課程內(nèi)容

《It's taller than many other buildings.》
hill n.小山
Get up that hill.
爬上那座山。
population  n.   million  num.
人口，全體居民     百萬
e.g.This country now has a population
of about 110 million.
這個國家現(xiàn)有大約1.1億人口。
wide adj.寬的；寬闊的
e.g.This river is very wide.
這條河很寬。
than prep.比
e.g.It's cheaper to travel by train than by air.
旅游做火車比飛機便宜。
pretty adv.相當?shù)兀环浅?；?br> I'm pretty sure that he'll say yes.
我非常確定他會說是。
短語 pretty good相當好；很好
e.g.For a beginner,you are pretty good.
對一個初學者來說，你是相當不錯了。
get v.變成；成為
e.g.As you get old,your memory will become
worse.
當你變老的時候，你的記憶力會變差。
Lead-in
The pencil is long.
This ruler is longer than it.
Liu Xiang is tall.
Yao Ming is taller than him.
London is old.
Beijing is older than London.
The apple is small.
This orange is smaller than the apple.
Grammar
形容詞比較級（1）
1.比較級定義：表示兩者或兩類人或事物之間的比較。
2.比較級變化規(guī)則：
<1>一般在詞尾加-er.如：
small-smaller  old-older
<2>以字母e結(jié)尾的形容詞直接加-r.如：
large-larger  fine-finer
<3>以重讀閉音節(jié)結(jié)尾的形容詞，如末尾只有一個輔音字母，
應雙寫該字母，再加-er.如：
big-bigger  hot-hotter
<4>以輔音字母加y結(jié)尾的形容詞，把“y”變“i”,再加
-er.如：
busy-busier  easy-easier
3.比較級的結(jié)構：
(1)同級比較的結(jié)構：
as+形容詞/副詞+as，表示“和......一樣”。
not as+z形容詞/副詞+as，表示“不像......
那樣”。
(2)比較級結(jié)構：
比較級+than+比較對象，表示“比.....更....”。

Exercises
寫出下列形容詞的比較級。
1.short-shorter    2.thin-thinner
3.early-earlier    4.red-redder
5.fine-finer       6.fat-fatter
7.cool-cooler      8.big-bigger
9.wet-wetter       10.dry-drier
選擇題。
1.__,this pen is longer than that one.
A.One day B.In fact C.Pretty good
2.-Is Hong Kong__than Shanghai?
  -Yes,it is.
A.new B.newer C.newest
3.-Is the dog__than that one?
  -Yes,it is.
A.big B.biger C.bigger
4.The yellow coat is as__as the purple one.
A.cheap B.heavier C.cheaper
中考鏈接
1.I had to call a taxi because the box was__than
I'd expected.(2012蘇州)
A.heavy B.heavier C.the heavier D.the heaviest
2.She sang a song“I believe I can fly”in Yangzhou
English Classics Reading Contest.I have never heard
a__voice than that before.(2012揚州)
A.good B.well C.better D.best

1.Look at the pictures and talk about them.Use the
words in the box to help you.
high  hill
population
river  wide

Now listen and complete.
Place:(1)Shanghai
Population:(2)23.5 million
Jin Mao Tower:(3)420.5 metres high
Place:(4)Hong Kong
Population:(5)seven million
Victoria Peak:(6)552 metres high
2.Listen and answer the following questions.
1.Is Shenzhen on the coast?
Yes,it is.
2.Is Shenzhen older than Hong Kong?
No,it isn't.
比一比，看哪組在對話中所找的含有比較級的句子最多。
1.So it's a newer city than Hong Kong?
2.It's getting bigger and busier.
3.That's larger than the population of many other cities
in China.
4.Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
5.It's taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
Now complete the passage about Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong.It became
inportant in the(1)1980s.Before that it was a(2)village.
Today the population of Shenzhen is more than(3)ten million.
There are many tall buildings in Shenzhen.A famous one
is the(4)Diwang Tower.It is(5)taller than many other
buildings in Shenzhen.
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.
big  busy  clean  large  new small wide
1.About thirty years ago,Shenzhen was a small village,but
today it is a very big city.
2.Shenzhen is a newer city than Hong Kong.
big  busy  clean  large  new small  wide
3.Shenzhen is getting bigger and busier.The streets are
wider and cleaner.
4.Shenzhen will become as busy as Hong Kong.
5.The population of Shenzhen is larger than that of many
other cities in China.
Everyday English
Hey!
How was your weekend?
Pretty good!
Language points
1.How was your weekend?Pretty good!
pretty good表示“相當好”。用于對
How's...?/What do you think of...?作答
e.g.-How was your traveling?
    -Pretty good.
    -你的旅行怎么樣？
    -非常棒。
2.In fact,it only became important in the 1980s.It's
getting bigger and busier.
1)in fact表示“事實上”。
 e.g.In fact,Taiwan is a part of China.
2)in the 1980s表示“在20世紀80年代”。
結(jié)構為“in the+年+s”。
e.g.in the 1930s 在20世紀30年代
3）become important表示“變得重要”。
getting bigger and cleaner
表示“變得更大和更干凈”。
become和ge表示“變得”，用法等于be。
become,get,go,grow這幾個詞作連系動詞時，都可以表示“變成”，
但也有些區(qū)別：
become較正式，get和go較口語化。此外become和get可由好變壞，
也可由壞變好，而go通常是由好變壞。例如：
The situation has become even better/worse.
情況變得更好/糟了。
They are getting richer and richer/poorer and poorer.
他們越來越富了/窮了。
The woman had gone mad.
那女人瘋了。
grow作“變成”時，有“逐漸變成新的狀態(tài)”的意思。例如:
My younger brother is growing tall.
我的弟弟漸漸長高了。
3.Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong,I'm
sure.
as+形容詞/副詞+as 和......一樣
e.g.He is as tall as his brother.
他和他的哥哥一樣高。
not as+形容詞/副詞+as 不像......
e.g.This dictionary is not as useful as you think.
這本字典不如你想象的那樣有用。
4.That's larger than the population of many other cities
in China.
population表示“人口”，一般用單數(shù)。
e.g.What's the population?
表示“人口有多少？”
    What's the population of America?
     美國的人口是多少？
    China has a large population.
     中國人口龐大。
5.Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
much后面加比較級，用來修飾比較級，表示“更......”。
e.g.Tom runs much faster than Mike.
    湯姆比邁克跑得更快。
 Pronunciation  and   speaking
4.Listen and notice how the speaker streeses the
underlined words.
1.-Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing.
  -No,it isn't.It's smaller.
2.- Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen.
  -No,it isn't.It's older.
3.-Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong.
  -No,it isn't.It's newer.
4.-Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen.
  -No,it isn't.It's busier.
5.Compare Shenzhen with your home town.Make notes
in the table.

6.Work in pairs.Talk about the differences between
Shenzhen and your home town.Use big,small,hot,cold,
tall or new.
-Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen?
-No,it isn't.It's smaller than Shenzhen.
-Is the weather in your home town hotter than Shenzhen?
-No,it isn't.It's colder than Shenzhen.
-Is the building in your home town older than Shenzhen?
-No,it isn't.It's newer than Shenzhen.
Learning to learn
In English,sentences stress is very important.We stress
key words,which give the main information and the main
ideas.

Homework
編寫一個對話，介紹你的家鄉(xiāng)和北京的不同。