The topic of this module is focused on sports and games. The purpose is to help the students know about sports games in different countries by asking them to read some passages about Olympic games around the world. The teacher should encourage the students to search and tell more information about sports by using comparison ofmulti-syllable adjectives. It’s necessary to ask the students to prepare some information about sports games around the world.

ObjectivesStudents should be able to understand conversations about sports process information of comparison concerning sports talk about the sports one likes using comparative forms

Drilling: Activity 4( Acting out can be done).

Key points ： be good at, more popular than

Adjustment: More events of sports can be discussed, and adjectives used to describe sports must be mastered.

根据提示完成句子。1.Beijing/ Cambridge / big_______________________________________2.An elephant /a monkey /strong ________________________________________3. Hong Kong / Dalian / busy

_______________________________________

4. London / Shanghai / cool / in summer ________________________________________5.Hong Kong / Beijing/ hot/ in summer?______________________________________6. Chang Jiang /the River Thames /wide?_______________________________________

Beijing is bigger than Cambridge.

An elephant is stronger than a monkey.

Hong Kong is busier than Dalian.

London is cooler than Shanghai.

Is Hong Kong hotter than Beijing in summer?

Is Chang Jiang wider than the River Thames?

Olympic /adventure/ more dangerous /gymnastics /ski /ski:/popular /exciting /tiring /unpopular /boring /

奥林匹克的激动人心的故事更多的，更危险的体操滑雪流行的，受欢迎的激动人心的累人的不受欢迎的令人厌烦的

relax /relaxing /safe /seif/be good at

（使）放松放松的安全的擅长

gymnastics

table tennis

basketball

difficult

popular

exciting

Describe the pictures.

running

cycling

skiing

cheap

tiring

dangerous

Describe the pictures.

Picture a—3. Gymnastics is difficult.

Picture b—1. Table tennis is popular.

Picture c---2. Basketball is exciting.

Picture d---5. Running is cheap.

Picture e---4. Cycling is tiring.

Picture f--- 6. Skiing is dangerous.

Match the sentences with the pictures.

Look at these opposite opinions.

正 反popular 流行的 unpopular 不流行的difficult 难的 easy 容易的cheap 便宜的 expensive 昂贵的exciting 激动人心的 boring 乏味的tiring 累人的 relaxing 令人放松的dangerous 危险的 safe 安全的

Matching.

dangerous

difficult

exciting

expensive

popular

relaxing

boring

cheap

easy

safe

tiring

unpopular

Listen and read.

Pre-listening questions:

1.What do you know about Olympic sport?

• 2. What sports are we Chinese good at?

• 3.What Olympic sport do you like? Why?

We are good at gymnastics and table tennis.

Possible answer:I like basketball. Because it’s exciting.

1. Chinese people are good at gymnastics,

but we aren’t good at table tennis.

2. Daming thinks that table tennis is more popular than gymnastics.

3. Betty’s favourite sport is basketball.

4. Daming thinks that running is more boring than basketball.

5. Betty thinks that skiing is more dangerous than running and cycling. √

×

×

×

√

Gymnastics Basketball Running Cycling

Daming

Betty√

√√√

√

Listen and check.

• 1. Chinese people are very good at gymnastics. 中国人非常擅长体操。

be good at + n.doing sth. 擅长做某事

e.g. Tony is good at English. Maggie is good at playing the piano.

• Table tennis is more popular than gymnastics.

• Running is more boring than basketball.

• Cycling is more relaxing than running.

由上面例句可以看出，当表达多音节形容词形容词的比较级时，由 more + adj. + than + 比较的对象构成。

1.我认为这个问题比那个难。 I think this problem is _________________ than that one.2. 在中国，乒乓球比足球受欢迎。 Table tennis is ________________ football in China.3. 篮球比跑步更让人激动吗？ ______ basketball __________ than running?4. 体操和滑雪，哪一个更放松？ Which is ____________, gymnastics orskiing?

more difficult

more popular than

Is more exciting

more relaxing