1、外研外研八年级上册八年级上册 Unit 3 Language in use Module 4 Planes, ships and trains Revision How do you often travel? How do you often travel? I usually travel by plane. It is the fastest. How about you? I often go by car. It is the most comfortable way to travel. . Language practice 1. Its the most comfortable
2、 way, but its also the most expensive. 2. He lives the farthest from school. 3. It is the fastest and the second cheapest. 4. The more information, the better. 形容词和副词的最高级形容词和副词的最高级 1. 形容词和副词的最高级的构成形容词和副词的最高级的构成 形容词和副词最高级的规则变化：形容词和副词最高级的规则变化： （1）单音节词末尾加）单音节词末尾加-est： eg: great greatest small smallest
3、（2）单音节若以）单音节若以e结尾，只加结尾，只加-st： eg: fine finest nice nicest wide widest （3）重读闭音节单音节词若末尾只有一个辅音）重读闭音节单音节词若末尾只有一个辅音 字母，须先双写这个辅音字母，再加字母，须先双写这个辅音字母，再加-est： eg: big biggest hot hottest red reddest （4）以辅音字母）以辅音字母+y结尾的词，则变结尾的词，则变y为为-i，再加，再加-est： eg: busy busiest easy easiest （5）大部分双音节词和多音节词，在词前加）大部分双音节词和多音节词，
4、在词前加most： eg: careful most careful slowly most slowly 不规则变化不规则变化: eg：much/ manymost good/ wellbest little/ fewleast bad/ badlyworst 最高级用于最高级用于三者或三者以上三者或三者以上的人或事（物）之的人或事（物）之 间的比较。间的比较。 在句中常含有表示比较范围的介词在句中常含有表示比较范围的介词of/ among或或 in；of/ among 后面一般接表示一群人或事物的代词后面一般接表示一群人或事物的代词 或名词，或名词，in 后面一般接表示单位或场所的名词。后
5、面一般接表示单位或场所的名词。 2. 形容词和副词的最高级的用法形容词和副词的最高级的用法 eg：比尔是我们中最高的男孩。：比尔是我们中最高的男孩。 Bill is the tallest boy of us. 简在我们班拥有的朋友最多。简在我们班拥有的朋友最多。 Jane has the most friends in our class. 【注意】最高级前是否加定冠词【注意】最高级前是否加定冠词the 要视具要视具 体情况而定。体情况而定。 总的原则：总的原则：形容词的最高级前一定要加定形容词的最高级前一定要加定 冠词冠词the；副词的最高级前可加，也可不加。；副词的最高级前可加，也可不加
6、。 （1）序数词后用最高级。序数词后用最高级。在表达“第几在表达“第几 （长、大、远（长、大、远）”时，序数词后用形容词）”时，序数词后用形容词 的最高级形式。的最高级形式。 eg：黄河是中国的第二长河。：黄河是中国的第二长河。 The Yellow River is the second longest river in China. 最高级的三个特殊用法：最高级的三个特殊用法： （2）在表达）在表达“最“最的的之一”之一”时，用最时，用最 高级，一般构成高级，一般构成“one of the +形容词的最高级形容词的最高级+可可 数名词复数”数名词复数”的结构。的结构。 eg：重庆是我们国家
7、最大的城市之一。：重庆是我们国家最大的城市之一。 Chongqing is one of the biggest cities in our country. （3）在表达）在表达“某人最“某人最的的”时，用时，用 “某人的“某人的+形容词的最高级形容词的最高级+名词”名词”结构。结构。 eg：琳达是我妹妹最好的朋友。：琳达是我妹妹最好的朋友。 Linda is my younger sisters best friend. 3. 比较级的形式表达最高级的含义：比较级的形式表达最高级的含义： 她是我们班跑得最快的。她是我们班跑得最快的。 She runs fastest in our clas
8、s. = She runs faster than any other student in our class. = She runs faster than the other students in our class. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. 1 1 This bus takes the _ (long) time because it is the _ (slow). 2 The new train travels the _ (fast) of all the tr
9、ains in the world. 3 The _ (cheap) way to get there is by coach. longest fastest cheapest slowest 4 I am in a hurry. What is the _ (fast) way to get there? 5 The fastest way to travel is by plane, but usually it is also the _ (expensive). fastest most expensive Complete the conversation with the sen
10、tences in the box. 2 a) By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi and that takes time too. b) The cheapest way is going by coach, but it is not very comfortable. c) The most comfortable way is going by train, but it takes more time than going by plane. d) There are three ways: by plane, by
11、 train and by coach. Customer: How can I get to Beijing from here? Tourist Guide: _ Customer: Which is the fastest way? Tourist Guide: _ Customer: Which is the cheapest way? Tourist Guide: _ Customer: Which way is the most comfortable? Tourist Guide: _ d a b c Complete the conversation with the corr
12、ect form of the words in the box. 3 cheap close expensive good much slow A: Whats the (1) _ way to go to Qingdao? B: We can take a plane, but thats (2) _. We can also take a train. Its (3) _, but its not so expensive. best expensive slower The coach is the (4) _ way to go, but it takes the (5) _ tim
13、e. A: So how should we go? B: I think the best way is by train because the train station is the (6) _ to our home. cheap close expensive good much slow cheapest most closest Learning to learn Remember: It is easier to learn words and expressions by putting them in groups with a title, for example, T
