Read the text and find out:

1. 在…的东部2. 在康河河畔3. 因…而闻名4. 在岸边5. … 的一个地区6. … 的首都7. 剑桥大学8. 泰晤士河9. 白金汉宫10. 塔桥

in the east of… on the River Camon the River Cam be famous for

on the coast a region of

the capital of Cambridge University

the River Thames Buckingham Palace

Tower Bridge

• I’m from ___________. It’s a small city I’m from ___________. It’s a small city ______________ of England, and it ______ ______________ of England, and it ______ about 100,000 people. It’s about 100,000 people. It’s ________________. There are __________ ________________. There are __________ old buildings and __________. It’s old buildings and __________. It’s _____________ Cambridge University._____________ Cambridge University.

Cambridge in the east

has on the River Cam lots of

churches famous for

London is _______________of the UK, _______ seven million people, so it’s bigger and _________than Cambridge. London is _______________England and it’s on the River Thames. ___________ is 336 kilometres long. London is an old city ---about 2,000 _______________. It’s ____________Big Ben. Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.

the capital

busier in the south of

The river

years old famous for

with

In the north of England there are some_________and low ___________. The mountains are about 1,000 metres high. In the west of England you’re always near the _______. There are lots of small _________on the __________.

lakes mountains

sea villages

coast

England is _____________Britain, and Britain is an _________. It’s never very_______ in summer, or very _______ in winter.

a region of island

hot cold

口语练习tall / short A: Tony is tall.B: Tom is taller than

Tony. A: Is Tom shorter

than Tony?B: No, he isn’t. He is

taller.

Tom

Tony

long/short

the Changjiang River

the Yellow River

A: The Yellow River is long.

B: The Changjiang River is longer than

the Yellow River.A: Is the Changjiang River shorter than the Yellow River?B: No,it isn’t. It’s

longer.

1.Dalian is smaller than Shanghai.2.Chang Jiang is wider than the River Thames.

3.Shanghai is busier than Hong Kong.

4.China is bigger than the UK.5.Our life is better and better .

7. It is hotter in the south than that in the north .8. The roads in Beijing are wider than those in Shunde .

6.He is taller than the other boys in our class .

Washington D.C. and New York are

big cities on the east coast of the

USA. Washington D.C. is the capital

of the USA. It’s a big city, but it’s

smaller than New York.

Around the world

New York is a busy city. It’s bigger,

busier and noisier than Washington

D.C. The buildings in New York are

taller than the buildings in

Washington D.C.

形容词比较级

构 成 方 法 原 级 比 较 级tall, long,short,old,small,warm

taller,longer,shorter,older,smaller, warmer

nice,fine,large

nicer, finer, larger

一般在词尾加 -er

以字母 e 结尾的形容词 ,直接加 - r

Revision

单音节和少数双音节单词

构 成 方 法 原 级 比 较 级big, hot, red, thin

wet

bigger, hotter, redder, thinner

wetter

busy, early, easy

healthy

busier, earlier, easier

healthier

以重读闭音节结尾的形容词，如末尾只有一个辅音字母，应先双写该字母，再加 - er

以“辅音字母 + - y ” 结尾的形容词，先把 y 变成 i ，再加 - er

ill/ bad→ worse→ worst

many/ much→ more→ most

good/well→ better→ best

far→ farther/further →farthest/furthest

old /--- older/elder→ oldest/eldest

little→ less→ least

特殊 :

1. -Which is ____ season in Beijing?

(2003 年 )

-I think it's autumn.

A. good

B. better

C. best

D. the best

真题再现

2. - Which is__________ , the moon or t

he earth?(2004 年 )

- Of course, the moon is.

A. small

B. smaller

C. smallest

D. the smallest

3. The air in Beijing is getting much

_____ now than a few year

ago.(2005 年 )

A. clean

B. cleaner

C. cleanest

D. the cleanest

4. Mobile phones are very popular now

and they are _____ than before.(2005

年 )

A. cheap

B. cheaper

C. cheapest

D. the cheapest

5. -What’s the weather like here?

-Oh, very nice. It’s _______ in summer

and _______ in winter.

A. not hot, not cold

B. hotter, colder

C. hotter, not cold

D. not hot, very hot