in the northeast is famous for on the coast pretty good The population of In my home town there are two cinemas, the Grand Cinema and the Palace Cinema. The Grand Cinema is (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. warmer cheaper busier smaller older 6. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. Look at the pictures and think of one sentence to describe each city. 7. Listen and complete the sentences. 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. 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 3. Shanghai has a(n) _______ population than Beijing. 4. Beijing is ______ than Shanghai. larger older Listen and imitate the sentences. Daming: Is New York the capital of the US, Betty? Betty: No, it isn’t. Washington DC is New York because New York is a bigger and busier city than Washington DC. Daming: I see. New York is more famous than any other city in the US, right? Betty: Yes, I think it is. And which Chinese city is bigger – Shanghai or Beijing? Daming: Well, Shanghai has a larger population. Betty: Really? And which city is older, Beijing or Shanghai? Daming: Well, that’s a good question! They are both very old cities, but Beijing is older than Shanghai. Betty: That’s very interesting! Read the article, mark true or false. 1. Washington DC is located on the west coast. 2. It is best known for the White House. 3. The Lincoln Memorial is a grand white building. F T T east 1. What is the capital of the US? 2. Where is Washington DC? 3. What is Washington DC famous for? 4. Why do tourists go to Washington DC? Washington DC is the capital of the US. It located on the east coast. It’s White House, where the President of the US lives and works. Because there are many famous monuments, memorials and museums. tourists visit it every year to show respect to President Lincoln. Making a report comparing two places in your home town Where is it? It’s in the north/south/east/west of the town. How many people work/go there? …people work/go there. How old is it? It’s about … years old. Is there anything special about it? It’s bigger than ... 8. Work in pairs. Compare two places in your home town. Place 1: __________ Place 2: __________ 9. Write the information in the table. Place 1: ________________ Place 2: ______________ 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. 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. Business Centre Ancient Area 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. 10. Make a report. You can write three paragraphs to make your reports: Paragraph 1: describe Place 1. Paragraph 2: describe Place 2. Paragraph 3: compare the two places. 11. Read your report to the whole class. 1. 形容词的比较级的规则变化： 在词尾加-er/-r，或双写词尾字母，再加-er，或去y加-ier。 2. 常用句型： 1) A +be+形容词的比较级+than + B 2) as+形容词原形+as… 和……一样…… 否定形式：not as/so… as… Ⅰ. 根据语境，用括号内所给形容词的适当形式填空。 1. Mr White looks young but Mrs White looks much ________ (young) than him. 2. This scarf is too expensive. I'd like a ________(cheap) one. 3. It is ________(cold) in Hangzhou than in Shanghai today. 4. Jack does exercise every morning so he is getting ________(healthy) and taller. 5. Your bike isn't as ________(cool) as Tom's. 6. My sister likes eating hamburgers. She is ________(fat) than I. younger cheaper colder healthier  cool  fatter Ⅱ. 根据括号内所给英文提示语，将下列句子翻译成英语。 1. 哈尔滨在中国的东北部。 (northeast) ___________________________________________________2. Jack比我们班的其他学生都高。  (any other) ___________________________________________________3. 夏天苏州热，但是武汉更热。   (hot) ___________________________________________________ Harbin is in the northeast of China. Jack is taller than any other student in our class. It is hot in Suzhou in summer but it is much hotter in Wuhan. 4. 成都比长沙人口多。   (that of) __________________________________________________ 5. Andy比Molly年龄大，但是Molly比Andy高得多。  (but) __________________________________________________ __________________________________________________ The population of Chengdu is larger than that of Changsha. Andy is older than Molly but Molly is much taller than Andy. Ⅲ. 根据材料内容，从方框中选择恰当的单词填空，使材料意思完整、通顺，注意形式变化。 island, one, arrive, countryside, work, she, small, get, especially, big Kiri is from New Zealand. She and her family live in Britain. Her dad (1)________ for a computer company in London. Kiri and (2)________ family are Maori. Kiri is proud (骄傲的) of it. Many people say Maori people are the (3)________ people living in New Zealand. works her first  A thousand years ago, when the Maori (4)________ in New Zealand, there were no other people living there. They found two beautiful (5)________, a volcanic (火山的) one and one with forest. By the beginning of the 15th century, the population of the Maori became much (6)________. In the 1860s, lots of British people came to New Zealand. At that time, the population of the Maori was (7)________ than that of the British people. island, one, arrive, countryside, work, she, small, get, especially, big arrived islands bigger smaller Now the population of the Maori is (8)________ larger. Some time ago Maori people started to move from the (9)__________ into the cities. And now they live happily. “I have been living in Britain for six months. I have met lots of nice people and I'm having a good time,” says Kiri. “But I miss New Zealand, (10)__________ the weather and fishing. I also miss the clean air.” island, one, arrive, countryside, work, she, small, get, especially, big getting countryside especially Finish your report. 51982.957 $$