课程内容

《It's taller than many other buildings.》
hill n.小山
Get up that hill.
爬上那座山。
population  n.   million  num.
人口，全体居民     百万
e.g.This country now has a population
of about 110 million.
这个国家现有大约1.1亿人口。
wide adj.宽的；宽阔的
e.g.This river is very wide.
这条河很宽。
than prep.比
e.g.It's cheaper to travel by train than by air.
旅游做火车比飞机便宜。
pretty adv.相当地；非常；很
I'm pretty sure that he'll say yes.
我非常确定他会说是。
短语 pretty good相当好；很好
e.g.For a beginner,you are pretty good.
对一个初学者来说，你是相当不错了。
get v.变成；成为
e.g.As you get old,your memory will become
worse.
当你变老的时候，你的记忆力会变差。
Lead-in
The pencil is long.
This ruler is longer than it.
Liu Xiang is tall.
Yao Ming is taller than him.
London is old.
Beijing is older than London.
The apple is small.
This orange is smaller than the apple.
Grammar
形容词比较级（1）
1.比较级定义：表示两者或两类人或事物之间的比较。
2.比较级变化规则：
<1>一般在词尾加-er.如：
small-smaller  old-older
<2>以字母e结尾的形容词直接加-r.如：
large-larger  fine-finer
<3>以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，如末尾只有一个辅音字母，
应双写该字母，再加-er.如：
big-bigger  hot-hotter
<4>以辅音字母加y结尾的形容词，把“y”变“i”,再加
-er.如：
busy-busier  easy-easier
3.比较级的结构：
(1)同级比较的结构：
as+形容词/副词+as，表示“和......一样”。
not as+z形容词/副词+as，表示“不像......
那样”。
(2)比较级结构：
比较级+than+比较对象，表示“比.....更....”。

Exercises
写出下列形容词的比较级。
1.short-shorter    2.thin-thinner
3.early-earlier    4.red-redder
5.fine-finer       6.fat-fatter
7.cool-cooler      8.big-bigger
9.wet-wetter       10.dry-drier
选择题。
1.__,this pen is longer than that one.
A.One day B.In fact C.Pretty good
2.-Is Hong Kong__than Shanghai?
  -Yes,it is.
A.new B.newer C.newest
3.-Is the dog__than that one?
  -Yes,it is.
A.big B.biger C.bigger
4.The yellow coat is as__as the purple one.
A.cheap B.heavier C.cheaper
中考链接
1.I had to call a taxi because the box was__than
I'd expected.(2012苏州)
A.heavy B.heavier C.the heavier D.the heaviest
2.She sang a song“I believe I can fly”in Yangzhou
English Classics Reading Contest.I have never heard
a__voice than that before.(2012扬州)
A.good B.well C.better D.best

1.Look at the pictures and talk about them.Use the
words in the box to help you.
high  hill
population
river  wide

Now listen and complete.
Place:(1)Shanghai
Population:(2)23.5 million
Jin Mao Tower:(3)420.5 metres high
Place:(4)Hong Kong
Population:(5)seven million
Victoria Peak:(6)552 metres high
2.Listen and answer the following questions.
1.Is Shenzhen on the coast?
Yes,it is.
2.Is Shenzhen older than Hong Kong?
No,it isn't.
比一比，看哪组在对话中所找的含有比较级的句子最多。
1.So it's a newer city than Hong Kong?
2.It's getting bigger and busier.
3.That's larger than the population of many other cities
in China.
4.Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
5.It's taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.
Now complete the passage about Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong.It became
inportant in the(1)1980s.Before that it was a(2)village.
Today the population of Shenzhen is more than(3)ten million.
There are many tall buildings in Shenzhen.A famous one
is the(4)Diwang Tower.It is(5)taller than many other
buildings in Shenzhen.
3.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words
in the box.You need to use some of the words more than once.
big  busy  clean  large  new small wide
1.About thirty years ago,Shenzhen was a small village,but
today it is a very big city.
2.Shenzhen is a newer city than Hong Kong.
big  busy  clean  large  new small  wide
3.Shenzhen is getting bigger and busier.The streets are
wider and cleaner.
4.Shenzhen will become as busy as Hong Kong.
5.The population of Shenzhen is larger than that of many
other cities in China.
Everyday English
Hey!
How was your weekend?
Pretty good!
Language points
1.How was your weekend?Pretty good!
pretty good表示“相当好”。用于对
How's...?/What do you think of...?作答
e.g.-How was your traveling?
    -Pretty good.
    -你的旅行怎么样？
    -非常棒。
2.In fact,it only became important in the 1980s.It's
getting bigger and busier.
1)in fact表示“事实上”。
 e.g.In fact,Taiwan is a part of China.
2)in the 1980s表示“在20世纪80年代”。
结构为“in the+年+s”。
e.g.in the 1930s 在20世纪30年代
3）become important表示“变得重要”。
getting bigger and cleaner
表示“变得更大和更干净”。
become和ge表示“变得”，用法等于be。
become,get,go,grow这几个词作连系动词时，都可以表示“变成”，
但也有些区别：
become较正式，get和go较口语化。此外become和get可由好变坏，
也可由坏变好，而go通常是由好变坏。例如：
The situation has become even better/worse.
情况变得更好/糟了。
They are getting richer and richer/poorer and poorer.
他们越来越富了/穷了。
The woman had gone mad.
那女人疯了。
grow作“变成”时，有“逐渐变成新的状态”的意思。例如:
My younger brother is growing tall.
我的弟弟渐渐长高了。
3.Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong,I'm
sure.
as+形容词/副词+as 和......一样
e.g.He is as tall as his brother.
他和他的哥哥一样高。
not as+形容词/副词+as 不像......
e.g.This dictionary is not as useful as you think.
这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。
4.That's larger than the population of many other cities
in China.
population表示“人口”，一般用单数。
e.g.What's the population?
表示“人口有多少？”
    What's the population of America?
     美国的人口是多少？
    China has a large population.
     中国人口庞大。
5.Its streets are much wider and cleaner too.
much后面加比较级，用来修饰比较级，表示“更......”。
e.g.Tom runs much faster than Mike.
    汤姆比迈克跑得更快。
 Pronunciation  and   speaking
4.Listen and notice how the speaker streeses the
underlined words.
1.-Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing.
  -No,it isn't.It's smaller.
2.- Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen.
  -No,it isn't.It's older.
3.-Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong.
  -No,it isn't.It's newer.
4.-Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen.
  -No,it isn't.It's busier.
5.Compare Shenzhen with your home town.Make notes
in the table.

6.Work in pairs.Talk about the differences between
Shenzhen and your home town.Use big,small,hot,cold,
tall or new.
-Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen?
-No,it isn't.It's smaller than Shenzhen.
-Is the weather in your home town hotter than Shenzhen?
-No,it isn't.It's colder than Shenzhen.
-Is the building in your home town older than Shenzhen?
-No,it isn't.It's newer than Shenzhen.
Learning to learn
In English,sentences stress is very important.We stress
key words,which give the main information and the main
ideas.

Homework
编写一个对话，介绍你的家乡和北京的不同。