(
课件网) Unit 6 Hitting the road Grammar Learning Objectives In this lesson you will: 1. master the usage of comparatives and peer comparisons; 2. complete the exercises related to comparatives and peer comparisons. 3.discuss fun things to do while travelling. Watch and Say Watch the video and pay attention to the structure “as...as...”. Read the sentences and guess the usage of the structure. as+adj. 原级+as... 意为：和……一样 The bottle is as flat as a pancake. When I got up, I was as quiet as a mouse. Because I didn’t want to wake up my family. Soon Jen will be as busy as a bee. Oscar is not as big as Walter. This silo is not as big as that silo. (a)The food was much hotter than I expected. (b)And cooking hot pot was just as fun as eating it! Read the sentences from the reading passage and summarise the grammar rules. Now find more sentences with these structures in the reading passage. “Do you want something less hot ” Haoyu said. Why are their eyes and ears much bigger than normal ones Were ancient Shu people able to see and hear further than us " 同级比较 一、含义 as...as...的意思是“和……一样……”，表示双方某方面程度相同，用于同级比较。 E.g. Li Lei runs as quickly as Li Ming. Li Lei is as tall as Li Ming. 二、构成 e.g. Lucy speaks Chinese as well as Lily. as+形容词/副词原级+as... e.g. My handwriting is as beautiful as yours. 在否定句中，用“not as/ so +原级形容词/副词as”结构，表示前者不如后者。 三、否定形式 e.g. My sister is not as careful as my brother. 我妹妹不像我哥哥那样细心。 It isn't so cold as yesterday. 今天没有昨天那么冷。 Jim can’t run so fast as Tony. Jim跑得不如Tony快。 Rewrite the sentences using (more/ less)... than or as... as. 2.The hotel room was very comfortable, just like my own home. The hotel room was _____ my own home. 1.I prefer trying local food to visiting places of interest in a trip. To me, trying local food is _____ visiting places of interest in a trip. more enjoyable than as comfortable as Complete the postcard using as... as or (more)... than. Hi Jane, We visited Iguazu Falls today. It is 1. _____ (big) any other waterfall in South America. The running water sounds 2. _____(powerful) thunder, and it looks 3. _____(beautiful) a painting. bigger than as powerful as as beautiful as We took a boat ride into the heart of the falls. It was 4._____ (interesting) any boat ride for me before. Rushing down the water was 5._____(exciting) taking a roller coaster ride. In the middle of the huge falls, I felt myself 6. _____ (little) an ant. more interesting than as exciting as as little as Iguazu Falls is really a natural wonder. Maybe one day you can come here and enjoy the beauty yourself. Love from, Haoyu Cultural tip Iguazu Falls(伊瓜苏瀑布)位于阿根廷北部和巴西交界、伊瓜苏河下游处，是南美洲最大的瀑布，也是世界五大名瀑之一 。 Watch the video to know more about Iguazu Falls. Work in pairs. Discuss fun things to do while travelling. Put them in the thinki ... ...
