step1presentationlookatthefollowingsentencesandanswerthequestions。a。beijinghasalotmoreinhabitants(thansydney)andismuchmorecrowded。b。idon’tthinkwehaveasmanyfreewaysassydneydoes。c。therearefewertouristsinbeijing(thaninsydney)。d。(beijing)islessdangerous(thansydney)。e。ithinksydneyhaslessrain(thanbeijing)。f。(sydneydoesn’t)haveasmuchpollutionas(beijing)。muchmanyfewerlessq1。whichwordsdoweusewithcountablenouns?q2。whichwordsdoweusewithuncountablenouns?suggestedanswers:q1。manyfewerq2。muchlessstep2。explanationa。many,much都意为许多,many可数名词,much不可数名词。howmanypeoplearethereatthemeeting?howmuchtimehasweleft?manyoftheworkerswereatthemeeting。muchofthetimewasspentonlearningb。fewervs。less相同点:这两个词后都是比较级,均可表示较少的不同点:fewer是few的比较级,只能修饰可数名词的复数。less是little的比较级,只能修饰不可数名词的复数。step3practicea。learningaboutfew,thefewest,fewer,theleast,less,afewwhichexpressionwillcompletethesentence?1。theexhibitionwasnotverycrowded。therewerepeoplethaniexpected。2。meetingbillclintonwasmuchfrighteningthanihadimagined。3。i’venotmethimbutiveheardstoriesabouthimandhesoundsinteresting。4。he’scrazythanyoufirstthink。someofhisideasmakesense。5。thatmustbefrighteninghorrorfilmi’veeverseen。6。he’snotliked。infacthe’slikedpersonintheoffice。7。i’dliketogotojapanbutigetsoopportunitiestotravelinmypresentjob。8。i’dlikeyoutospendtimeonyourownworkandmoreoncontrollingyourstaff。9。davidlettermanisveryfamousinamericabutpeopleinenglandhaveheardofhim。10。15。thewinnerwillbethepersonwhomakesmistakes。suggestedanswers:1。fewer2。less3。afew4。less5。theleast6。theleast7few8。less9。few10。thefewestb。learningaboutmuchandmanywhatworddoyouneedtocompletethesentence?1。howpeopleareyouexpecting?2。howmoneydoyouwantforthis?3。idon’tseepointincontinuing。we’reallverytired。4。thankyousoforyourhelp。5。wedon’tstockthese。wedon’tgetdemandforthem。6。ifeelbettertoday,thankyou。7。ilikethatdressvery。8。therearesothingsiwanttoaskyou。9。therearetoopaintingstoseeinonevisit。10。i’mtalkingtoo。i’llbequiet。suggestedanswers:1。many2。much3。much4。much5。much6。much7。much8。many9。many10much。step4。vocabularyandspeakinga。checkthemeaningofthesewords。whichonesdescribepositivefeaturesofacity?attractivebusydangerousdirtyindustriallivelymodernnoisypeacefulpollutedpoorsmartvastwealthyb。workinpairs。whichwordscanyouusetodescribetheseplaces?newyorkhongkongbeijingyourtownc。comparetwotownsorcitiesyouknow。talkabouttheseaspectsofthetownsorcities。populationindustryclimatelocationtransporttourismstep5guidedwritingyouaregoingtowriteadescriptioncomparingtwoplacesyouknowwell。followthesesteps。1。thinkoftworegions,cities,townsorvillagesyouknowwell。oneofthemcouldbeyourhometown。2。writenotesaboutsomeofthesefeatures:populationclimateindustrylocationtourismtransporthomework:1。finishyourcompositionafterclass。2。finishtheexercises20,21,22onpage88。