14、ravelling: take a bus/ plane/ taxi/ train, by bus/ plane/ taxi/ train, bus stop / airport / taxi stand/ train station. Complete the word map. 4 Travelling bus train taxi by taxi take a taxi taxi stand plane airport take a plane by plane train station take a train by train bus stop take a bus by bus
15、Work in pairs. Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the ways by which you can get there. 5 1 Whats the cheapest way to get there? 2 Whats the most expensive way to get there? 3 Whats the fastest way to get there? 4 Whats the most comfortable way to get there? 5
16、Whats the safest way to get there? Complete the email with the words in the box. 6 book choice cost travel trip FROM: Sally TO: Tony SUBJECT: Journey to China Hi Tony, My family is planning a journey to China in the summer. We want to visit Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) _ the plane ticke
17、ts early? After Beijing, we want to visit Xian and Hangzhou, and maybe somewhere else. How can we (2) _ from Beijing to Xian, by train or by plane? The (3) _ is not so important, but the time is. book travel cost After Xian, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go to Shanghai first, or can we
18、go from Xian to Hangzhou directly? And after Hangzhou what is the best (4) _? Can we make a short (5) _ to Suzhou? What do you think? Thanks for your help. Sally choice trip Listen and match the cities with the information. 7 1 London 2 Birmingham 3 Oxford 4 Cambridge a) the city with about four mil
19、lion people b) a small beautiful city c) the most expensive city d) the most interesting city e) the biggest city Listen again and answer the questions. 8 1 Which city has the largest population? 2 Which cities have the oldest universities in the world? 3 Which city is the nearest to London? 4 What
20、are the popular places for sightseeing in London? 1 Which city has the largest population? 2 Which cities have the oldest universities in the world? London. Oxford and Cambridge. 3 Which city is the nearest to London? 4 What are the popular places for sightseeing in London? Cambridge. Big Ben, Bucki
21、ngham Palace and Tower Bridge. London is the biggest city in Britain. It also has the largest population. After London, Birmingham is the second largest city, with around four million people living and working there. There are a lot of small cities such as Oxford and Cambridge. They are beautiful an
22、d they have two of the oldest Tapescript: universities in the world. Cambridge is the nearest to London. The most expensive city is London but its also the most interesting. London is on the River Thames, and has the most popular places for sightseeing, such as Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower B
23、ridge. The longest railway The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. You can go from Moscow, the capital of Russia, to Vladivostok on the east coast. It is not the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok, but it is the most interesting and also the most comfortable way
24、. Module task: Making a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China Work in groups. Make a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China. 9 Find a map of China. Choose a city to visit, and decide on the best way to get there. Make a list of things to do there. Present your plan to the clas
25、s, and make notes about other groups plans. I am planning a trip to the Forbidden City in Beijing. I want to go there by car, I think this is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive Work in groups. Choose the best plan. 10 Use your notes to compare the different plans, and decide which one is best. I think the trip to Shanghai by train is better because the journey is shorter and there are a lot of interesting places to visit in Shanghai.
