《It's taller than many other buildings》My home town and my country PPT优秀课件

外研版八年级英语上册《It's taller than many other buildings》My home town and my country PPT优秀课件，共33页。

Learn these new words.

Get up that hill.

爬上那座山。

This country now has a population of about 110 million.

这个国家现有大约1.1亿人口。

This river is very wide.

这条河很宽。

pretty adv. 相当地；非常；很

I ’m pretty sure that he ’ll say yes.

我非常确定他会说是。

pretty good 相当好；很好

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Well, it ’s on the coast near Hong Kong. 它在香港附近的沿海地区。Coast n. 海岸，海滨，沿海地区，常用于以下结构：

on the coast 在沿海地区

off the coast 在近海（的）

a small island off the coast of Scotland. 苏格兰近海的一座小岛

In fact, it only became important in the 1980s.

实际上,它（深圳）只是在20世纪80年代才变得重要起来。

in fact = as a matter of fact = in actual fact = actually 事实上，实际上（可以互换）

e.g. They told me it would be cheap but in fact it cost me nearly $500.

他们对我说那是便宜货，但实际上我花了差不多五百美元才买下它。

That ’s larger than the population of many other cities in China.

深圳的人口比中国其他城市都多。

① A + v.+ 形容词比较级(-er) than B. 指“A比B更……”,than 后面的动词往往省略。

e.g. He is younger than I (am). 他比我年轻。

② A + v. +as+形容词原级+ as+ B. 指“A和B一样……/同等程度”

Mary dances as well as Kate.

玛丽和凯特跳舞跳得一样好。

population的意思是“人口，居民”（一般用单数），常用于结构have a population of… (提问用what).

What is the population of Canada? 加拿大的人口是多少？

China has a large population. 中国的人口庞大。

（肯定形式）as + 形容词原形 + as… 意为“和……一样……”

Tom is as tall as Mike.

This girl is as beautiful as that one.

There are as many students in our school as yours.

（否定形式）not as…as…或 not so…as… 意为“和…… 不一样”、“不及／不如……”

Tom is not as tall as Mike.

Tom is not so tall as Mike.

You don ’t eat so much as I.

This book isn ’t as interesting as that one.