Unit 1It’s taller than many other buildings.Module 2 My home town and my countryNew wordshilln. 小山；小丘n. （某一地区的）人口，全体居民adj. 宽的；宽阔的num. 百万populationwidemillionadv. 【主口】相当地；非常；很相当好；很好prep. 比v. 变成；成为prettypretty goodthangetDo you know where they are?Listening and vocabulary1Look at the pictures and talk about them. Use the words in the box to help you.high hill population river wideNow listen and complete.• Place: (1)__________• Population: (2)_______ million• Jin Mao Tower: (3)_______ metres high• Place: (4)__________• Population: (5)______ million• Victoria Peak: (6)________ metres highShanghai 23.5420.5Hong Kong7552Tapescript: Welcome to Shanghai. This big city in East China has a population of 23.5 million. lt’s on a wide river called the Huangpu River. The tall building you can see is the Jin Mao Tower. lt’s 420.5 metres high.This is Hong Kong. lt’s a busy city on theSouth China coast. Seven million people live here. The hill is Victoria Peak. lt’s 552 metres high.Listen and read. Tony: Hey, Daming! How was your weekend?Daming: Pretty good! I went to Shenzhen. Tony: Where’s Shenzhen?Daming: Well, it’s on the coast near Hong Kong. It was a small village about thirty years ago, but today it’s a very big city.2在海边 Tony: So it’s a newer city than Hong Kong?Daming: Yes, it’s a very new city. In fact, it only became important in the 1980s. It’s getting bigger and busier. Some day it will become as busy as Hong Kong, I’m sure. Tony: What’s the population of Shenzhen?事实上在 20 世纪 80 年代Daming: It’s over ten million, I think. That’s larger than the population of many other cities in China. Its streets are much wider and cleaner too. I thi...
