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Unit 3 I’m more outgoing than my sister.
Lesson 1 Listening & Speaking
人教版八年级（上）
Learning Objectives
By the end of the class, we will be able to:
1. understand listening materials about comparing personal traits;
2. compare the appearance and personal traits of two people
using the comparatives;
3. know how to form the comparatives of adjectives and adverbs;
4. give opinions on how to treat the differences of our friends.
Sunshine Middle School is having a Music Festival, and there’s a really popular band called “The Twins” performing. Look at the picture. How many pairs of twins do you see Do they have the same talents
Paul can play the trumpet.
Sam can play the drums.
Both Tara and Tina can sing.
Both Peter and Paul can
play the guitar.
Compare the appearance of the twins. Are they the same
Tara’s hair is long, but Tina’s hair is ________________.
Peter is tall. Paul is short.
Tom has short hair. Sam has long hair.
Peter is taller than Paul.
Tom has shorter hair than Sam.
longer than Tara’s
Though they’re twins, they might be different in appearance.
Listen to the conversation and find more differences between the twins.
Sam has _______________ Tom.
Sam plays the drums __________ Tom.
Tina is __________ Tara. She also _______________ than Tara.
Peter is ___________ Paul.
Paul is ___________ Peter.
longer hair than
better than
taller than
sings more loudly
heavier than
shorter than
Practice the conversation in the picture above. Then make conversations about the other twins.
A: That’s Tara, isn’t it
B: No, it isn’t. It’s Tina. Tina is taller than Tara.
And she also sings more loudly than Tara.
Grammar Tip
We use “comparatives + than” to compare two people or things. They are typically formed by adding “er / (i)er” to the end of an adjectives or adverbs or by using the word “more” before the adjective or adverb.
我们可以用“比较级+than”去比较两个人或者事物。比较级通常是在形容词或副词后面加“er / (i)er”，也可以在形容词或副词前加more构成。
Listen to an interview about Tina and Tara. Are the words in the box used with -(i)er or more Complete the chart.
funny (run) fast
friendly (jump) high
outgoing (work) hard
hard-working (get up) early
smart lazy
-er / -ier more
friendly outgoing
funny smart
lazy fast
high hard
early
hard-working
funnier smarter
lazier faster
higher harder
earlier friendlier
more outgoing
more
hard-working
Listen again. How are Tina and Tara different Fill in the boxes.
Tina ...
Tara ...
is more outgoing than Tara.
works as hard as Tina.
is friendlier and funnier than Tara.
can run faster and jump higher than Tara.
is smarter than Tara.
is lazier than Tara.
gets up earlier than Tina.
as ... as ...意思是“和......一样”，其常用基本结构为：as+adj./adv.原级+as，否定结构为not as/so+adj./adv.原级+as。
Following words can also be used to describe a person:
adjectives & adverbs
kind
gentle
nice
intelligent
humorous
talented
mature
reliable
warmly
empathetic
kinder
gentler
nicer
more intelligent
more humorous
more talented
more mature
more reliable
more warmly
more empathetic
Tip: We usually add -er / -ier to one syllable adj. or adv. and more with more than one syllables to form comparatives.
我们通常在单音节形容词或副词后加-er或-ier，在多音节形容词或副词前加more。
We form comparative adjectives and adverbs like this:
adj. / paratives
most one syllable adj. / adv. + er
fast kind faster
kinder
one syllable adj. / adv. ending in e + r
fine nice finer
nicer
one syllable adj. / adv. ending in a vowel + a consonant double the consonant + er
big slim bigger
slimmer
adj. / adv. with more than one syllables more +
outgoing talented more outgoing
more talented
irregular adj. / adv. replace the word
good bad well much better
worse
better
more
Compare another pair of twins in the band. Look at the charts. Ask and answer questions about Sam and Tom.
Sam Tom
smart
tall *** *
run fast
get up early *** ***
thin
funny *** *
hard-working *** *
friendly
Sam Tom
smart *** *
tall
run fast * ***
get up early
thin * ***
funny
hard-working
friendly * ***
Note:
***means Sam is taller than Tom.
E.g.
A: Is Tom smarter than Sam
B: No, he isn’t. Sam is smarter than Tom.
Though they’re twins, they might be different in personalities, hobbies and habits.
As a part of the Music Festival, the Sunshine Middle School hosted a singing competition. Nelly and Lisa, two talented students, sang and danced during the event. Read the conversation following the audio and answer the questions:
1. Which girl was Lisa
2. Who sang more clearly
3. Who danced better
4. Who really wanted to win
Lisa is the one with shorter hair.
Lisa sang more clearly.
Nelly danced better.
Lisa really wanted to win.
Compare yourself with your best friend from appearance, personality, hobby and habits. In what ways are you similar or different
differences
differences
similarities
Can you accept the differences of your friend How would you treat the differences between you and your friend
Homework
1. Finish the exercises 3a-3c on page P19.
2. Write a paragraph to compare you and your best friend
from appearance, personality, hobby and habits.

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