(
课件网) Unit 1 It’s taller than many other buildings. Module 2 My home town and my country 外研·八年级上册 New words hill n. 小山；小丘 n. （某一地区的）人口， 全体居民 adj. 宽的；宽阔的 num.百万 population wide million adv.【主口】相当地； 非常；很 相当好；很好 prep. 比 v. 变成；成为 pretty pretty good than get Do you know where they are? Listening and vocabulary Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you. Now listen and complete. Place: (1)_____ Population: (2)_____ million Jin Mao Tower: (3)_____ metres high Place: (4)_____ Population: (5)_____ million Victoria Peak: (6)_____ metres high Shanghai 23.5 420.5 Hong Kong 7 552 Tapescript: Welcome?to?Shanghai.?This?big?city?in?East China?has?a?population?of?23.5?million.?lt’s?on a?wide?river?called?the?Huangpu?River.?The tall?building?you?can?see?is?the?Jin?Mao?Tower. lt’s?420.5?metres?high. This?is?Hong?Kong.?lt’s?a?busy?city?on?the South?China?coast.?Seven?million?people?live here.?The?hill?is?Victoria?Peak.?lt’s?552?metres high. Listen and read. Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend? Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen. Tony: Where’s Shenzhen? Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it’s a very big city. 在海边 Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong? Daming: Yes, it’s a very new city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s. It’s getting bigger and busier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure. Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen? 事实上 在20世纪80年代 Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I think it’s a beautiful city. Tony: I’d like to go there one day. 用来修饰比较级 Daming: Remember to visit the Diwang Tower. It’s taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen. Hey! How was your weekend? Pretty good! Everyday English Now 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 1980s small village ten many tall buildings in Shenzhen. A famous one is the (4)_____. It is (5) _____ than many other buildings in Shenzhen. Diwang Tower taller Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in 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. big small newer 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. cleaner busy bigger busier wider larger Listen and tell true or false (T/F). 1. Shenzhen is bigger today than 30 year ... ...
