外研社英语八上Module2

八年级上册英语Module2Myhometownandmycountryunit1It’stallerthanmanyotherbuildingsunit2CambridgeisabeautifulcityintheeastofEnglandunit3LanguageinuseUnit1It’stallerthanmanyotherbuildings.hilln.

小山Getupthathill.爬上那座山。newwordspopulationn.

人口，全体居民millionnum.

百万e.g.Thiscountrynowhasa

populationofabout110million.

这个国家现有大约1.1亿人口。wideadj.

宽的；宽阔的e.g.Thisriverisverywide.

这条河很宽。thanprep.

比e.g.It’scheapertotravelbytrainthanbyair.

旅游坐火车比飞机便宜。pretty

adv.

相当地；非常；很I’mprettysurethathe’llsayyes.我非常确定他会说是。prettygood相当好；很好短语e.g.Forabeginner,youareprettygood.

对一个初学者来说，你是相当不错了。getv.

变成；成为e.g.Asyougetold,yourmemorywillbecomeworse.

当你变老的时候，你的记忆力会变差。Thepencilislong.Thisrulerislongerthanit.Lead-inLiuXiangistall.YaoMingistallerthanhim.Londonisold.BeijingisolderthanLondon.Theappleissmall.Thisorangeissmallerthantheapple.highhillpopulationriverwide1.Lookatthepicturesandtalkaboutthem.Usethewordsintheboxtohelpyou.Nowlistenandcomplete.Place:(1)_______________Population:(2)_______millionJinMaoTower:(3)_______metreshighPlace:(4)___________Population:(5)________millionVictoriaPeak:(6)______metreshighShanghai23.5420.5HongKongseven5521.IsShenzhenonthecoast?Yes,itis.2.Listenandanswerthefollowingquestions.2.IsShenzhenolderthanHongKong?No,itisn’t.1.Soit’sanewercitythanHongKong?2.It’sgettingbiggerandbusier.3.That’slargerthanthepopulationofmanyothercitiesinChina.4.Itsstreetsaremuchwiderandcleanertoo.5.It’stallerthanmanyotherbuildingsinShenzhen.比一比，看哪组在对话中所找的含有比较级的句子最多。ShenzhenisonthecoastnearHongKong.Itbecameimportantinthe(1)_______.Beforethatitwasa(2)_______.TodaythepopulationofShenzhenismorethan(3)_______million.TherearemanytallbuildingsinShenzhen.Afamousoneisthe(4)______________.Itis(5)_______thanmanyotherbuildingsinShenzhen.1980svillagetallerDiwangTowertenNowcompletethepassageaboutShenzhen.1.Aboutthirtyyearsago,Shenzhenwasa______village,buttodayitisavery_______city.2.Shenzhenisa_______citythanHongKong.bigbusycleanlargenewsmallwidebigsmallnewer3.Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.Youneedtousesomeofthewordsmorethanonce.3.Shenzhenisgetting_______and_______.Thestreetsare________and________.4.Shenzhenwillbecomeas______asHongKong.5.ThepopulationofShenzhenis______thanthatofmanyothercitiesinChina.bigbusycleanlargenewsmallwidecleanerbusybiggerbusierwiderlargerEverydayEnglishHey!Howwasyourweekend?Prettygood!Howwasyourweekend?Prettygood!

prettygood表示“相当好”。用于对How’s…?/Whatdoyouthinkof…?作答

e.g.—Howwasyourtraveling?—Prettygood.—你的旅行怎么样？

—非常棒。Languagepoints2.Infact,itonlybecameimportantinthe1980s.It’sgetting

biggerandbusier.1)infact表示“事实上”。

e.g.Infact,TaiwanisapartofChina.

