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Listening (1b: P31) 1 2 3

athletic calm heavy thin outgoing serious

taller Mr Black tall Miss Black

0.9m short 0.8m shorter Jim Tom

Li Yong Pan Changjiang funny funnier

young younger Kay David

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1a Match each word with its opposite tall wild thin short hair long hair heavy calm short

Tapescript A: Is that Sam? B: No, that’s Tom. Sam has longer hair than Tom. C: Yes, and Tom’s calmer than Sam. Conversation 1

A: That ’ s Tara, isn ’ t it? B: No, it isn ’ t. It ’ s Tina. Tina is taller than Tara. And she ’ s also wilder. Conversation 2

A: Is that Paul? B: No, that ’ s Pedro. Pedro ’ s heavier than Paul. And Paul ’ s shorter than Pedro. Conversation 3 1c

1c Pairwork old older Ted Vince

Lin Xinru Liu Yifei. thin thinner

calm--calmer wild--wilder

Fei Mao heavier Liu Huan heavy

John Mike more outgoing outgoing

athletic more athletic

Tom serious Pedro more serious

Yao Ming is taller than Pan Changjiang. Pan Changjiang is funnier than Yao Ming. He is more athletic than Pan Cahngjiang. He is more outgoing than Yao Ming. Yao Ming is funny. Pan Changjiang is funnier. funny outgoing tall athletic

Yao Ming is taller than Jordan. Jordan is tall. Yao Ming is taller. Jordan tall

athletic Stallone is more athletic than Li Xiaopeng. Li Xiaopeng is athletic. Li Xiaopeng Stallone

2a Listen. Are the words in the box used with “- er/-ier”or “more”? Complete the chart. -er/-ier more -er/-ier more _____funny___ ____outgoing____ _____funny___ ____outgoing____ _____________ _____________ _____________ _____________ athletic serious smart quiet

2b Listen again. Fill in the chart Tina is … Tara is … Tina is … Tara is … ____funnier_____ ______________ ______________ ______________ more outgoing more athletic more serious smarter quieter

Tapescript Interviewer: Tina, do you think you are different from Tara? Tina: Oh, sure. We’re very different. I’m funnier than Tara. And I’m more outgoing. Let’s see, what else? Oh, I’m more athletic, too.

Interviewer: So, Tara, are you more serious than Tina? Tina: I guess so. I ’ m smarter than Tina. And I ’ m quieter.

2c Pairwork TomNick TinaTara calm wild funny serious * *** Tara is calmer than Tina. NickTinaTaracalm wild funny serious * *** Tara is calmer than Tina.

NickTinaTaracalm wild funny serious * *** Tina is wilder than Tara.

NickTinaTaracalm wild funny serious * *** Tina is funnier than Tara.

TomTinaTaracalm wild funny serious * *** Tara is more serious than Tina.

My harvest Words: calm, serious, smart, outgoing, athletic 比较级句型结构 : 主语 +be+adj. 比较级 + than+ 对比成分 Adj. 比较级构成 : 1. -er / -ier 2. more

比较级规则变化口诀： 比较级，要变化，一般词尾加 er 。 (long-longer) 词尾若有哑音 e, 直接加 r 就可以。 (nice-nicer) 重读闭音节， 单辅音字母要双写。 (hot-hotter) 辅音字母若加 y, 记得把 y 变为 i 。 (happy-happier)

athleticoutgoingseriousdelicious more athletic more outgoing more serious more serious more delicious 多音节词、部分双音节词词前加 more原级比较级

Test yourself short angry smart red late thin happy serious calm fat calmer fatter shorter angrier smarter redder later thinner happier more serious

Task pairwork : ask and answer. A: Who do you like better, Yao Ming or Pan Changjiang? B: Yao Ming. I like sports. Yao Ming is more athletic than Pan Changjiang. A:I like Pan Changjiang. He always makes me laugh. He is funnier and more outgoing than Yao Ming.

周杰伦明星档案 英文名 : Jay 出生年月 : 身 高 : 173cm 体 重 : 60kg 运 动 : 篮球 张卫健明星档案 英文名： Dicky 出生年月 : 身高： 170cm 体重： 52kg 运动：足球，游泳，潜水 撞球，保龄球 athletic, outgoing,serious, smart, funny, quiet Who do you like better? What are their differences?

Thanks for listening!