1. I'm more outgoing than my sister.
Unit 7
I'm more outgoing than my sister.
Section A
Period One

2. Objectives
1. To talk about personal traits (特征) and compare people
--Is that Sam?
--No, that’s Tom. Sam has longer hair than Tom.
2. To learn some new words and useful expressions

3. Yao Ming is ____, but Jet Li is _____. tall short
Look and say
Yao Ming is ____, but Jet Li is _____.
tall
short

4. The girl in blue has _________, but the girl in white has ________.
short hair
long hair

5. The man on the left is ______, but the man on the right is _____.
heavy
thin

6. The boy reads ______, but the man shouts ______.
quietly
loudly

7. 1a
Match each word with its opposite.
tall loudly
thin short hair
long hair heavy
quietly short

8. Let’s have a look at these twins.
Look carefully, and then let’s play a game.

9. Listen and number the pairs of twins in the picture [1-3].2
形容词的比较级
副词的比较级 3

10. Listen again and fill in the blanks.
Conversation 1
Boy 1: Is that Sam ________________?
Girl: No, that’s Tom. Sam has _______ hair than Tom.
Boy 2: Both Tom and Sam can _____________, but Sam plays them ______ than Tom.
Conversation 2
Boy: That’s Tara, ______?
Girl: No, it isn’t. It’s Tina. Tina is ____ than Tara. And she also sings ___________ than Tara.
playing the guitar
longer
play the drums
better
isn’t it
taller
more loudly
Conversation 3
Boy: Is that Paul?
Girl: No, that’s Peter. Peter’s ______ than Paul. And Paul’s ______ than Peter.
heavier
shorter

11. Practice Pan Changjiang is shorter than Liu Xiang … taller …
… funnier …
… heavier …
… younger …
… older …
… stronger …
… more outgoing …
Liu Xiang
Pan Changjiang

12. Listen. Complete the chart.
funny friendly outgoing
hard-working smart lazy
(run) fast (jump) high
(work) hard (get up) early
-er / -ier
more
friendly, funny, fast, high, hard, smart, lazy, early
outgoing,
hard-working

13. Do you know? 形容词/副词比较级的构成规则 tall--taller short-- shorter small--
smaller
2. 以不发音的e结尾的形容词直接在其后加-r。
nice--nicer
large--
larger
white--
whiter

14. outgoing--more outgoing beautiful-- more beautiful interesting--
big--bigger
thin--
thinner
fat--
fatter
4. 以“辅音字母+y”结尾的，先改“y”为“i”，再加-er。
happy--happier
heavy--
heavier
easy--
easier
5. 多音节和部分双音节形容词在其前面加more。
outgoing--more outgoing
beautiful--
more beautiful
interesting--
more interesting

15. good/well better bad/badly worse many/much more little less far
Do you know?
不规则变化 原级
比较级
good/well
better
bad/badly
worse
many/much
more
little
less
far
farther/further

16. Did you like the singing competition yesterday?
How to describe the singers?
Read the conversation then finish the tasks.

17. Task
Fill in the blanks according to the conversation.
Anna liked the singing competition. It was ________. Julie thought Lisa, the one with _______ hair, sang ______ and __________ than Nelly. Anna thought Nelly danced _____ than Lisa. All in all, the _____________ thing is to learn something new and have fun.
fantastic
shorter
better
more clearly
better
most important

18. Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes.

19. Let’s see which group does the best.
Role-play 2d
1. Role play the conversation in groups;
2. Role play the conversation in front of the class
Let’s see which group does the best.

20. Review
课时重点回顾
学习附加疑问句：
That’s Tara, isn’t it?
复习一般过去时的用法。
学习形容词和副词的比较级：
Tina is taller than Tara.
I think Lisa sang better than Nelly.
as … as

21. Homework
1. Write a passage to describe yourself in the future and compare the traits with those now. (about 60 words)
Many years later, I will be taller, I want
to be more beautiful …
2. Preview the new words and expressions.
3. Preview the Grammar Focus on page 51.