事实上，台湾是中国的一部分。2)inthe1980s

表示“在20世纪80年代”。结构为“inthe+年+s”。

e.g.inthe1930s在20世纪30年代3)becomeimportant

表示“变得重要”。

gettingbiggerandcleaner

表示“变得更大和更干净”。

become和get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：

Thesituationhasbecomeevenbetter／worse.情况变得更好／糟了。Theyaregettingricherandricher／poorerandpoorer.他们越来越富了／穷了。Thewomanhadgonemad.那女人疯了。

grow作“变成”时，有“逐渐变成新的状态”的意思。例如：Myyoungerbrotherisgrowingtall.我的弟弟渐渐长高了。3.Somedayitwillbecomeasbusyas

HongKong,I’msure.as+形容词/副词+as和……一样

e.g.Heisastallashisbrother.

他和他的哥哥一样高。

notas+形容词/副词+as不像……e.g.Thisdictionaryisnotasusefulas

youthink.

这本字典不如你想象的那样有用。4.That’slargerthanthepopulationofmanyothercitiesinChina.population表示“人口”，一般用单数。

e.g.What’sthepopulation?

表示“人口有多少？”

What’sthepopulationofAmerica?

美国的人口是多少？

Chinahasalargepopulation.

中国的人口庞大。5.Itsstreetsaremuchwiderandcleanertoo.much后面加比较级，用来修饰比较级，表示“更……”。

e.g.TomrunsmuchfasterthanMike.

汤姆比迈克跑得更快。Pronunciationandspeaking—ShenzhenislargerinpopulationthanBeijing.—No,itisn’t.It’ssmaller.2.—HongKongisnewerthanShenzhen.—No,itisn’t.It’solder.4.Listenandnoticehowthespeakerstreesestheunderlinedwords.3.—ShenzhenisasoldasHongKong.—No,itisn’t.It’snewer.4.—HongKongisasbusyasShenzhen.—No,itisn’t.It’sbusier.Nowworkinpairs.Listenagainandrepeat.5.CompareShenzhenwithyourhometown.Makenotesinthetable.ShenzhenYourhometownabigcity—IsyourhometownbiggerthanShenzhen?—No,itisn’t.It’ssmallerthanShenzhen.6.Workinpairs.TalkaboutthedifferencesbetweenShenzhenandyourhometown.Usebig,small,hot,cold,tallornew.LearningtolearnInEnglish,sentencesstressisveryimportant.Westresskeywords,whichgivethemaininformationandthemainideas.1.比较级定义：表示两者或两类人或事物之间的比较。形容词比较级（1）2.比较级变化规则：①一般在词尾加-er。如：

small—smallerold—olderGrammar②以字母e结尾的形容词直接加–r。如：

large—largerfine—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—biggerhot—hotter④以辅音字母加y结尾的形容词，把“y”变“i”，再加–er。如：

busy—busiereasy—easier3.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”。

notas+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……”。1.short—_______2.thin—______3.early—_______4.red—_______5.fine—_______6.fat—_______7.cool—_______8.big—______9.wet—_______10.dry—_______

shorterthinnerearlierredderfinerfattercoolerbiggerwetterdrier写出下列形容词的比较级。Exercises_____,thispenislongerthanthatone.A.Oneday B.Infact C.Prettygood2.—IsHongKong____thanShanghai?—Yes,itis.A.new B.newer C.newest选择题。3.—Isthedog_____thanthatone?—Yes,itis.A.bigB.biger C.bigger4.Theyellowcoatisas______asthepurpleone.A.cheap B.heavier C.cheaper Ihadtocallataxibecausetheboxwas______thanI’dexpected.(2012苏州)A.heavy

B.heavier

C.theheavier

D.theheaviest2.Shesangasong“IbelieveIcanfly”inYangzhouEnglishClassicsReadingContest.Ihaveneverhearda____voicethanthatbefore.(2012扬州)A.good

B.well

C.better

D.best BC中考链接Unit2CambridgeisabeautifulcityintheeastofEngland.Whereisit?It’sEngland.Lead-inIt’sfamousforBigBen.

Whatisitfamousfor?ItisLondon.

WhatisthecapitalofEngland?N(north)E(east)S(south)W(west)请说出下面的方位词。北方南方东方西方1.northn.

北；北方

adj.

在北方的；朝北的e.g.JapanliestothenorthofPhilippines.日本位于菲律宾岛的北面。

IsyourhometowninNorthChina?你的家乡在中国的北方吗？southn.

