Developing and Developed Countries
1. go over the grammar points we have learned in this lesson.
2. finish the exercises 1, 2 on page 73.
period 4
step 1 presentation
look at the following sentences and answer the questions.
a. beijing has a lot more inhabitants (than sydney) and is much more crowded.
b. i don’t think we have as many freeways as sydney does.
c. there are fewer tourists in beijing (than in sydney).
d. (beijing) is less dangerous (than sydney).
e. i think sydney has less rain (than beijing).
f. (sydney doesn’t) have as much pollution as (beijing).
much many fewer less
q1. which words do we use with countable nouns?
q2. which words do we use with uncountable nouns?
suggested answers:
q1. many fewer q2. much less
step 2. explanation
a. many，much
都意為"許多"， many 可數名詞，much 不可數名詞。
how many people are there at the meeting?
how much time has we left?
many of the workers were at the meeting.
much of the time was spent on learning
b. fewer vs. less
相同點: 這兩個詞后都是比較級,均可表示"較少的"
不同點:
⒈fewer是few的比較級,只能修飾可數名詞的復數.
⒉less是little的比較級,只能修飾不可數名詞的復數.
step3 practice
a. learning about few, the fewest, fewer, the least, less, a few
which expression will complete the sentence?
1. the exhibition was not very crowded. there were ___ people than i expected.
2. meeting bill clinton was much ___ frightening than i had imagined.
3. i’ve not met him but i've heard ___ stories about him and he sounds interesting.
4. he’s __crazy than you first think. some of his ideas make sense.
5. that must be __frightening horror film i’ve ever seen.
6. he’s not liked. in fact he’s __ liked person in the office.
7. i’d like to go to japan but i get so ___ opportunities to travel in my present job.
8. i’d like you to spend ___ time on your own work and more on controlling your staff.
9. david letterman is very famous in america but __ people in england have heard of him.
10. 15. the winner will be the person who makes __ mistakes.
suggested answers:
1. fewer 2. less 3. a few 4. less 5. the least 6. the least 7 few
8. less 9. few 10. the fewest
b. learning about much and many
what word do you need to complete the sentence?
1. how ___ people are you expecting?
2. how ___money do you want for this?