Section B (3a-Self Check)
Unit 3
I’m more outgoing than my
sister.
学习目标
Key words & phrases:
primary,information,primary school,be good
with,call sb. at,have good grades
Key sentences:
1.The English Study Center needs a weekend student
helper for primary school students.
2. Call the English Study Center at 443-5667 for more
information.
3. So who do you think should get the job,Jenny or
Jill?
Writing Practice.
Lead in
They are twins.
Lily is taller than Lucy.
Lucy is shorter than Lily. 4
Lucy
Lily
quieter more outgoing
What kinds of friends are real friends?
For me, a good friend …
a. is friendly.
b. makes me laugh when I am sad / unhappy.
c. is a good listener.
d. can keep a secret. (保守秘密)
e. helps me when I am in trouble.
f. is good at schoolwork / study.
g. is popular in school.
h. is good at sports.
i. has cool clothes.
j. likes to do the same things as me.
2. A friend is easier lost than found.
朋友易失不易得。
3. He is rich enough who has true friends.
有真朋友的人很富有。
1. A friend in need is a friend indeed.
患难朋友才是真朋友。
Should friends be different or the same?
What is your opinion?
3a Wang Lingling and Liu Lili are best
friends. Look at the chart below and
compare them.
Wang Lingling Liu Lili
tall tall
long straight hair short straight hair
likes reading like sports
popular popular
outgoing outgoing
serious funny
hard-working smart
Pre-writing
Wang Lingling’s best friend is Liu Lili.
They are both tall, but…
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Wang Lingling’s best friend is Liu Lili. They
are both tall and they both have straight hair,
but Lingling’s hair is longer. Lingling likes
reading, but Lili likes sports. Lingling and Lili
are both popular and outgoing. However,
Lingling is more serious and hard-working
than Lili, and Lili is funnier and smarter than
Lingling.
3b Make notes about two of your friends.
One friend should be similar to you; the
other friend should be different.
A friend who is
similar to me
A friend who is
different from me
Name: Name:
Compare yourself now and two years
ago.
Are you taller
Are you smarter?
Are you more
popular?
Are you more
outgoing?
Are you a better
student?
Compare yourself now and two years ago.
Then write down.
Two years ago. I was a primary
school student. I’m taller now.
I work harder and I’m smarter
than before . I was not popular in
primary school. But now, I’m
more popular in the middle
school. Although I was not good
at my schoolwork, I am a better
student now.
Write two paragraphs describing
your friends.
3c
While-writing
My Best Friend
My friend Tom is quite similar to me.
We are both tall and thin. We are both quiet and
serious. We like reading together. We are hard-working
in class, so we often get good grades.
In some ways, he is different from me. He’s funnier and
more outgoing than me. He always speaks loudly. He is
good at soccer. He’s smart and he’s a good listener.
I love Tom very much.
The More We Get Together
The more we get together,
together, together.
The more we get together,
The happier we’ll be.
For your friends are my
friends,
And my friends are your
friends .
The more we get together,
The happier we’ll be.
4 Read the job ad. Then compare two
of your classmates. Decide which
classmate is better for the job.
1 Put the words in the correct column
in the chart.
hard-working run fast quiet
serious jump high smart
Practice
What people are like What people can do
hard-working
quiet
serious
smart
run
fast
jump
high
2 Fill in the blanks using the correct
forms of the words in brackets.
1. My brother is ______ (funny) than me.
He makes people laugh a lot.
2. I’m outgoing, but my best friend is a lot
______________ (outgoing) than me.
funnier
more outgoing
3. My brother is as ___________ (serious) as
my sister. They both like to study.
4. My cousin can run ______ (fast) than me.
She is taller than me, too.
5. Jim is ____________ (friendly) than Tom,
so Tom has more friends than Jim.
serious
faster
less friendly
3 Think of your best friend. Write down
two ways in which you are similar, and
two ways in which you are different. Use
comparatives.
1.Key vocabulary:information,
primary school,be good with,call sb. at
+电话号码,have good grades
2.Sentences:
①Call the English Study Center at 443-
5667 for more information.
②Jenny is smarter,but I think Jill is
more outgoing.
Summary
1.Review the comparative forms of
adjectives.
2.Write a passage to describe your friend.