Unit 3I am more outgoing than

my sister.

To learn to talk about personal traits To learn to use comparatives to compare peopleTo learn new words: outgoing, hard-working, competition, fantastic…

Liu Xiang is tall. Pan Changjiang is short.

Liu Xiang is taller than Pan Changjiang.

Lin Xinru is thin.Liu Yifei is thinner.

Liu Yifei is thinner than Lin Xinru.

45kg48kg

Li Yong is more outgoing than Cheng long.

Cheng Long is outgoing.Li Yong is more outgoing.

The women are fat. The man and the woman are thin.

The women are fatter than the man and the woman.

The red box is big. The green box is small.

The red box is bigger than the green box.

The purple ruler is long.

The blue ruler is short.

The purple ruler is longer than the blue ruler.

outgoing

long hair short hair

Words review

outgoing

better

loudly quietly

hard-working

adj. 爱交际的；友好的； 外向的adj.&adv. (good 和 well 的比较级 ) 较好的 ( 地 ) ；更好的 ( 地 )adv. 喧闹地；大声地；响亮地adv. 轻声地；轻柔地；安静地　adj. 工作努力的；辛勤的

Words review

competitionfantastic which

clearlywin

though

n. 比赛；竞赛；竞争adj. 极好的；了不起的pron.&adj. 哪一个；哪一些adv. 清楚地；清晰地；明白地v. 获胜；赢；赢得　adv. 不过；可是；然而conj. 虽然；尽管；不过

tall loudly

thin short hair

long hair heavy

quietly short

1a Match each word with its opposite.

1b Listen and number the pairs of twins in the picture [1-3]

1

2

3

Talk about the differences.

Who is tall, Tina or Tara?Who is heavy, Peter or Paul?Who has long hair, Tom or Sam?Who is quietly, Tom or Sam?Who is loudly, Tina or Tara?Who is short and thin, Peter or Paul?

TinaPeter

SamTom

TinaPaul

0.9m 0.8m

short shorterXiaoxin Adai

Adai is shorter than Xiaoxin.Compare people

young younger

Kay David

David is younger than Kay.

old olderTed

Vince

Vince is older than Ted.

John Mike

more outgoingoutgoing

Mike is more outgoing than John.

Do they look the same?

They are twins.They are twin sisters.

Why?

1c Practice the conversation in the picture above. Then make conversations about the other twins.

A: That’s Tara, isn’t it?B: No, it isn’t. It’s Tina. Tina is taller than Tara. And she also sings more loudly than Tara.

Let’s practice!

Is that Tara? No, it isn’t. It’s Tina. Tara’s shorter than Tina.

Tara Tina

No, it isn’t. It’s Paul. Paul’s thinner than Peter. Peter’s taller than Paul.

Is that Peter?

2a Listen. Are the words in the box used with –( i)er or more? Complete the chart.

funny (run) fastfriendly (jump) highoutgoing (work) hardhard- working (get up) earlysmartlazy

-er \ -ier more

friendly Outgoingfunnysmartlazy(run) fast(jump) high(work) hard(get up) early

hard- working

2b Listen again. How are Tina and Tara different? Fill in the boxes.

Tina … Tara …

more outgoing. works as hard as Tina.friendlier,

funnier, run faster, jump higher, smarter, lazier

gets up earlier

2c Student A, look at the chart on the right. Student B, look at the chart on page 81. Ask and answer questions.

Sam Tom smarttall *** *run fastget up early *** ***thinfunny *** *hard-working *** *friendly

Note: ***Means Sam is taller than Tom.

Guessing who she/he is?

• Try to write at least 3 sentences in your paper to describe one of your classmates. And let us guess who is she/he.

• Remember do not mention his/her name. • Example:

My best friend has long hair. She is taller than me. She wears glasses. She is a very hardworking girl.

2d Role-play the conversation.Julie: Did you like the singing competition yesterday, Anna?Anna: oh, it was fantastic! Nelly sang so well!Julie: Yes, but I think Lisa sang better than Nelly.Anna: Oh, which one is Lisa?

Julie: The one with shorter hair. I think she

sang more clearly than Nelly.

Anna: Yes, but Nelly danced better than Lisa.

