How can we describe our hometown ? hometown size history populatio n famous people . building large / big small small large old new weather cold hot warm cool moder n new old friendly / Shenzhen Location on the coast near Hong Kong Population over ten million / large History 30 years ago: a small village Now : a very big city , be getting bigger and busier, be much wider and cleaner In the future: be as busy as Hong Kong Famous building Diwang Tower , taller than many other buildings Introduce Shenzhen according to the table. Which city do you like better? Why do like it ? Cambridge London Location (where ) Population Famous places / famous River in the east of England, on the River Cam about 120,000 has a population of famous university , old buildings , churches Newton and Darwin the River Cam in the south of England, on the River Thames 7,500,000 bigger busier Big Ben, Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge The River Thames Compare the two pictures . Use the words below to help you. The buildings were older 30 years ago. 30 years ago now big, busy, high, low, old, small, tall, wide, Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in brackets. In my home town there are two cinemas, the Grand Cinema and the Palace Cinema. The Grand Cinema is _ (old) and _(small) than the Palace Cinema. It is also _(warm) in the Grand Cinema. The Palace Cinema is usually _(busy) than the Grand Cinema and the tickets are _(cheap), too. older smaller warmer busier cheaper Listen practice 1. New York is a(n) _ and _ city than Washington D.C. 2. New York is more _ than any other city in the US. 3. Shanghai has a(n) _ population than Beijing. 4. Beijing is _ than Shanghai. biggerbusier famous larger older What cities are mentioned in the dialogue? New York Washington DC Shanghai Beijing What places are they? Which place do you like better? And why? Compare Peoples Square and Xinghai Square, which do you like better and why do you like it? Write a passage about it ?