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MODULE 4 Cultural CornerWHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT WESTERN EUROPE?TEACHING AIMS: 1、Train Ssintegrating skills and grasp information about villages in western Europe 2、Raise sscooperation awareness ;let ss love their own homeland 3、Learn more about villages in western Europe and grasp key words and phrases -The problems of some villages in western Europe FAST READINGWhat are these problems?SUMMARIZE THE MAIN IDEA OF EACH PARAGRAPH.Para.1Some villages in western Europe are disappearing. Para.2Reasons for the change of the villages. Para.3Hopes for the survival of the villages. Careful Reading Read the passage and find the following questions1.Why do people move to the cities to find work ?Young people move to towns for a livelier life and for work . 2. Who cannot afford to buy a house there?People cant afford village house because city-dwellers buy them up. 3. What will be resulted in by these problems? Farmers sell their land and stop farming. DISCUSSION Work in groups and discuss the following questionsWhat can you do to save the countryside in western Europe?if villages in your area have similar problems with countryside in western Europe.a number of: a lot of 大量的大量的 后面接名词复数后面接名词复数 the number of : 是是.的数量的数量 后面接名词复数后面接名词复数 例如例如:A number of apples are red 许多苹果是红色的许多苹果是红色的 The number of students is 2000 学生的数量是学生的数量是2000人人 Language pointsLANGUAGE POINTS go up (价格、水位、数量等的价格、水位、数量等的)上涨上涨 eg: (1) The price of vegetables went up because of the heavy rain that slowed the growth of green plants. (2)In the past 10 years, the population of the town has gone up by 5.5 percent, much smaller than that of thirty years ago.Another problem is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from their farms.LANGUAGE POINTS Survive : continue to live or exist ,especallly in a diffcult or dangerous situation (1) Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived the plane crash. (2) Few buildings survived the bombing raids intact. (3) Many strange customs have survived from earlier times LANGUAGE POINTSHOMEWORKWrite a composition about your villages in your hometown.
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