He ran faster(第二单元)

1.Listen

A:2 D 3B 4F 5C 6E

B:Jason Smyth:100 metres sprint;10.62 seconds

Stefanie Brown Trafton: USA:64.74 metres

Usain Bolt: Jamaica; Gold


Marianne Buggenhagen: Germany; throwing the discus; Gold

D:1 An Olympic Games for disabled people.

2 In 1960

3 More than 4,000

4 Sixteenth

5 She has only one leg.

2.Grammar

A:2 slower 3 best 4 shorter

B:-er/-est: fast; quiet; high; new

-ier/-iest: tidy


more/most: interesting; expensive

Irregular comparatives: bad

C:2 I think an MP4 player is much more expensive than a mobile phone.


3 I think girls are much tidier than boys.

4 I think Maths is much more difficult than History.


5 My best friend is far taller than me.

6 My country is a lot bigger than Britain.

3.Vocabulary and grammar

A:1 bad-worse-worst good-better -best


2 difficult-more difficult-most difficult
easy-easier-easiest

3 fast-faster-fastest slow-slower-slowest


4 interesting-more interesting-most interesting
boring-more boring-most boring

5 cheap-cheaper-cheapest
expensive-more expensive-most expensive 

6 high-higher-highest low-lower-lowest

7 quiet-quieter-quietest noisy-noisier -noisiest

8 messy-messier-messiest

9ugly-uglier-ugliest
beautiful-more beautiful-most beautiful

10 young-younger-youngest
new-newer - newest old-older-oldest

B:a Bolt   b No, they are the same

C:2 as messy as 3 as slow as 4 as quiet as

5.Read

A:1 The sport is wheelchair basketball. 2 Australia and Canada. 3 Canada won.

B: 1  49:47


2 Australia was winning by eight points.

3 He said that Australia played very well,but Canada played hard and fast and better than Australia.


4 He feels that Australia will do very well.

6. Vocabulary

A:1G2 C 3F4 A 5 H 6B7E 8D

B:2 Our team beat the other team/won2-1.

3 It was a draw.


4 The referee sent a player off.


7. Grammar

A:Para 2: brilliantly


Para 3:badly; well; hard; fast; better

Para 4 regularly; harder; well

B:·Regular adverbs: add -ly to the adjective, e.g. quick-quickly

· Adjectives ending in-y: change the-y to-i and add -ly, e.g. easy-easily


· Irregular adverbs: learn them! e.g. hard,fast. Well

C:1 well 2 quickly 3 terrible 4 fluently 5 badly 6 easy 7 quickly 8 good 9 happily

D: More

E:3 better 4 harder 5 faster 6 worse

Regular: fast-faster; hard-harder

Adjectives ending in-y: early-earlier

irregular:good-better; bad-worse

F:2 more clearly 3 more fluently 4 more slowly 5 better 6 more quickly 7 harder 8 earlier

A marathon

9.Read and Listen

A:Joel's father was running in a marathon.

Joel is laughing because his father took 7 hours and 12 minutes.

B:1 Joel doesn't think his dad is enthusiastic about sports.


2 Joel's dad finished the marathon,and Joel wasn't impressed with his time.


3 Some other runners were slower than Joel's dad.

4 Pete doesn't think he is a better runner than Joel's dad.


5 Debbie and Pete don't think it's ridiculous to run
a marathon in seven hours.

10.Everyday English

A:1Joel 2 Joel 3 Pete 4 Pete 5 Joel 6 Jess

B:2 Were talking about 3 that's not the point 4 that sort of thing 5 At the end of the day 6 an awful lot of

11. Team Spirit

A:Joel's special project is helping a drama group for people with disabilities.At the beginning, Joel hates the idea.After the first meeting, he realizes that it is interesting and wants to go again.

B:2e 3a 4 c 5g 6b7 d 8f

13.Write

A:1 A football match.


2 Last Wednesday evening in London.

3 They both played really well.Ronaldo was excellent.

4 Ronaldo.

5 2-2.


6 Yes,he did.He saw some great players and he went for a pizza.

B: 1B 2C 3A

14.Last but not Least: more speaking

A:2 Do you play any sport?


3 Have you got a favourite sportsperson?

4 Do your parents like sport?


5 Does anyone in your family play a sport well?

B:2 What do you play?

3 Who is it?4 What do they like?


5 Who plays a sport well? /What does he/she play?

Check your progress 


1.Grammar


a:1 saw 2 was looking 3 started 4 was crossing 5 heard 6 was coming 7 stopped 8 didn't hit 


b:2 easier; easiest 3 more exciting; most exciting 4 worse; worst 


c:2 happily 3 fluently 4 badly 5 easily 6 well 


2.Vocabulary 


a:2 slow 3 expensive 4 ugly 5 messy 6 noisy 7 difficult 


b:2 getting old 3 got a surprise 4 get home 5 gets good ideas 6 get the answer


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