Unit 2 London is bigger than Cambridge.

1. Unit 2 London is bigger than Cambridge.

2. Revision 完成下列句子 1、你能回答些关于我的作业的问题吗? Can you ___________________ for my homework? 2、中国的人口是多少? ________________of China? 3、香港比上海热。 Hong Kong ___________Shanghai. 4、上海比香港繁忙吗? __ Shanghai __________ Hong Kong? 5、上海不比香港新。 Shanghai _____________ Hong Kong. answer some questions What’s the population is hotter than Is busier than isn’t newer than

3. north n. & adj.北方 west n. & adj.西部 river n.河 church n.教堂 famous adj.著名的 be famous for 因为…而出名 be famous as 作为…而出名 capital n.首都,省会 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 in fact事实上 New Words

4. The directions northwest N(north) northeast W(west) E(east) S(south) southwest southeast

5. Activity 1 Manchester Cambridge Bristol London

6. Vocabulary and reading east north south west Cambridge is in the east of England. London is in the south of England. Bristol is in the west of England. Manchester is in the north of England.

7. --Where is Manchester? -- It is in the north of England. --Where is London? --It is in the south of England. --Where is Cambridge? --It is in the east of England. --Where is Bristol? --It is in the west of England.

8. Find out the following cities in China. Beijing Guangzhou Nanjing Urumqi

9. Talk about these cities in China. Urumqi Beijing Dalian Nanjing chengdu Shanghai Guangzhou Hong Kong eg. Shanghai is in the east of China.

10. Practice 1. Beijing is ___________ of China. 2. Guangzhou is __________ of China. 3. Nanjing is _________ of China . 4. Urumqi is _________ of China. in the north in the south in the east in the west

11. Activity 2 Read the passage and choose a title for each photo. Tower Bridge and the River Thames

12. Activity 2 Cambridge University and the River Cam

13. Activity 2 Big Ben Buckingham Palace

14. Read and Listen My hometown and my countryby Tony Smith I’m from Cambridge. It’s a small city in the east of England, and it has about 100,000 people. It’s on the River Cam. There are lots of old buildings and churches. It’s famous for Cambridge University. London is the capital of the UK, with seven million people, so it’s bigger and busier than Cambridge. London is in the south of England and it’s on the River Thames. The river is 336 kilometres long. London is an old city- about 2,000 years old. It’s famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge .

15. In the north of England there are some lakes and low mountains. The mountains are about 1,000 metres high. In the west of England you’re always near the sea. There are lots of small villages on the coast. • England is a region of Britain, and Britain is an island .It’s never very hot in summer, or very cold in winter.

16. Answer the questions. 1. Where is Cambridge? It’s in the east of England. 2. What’s its population? It’s about 100, 000. 3. What is it famous for? Cambridge University. 4. What’s the capital of the UK? London.

17. 5. Where is it? It’s in the south of England. 6. How old is it? It’s 2,000 years old. 7. What’s in the north of England ? There are some lakes and low mountains.

18. 8. What’s in the west of England? There are lots of small villages on the coast. 9. What’s the weather like? It is never very hot in the summer or very cold in the winter.

19. Language notes: 1. I am from Cambridge. 我来自剑桥。 2. It’s a small city in the east of England. 它是英格兰东部的一个小城。 3. It’s on the River Cam. 它在康河河畔。 “on” 指河流沿线。

20. 4. London is the capital of the UK, with seven million people. 伦敦是英国的首都，有七百万人口. “with” 此处当 “有”讲. 5. It’s famous for Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge. 它以大本钟，白金汉宫和塔桥而闻名.

21. “be famous for” 表示 “因……而闻名”. “be famous as”表示 “作为……而闻名”. China is famous for the Great Wall. Yao Ming is famous as a basketball player. 6. The mountains are about 1,000 metres high. 这些山大约高一千米. “about” 在此处当 “大约”讲.

22. Think of a town you know in China. 北京市简介：中华人民共和国首都。为历史悠久的世界著名古城，有3000多年历史。全市总人口为1381.9万人。

23. Think of a town you know in China. 1. Where is Beijing ? 2. What’s its population? 3. What is it famous for? 4. Is it the capital of China? 5. How old is it? 6. What’s the weather like? Activity 4 It’s in the north of China. It’s about 13 million. It’s famous for the Great Wall. Yes ,it is. It’s about 3 thousand years old. It’s cool.

24. 完成下列的练习 1、南京在中国的东部。 Nanjing is _____________ China. 2、伦敦在英国的南部。 London is _____________ England. 3、北京以长城而著名。 Beijing ____________ the Great Wall. 4、北京是中国的首都。 Beijing ________________ China. 5、伦敦比剑桥繁忙。 London _______________ Cambridge. in the east of in the south of is famous for is the capital of is busier than

25. the population of Beijing 根据汉语提示完成下列句子。 1. Do you know ____ ____ ____ ____ (北京的人口数)? 2. Fujian is ____ ____ ____ ____ (在东部) China. 3. —What’s ____ ____ ____ (省会) Shandong province? —It’s Jinan. 4. The girl ____ ____ ____ (留长发的) is my sister. 5. The building is____ ____ ____ (三十米高). in the east of the capital of with long hair 30 meters high

26. C 单项选择。 1. ____ is the population of Tianjin? A. How many B. How much C. What D. Which 2. The population of China is ____than that of American. A. small B. smaller C. large D. larger 3. My uncle has a house ____ a small garden. A. with B. of C. near D. in 4. Yao Ming is famous ____ a basketball player. A. for B. with C. as D. to 5. The mountain is about 1,543 meters____. A. near B. low C. high D. long D A C C

27. 句型转换。（每空一词） 1. The city has one million people. (改为同义句) The city has____ ____ ____ ____ ____. 2. London is famous forCambridge. (改为同义句) London is _____ _______Cambridge. 3. The population of shanghai is 13 million. (对划线部分提问) _____ ____ ____ ____ shanghai? 4. Lily is 1.5 meters tall. (对划线部分提问) ____ ____ is Lily? a population of one million well-known for What’s the population of How tall

28. Homework Write a short passage about your hometown.