Module 4 Social Survey: My Neighborhood
问题导读—评价单
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【Learning aims】
1. Train the students’ speaking skills.
2. Help the students learn about some information about villages in western Europe.
3. Grasp some words and expressions.
【Learning procedures】
一．Introduction
Step1 Brainstorming
Try to bring out as many words about neighborhood as possible.
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Step2 Do activities ②and ③ on page 31
二．Cultural Corner
Step1:fast reading
Some villages are disappearing, the reasons are:
1. Young people from villages usually want to live somewhere livelier and they do not return.
2. The soil is too poor in the countryside.
3. The natural disaster completely damaged the villages.
4. People move to the cities to find work ,as there are often very few jobs in the countryside.
Step2: Careful reading
Please read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks.
Life has become difficult for many villages, and some are _________.There are a _____of reasons _____this. Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live somewhere ______ and they often move to the towns and not return. Secondly, people move to the cities to find _____,as there are often very few jobs in the __________.Sometimes villages ____because people from the cities _________ a “ second home ” in the village, where they come and stay at weekends.
All these changes _____that many villages In western Europe are ______ to survive. We can only hope they will remain .The countryside would be a sadder and uglier place ______ them.
Step3: Translating Important Sentences.
Please read the text again and then try to find the following sentences.
1.在像法国、西班牙、英国等西欧国家中,农村正发生着变化
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2.这有许多的原因.
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3.房价上涨,这一地区的人在那里买不起房子.
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Step4: Language points
1.such as 像…… 这样的，诸如……之类的，用来表示列举
Eg: She likes animals_________ cats, dogs, chickens and so on.
2. go up 意思是__________，反义词组是_________.
Eg: Prices of fruits and vegetables have__________, but I hope the price will_________.
3.afford (V) 意思是担负得起，后面一般接_____，______，或_____，常与情态动词_____, ________连用.
Eg: I can not afford to buy a car.
Exercises:
1. I visited several cities ________New York, Chicago, and Boston.
A such as B for example
2. The oil price has____ a lot these days because of the war.
A gone back B gone up C gone over D gone out
3. -If you like the new house, I suggest you buying it
- But it is really too expensive. I cannot ___ it.
A waste B afford C spend D cost
4. Because of the war, the price of all goods ________ in the country these days.
A. have been going up B. have been gone down?
C. have been gone up D. have been going down?
Step5 Homework
Write a composition about the changes in your village
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Module 4 Social Survey: My Neighborhood
Class： Group： Name： Time：
【Learning aims】
1.Develop students’reading ability.
2.Learn how to use the vocabulary concerning people’s habitation.
【Learning procedures】
Step1 Vocabulary (Match these words with their meaning.)
Fortunate shopping center
Pretty give you problems
Bother lucky
Starving lovely
Gorgeous very hungry
shopping mall very( quite)
Step2 Listen and choose the correct answer
1.John Martin is visiting ___________.
(a) Xiao Li’s hometown (b) a town near where Xiao Li lives
(c) a shopping mall
2. Xiao Li lives _________.
(a) on the island of Gulangyu (b) in Xiamen
(c) in a town to the northwest of Xiamen
3. John and Xiao Li are_____
(a) at Xiao Li’s home (b) driving around the city in a car
(c) on a train
Step3 Fast reading (Are these statements True or False?)
1. John and Xiao Li haven`t seen each other for six years. ( )
2. John has never been to China before. ( )
3. There are very few tourists on the coast. ( )
4. There are a lot of new high-rise buildings on Gulangyu Island. ( )
5. There are some interesting buildings on Gulangyu Island. ( )
Step4 Careful reading Read the passage carefully and complete the chart below.
Xia men
The city
___________, interesting and lively
The people
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?Wet in summer, cold in _________
Business district
?lots of _______________ have been put up: there are some great ____________
Western district
?there are some pretty ___________
Gulangyu Island
_____________,with some interesting architecture
Step5 Fill in the blanks:
Xiao li is showing John around his hometown---Xiamen in a car.
It ______ ________six years since they last saw each other. And this is the first time John ________ ________ Xiao li’s hometown. John has seen quite a lot of China and has visited some beautiful cities, ________ he believes this is one of the most _________places he has been to. Xiao li feels very _______ living in the city on the coast and he loves living by the seaside.
The ______ in Xiamen is ______ hot and wet in the summer but it can be quite cold in winter.
Xiao li showed John to an apartment ________, a business _________, the ________ and the western district, and then they went to a nice little fish _________for lunch.
Step 6 Homework
Write a short passage of Tai Gu (using the information given below).
location and area population
landscape and rivers climate
nature and environment history life and culture specialty (特产)
local flavor (风味小吃) economy
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Module 4 Reading and Vocabulary问题解决—评价单2
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【Learning aims】
1. Deal with some difficult language points.
2. Learn to use them properly in the future.
【Language points】
Step1 Important words
一. Don’t they bother you?
