2. Module 5 My hometown and country Unit 3 Language in use

3. Unit 3 Language in use. Module 5 My hometown and country Focus: Comparative of adjectives with – er Drilling: Activity 1 & 2 Adjustment: More practice must be done to master the way to change an adjective from positive into comparative.

4. 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 、你比我矮。 I ________________ you. is smaller than is wider than isn’t busier than Is bigger than am taller than

5. Language practice Dalian is smaller than Shanghai. Chang Jiang is wider than the River Thames Shanghai is busier than Hong Kong. China is bigger than the UK.

6. 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. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the places.

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

8. 1. Los Angeles : 2. New York 3. Darwin It’s a big city in the west of the USA. It’s on the coast. It’s in the east of the USA. It’s on the coast. It’s in the north of Australia. It’s on the coast. Say where these places are.

9. 4. Melbourne 5. Paris 6. Moscow It’s in the southeast of Australia. It’s on the coast. It’s in the north of France. It’s on the River Seine. It’s in the west of Russia. It’s on the Moscow River.

10. 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。

11. 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。

12. 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

13. 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)

14. ill/ bad → worse → worst many/ much → more → most good/well → better → best far → farther/further → farthest/furthest old/older/elder → oldest/ eldest little → less → least 不规则形容词比较级和最高级

15. 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 ) Tom is the taller of the two. = Tom is taller than the other boy. 3. much / a lot / even / far + 比较级 A compute 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..." 。 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。

16. 1. -Which is ____ season in Beijing?(2003 年 ) -I think it's autumn. A. good B. better C. best D. the best 2. - Which is__________, the moon or the earth?(2004 年 ) - Of course, the moon is. A. small B. smaller C. smallest D. the smallest 3. The air in Beijing is getting much _____ now than a few years ago.(2005 年 ) A. clean B. cleaner C. cleanest D. the cleanest 4. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are _____ than before.(2005 年 ) A. cheap B. cheaper C. cheapest D. the cheapest 5. -What’s the weather like here? -Oh, very nice. It’s _______ in the summer and _______ in the winter. A. not hot, not cold B. hotter, colder C. hotter, not cold D. not hot, very hot D B B B A

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