The world’s highest mountain Unit 9 The world’s highest mountain is 8,844 meters high

The highest mountain in the world Qomolangma

The highest mountain in the world is 8,844 meters high. How high is Qomolangma? It’s 8,844 meters high. The height of Qomolangma is 8,844 meters . The highest mountain in the world is 8,844 meters high.

The longest river in Asia the Yangtze River

It’s 6,300 kilometers long. How long is the Yangtze River. The length of the Yangtze River is 6,300 kilometers. The longest river in Asia is 6,300 kilometers long.

The biggest desert in the world the Sahara

It’s about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size. How big is the Sahara? It’s about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size. The biggest desert in the world is about 8,000,000 square kilometers in size.

Cheetah The fastest animal

The fastest animal is the cheetah. How fast it can run? It can run about 100 kilometers per hour. The speed of the fastest animal is about 100 kilometers per hour.

the Giant Panda

1.玻璃杯里还剩下一点水。 2.我们还剩下一点时间。 ost nimals One of the m____ endangered a_____ in the world is the giant panda. There are only about 1,600 left.(剩下） 1.玻璃杯里还剩下一点水。 2.我们还剩下一点时间。 There is a little water left in the glass. We have a little time left.

2a Listen and number the facts in the order you hear them. __The Nile is _____ kilometers long, and the Yellow River is about _________kilometers long. __ The population of Singapore is about _____, which is a lot of less than the population of Malaysia, which is about 20,000,000. __ The fastest animal in the world is the cheetah. It can run about 100 kilometers per hour. The slowest is the tortoise. It moves at _____ kilometers per hour. __ Mount Tai is _____ meters high. It is much lower than Qomolangma. 1 6,670 6,300 4 4,000,000 3 0.09 2 1,545

The population of Singapore is 4,000,000. How long is the Nile? How long is the Yellow River? How high is Mount Tai? What’s the population of Singapore? What’s the population of Malaysia? It is 6,670 kilometers long. It’s 5500 kilometers long. It’s 1545 meters high. The population of Singapore is 4,000,000. The population of Malaysia is 20,000,000.

Make a survey Name tall heavy lazy

Exercise: 1.The biggest d______ in the world is the Sahara. 2.The river is too d ______ to swim in. 3.China is one of the oldest __________(文明) in the world. desert dirty bamboo civilizations

4.The s ______ of the fastest animal is 120 kilometers per hour. 5.－What s ______ do you need for your coat? －I want a large one. speed size

Grammar: 形容词和副词的比较级和最高级

形容词和副词的比较级和最高级 （规则变化） 单音节词和少数多音节词 一般在词尾加—er 或—est 原级 比较级 最高级 high strong fast slow higher highest stronger strongest faster fastest slower slowest

以字母e结尾的词，加—r 或—st 原级 比较级 最高级 fine late finer finest later latest

重读闭音节词只有一个辅音字母时，应先双写辅音字母，再加—er 或—est 原级 比较级 最高级 big thin fat bigger biggest thinner thinnest fatter fattest

以“辅音字母+y”结尾的双音节词，先改“y”为“i”，再加—er 或—est 原级 比较级 最高级 easy lucky early easier easiest luckier luckiest earlier earliest

多音节词和部分双音节词 在词前加more或most 原级 比较级 最高级 delicious interesting easily carefully more delicious most delicious more interesting most interesting more easily most easily more carefully most carefully

（不规则变化） 原级 比较级 最高级 good/well bad/badly many/much little far better best worse worst more most less least farther farthest further furthest

单项选择。 ( ) 1. My brother is _____ more outgoing than me. A. many B. little C. much ( ) 2. October 12th was one of ______ days in 2005. Shenzhou-VI was launched(发射）successfully. A. exciting B. more exciting C. the most exciting ( ) 3. Which city is ______, Beijing, Shanghai or Fuzhou? A. beautiful B. more beautiful C. the most beautiful

( ) 4. _____ children there are in a family, _____ their life will be. A. The less, the better B. Fewer, richer C. The fewer, the better ( ) 5. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are ______ than before. A. cheap B. cheaper C. the cheapest ( ) 6. In our city, it’s _____ in July, but it’s even ___ in August. A. hotter, hottest B. hot, hot C. hot, hotter

( ) 8. Jack’s handwriting is as ____ as Mike’s. A. good B. better C ( ) 8. Jack’s handwriting is as ____ as Mike’s. A. good B. better C. best ( ) 9. We can do the work better with ____ money and ______ people. A. little, few B. less, fewer C. fewer, less ( ) 10. Jim is the tallest student in our class and Tom is the second ______ one. A. tall B. taller C. tallest

Finish the sentences with the right forms of the adjs. Kate is young, but Joe is _______. My shoes are new. My sister’s are ______ than mine. Her bag is heavy, and his is ______ than hers. But yours is ________ of all. Tom’s kite is high. Jim’s is _____ than Tom’s. Mike’s is __________ of them all. Bill is seven. John is nine and Tom is eleven. Tom is _______ than John and Bill. Bill is _______ than John. Bill is ________ and Tom is _______ of the three. younger newer heavier the heaviest higher the highest older younger the youngest the oldest

Complete the sentences with the right forms of the words. Jim is very _____. Li Lei is ______ than Jim. (hungry) Kate’s mooncakes are _______ of all. (nice) Your box is _____ than mine. But his is _______ of the three (heavy). Unit 2 is quite _____. Unit 3 is _____ than Unit 2. It’s __________ in Module 1.(hard) This TV play is _____ than that one. (good) hungry hungrier nicer heavier heaviest hard harder the hardest better

My mother is very ______. She is _______ in my family. (busy) Lingling gets to school ______ than the others. (early) She speaks English _____ in our class. (well) Lucy jumped quite _____. (far) I think English is as ________ as Chinese. (important) This picture is _____________ of the four. (beautiful) Lucy did _____ than Lily. (bad) busy busier earlier best far important the most beautiful worse

longer the longest as as longer the Nile the Yangtze River the Yellow River 6,670 6,300 5,500 The Yellow River is long . The Yangtze River is a lot_______ than the Yellow River. The Nile is ___ _______ of all longer the longest as as The Yangtze River is not_____ long ____ the Nile. =The Yangtze River is not _____ than the Nile. longer

Mount Huang is a little______than Mount Tai. Qomolangma Mount Huang Mount Tai 8,848 1,864 1,545 Mount Tai is high. Mount Huang is a little______than Mount Tai. Qomolangma is _____ _______ of all. higher the highest as as Mount Tai is not_____ high ____ Qomolangma. =Mount Tai is not _____ than Qomolangma. higher

The population of Singapore is large. Malaysia China 4,000,000 20,000,000 1300,000,000 The population of Singapore is large. The population of Malaysia is much______ than that of Singapore. The population of China is ___ ______ of all. larger the largest as as The population of Singapore is not_____ large____ that of China. The population of Singapore is not_____ than that of China. larger

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