9.little_____________10.good____________11.bad_______________12.many__________

5.thin_____________6.big______________7.outgoing_____________8.wild________

1.tall___________2.quiet____________ 3.funny_______________4.heavy___________

III. 词语填空

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次)。

new, friendly, breakfast, do, so, stay, but, different, you, class, big, meal

　 　　Anna comes from Russia. She is 17 years old. She’s going 1.________ with the Black family for a year. Anna comes to England because she wants to study English. She helps Mrs Black 2.________ housework in the house and goes to English 3._________ every Wednesday and Friday afternoon.

　 　　Anna is now in London. Everything is 4. ________ to her. She finds life is 5._________ from that in Moscow. Some things are nice in London, many things are not so nice. The shops are 6._________ in London than those in Moscow. 7.________ it’s very expensive to enjoy 8._________ in London. It’s expensive to have a 9.___________ 　at a restaurant or go to a cinema.

　 　　Now Anna has got used to (习惯) many things, but she can’t get used to the 10.__________ in England. “You English eat so much in the morning,” she often says. “Fruits, porridge, eggs, tea and bread. How can you face(面对) all that food so early in the day?”

10.　 Finally he asked people to stop _______ (talk).

9. thin ______, _________　 10. athletic ________, ________

II. 用所给词的适当形式填空：

3. 2a Listening and writing　　　 　

　Look at the picture on page 32 in your book. Tina and Tara are talking to the reporter. Listen to the tape carefully andyou’ll find they are talk about themselves. OK. Now look at the two columns and read the headings please: -er, -ier and more. In the conversation, some words they say end in –er or –ier, some words they add more ahead.

Listen carefully again and write the –er and –ier words in the first column and the words that use more in the second column.

2b Listening and writing

Listen to the recording again. This time write words in the boxes of 2b using the words from the list in activity 2a. Look at the example “funnier” in the box for Tina, which means Tina isfunnier than Tara.

2c doing pairwork

ust now we talked about the twins Tina and Tara. Next we are going on talking about Tom and Sam. How are Tom and Sam different? Look at the chart in activity 2c, and work in pairs. You decide which one is A and which one is B. Student A in each pair look at the chart on page 32, and student B look at the chart on page 89. You mustn’t look at your partners’ page.　

The sample dialogue:

A: Is Tom smarter than Sam?

B: No, he isn’t. Sam is smarter than Tom. Is Sam taller than Tom?

A: Yes, he is. Is Sam more athletic than Tom?

B: No, he isn’t. Tom is more athletic than Sam. Is Tom quieter than Sam?

A: Yes, he is. Is Sam thinner than Tom?　　　　 　

B: No, he isn’t. Tom is thinner than Sam.

Make up your dialogues like this.

Step 4 Assignment 　

some exercises

I’m more outgoing than my sister.

Section　 A 当堂练习

I.　写出下列各词的比较级和最高级

2. 1c Doing pairwork

I’ll ask some pairs to say your conversations to the class.

1.　　　　 listening 1b

T : Look at the picture again. The people in the picture are all twins. Twins are children born at the same time to the same parents. Sometimes they look exactly alike, but not always. The twins in this picture do not look exactly alike. Please listen to these three conversations and number the twins. You write the number 1 to 3 in the blanks beside the twins.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　

OK, now, let’s check the answers.

2.1a Matching words　　　　　　　　　　　　

Match and check the answers.

T: What can you see in the picture? That’s right, the twins.

Look at these too boys. They are Pedro and Paul. They are brothers. Who is taller, Pedro or Paul? Yes, Pedro is taller.

　Now repeat after me: Pedro is taller than Tina.

OK, please look at the pictures 　and fill in the blanks.

Step 3 Practice