Unit Now complete the passage about Shenzhen Shenzhen is on the coast near Hong Kong. It became important in the(1) Before that it was a(2) Today the population of Shenzhen is more than million. There are many tall buildings in Shenzhen. A famous one is the (4) It is (5) than many other buildings in Shenzhen 3 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. You need to use some of the words more than once big busy clean large new small wide I About thirty years ago, Shenzhen was a village, but today it is a very 2 Shenzhen is a city than Hong Kong 3 Shenzhen is getting and The streets are 4 Shenzhen will become as as Hong Ko 5 The population of Shenzhen is than that of many other cities in China Pronunciation and speaking 4 Listen and notice how the speaker stresses the underlined words. a 1- Shenzhen is larger in population than Beijing. -No, it isnt It's smaller 2- Hong Kong is newer than Shenzhen No it isnt. It's older 3- Shenzhen is as old as Hong Kong No. it isnt. It's newer 4-Hong Kong is as busy as Shenzhen No, it isnt It's busier. Now work in pairs. Listen again and repeat. a 5 Compare Shenzhen with your home town Learning to learn Make notes in the table In English, sentence stress is very important. We stress Shenzhen Your home town key words, which give the a big city main information and the main ideas 6 Work in pairs. Talk about the differences between Shenzhen and your home town. Use big, small, hot, cold, tall or new. Is your home town bigger than Shenzhen? -No. it isn t. It's smaller than Shenzhen
o Mly home town and my country Unit 2 Cambridge is a beautiful city in the east of England. no Reading and vocabulary 1 Look at the map of England and read the sentences. Manchester east north south west 1 Cambridge is in the east of England mzo>2 2 London is in the south of england e Bristo 3 Bristol is in the west of England. 4 Manchester is in the north of England 2 Read the passage and choose a title for each picture below. a I Tower bridge and the river tha ames 2 Cambridge University and the River Cam Cambridge, london and england By Tony smith I come from Cambridge, a beautiful city years old, and it is famous for Big B in the east of England. It is on the River Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge Cam and has a population of about 120,000. England itself is part of an island, My home town is especially famous for its you are always near the sea. The si university. Many famous people studied villages and beaches on the coast are here, such as Isaac Newton and Charles popular for holidays. Tourists like the areas Darwin. There are lots of old buildings and of low mountains and beautiful lakes in the churches to visit. Students and tourists enjoy north, and the hills and pretty villages in trips along the river by boat the south. Everywhere in England, you will Cambridge is 80 kilometres from London. notice how green the countryside is London is in the south of England and it is It is never very hot in summer or very on the River Thames. It has a population of cold in winter. So come and see England about seven and a half million, so it is bigger any time of the year, but bring an umbrella and busier than Cambridge. It is about 2,000 with you. You will need it most days 12
Unit 2 3 Complete the table comparing Cambridge with London. Cambridge London Location Population Famous places River 4 Complete the passage with the words and expression in the box countryside east home town island London mountains south university England is part of a(n)(1) It is famous for its beautiful green ) with (3) and lakes in the north. and hills and villages in the south. My(4) is Cambridge, in the (5) of England. It has lots of old buildings and churches, and a well-known(6) It is smaller than(7) which is in the( 8) of england Writing 5 Answer the questions and write notes about your home town 1 Where is it? 2 What is its population? 3 Is it big or small? 4 What is it famous for? 5 How old is it? 6 What is the weather like? 6 Use your notes and write answers to the questions in Activity 5 Dalian is in the northeast of china It has a population of over six million 7 Write a passage called My home town. Use Tony's passage to help you I come from Dalian, a beautiful city in the northeast of China. It has a population of over six million. It is 13
odo s My home town and my country Unit 3 Language in use Language practice It's getting bigger and busier Its streets are much wider and cleaner too It's a newer city than Hong Kong It's taller than many other buildings in Shenzhen 1 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box big cold large old tall I Shenzhen was very small about thirty years ago but it is much now 2 This building is tall but that building is much 3 Beijing is old but Xi'an is much 4 The US has a large population but India's population is 5 Beijing is cold in winter but Harbin is 2 Work in pairs. Talk about the pictures. Use the words in the box to help you big busy high low old small tall wide Now make comparisons. Write sentences The buildings in Picture I are older than the buildings in Picture 2 14
Unit 3 3 Write sentences. Use the information in the table Shenzh Beijing new Shanghai Hangzhou busy Xian Be eijing China Australia bi g Tiananmen Square Other squares in China wide The population of Tianjin The population of Shanghai sm all Shenzhen is newer than Beijing 4 Complete the word map with the words in the box. You need to use one word more than once big cold large new old small warm weather ze Place history population Now work in pairs. Talk about your home town. Use the words in the word map to help yo 5 Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box. in the northeast is famous for on the coast pretty good The population of I Cambridge is a beautiful old English city. It Its university 2 Tianjin is near Beijing, of the bohai sea ndia is smaller than that of China but bigger than that of russia 4 Harbin is of China and is a very busy city 5 The weather in Beijing in autumn is 15