Does my smoking bother you?
He is always bothering me to lend him money.
I don’t want to bother her with my problems at the moment.
[Conclusion]:
Bother (v) ______________________________
1. Do you have much bother/difficulty (in) solving the problem?
2. What a bother! we have missed the bus.
Bother (n) ______________________________
二.Now we’re leaving the business district and approaching the harbor.
1. New year's day is approaching. __________________
2. I find him difficult to approach. __________________
3. All the approaches to the palace were guarded by troops. ___________________
4. A new approach to language teaching. ___________________________________
5. At her approach the children ran away. _______________________________
approach
v
n
Step 2 useful phrases: (Match the sentences with the proper meanings.)
put up a lot of high-rise buildings A. raise
put up your hand B. provide food and accommodation for sb
We can put you up for the night C. build
put up a notice/a poster D. fix sth in a place where it will be seen
Step3 Sentence patterns:
1. It has been six years since we last saw each other.
2. It has been six years since he lived in BeiJing .
3. It has been three years since he smoked.
4. It has been three years since he stopped smoking.
[Conclusion]:
It is the first time that I have been to the Great Wall.
This was the first time that I had been to the Great Wall.
[Conclusion]:
Step4 Exercises:
一．Multiple choice
1. It is the second time that he ______ our country.
A. visits B. visited C. has visited D. had visited
2. She was scolded because that was the third time that she _____ late to work.
A. has been B. had come C. had been D. has come
3．-----Have you known Dr. Jackson for a long time ?
----- Yes, since she _______ the Chinese Society.
A. has joined B. joins C. had joined D. joined
4. He ______ a notice about the matter and his workmates couldn’t accept it.
A. set up B. put up C. put on D. put off
5. He came up with a new_______ to the problem at yesterday’s meeting.
A. way B. method C. means D. approach
6. It is five days _______ we came here.
A. since B. as C. before D. when
二．Reading Comprehension
A
Mr. Smith lived in a small village. He grew vegetables. Years ago he found work in a big city and moved there with his family.
On the first Saturday in their new home, Mr. Smith took his new car out of the garage (车库) and washed it. A man came at the moment. When he saw Mr. Smith’s new car, he stopped and looked at it for a few minutes. Then Mr. Smith turned and saw him.
The man said, “That’s a nice car. Is it yours?”
“Sometimes,” Smith answered with a smile.
“Sometimes?” The man said. “What do you mean?”
“Well,” answered Smith slowly, “When there’s a party in town, it is my daughter’s, Mary. When there’s a football game, it’s my son’s, John. After I wash it, and it looks really nice and clean, it’s my wife’s. And when it needs gas, it’s mine.”
1. The Smiths moved to _____.
A. a small town B. a big city C. a small village D. a farm
2. _____ often went to watch football games.
A. Mr. Smith B. Mrs. Smith C. Mary D. John
3. Mr. Smith always had to _____.
A. buy a car B. drive the car C.buy gas and clean the car D. clean the house
4. Which of the following is true?
A. Everyone except Mrs. Smith could drive the car.
B. Mr. Smith used the car after he washed it.
C. The car was not Mr. Smith’s.
D. Each of the Smiths had got a license.
B
People are not as honest as they once were. The temptation (诱惑) to steal is greater than ever before especially in large shops. A detective recently watched a well-dressed woman who always went into a large store on Monday morning. One Monday, there were fewer people in the shop than usual when the woman came in, so it was easier for the detective to watch her. The woman first bought a few small articles. After a little time, she chose one of the most expensive dresses in the shop and handed it to an assistant who wrapped it up for her as quickly as possible. Then the woman simply took it and walked out of the shop without paying. When she was caught, the detective found out that the shop-assistant was her daughter. The girl “gave” her mother a free dress once a week.
5. The writer told us that _____.
A. long, long ago all people were honest
B. people had once been honest
C. people used to be more honest
D. people had become more and more honest
6. The well-dressed woman often went to a large store to _____.
A. visit her daughter B. see if there was anything cheap to buy.
C. help the detective with his work D. steal something
7. The detective was easier to watch the woman because _____.
A. there were not many people in the store that day
B. she was better-dressed than anyone else in the store
C. Monday was the first day he began to work and he was very active
D. the shop assistant had told him that she was a thief
8. When the woman went out of the store _____.
A. there were fewer people in the street than usual
B. she was warmly greeted by the policeman
C. she remembered that she hadn’t paid the assistant
D. the detective stopped her and found out she was a thief
9. “Free” in this article means _____.
A. not working B. not in prison
C. not for sale D. not cost any money
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