unit 3 language in use. dalian is smaller than shanghai. chang jiang is wider than the river thames....
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Unit 3 Language in use
Dalian is smaller than Shanghai.
Chang Jiang is wider than the River
Thames.
Shanghai is busier than Hong Kong.
China is bigger than the UK.
Language practice
China / UK
-- Is China smaller than the UK?
-- No, it isn’t. China is bigger than the
UK.
big busy long short small wide
Work in pairs.
1.Los Angeles / Shanghai
2.New York / Cambridge
3.Hong Kong / London
4.Chang Jiang / River Thames
Washington D.C and New York are
big cities on the east coast of the USA.
Washington D.C is the capital of the
USA. It’s a big city, but it’s smaller
than New York.
Around the world
New York is a busy city. It’s bigger,
busier and noisier than Washington
D.C. The buildings in New York are
taller than the buildings in
Washington D.C.
Making a poster comparing two cities
or rivers in China.
Find out:
1. where they are (in the north, south,
east, or west of China)
Module task
2. any other facts you can find (e.g.
how long and big the rivers are, how
old / big / busy the cities are, which
cities are on the rivers, what the
cities are famous for)
How to remember the irregular forms
quickly.
合二为一有三对, \“ 病坏 \”\“ 两多 \” 与 \“ 两好 \” ,① 一分为二有两个, 一个 \“ 远 \” 来一个 \“ 老 \” 。②
还有一个双含义, 只记 \“ 少 \” 来别记 \“ 小 \” 。③
ill/ bad→ worse→ worst
many/ much→ more→ most
good/well→ better→ best
far→ farther/further →farthest/furthest
old / older/elder→ oldest/eldest
little→ less→ least
常见比较级五句型1. Who / Which + be + 比较级 , A or B ?
Who is taller, Tom or John?
2. ~ + be + the 比较级 + of the two. ( 两个之中比较…的那一个, ~ 包含在两个之中 )
Grammar
Tom is the taller of the two. = Tom is
taller than the other boy.
3. much / a lot / even / far + 比较级 A compute is much more expensive th
an a bicycle.
计算机比自行车贵多了。4. "The+ 形容词比较级 ..., the+ 形容词
比较级 ...", 表示 " 越 ... 就越 ..." 。
The more you study, the more you kn
ow.
你学的越多 , 就知道的越多。 5. " 形容词比较级 + and + 形容词比
较级 ", 表示 " 越来越 ... " 。 The computer is cheaper and cheaper.
计算机越来越便宜。
1. -Which is ____ season in Beijing? (20
03 年 )
-I think it's autumn.
A. good
B. better
C. best
D. the best
真题再现
2. - Which is__________ , the moon or t
he earth?(2004 年 )
- Of course, the moon is.
A. small
B. smaller
C. smallest
D. the smallest
3. The air in Beijing is getting much __
___ now than a few years ago.(2005
年 )
A. clean
B. cleaner
C. cleanest
D. the cleanest
4. Mobile phones are very popular now
and they are _____ than before.(2005
年 )
A. cheap
B. cheaper
C. cheapest
D. the cheapest
5. -What’s the weather like here?
-Oh, very nice. It’s _______ in the
summer and _______ in the winter.
A. not hot, not cold
B. hotter, colder
C. hotter, not cold
D. not hot, very hot
Homework
Revise the comparative degree of
adjectives.
Make a poster:
1. a map showing where the cities /
rivers are
2. a paragraph with facts comparing
them