Objectives
To learn to talk about personal traits.
To learn to use comparatives to compare people.
To learn new words:
outgoing, hard-working, competition, fantastic…
appearance
Personality
Likes and dislikes
tall , short ,of medium height
fat, thin, heavy ,strong, of medium build
others: have
short hair/a beard /blue eyes
wear
glasses/a yellow skirt
with
glasses/big eyes
in
a red shirt
be
beautiful, handsome, cute
friendly , kind , serious, outgoing, easy-going, calm, wild, athletic, shy, quiet, strict
favorite
subject/color......
like/dislike to do / doing
abilities
can/can’t do sth well
be good at sth/doing sh
height:
build:
Warming-up
1:What does she look like?
She is tall and thin. She has long straight brown hair. She has a big mouth. She wears a pink shirt and black skirt. She is a girl in black shoes.
2:What is she like?
She is outgoing and friendly.
3:What does she like ?
She likes eating bananas.
4:What can she do well?
She can play the piano well.
1:What does he look like?
2:What is he like?
3:What does he like?
4:What’s he good at?
Jane
Mary
Jane is tall.
Mary is
taller than
Jane.
Let’s compare.
heavy
heav
ier
The dog is heavy.
The elephant is
heavier than
the dog.
Lily is _______
than
Lucy.
Lucy is ______
than
Lily.
Lily
Lucy
thin
ner
fat
ter
Lin Lin
Dang Dang
Lin Lin is
cuter than
Dang Dang.
Dang Dang is cute.
Jim
Bob
Jim is young.
Bob is
younger than
Jim.
I have long hair
I have
longer
hair than you.
tall loudly
thin
short hair
long hair
heavy
quietly short
Match each word with its opposite!
1a
Do they look the same?
They are twins.
They are twin sisters.
Why?
They are twins.
They are twin brothers.
Do they look the same?
Why?
Look at the pictures,
talk about the differences.
Who is taller, Tina or Tara?
Who is heavier, Peter or Paul?
Who has longer hair, Tom or Sam?
Who is more quietly, Tom or Sam?
Who is more loudly, Tina or Tara?
Who is shorter and thinner, Peter or Paul?
Tina
Peter
Sam
Tom
Tina
Paul
Listen and number the pairs of twins in the
picture [1-3].
1
2
3
1b
Let’s have a look at these twins.
Look carefully, then let’s play a game.
short
short
er
The baby is
shorter than
the girl.
Compare people
young
young
er
The little boy
is
younger than
the young man
.
old
old
er
Ted
Vince
Vince is
older than
Ted.
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.
1c
Let’s practice!
Is that Tom?
No, it isn’t. It’s Sam.
Tom can play
the
guitar better than
Sam.
Who’s Tom?
No, it isn’t. It’s Paul.
Paul’s
thinner
than
Peter. Peter’s
taller
than Paul.
Is that
Peter?
Who’s Peter?
1.
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。
Language points
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。
2. That’s Tara,
isn’t it
?
附加疑问句:陈述句后添加一个附着的简略疑问结构,用以进行确认。
⑴ 若陈述部分为肯定,便用否定形式进行提问;
⑵ 若陈述部分为否定,便用肯定形式进行提问。
即
前肯后否,前否后肯
►
There’s someone in the room,
isn’t there
?
►
We can’t say it this way,
can we
?
►
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?
特别提醒:附加部分的动词要和陈述句部分保持一致
Have a try
1._______of the twins have long hair.
A. All B. Both C. Each D .either
2.His son never works hard,____________?
3.-Sam hardly ever used the computer yesterday, did he?
-______________.He played computer games till midnight.
A. Yes,he did. B.No,he didn't
C.
Yes,he didn't
D.
No,he did
☺
☺
does he
I.
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
Exercises
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
funnier
II.
句型转换。
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
1.If you want to be thinner and healthier, you’d
better eat ____food and take ____ exercise.
more, fewer B. more, less
C. fewer, more D. less, more
III.
选择。
2.He’s ____ than his brother.
strong B. stronger
C. the stronger D. the strongest
中考链接
— Which singer do you like, Zhang
Liangying or Zhou Bichang?
— ________. I love their songs very much.
A. All B. Neither C. Both
“我非常喜欢他们的歌曲”
C
两者都不
都(三者及以上)
两者都
— You are singing to the plants!
— That’s true. I believe it helps them grow
______ .
A. slower B. better C. harder
“我相信这帮助它们长得更好。”
B
更好
更慢
更难
Homework
Compare one of your friends with you to find your similarities and differences, then write them down.
Preview the words of this unit.