Julie: You can tell that Lisa really wanted to

win, though.

Anna: Well, everyone wants to win. But the

most important thing is to learn

something new and have fun.

1. do you think you are different from

your sister. 你认为你不同于你的姐姐吗？ be different from 与 differ from 同义，同时 是 differ from 的另一种表达方式，并且比 differ from 更为口语化。 如： American cars are different from ours.

= American cars differ from ours.

Language points

2. …we look similar, but we’re very different.

look similar 看上去相似 look the same 看上去一样 look like… 看上去像…… look alike 看上去相像

3. Both Tom and Sam can play the drums,

but Sam plays them better than Tom.

1) both“ 两个、两者都……” , 在句中 可作代词、形容词、副词、连词。 作副词时常放在 be 动词之后 , 实义 动词之前。

e.g. Both (of) his parents are doctors. ( 作代词或形容词 )=His parents are both doctors. ( 作副词 )They both went camping in the holiday. ( 作副词 )

Both English and math are very important.

(both …and… 短语常连接两个并列的成分 ,

可连接名词、动词、形容词和代词等 )

注 : both 指两者都 , all 指三者或三者以上都。

4. That’s Tara, isn’t it? 那是塔拉，对吗？ 此句是在 That’s Tara. 这一陈述之后添加了一个附着的简略疑问结构，用以进行确认。在语法上，这种句式被称作“附加疑问句”。通常情况下，若陈述部分为肯定，便用否定形式进行提问；若陈述部分为否定，便用肯定形式进行提问。如：

There’s someone in the room, isn’t there?房间里有人，是吧？He didn’t say anything at the meeting, did he?他在会上什么也没说，对吗？We can’t say it this way, can we?我们不能这样说，对不对？

5. Did you like the singing competition yesterday, Anna ？英语和汉语表达习惯有很多不同，甚至会相互产生干扰。询问或谈论是否喜欢过去的事情，英语要用过去时，这是因为所谈论的核心着眼点在过去，而非现在。 因此，上句不能说成：Do you like the singing competition yesterday? 如：

I saw a movie last weekend. It was so exciting. 上周末我看了一部电影。它太刺激了。( 不能说 It is so exciting.)I went to visit my grandparents last weekend. 上周末我去看我祖父母去了。We had a math exam yesterday.昨天我们有一场数学考试。

一、按要求写出下列各词的正确形式 1 easy( 比较级 ) ： ___________   

2 different( 名词 ) ： _________

3 many( 比较级 ):______       

4 serious( 比较级 ):_____________    

5 friendly( 比较级 ):_________     

 

easier

difference

more

more serious

friendlier

练 习练 习

6  funny( 比较级 )_________ 

7 outgoing( 比较级 )_______     

8 quiet( 反义词 )_________ 

9 tall( 反义词 )____________ 

10 beautiful( 比较级 )______________ more beautiful

more outgoing

loud

short

easier

二、句型转换。1.This picture looks beautiful, but that one looks more beautiful.( 同义句 ) That picture looks ______ _________

_______ this one.2. She has longer hair than Emma.( 同义句 ) Her hair is ______ _______ _______. 3.Helen studies hardest in her class.( 同义句 ) Helen studies ________ than ______ _______

student in her class.

more beautiful than

longer than Emma's

harder any other

4. My father is two years older than my mother.

(同义句 )

My mother is _______ _______ _______ than

my father.

5. Li Lei is taller than his twin brother. (同义句 )

Li Lei is _______ ________ of the twins.

6. Dave is heavy, but he can run very fast. (上同 )

________ Dave is heavy, he can run very fast.

two years younger

the taller

Though

1.If you want to be thinner and healthier, you’d better eat ____food and take ____ exercise.

A.more, fewer B. more, less C. fewer, more D. less, more

三 . 选择

2.He’s ____ than his brother.

A. strong B. stronger C. the stronger D. the strongest

3.Which do you like ____, tea or coffee?

A.good B. better C. best D. the better

4. Mum, this T-shirt is much too small for me. Would you buy me a ____one?

A. good B. better C. large D. larger

Homework

1. Compare one of your friends with

you to find your similarities and

differences, then write them down.

2. Preview the words of this unit.