南；南方

adj.在南方的；朝南的e.g.Sheworksonthesouthcoast.她在南方沿海地区工作。

Northistheoppositedirectiontothesouth.北是南的反方向。westn.

西，西方；

adj.

在西方的；朝西的e.g.Thiscountryopensouttothewest.这个国家对西方国家开放。newwords2.universityn.

大学e.g.Whatisyourmajorinuniversity?

在大学你主修什么科目？3.islandn.岛，岛屿e.g.Therearesomebananatreesonthatislandoverthere.

那边小岛上有几棵香蕉树。4.countrysiden.

农村地区；乡下e.g.Theyoungpeoplefromthe

countrysidearehonest.

这些乡下来的年轻人都很老实。

5.arean.

地区；区域e.g.Earthquakesoccurfrequentlyinthisarea.

这一地区经常发生地震。6.mountainn.

山；山丘e.g.Themountainis3500metershigh.

这座山有3500米高。7.

lowadj.矮的；低的e.g.Theofficeisinalowbuilding.

办公室设在一幢低矮的房子里。

especiallyadv.

尤其e.g.Ilovereading,especiallynovel.

我喜欢阅读，尤其是小说。在表示“特意地”“尤其”时，especially指某事超乎一般的重要，不寻常，强调“超过其他”，而毫无“目的性”可言。例如:especially&speciallyIlikemapletree,especiallyinautumn.我喜欢枫树，尤其是秋天的枫树。specially则表示为了某一特定目的而“特意”“专门”采用某一方式做某事。例如:Themeetingisspeciallyarrangedforyou.这次会见是特意为你安排的。安排umbrellan.

雨伞e.g.Ileftmyumbrellaonthecar.

我把雨伞落在车里了。

1.LookatthemapofEnglandandreadthesentences.eastnorthsouthwest1.CambridgeisintheeastofEngland.2.LondonisinthesouthofEngland.3.BristolisinthewestofEngland.4.ManchesterisinthenorthofEngland.ManchesterBristolLondonCambridgeMakeadialogueaboutthedirections.—WhereisManchester?—Itisinthenorthof

England.—WhereisLondon?—Itisinthesouthof

England.ManchesterLondon—WhereisCambridge?—Itisintheeastof

England.—WhereisBristol?—Itisinthewestof

England.BristolCambridgeBeijingGuangdongChengduShanghai指出下面中国城市的位置。2.Listenandanswerthequestions.1.WhereisCambridge?ItisintheeastofEngland.2.What’sthecapitalofEngland?London.Readthepassageandchooseatitleforeachpicturebelow.1.TowerBridgeandtheRiverThames2.CambridgeUniversityandtheRiverCama._______b._______12aReadthepassageagainandanswerthequestions.1.What’sitspopulationofCambridge?Itisabout120,000.2.What’sCambridgefamousfor?CambridgeUniversity.3.HowoldisLondon?It’sabout2,000yearsold.4.What’stheweatherlikeinEngland?Itisneververyhotinsummerorverycoldinwinter.CompletethetablecomparingCambridgewithLondon.CambridgeLondonLocationPopulationFamousplacesRiverIntheeastofEnglandInthesouthofEngland120,000About7.5millionUniversity,oldbuildingsandchurchesBigBen,BuckinghamPalace,TowerBridgeRiverCamRiverThamescountrysideeasthometownislandLondonmountainssouthuniversity4.Completethepassagewiththewordsandexpressioninthebox.Englandispartofa(n)(1)_________.Itisfamousforitsbeautifulgreen(2)___________with(3)___________andlakesinthenorth,andhillsandvillagesinthesouth.islandcountrysidemountainsMy(4)__________isCambridge,inthe(5)______ofEngland.Ithaslotsofoldbuildingsandchurches,andawell-known(6)_________.Itissmallerthan(7)_______,whichisinthe(8)________ofEngland.hometowneastuniversityLondonsouthIcamefromCambridge,abeautifulcityintheeastofEngland.

intheeastof…表示“在……的东方”。类似的表达如下：

inthewestof…表示“在……的西方”。

inthesouthof…表示“在……的南方”。

inthenorthof…表示“在……的北方”。

Languagepoints2.ItisontheriverCamandhasapopulationofabout120,000.1)ontheriverCam表示“在康桥河畔”，on表示在河的沿岸。

2)haveapopulationof…表示“有……

人口”。指人口的多少用large或

small。3.Therearelotsofoldbuildingsandchurchestovisit.lotsof表示“许多，大量的”，后面加可数名词或不可数名词。例如：lotsofbuildings4.Englanditselfispartofanisland,…bepartof

表示“是……的一部分”。

e.g.TaiwanispartofChina.

