Integrated skills

Revision 写出下列词的比较级和最高级。 fast badly faster fastest far well worse worst heavily high late thin hot easy faster fastest worse worst farther/further farthest/furthest better best more heavily the most heavily higher highest later latest thinner thinnest hotter hottest easier easiest

写出下列句子的同义句。 1. Jim has more books than Sandy. 2. Kate runs the fastest in my class. 3. Kitty has more juice than Millie. Sandy has fewer books than Jim. Kate runs faster than any other student in my class. Millie has less juice than Kitty.

New words spend 花费 spend time on/doing sth. 花时间做某事 uniform 制服 chess 国际象棋 at most 最多

Comparing schools Daniel is writing an article about different schools. Listen to him introducing Sunshine Middle School and complete the first column in the table below.(A1)

Sunshine Middle School Number of students Number of teachers How long is the summer holiday? How much time do students spend on homework every day? Do students wear uniforms? Do students do morning exercises? yes 1309 90 8 weeks 3 hours yes

Comparing schools Sandy is helping Daniel collect informtion on the Internet about other schools. Listen to their conversation and complete the rest of the table.(A1)

Woodland School Rocky Mountain High School Number of students Mumber of teachers 66 How long is the summer holiday? How much time do studentsspend on homework every day? Do students wear uniforms? / Do students do morning exercises? no 308 1215 85 6 weeks 12 weeks 2 hours 1 hour no

Help Daniel complete the article with the information. Woodland School is smaller than Rocky Mountain High School. There are _____ (more /fewer/less) teachers and _____ (more/fewer/less) students at Woodland School than at Rocky Mountain High School. Sunshine Middle School has ________ (more /fewer/the most) teachers and students of the three. fewer fewer the most

Chinese students have ______ (more/ fewer/ less) weeks off for the summer holiday than British students. British students spend _____ (more/ fewer /less) time doing homework than Chinese students. Among the three schools, American students spend __________ (the least/ few /less) time on homework, more less the least

and they have ___________ (long/ longer/the longest) summer holiday and they have ___________ (long/ longer/the longest) summer holiday. Chinese students spend __________ (the most/the fewest/the least) time on homework. They work ___________ (hard/harder/the hardest). the longest the most the hardest

spend time (in) doing sth 花费时间做某事 1. I spent two days________________________. (读完那本书) 2.She spends half an hour ______________in the morning.(跑步) (in) finishing reading the book. (in) running spend money on sth花费时间/钱做某事/买某物 3.We spent 10 yuan ______________(买那本书)。 4.Nancy spent six dollars______________(买那些苹果) on that book. on those apples.

Daniel, John and Nancy are chatting online about their schools Daniel, John and Nancy are chatting online about their schools. Match the sentences with the correct people. 1 ______: My school has fewer weeks off for the summer holiday than Daniel’s. 2 ______: Students at my school do not wear uniforms. Nancy John

3 ______: I spend less time doing homework than Nancy. 4 ______: My school has the most students. 5 ______: My school has the fewest teachers. John Daniel Nancy

Free talk What are your hobbies? How much time can you spend on your hobbies?

Listen and answer. Speak up How much time does Daniel spend on his hobbies every day? What is Amy’s hobby? Who spends the most time on hobbies? About an hour. Half an hour for playing computer games and another half an hour for playing chess. Her hobby is swimming. Simon.

Work in groups and talk about your hobbies. Use the conversation as a model.

Language points 1. American students 美国学生 = students in American schools 2. summer holiday 暑假 winter holiday/vacation 寒假

3. have fewer weeks off (少)休息几个星期 have + time + off 表示休息多久 e.g. 劳动节我们放三天假。 We have three days off on May Day. 中国学生每年比美国学生少放几个星期 的假。 Chinese students have fewer weeks off than American students.

4. spend less time doing homework 花更少的时间做作业 spend time on / doing sth. 花时间做某事 e.g. 我每天花半个小时读英语。 I spend half an hour reading English every day. 这幅画花了我三个小时。 I spent three hours on the picture.

5. play chess 下棋 e.g. 他们经常在一起下棋。 They often play chess together. 6. at most 最多 e.g. 这些最多能为两千个学生服务(serve)。 These can serve two thousand students at most.

Exercises 用所给词的适当形式填空。 1. We have an hour for _______ (read) every afternoon. 2. How long did she spend _________ (complete) her homework? 3. Studens in the USA have ___ (little) homework than Chinese students to do. reading completing less

4. They have half an hour of work to do at ______ (much). 5. Do you wear ________ (uniform) at school? most uniforms

翻译下列句子。 1. 你每天花多少时间在兴趣爱好上？ 2. John学的科目比Nancy的少。 How much time do you spend on your hobbies? John learns fewer subjects than Nancy.

3. 美国学生在暑假休息的周数比英国学 生多。 4. 我每天有一个小时的时间下棋。 American students have more weeks off than British students in the summer holiday. I have an hour for playing chess every day.