Module 5 My hometown and

country Unit 2 (1)

London is bigger than Cambridge—— Reading

张秀芳 大连开发区二中

Words reading

north n. & adj. 北方 west n. & adj. 西部 river n. 河 church n. 教堂 famous adj. 著名 capital n. 首都 lake n. 湖low adj. 低的

mountain n. 山 about adv. & prep. 大约 near prep. 靠近 village n. 村庄 region n. 地区 wide adj. 宽的 fact n. 事实

N(north)

S(south)

W(west) E(east)

northeastnorthwest

southeastsouthwest

Learn to say these directions

Hainan

It’s in the ____ of China

It’s in the east of China

It’s in the ____ of China

It’s in the ____ of China

south

A map of China

west

north

in the north of

in the south of

in the east of in the west of

Shanghai

Nanjing

Dalian

Where are these cities in China?

Manchester

Bristol

Cambridge

London

Where is Manchester?

---It’s in the north of England.

A map of England

Cambridge University and the River Cam

Tower Bridge and the River Thames

Big Ben

白金汉宫

Buckingham Palace[ 'bΛkiŋәm] [ 'pælis]

1.Cambridge is in the west of England. ( )

2. Cambridge is smaller than London.( )

3.London is about 336 years old. ( )

4. You can see some lakes and low mountains in the west of England ( )

5.The weather in Britain is very comfortable all the year round.. ( )

Listen and tell True (T) or False (F)

F

F

T

F

T

1. Where is Cambridge?

2. What’s its population?

3. What’s it famous for?

4. What’s the capital of the UK?

5. Where is it?

6. How old is it?

7. What’s in the north of England?

8. What’s in the west of England?

9. What’s the weather like?

Read and answer the questions.

Read , fill and then retell

City Cambridge London

Location

( 位置 )

River

Population

Famous for

In the east of England

In the south of England

River Cam River Thames

100,000 7,000,000Cambridge University

Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge

on Cambridge is on the River Cam.

City Shanghai Nanjing London Paris

River Huangpu River

Changjiang River

the River Thames

the River Seine

be famous for

Cambridge is famous for Cambridge University.

London is famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.

Dalian is famous for __________. China is famous for __________. ________ is famous for __________.

with London is the capital of the UK, with seven mil

lion people. 仿写：

Beijing is the capital of China, with 40,000,000 people.

country capital population

China Beijing 40,000,000

Japan Tokyo 10,000,000

Tokyo is the capital of Japan, with 10,000,000 people.

用 with 连接句子

Shanghai is the biggest city in China. It has a population of 13 million.

Hong Kong is in the south of China. It has seven million people.

Shanghai is the biggest city in China with a population of 13 million.

Hong Kong is in the south of China with seven million people

London is the capital of the UK, with

seven million people.

六百万人口

三百万台卫星电视

数百万本书

数百万棵树

million 意为“百万”，当 million 与具体数字连用时， millio

n 要用单数形式，且不和 of 搭配；而当 million 意为 “成百万的；数以百万的”，表达不确切的数字概念时，应该用 millio

ns of 。 six million people

three million satellite TVs

millions of books

millions of trees

The river is 336 kilometres long. London is about 2,000 years old. The mountains are about 1,000 metre

s high.

物体长、宽、高的表达

我爸爸身高 1.80 米。

大连有 100 多年的历史。

上海的外滩 (the Bund) 长 1.5 千米。

香港的太平山 (the Victoria Peak) 有 554 米高。

长安街宽 120 米。

物体长、宽、高的表达

My father is 1.80 metres tall.

Dalian is more than 100 years old.

The Bund of Shanghai is 1.5 kilometres long.

The Victoria Peak is 554 metres high.

Chang’an Street is 120 metres wide.Chang’an Street is 120 metres wide.

对划线部分提问

London is about 2,000 years old.

The Bund of Shanghai is 1.5 kilometres long.

The Victoria Peak in Hong Kong is 554 metres high.

How old is London?

How long is the Bund of Shanghai?

How high is the Victoria Peak in Hong Kong?

a region of …的一个地区

England is a region of Britain. Taiwan is a region of China. ________ is a region of China. ________ is a region of ________.

never …or… 既不……也不……

Britain is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter.

Dalian is never _______ or _________. 昆明冬天不冷夏天不热。

Kunming is never very hot in summer or very cold in winter.

tall, high

The wall is about 4 metres high. The mountains are about 1,000 metres high. I’m 1.67 metres tall. The old tree is 20 metres tall. The tower is 120

high, tall The wall is ten metres ________. The tree is ten metre ________. The mountain is about two thousand metres _

__________. What a ________ building it is! Yao Ming is 2.26 metres ________. The building is about 30 metres _____. Our classroom is 20 metres long, 15 metres w

ide and 4 metres ______.

hightall

hightall/ high

tallhigh

high

be famous for, a region of, in the east of, never…or, the capital of, busier, with, on the coast, on,

Cambridge is a small city ____________ England. It’s _____ the River Cam, and it has about 100,000 people. It _____________ Cambridge University. London is __________ the UK, _______ seven million people, so it’s bigger and ______ than Cambridge. In the west of England, there are lots of small villages _______. England is _____________ Britain. It’s ______ very hot in summer, _________ very cold in winter.

in the east ofon

is famous forthe capital of with

busier

on the coast a region of never or

Writing Write about a passage about our hometown

——Dalian. Here are some questions about it. Ask and a

nswer in pairs, and then write it down. Where is it? What’s its population? What is it famou

s for? Is it the capital of China? How old is it? What’s the weather like?

提示： population of Dalian : 6 million ， History: over 100 years old.

Hometown

location in the north

Years old over 100

population 6 million

climate never too hot in summer or too cold in winter

famous places Tiger Beach, Golden Pebble Beach, Xinghai Plaza

Dalian

Homework:

1.Learn the key phrases by heart.

2.Retell the text.

3.Writing: My hometown—— Dalian.