1. Unit 3 Language in use

2. 完成下列句子 1 、大连比上海小。 Dalian ______________ Shanghai. 2 、长江比泰晤士河宽。 Changjiang River ____________ the River Thames. 3 、香港没上海繁忙。 Hong Kong _____________Shanghai. 4 、中国比英国大吗？ _____ China ___________ England? 5 、我比你高。 I ________________ you. is smaller than is wider than isn’t busier than Is bigger than am taller than Revision

3. Activity 1. 2 Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the places. 1. Los Angeles/Shanghai 2. New York/Cambridge -Is Los Angeles busier than Shanghai? -No, it isn’t. Shanghai is busier than Los Angeles. - Is New York smaller than Cambridge? -No, it isn’t. Cambridge is smaller than New York.

4. 3. Hong Kong/London 4. Chang Jiang /River Thames - Is Hong Kong bigger than London? -No, it isn’t. London is bigger than Hong Kong. -Is Chang Jiang shorter than the River Thames? - No, it isn’t. The River Thames is shorter than Chang Jiang.

5. Activity3. Say where these places are. 1. Los Angeles : 2. Hong Kong 3. Paris It’s a big city in the west of the USA. It’s on the coast. It’s a city in the south of China. It’s on the coast. It’s a city in the north of France. It’s on the River Seine( 塞纳河 ).

6. 4. Shanghai 5. New York 6. Moscow It’s a big city in the east of China. It’s on the coast. It’s a big city in the east of the USA. It’s on the coast. It’s in the west of Russia. It’s on the Moscow River. 7. Guangzhou It’s a big city in the south of China. It’s on the Pearl River.

7. Washington D. C. and New York are big cities on the east coast of the USA. Washington D. C. is the capital of the USA. It’s a big city, but it’s smaller than New York. 华盛顿和纽约是美国东海岸的大城市。华 盛顿是美国的首都，它是个大城市，但是它比 纽约小。

8. New York is a busy city. It’s bigger, busier and noisier than Washington D. C. The buildings in New York are taller than the buildings in Washington D.C. 纽约是一个繁忙的城市。它比华盛顿更大， 更繁忙也更喧闹，纽约的建筑物也比华盛顿的 高。

9. Module task Making a poster comparing two cities or rivers in China. Find out: 1. where they are (in the north, south, east, or west of China) 2. any other facts you can find (e.g. how long and big the river are, how old / big / busy the cities are, which cities are on the rivers, what the cities are famous for) Activity 4

10. ill( 病的 )/ bad/badly （坏 ） → worse→ worst good/well （好） → better→ best far→ farther （更远） → farthest old （老、旧） → older/elder→ oldest/ eldest little( 少 )→ less→ least 不规则形容词比较级和最高级 many/ much( 多 ) →more→ most far → further( 更进一步） → furthest 年长的 最年长的

11. 常见比较级五句型 1. Who / Which + be + 比较级, A or B? Who is taller, Tom or John? 2. ~ + be + the 比较级 + of the two. ( 两个 之中比较 …… 的那一个， ~ 包含在两个 之中 ) Grammar

12. Tom is the taller of the two. = Tom is taller than the other boy. 3. 主语 +be+ much / a lot / even / far /any+ 比较 级 +than… A computer is much more expensive than a bicycle. 计算机比自行车贵多了。 4. "The+ 形容词比较级..., the+ 形容词比较级...", 表示 " 越 …… 就越 ……" 。

13. The more you study, the more you know. 你学的越多, 就知道的越多。 5. " 形容词比较级 + and + 形容词比较级 ", 表示 " 越来越 …… " 。 The computer is cheaper and cheaper. 计算机越来越便宜。

14. EX1. 写出下列词的比较级形式： 1. small ______ 2. nice _______ 3. hot _______ 4. easy _______ 5. big ________ 6. wet _______ 7. heavy _______ 8. new _______ 9. red ________ 10. thin ______ 11. tall ______ 12. bad ______ smaller nicer hottereasier bigger wetter heavier newer redderthinner taller worse

15. 13. busy _______ 14. old ________ 15. long _______ 16. round _______ 17. short _______ 19. cool _______ 20. cold _______ 21. good_______ busier longer older shorter rounder cooler bettercolder 注意一些特殊的变化形式 : good / well _______ bad / ill __________ many / much______ little_________ worse better less more

16. 完成下列句子。 1 她对做饭感兴趣。 She ______________________ meals. 2 北京比广州繁忙。 Beijing _______________ Guangzhou. 3 这里比那里宽。 Here ____________________ there. 4 伦敦以泰晤士河而著名。 London ______________ the Thames. 5 长江比泰晤士河长。 Chang Jiang ____________ the Thames. is interested in cooking is busier than is wider than is famous for is longer than

17. Making a poster comparing two cities or rivers in China. Homework