2. Unit12 What’s the best radio station? Section B 1a Write these words and phrases next to their opposites in the chart. funniest most creative quietest best Positive wordsNegative words dullest loudest worst most boring 肯定的 否定的 乏味的，无聊的 most creative quietest best funniest

3. 1b Pairwork Tell your partner about people you know. Use the positive words. A: My sister Isabel is the funniest person I know.

4. 2a Listen to people talking about the school talent show. Write these names under the performers. 演员；演出者；演奏者 Eliza Vera Steve Dennis The Math Teachers Picture 1 Picture 2 Picture 3 Picture 4 Picture 5 Eliza Steve Vera DennisThe Math Teachers

5. 2b Listen again. What do the people say about the performers? Fill in the chart with the adjectives you hear? NameWhat people say Eliza Steve Vera Dennis The Math Teachers best funniest most creative worst loudest

6. A: Wasn’t that a great talent show? B: Yeah! A: Who did you think was the best act? B: Oh, I thought Eliza was the best. She’s an excellent piano player. A: Yeah. She was great. And I thought Steve and his dog were the funniest. B: Me too! I couldn’t stop laughing! And how about Vera? Wasn’t she creative?

7. A: Yeah, I’d say she was the most creative act! I don’t know many people who can play the guitar upside down! B: Who did you think was the worst? A: Oh, Dennis! He was terrible! He can’t juggle at all! B: I know! A: What did you think of The Math Teachers? B: Well, they were definitely the loudest!

8. 2c Pairwork Look at the information about the talent show and make a conversation. A: Who was the best performer? B: Eliza was the best performer.

9. 3a Read the article about the school talent show. Fill in each blank with one of the words in the box. best was quietest sang funniest were Last week’s talent show a great success. There fifteen acts. Eliza Clark won the prize for the performer. She played a beautiful piano piece. Hu Yue was the performer. He danced without music. The prize for the act went to Steve Tian and his dog, Fido. They a cute song together. was 成功 没有 were best quietest funniest sang

10. 3b Look at activity 2b on page 74. Write an article about the other performers in the school talent show. 3c Imagine you went to a talent show of famous people. Write an article about the talent show. The Famous People Talent show was fantastic. The funniest performer was Jim Carrey. He sang a cute song as he danced to his song. His dance was cheerful( 欢快 ) and funny. Tom Smith was the quietest performer. He played dumb show( 哑剧 ) which was very interesting. Susan won the prize for the best performer. She played a wonderful violin piece.

11. 4 Groupwork Interview three classmates. Write their answers in the chart. A: Who do you think is the funniest actor? B: I think Jim Carrey is the funniest actor. What/Who do you think is the… student’s name Student’s name funniest actor? most creative music video? loudest musical group? most boring TV show? worst movie? best book?

12. Self check 1. Fill in the blanks with the words given. Change the form of the word if necessary. dance learn do a survey of go think about 1. What did you in school today? 2. We what movies students like watching. 3. It was interesting to hear what the class action movies. 4. Boys love action movies but girls don’t often to see them. 5. Can you ? We need some more actors for the talent show. learn did a survey of thought about go dance

13. 2 Read the information about the three cities. Find more information about them and complete the chart. Decide which is the best city to visit for a winter vacation. Sanya is in Hainan Province. It’s still warm in winter. It’s about 15°c in the afternoon. Sanya has beautiful beaches. The price of a hotel room is about 320 yuan a night. 省仍然 Harbin is in the north of China. It’s cold in winter, sometimes -30°c. Tourists need to wear warm clothes. There is an Ice and Snow Festival in winter. A hotel room is about 230 yuan a night. 冰雪节

14. Beijing is not very cold in winter. It’s about -5°c. It doesn’t often rain or snow. Hotels usually cut their prices in winter. About 200 yuan a night is enough. 充足的，足够的 Weatherwarmest:coldest: Pricecheapest:most expensive: Activitiesa lot to do:little to do: Distancenearest:farthest: SanyaHarbin Beijing Sanya 距离，路程 最远的 (far 的比较级 ) Sanya Harbin