台湾是中国的一部分。5.Myhometownisespeciallyfamousforitsuniversity.

befamousfor表示“因……而闻名”，后接闻名的原因。

e.g.NowYorkisfamousforitshighbuildings.

纽约以高楼大厦而闻名。

Heisfamousforhisnovels.

他因他的小说而出名。5.Answerthequestionsandwritenotesaboutyourhometown.1.Whereisit?2.What’sitspopulation?3.Isitbigorsmall?4.Whatisitfamousfor?5.Howoldisit?6.Whatistheweatherlike?Myhometown---DalianinthenortheastofChinaoversixmillionabigcityfamousforbeaches,theUnderwaterWorld,theBirdParkandtheP9olarRegionZooover100yearsoldwarminwinterandhotinsummerPossibleanswers6.UseyournotesandwriteanswerstothequestionsinActivity5.DalianisinthenortheastofChina.Ithasapopulationofoversixmillion.Itisabigcity.Itisfamousforitsbeautifulbeaches,theUnderwaterWorld,theBirdParkandthePolarRegionZoo.Itisover100yearsold.KitiswarminwinterandhotinsummerinDalian.PossibleanswersIcomefromDalian,abeautifulcityinthenortheastofChina.Ithasapopulationofoversixmillion.Itis…7.WriteapassagecalledMyhometown.UseTony'spassagetohelpyou.MyhometownisDalian.It’sanimportantcityinLiaoningProvinceinthenortheastofChina.Ithasapopulationofoversixmillion.Thecityisover100yearsold.IthasalotofbeautifulbeachesliketheTigerBeachandtheBangchuiIslandBeach.Manypeoplegothereforholidaysandforswimmingeveryyear.PossibleanswerDalianisfamousforDalianDiscoverylandThemeParkandXinghaiSquare.Theyareveryinterestingandlotsoftouristsgotovisitthem.ItiswarminwinterandhotinsummerinDalian.Thetemperaturedoesn’tchangeverymuchanditisusuallysunny.Ithinkitisagreatcity.方向词的短语

intheeastofinthewestofinthenorthofinthesouthof重点短语

haveapopulationoflotsofbefamousfor本课小结1.广州在中国的南部。

Guangzhouis____________ofChina.2.—香港以什么闻名？

—太平山。

—What’sHongKong____________?—VictoriaPeak.3.北京是中国的首都，它比南京人口多。

BeijingisthecapitalofChina,andithasa_________________thanNanjing.4.中国有大约五千年的历史，有大约13亿人。

Chinais______5,000yearsold,______about1.3billionpeople.inthesouthfamousforExerciseslargerpopulationaboutwithLadyGagaisfamous____herbeautifulvoice.（2012福建南平）

