外研版 (新标准)八年级上册Unit 1 It's taller than many other buildings.图文ppt课件

Module 2 My home town and my country

Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings.

【教材分析】

本课为Module 2的第一单元，主要内容为比较我国两个城市在方位、特点和特色上的不同，掌握形容词比较级的运用。从全书来看，本单元承接上一模块形容词的学习和运用，延伸到比较级形式，学生容易接受。通过对本国城市的比较，为下一单元的异国城市学习奠定了语言基础。

【教学目标】

        Knowledge objective

1.词汇

2.形容词比较级在肯定、否定和疑问句当中的运用

        Ability objective

能听懂和阅读关于两个城市或事物相比较的语言材料，能通过相关词汇和图片描述某一城市的基本概况；能比较两个事物的不同，并写出相关的句子和短文。

        Moral objective

感受祖国的地域辽阔，风景万千，培养爱国主义情感。同时，学会与他人沟通和分工合作，建立良好的人际关系。

【教学重点】

1. To learn and review some words and expressions：

  hill, wide, million, pretty, and get

2. To learn some expressions about positions.

【教学难点】

1. 比较级的变化规则。

2. 比较级的结构。

【教学方法】

PWP method, task-based method and interactive approach

【教学手段】

A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures

【教学过程】

Teaching Procedures:

Step 1 Warming up   

 Show the students videos about Shanghai and Hongkong.

Step 2 Listening and vocabulary

  1. Show the pictures and learn the new words.

2. Work on Activity 1.

1) Look at the pictures and practice using the words from the box..

2) Listen and fill in the blanks.

3) Listen again and complete the passage using adjectives.

  Welcome to Shanghai. This _____ city in East China has a population of 23.5 million. It’s on a _____ river called the Huangpu river. The _____ building you can see is the Jin Man Tower. It’s 420.5 metres _____.

This is Hong Kong. It’s a ______ city on the South China coast. Severn million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. It’s 552 metres _____.

Step 3 Reading

1. Show the pictures, learn some new words.

2. Listen and mark true or false.

 1) Shenzhen is a newer city than HongKong.

2) Shenzhen became important in the 1970s.

3) Shenzhen’s population is over twenty million.

4) Diwang tower is taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen.

3. Read and complete the passage about Shenzhen.

  Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong. It became important in the (1) _______. Before that it was a (2)_______. Today the population of Shenzhen is more than (3) _______ million. There are many tall buildings in Shenzhen. A famous one is the (4) ______________. It is (5) _______ than many other buildings in Shenzhen.

4. Find the adjectives and their comparatives in the sentences.

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.

3. Complete the passage about Shenzhen.

4. Everyday English.

5. Point out the main points in the passage.

Step 4 Language points

1. population

    population意为“人口；全体居民”，是一个集合名词，在句中作主语时，谓语动词通常用单数形式。

    常用句型“The population of+某地+be+数词.”或“某地+ has a population of +数词.”表示“某地有多少人口”。如：

The population of my home town is three million.

= My home town has a population of three million.

当表示人口“多”或“少”时常用形容词large或small。如：

The city has a large / small population.

当对人口数量进行提问时，要用疑问词what。如：

What is the population of your country?

根据各题后括号内的要求完成下列各题。

(1) The population of this city ____ (be) over one million. (用括号内所给词的适当形式填空)

(2) How much is the population of Shanghai?   (改错)

       _________________________

(3) The population of India is ________ (smaller / fewer) than that of China.  (选词填空)

2. million

    million是一个数词，意为“百万”，前面有具体数字修饰时用单数形式。  

    million还常用于固定结构millions of中, 表示“数百万的；数以百万计的”。如：

    The old man has two million dollars.

    There are millions of books in the library.

根据汉语意思完成英语句子，每空一词。

(1) 那座城市有七百万人。

       There are _______ _______ people in that city.

(2) 他有数百万歌迷。

       He has got ________ _____ fans.

3. 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。

4. 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.

         事实上，台湾是中国的一部分。

2) in the 1980s 表示“在20世纪80年代”。

      结构为“in the + 年份 + s”。

      e.g. in the 1930s  在20世纪30年代

5. 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。

6. 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。

Step 5 Grammar

形容词比较级I

  英语中，当我们对两者进行比较时，如句中用的是形容词，我们需要用到形容词的比较级形式。

一、形容词比较级的变化规律

请根据以下例子，总结形容词比较级的规则变化规律。

【例子】

1. young→younger  tall→taller  short→shorter

2. wide→wider   nice→nicer   late→later

3. thin→thinner   fat→fatter   hot→hotter

4. heavy→heavier   noisy→noisier   easy→easier

【结论】

从以上例子我们可以看出，形容词比较级的规则变化规律如下：

1. 一般在词尾直接加_____；

2. 以字母e结尾的形容词直接加_____；

3. 以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，如末尾只有一个辅音字母，应先______该字母, 再加-er；

4. 以“辅音字母+y” 结尾的形容词，先把y变成____，再加_____。

二、形容词的比较句式结构

形容词的比较句式结构是什么呢？标志词语是什么？请仔细观察下面的例句，然后

补全结论部分所缺的内容。

【例句】

1. Paul is taller than his brother.

2. This mountain is higher than that one.

【结论】

从以上例句我们可以看出，形容词的比较句式的标志词语是______，形容词的比较句

式的常用结构为：主语+be+形容词的比较级+than+比较的对象.。

【运用】根据句意用括号内所给形容词的比较级形式填空。

1. John’s desk is ________(small) than my desk.

2. Tony’s sweater is _______(big) than Tom’s.

3. Today is ________(fine) than yesterday.

4. Zhao Nan’s father is ________(busy) than her mother.

5. It is much ________(cold) in Beijing than in my home town.

Step 6 Practice

  1. Work on Activity 3.

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words from the box. You need to use some of the words more than once.

1) About thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a ______ village, but today it is a very _______ city.

2) Shenzhen is a _______ city than Hong Kong.

3) Shenzhen is getting _______ and _______. The streets are ________ and ________.

4) Shenzhen will become as ______ as Hong Kong.

5) The population of Shenzhen is ______ than that of many other cities in China.

2. 写出下列形容词的比较级。

     short — _______     thin — ______

     early — _______     hot — _______

     fine — _______      fat — _______

     cool — _______      big — ______

     wet — _______      dry — _______  

Step 7 Pronunciation and spekaing

1. Work on Activity 4. Listen and notice how the speaker streses 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.

2. Work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.

3. Compare Shenzhen with your home town. Make notes in the table.

Step 8 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.

Tips:

Is … hotter than Shenzhen?

Is … colder than Shenzhen?

Are the buildings in … taller than those in Shenzhen?

Are the buildings in … newer than those in Shenzhen?

Step 9 Homework

Finish your dialogue.