新标准初中英语第二册--Module 5 My hometown and country（在线收听）

[00:00.00]Module 5 My hometown and country

[00:04.82]Unit 1Shanghai is bigger thanHong Kong.

[00:09.94]Vocabulary and listening2 Listen and match the  words in the box with  the words and phrases  in Activity 1.

[01:31.00]3 Listen and read.

[01:35.46]Tony:Daming, can youanswer some questionsfor my homework,please?What's the populationof Shanghai?

[01:45.72]Daming:13 millionpeople, I think.Tony:And is Hong Kongbigger than Shanghai?

[01:55.54]Daming:Hong Kong hasseven million people,so Shanghai is bigger.

[02:01.86]Tony:And is it hotter in     Hong Kong?Daming:Yes, it's hotter     in Hong Kong.

[02:08.99]Tony:And is Shanghai a     newer city than     Hong Kong?

[02:13.65]Daming:Shanghai is sevenhundred years old. It'san older city.

[02:20.31]Pronunciation andspeaking5 Listen to the  underlined word.

[02:29.02]1 －Hong Kong is bigger  than Shanghai.  －No, it isn't. It's  _smaller._

[02:36.95]2 －The winter in Hong  Kong is cooler.  －No, it isn't. It's   _warmer._

[02:44.98]3 －Shanghai is hotter  than Hong Kong.  －No, it isn't. It's   _colder._

[02:54.21]4 －Shanghai is newer  than Hong Kong.  －No, it isn't. It's   _older._

[03:02.70]Now work in pairs.Repeat the sentences.

[03:41.82]Unit 2London is bigger thanCambridge.

[03:47.46]Vocabulary and reading2 Read the passage and  choose a title for  each photo.

[03:50.77]1 Tower Bridge and the  River Thames in London2 Cambridge University  and the River Cam

[03:55.85]My hometown and my  country       By Tony Smith

[04:01.26]I'm from Cambridge.It's a small city inthe east of England,and it has about100,000 people.

[04:11.01]It's on the River Cam.There are lots of oldbuildings and churches.It's famous forCambridge University.

[04:20.53]London is the capitalof the UK, with sevenmillion people, so it'sbigger and busier thanCambridge.

[04:28.65]London is in the southof England and it's onthe River Thames. Theriver is 336 kilometreslong.

[04:37.85]London is an old city－about 2,000 years old.It's famous for BigBen, Buckingham Palaceand Tower Bridge.

[04:48.45]In the north of Englandthere are some lakes andlow mountains.

[04:53.32]The mountains are about1,000 metres high. Inthe west of Englandyou're always near thesea.

[05:01.55]There are lots of smallvillages on the coast.

[05:04.90]England is a region ofBritain, and Britain isan island.

[05:10.21]It's never very hot inthe summer, or very coldin the winter.

[05:15.41]Words and expressionsModule 5

[05:20.34]hometown/,h╓um'taun/n.故乡;家乡than/╖╗n/conj.(用于形容词、副词的比较级之后)比

[05:24.34]east/i:st/adj.东方的/n.东方south/sau╙/adj.南方的/n.南方

[05:28.31]kilometre/'kil╓,mi:t╓/n.千米;公里metre/'mi:t╓/n.米high/hai/adj.高的million/'milj╓n/num.百万

[05:36.15]busy/'bizi/adj.忙的;繁忙的coast/k╓ust/n.海岸hill/hil/n.小山;丘陵island/'ail╓nd/n.岛屿

[05:44.60]population/,p╛pju'lei╞n/n.人口answer/'a:ns╓/v.回答/n.回答;答案

[05:49.08]question/'kwest╞╓n/n.问题/v.提问;询问north/n╛:╙/n.北方/adj.北方的

[05:53.04]west/west/n.西方/adj.西方的river/'riv╓/n.河;江church/t╞╔:t╞/n.教堂

[05:59.05]famous/'feim╓s/adj.著名的capital/'k╗pitl/n.首都;省会lake/leik/n.湖

[06:04.75]low/l╓u/adj.低的mountain/'mauntin/n.山;山脉about/╓'baut/adv.大约;几乎/prep.关于

[06:11.16]near/ni╓/prep.靠近;接近village/'vilid╜/n.村庄region/'ri:d╜╓n/n.地区;区域

[06:16.76]wide/waid/adj.宽的fact/f╗kt/n.事实;细节

[06:20.42]WorkbookModule 5My hometown and country

[06:26.71]Listening6 Listen and match the  people with the words.

[07:01.68]Reading and speaking7 Read the passage and  check (√) the true  sentences.

[07:10.02]Lingling:Which countrydo you want to visit?

[07:13.03]Tony:I want to go toAustralia. The capitalis Canberra, but Sydneyis bigger than Canberra.

[07:21.84]There's a famous bridgein Sydney.

[07:24.69]Sydney is on the eastcoast by the sea andthere are some beautifulbuildings in the city.

[07:31.61]Betty:I want to visit      New Zealand. There      are rivers, lakes      and mountains in      all the regions.

[07:39.92]It's got a smallerpopulation, so it'seasy to travel in thecountry.

[07:45.45]Pronunciation9 Look at these  sentences and listen.

[07:52.59]1 －Sydney is the  capital of Australia.  －No, Canberra is the  capital of Australia.

[08:01.78]2 －Sydney's on the west  coast.  －No, Sydney's on the  east coast.

[08:09.72]3 －Betty likes  Australia.  －No, Betty likes New  Zealand.

[08:18.03]Now work in pairs andsay the sentences aloud.