A.asB.withC.for2.—_____thepopulationofChina?—It’sabout1.3billion.(2012湖南衡阳）

A.What’sB.HowmanyisC.Howmuchis中考链接CA3.Project

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libraries.(2012辽宁大连）

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D.withDUnit3LanguageinuseChinais_______(big)thanAustralia.biggerLead-inSanyais_______(warm)thanHeilongjiang.warmer1.It’sgetting______and_______.2.It’sa_______citythanHongKong.3.Itsstreetsare__________and______too.4.It’s____________manyotherbuildingsinShenzhen.Languagepractice用适当的单词补全句子。tallerthannewerbiggercleanermuchwiderbusierbigcoldlargeoldtall1.Shenzhenwasverysmallaboutthirtyyearsagobutitismuch_________now.2.Thisbuildingistallbutthatbuildingismuch_____.1.Completethesentenceswiththecorrectformofthewordsinthebox.biggertallerbigcoldlargeoldtall3.BeijingisoldbutXi’anismuch______.4.TheUShasalargepopulationbutIndia’spopulationis_______.5.BeijingiscoldinwinterbutHarbinis________.olderlargercolder2.Workinpairs.Talkaboutthepictures.Usethewordsfromtheboxtohelpyou.bigbusyhighlowoldsmalltallwideNowmakecomparisons.Writesentences.ThebuildingsinPicture1areolderthanthebuildingsinPicture2.bigbusyhighlowoldsmalltallwidePossibleanswersThebuildingsinthevillageinPicture1areolder/smaller/lowerthanthebuildingsinthecityinPicture2.ThebuildingsinthecityinPicture2arenewer/higher/bigger/tallerthanthebuildingsinthevillageinPicture1.InPicture2,theroadsarewider/busierthanthoseinPicture1.3.Writesentences.Usetheinformationinthetable.ShenzhenBeijingnewShanghaiHangzhoubusyXi’anBeijingoldChinaAustraliabigTian’anmenSquareOthersquaresinBeijingwideThepopulationofTianjinThepopulationofShanghaismallForexample:ShenzhenisnewerthanBeijing.ShenzhenisbusierthanHangzhou.Xi’anisolderthanBeijing.ChinaisbiggerthanAustralia.Tian’anmenSquareiswiderthanothersquaresinChina.ThepopulationofTianjinissmallerthanthepopulationofShanghai.4.Completethewordmapwiththewordsinthebox.Youneedtouseonewordmorethanonce.coldplacePlaceweatherhistorypopulationsizewarmoldnewlargesmalllargesmallbigcoldlargenewoldsmallwarmNowworkinpairs.Talkaboutyourhometown.Usethewordsinthewordmaptohelpyou.coldplacePlaceweatherhistorypopulationsizewarmoldnewlargesmalllargesmall5.Completethesentenceswiththeexpressionsinthebox.inthenortheastisfamousforonthecoastprettygoodThepopulationof1.CambridgeisabeautifuloldEnglishcity.It______________itsuniversity.2.TianjinisnearBeijing,____________ofBohaiSea.onthecoastisfamousfor3._________________IndiaissmallerthanthatofChinabutbiggerthanthatofRussia.4.Harbinis_______________ofChinaandisaverybusycity.5.TheweatherinBeijinginautumnis____________.Thepopulationofprettygoodinthenortheast6.Completethepassagewiththecorrectformofthewordsinbrackets.Inmyhometowntherearetwocinemas,theGrandCinemaandthePalaceCinema.TheGrandCinemais(1)______(old)and(2)_______(small)thanthePalaceCinema.Itisalso(3)________(warm)intheGrandCinema.ThePalaceCinemaisusually(4)______(busy)thantheGrandCinemaandtheticketsare(5)_______(cheap)too.warmercheaperbusiersmallerolder7.Listenandcompletethesentences.1.NewYorkisa(n))_______and______citythanWashingtonD.C.2.NewYorkismore_________thananyothercityintheUS.biggerbusierfamous3.Shanghaihasa(n)__________populationthanBeijing.4.Beijingis______thanShanghai.largerolderAroundtheworldWashingtonDCWashingtonDCisthecapitaloftheUS.Locatedontheeastcoast,itisbestknownfortheWhiteHouse,wherethePresidentoftheUSlivesandworks,andforCapitalHill,wheretheUSCongressmeets.Therearemanyfamousmonuments,memorialsandmuseumsinWashingtonDCTheLincolnMemorialisagrandwhitebuilding.MillionsoftouristsvisititeveryyeartoshowrespecttoPresidentLincoln.IntheNationalAirandSpaceMuseum,peoplecanseethecommandmoduleofApollo11,whichsentthefirsthumanstothemoonin1969.Readthearticle,ticktrueorfalse.1.WashingtonDCislocatedonthewestcoast.2.ItisbestknownfortheWhiteHouse.3.TheLincolnMemo