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

2. The highest mountain in the world
Qomolangma

3. 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.

4. The longest river in Asia
the Yangtze River

5. 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.

6. The biggest desert in the world
the Sahara

7. 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.

8. Cheetah
The fastest animal

9. 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.

10. the Giant Panda

11. 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.

12. 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

13. 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.

14. Make a survey
Name
tall
heavy
lazy

15. 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

16. 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

17. Grammar:
形容词和副词的比较级和最高级

18. 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

19. 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

20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. （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

24. 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 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

25. ( ) 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

26. ( ) 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

27. 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

28. 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

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. See you!