1. Module 2 My home town and my country Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England.

2. A riddle a small city about 120,000 people in the east of England on the River Cam is famous for Cambridge University Cambridge

3. E D C G Match the words with the pictures A B F A. river B. mountain C. hill D. population E. lake F. church G. village

4. 1. Look at the map of England and read the sentences. east north south west 1.Cambridge is in the east of England. 2.London is in the south of England. 3.Bristol is in the west of England. 4. Manchester is in the north of England.

5. 2.Read the passage and choose a title for each picture below. 1.Tower Bridge and the River Thames 2. Cambridge University and the River Cam

6. Read and match the main idea with each paragraph. Paragraph 1 something about London Paragraph 2 the weather of England Paragraph 3 something about Cambridge Paragraph 4 something in the north and south of England Fast Reading

7. Cambridge lots of/a lot of( 许多 ) old buildings and churches 120 thousand people a church in Cambridge

8. be famous for the River Cam Cambridge University

9. London — the capital of the UK 7.5 million people 2,000 years old the River Thames 402 kilometres long

10. Big Ben Buckingham Palace be famous for Tower Bridge

11. In the south 7, 500, 000 the River Thames Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge Cambridge University In the east 120,000 the River CamRiver Famous places CambridgeLondon Location Population 3.Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London.

12. Language points 1. I come from Cambridge, a beautiful city in the east of England. 我来自剑桥，在英国东部的一个 漂亮的城市。 in the east of... 在 …… 的东部 （ 1 ） Nanjing is in the east of China. （ 2 ） Beijing is to the east of Urumqi. （ 3 ） Hong Kong is on the south of Guangdong.

13. 方位介词 : in / on / to in 指在某一地域范围之内的某个方位； on 指与某一地域边界相接的某个方位 ; to 指在某一地域范围之外的某个方位。 2.... it is famous for Big Ben... 它因为大本钟而出名。 be famous for “ 因 …… 而闻名 / 出名 ” ，固定短语。 Eg. Hangzhou is famous for the West Lake. 杭州因为西湖而闻名。

14. 5. Answer the questions and write notes about your home town. 1. Where is it? 2. What is its population? 3. Is it big or small? 4. What is it famous for? 5. How old is it? 6. What is the weather like?

15. 6. Use your notes and write answers to the questions in Activity 5. Dalian is in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. 7. Write a passage called My home town. Use Tony’s passage to help you. Dalian is in the northeast of China and it has a population of over six million. It is…

16. I. 改为同义句，每空一词 Exercises 1. How large is the population of Shandong? _______ the population ___ Shandong? 2. The population of Hong Kong is seven million. Hong Kong ____ __ __________ __ seven million. What’sof has a population of

17. 3. Tom is taller than me. I am ________ ______ Tom. 4. John is younger than Jim. Jim is ______ _____ John. 5. This street is ten metres wide. That street is sixteen metres wide. That street is ______ _____ this street. wider than shorter than older than

18. II. 翻译句子 _______________________________ ______________________________ _______________ 1. 广州在中国的南部。 2. —— 香港以什么闻名 ? —— 太平山。 ___________________________________________ _____________________________ ____________________________________________ _______ 3. 北京是中国的首都，它比南京人口多。 4. 中国有五千年的历史, 有 13 多亿人。 Beijing is the capital of China, and it has a larger population than that of Nanjing. Guangzhou is in the south of China. China is 5,000 years old, with more than 1.3 billion people. —What’s Hong Kong famous for? —Victoria Peak.

19. Homework Write a passage called My favourite city.

20. Knowledge makes humble, ignorance makes proud. 博学使人谦逊，无知使人骄傲。