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Unit 3
Module 3 Life now and then
Language in use
People are wealthier today, and they live longer than they did in the past.
But people don’t take as much exercise as they used to.
More people have cars, and they walk or use their bikes less.
We eat better and we live longer.
Read these sentences aloud together
and pay attention to the colored words.
Comparatives and superlatives
shorter
happier
happy
short
70cm
50cm
Ha ha …
Ha ha ha ha…
6 years old
4 years old
young
younger
Compare
The boy is short. The girl is shorter.
The boy is happy. The girl is happier.
The boy is young. The girl is younger.
¥150,000
¥150,000,000
The plane is more expensive than the car.
The plane is dearer than the car.
The car is cheaper than the plane.
Talk about the advantage or disadvantage of life today.
We use comparatives to compare two people / things.
What do we use comparatives to do?
Consolidate
nice—nicer—nicest
Oral practice
Jim--- young
Kate--- younger
baby--- youngest
young—younger—youn