Unit 2 London is bigger than Cambridge.
Goals
l To learn to compare places;
l To learn to read articles with comparisons;
l To learn some words and expressions
Procedures
●Warning up by learning about forming comparisons
● Vocabulary and reading
1 Look and read.
Look at the maps and read these sentences. And then work in pairs to say where these cities are in China.
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.
Beijing is in the north of China.
Guangzhou is in the south of China.
Nanjing is in the east of China.
Urumqi is in the north west of China.
2 Read and choose.
Read the passage and choose a title for each photo.
Photo a, Cambridge University and the River Cam
Photo b, Tower Bridge and the River Thames in London
Now you will go on to read the article on page 17, trying to cut/ the sentences into groups of thought, blacken the predicates, darken the connectives and underline the expressions.
3 Answer the questions.
Where is Cambridge?→ Cambridge is in the east of England.
What’ its population? →It has about 100,000 people.
What is it famous for? → It’s famous for Cambridge University.
What’s the capital of UK? →London is the capital of UK.
Where is it? → London is in the south of England.
How old is it? →It is about 2,000 years old.
What’s in the north of England? → In the north of England there are some lakes and low mountains.
What’s in the west of England? → In the west of England you’re always near the sea. There are lots of small villages on the coast.
What’ the weather like? →It’s never very hot in the summer, or very cold in the winter.
● Writing
4 Answer and write
Think of a town you know in China. Answer the questions and write notes.
Where is it? →
It’s in East China.
What’s its population? →
It has 13 million people.
What is it famous for? →
It’s famous for its 1.5-kilometer-long Bund.
Is it the capital of China? →
No, it isn’t.
How old is it? →
It has a long history of seven hundred years.
What’s the weather like? →
It’s not so cold in winter and not so hot in summer.
5 Use your notes and write
full answers to the questions in Activity 4.
Dalian is in the north of China. It has a population of 5.9 million people.
Taiyaun is in the north of China. It has a population of 3 million people.
Fuzhou is in the southeast of China. It has a population of 5 million people.
Guangzhou is the south of China. It has a population of 8 million people.
Urumqi is in the northwest of China. It has a population of 4 million people.
6 Join two sentences with and. Write a passage called My hometown and country.
Dalian is in the north of China. It has a population of 5.9 million people.→Dalian is in the north of China and it has a population of 5.9 million people.
Use Tony’s passage to help you.
●Closing down by reciting a poem
Hometown
by Lori L Moore
The streets have dried with yesterday
In my hometown
The taverns and pool halls have lost their play
In my hometown
Once fishnets dried and dry docks thrived
In my hometown
Oyster beds were king and the gulls could sing
In my hometown
