2. Read the text and find out: 1. 在 … 的东部 2. 在康河河畔 3. 因 … 而闻名 4. 在岸边 5.… 的一个地区 6.… 的首都 7. 剑桥大学 8. 泰晤士河 9. 白金汉宫 10. 塔桥 in the east of… on the River Cam be famous for on the coast a region of the capital of Cambridge University the River Thames Buckingham Palace Tower Bridge

3. I’m from ___________. It’s a small city ______________ of England, and it ______ about 100,000 people. It’s ________________. There are __________ old buildings and __________. It’s _____________ Cambridge University.I’m from ___________. It’s a small city ______________ of England, and it ______ about 100,000 people. It’s ________________. There are __________ old buildings and __________. It’s _____________ Cambridge University. Cambridge in the east has on the River Cam lots of churches famous for

4. London is _______________of the UK, _______ seven million people, so it’s bigger and _________than Cambridge. London is _______________England and it’s on the River Thames. ___________ is 336 kilometres long. London is an old city ---about 2,000 _______________. It’s ____________Big Ben. Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. the capital busier in the south of The river years old famous for with

5. In the north of England there are some_________and low ___________. The mountains are about 1,000 metres high. In the west of England you’re always near the _______. There are lots of small _________on the __________. lakes mountains sea villages coast

6. England is _____________Britain, and Britain is an _________. It’s never very_______ in summer, or very _______ in winter. a region of island hot cold

7. 口语练习 tall / short A: Tony is tall. B: Tom is taller than Tony. A: Is Tom shorter than Tony? B: No, he isn’t. He is taller. Tom Tony

8. long/short the Changjiang River the Yellow River A: The Yellow River is long. B: The Changjiang River is longer than the Yellow River. A: Is the Changjiang River shorter than the Yellow River? B: No,it isn’t. It’s longer.

9. 1.Dalian is smaller than Shanghai. 2.Chang Jiang is wider than the River Thames. 3.Shanghai is busier than Hong Kong. 4.China is bigger than the UK. 5.Our life is better and better. 7. It is hotter in the south than that in the north. 8. The roads in Beijing are wider than those in Shunde. 6.He is taller than the other boys in our class.

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. Around the world

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.

12. 形容词比较级 构 成 方 法原 级比 较 级 tall, long, short, old,small, warm taller,longer, shorter, older,smaller, warmer nice,fine, large nicer, finer, larger 一般在词尾加 -er 以字母 e 结 尾的形容词, 直接加 - r Revision 单音节和少数双音节单词

13. 构 成 方 法原 级比 较 级 big, hot, red, thin wet bigger, hotter, redder, thinner wetter busy, early, easy healthy busier, earlier, easier healthier 以重读闭音节结尾 的形容词，如末尾 只有一个辅音字母， 应先双写该字母， 再加 - er 以 “ 辅音字母 + - y ” 结尾的 形容词，先把 y 变 成 i ，再加 - er

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 特殊 :

15. 1. -Which is ____ season in Beijing? (2003 年 ) -I think it's autumn. A. good B. better C. best D. the best 真题再现

16. 2. - Which is__________, the moon or the earth?(2004 年 ) - Of course, the moon is. A. small B. smaller C. smallest D. the smallest

17. 3. The air in Beijing is getting much _____ now than a few year ago.(2005 年 ) A. clean B. cleaner C. cleanest D. the cleanest

18. 4. Mobile phones are very popular now and they are _____ than before.(2005 年 ) A. cheap B. cheaper C. cheapest D. the cheapest

19. 5. -What’s the weather like here? -Oh, very nice. It’s _______ in summer and _______ in winter. A. not hot, not cold B. hotter, colder C. hotter, not cold D. not hot, very hot