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Module 2 学案四 Culture Corner
I. Learning goals:
1. Learn the words and phrases in the rest parts of this module, mainly in Listening, Speaking, Function and Culture Corner.
2. Learn something about Town Twinning through the passage on Page 19.
II. Learning Steps
Step 1 Study the following words. Try to finish the related exercises in Part 1 on Page 16.
household n.
a social unit living together: It was a good Christian household.
homeless n.
1. people who are homeless: The homeless lived on the city streets.
2. someone with no housing: The homeless became a problem in the large cities.
crowded adj.
overfilled or compacted or concentrated: A crowded theater.
unfortunate adj.
1. unsuitable or regrettable: An unfortunate choice of words.
2. not favored by fortune; marked or accompanied by or resulting in ill fortune:
An unfortunate turn of events.
3. not auspicious; boding ill
tourism n.
the business of providing services to tourists: Tourism is a major business in Bermuda.
industrial adj.
1. connected with industry:
industrial unrest, industrial output, an industrial accident,
They had made industrial quantities of food (= a lot).
2. used by industries: industrial chemicals
3. having many industries:
an industrial town, an industrial society, the world’s leading industrial nations
polluted adj.
rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution: polluted lakes and stream
smart adj.
1. clean and neat; new and bright; elegant:
magazine showed pictures of this year's smart dresses.
Go and make yourself smart before we call on the Toms.
He made a smart job of it.
a smart hat, a smart new car, a smart suit
2. characterized by quickness and ease in learning: Smart children talk earlier than the average.
3. elegant and stylish: a smart new dress
vast adj.
unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope:
at vast (or immense) expense, a vast area of forest, a vast crowd, a vast amount of information,
At dusk bats appear in vast numbers.
His business empire was vast.
In the vast majority of cases, this should not be a problem.
exchange
n. [C, U] an act of giving sth. to sb. or doing sth. for sb. and receiving sth. in return:
The exchange of prisoners took place this morning.
We need to promote an open exchange of ideas and information.
△ an exchange of glances / insults, an exchange of fire (= between enemy soldiers)
I buy you lunch and you fix my computer. Is that a fair exchange
Would you like my old TV in exchange for this camera
I’ll type your report if you’ll baby-sit in exchange.
v. exchange sth. (with sb.): to give sth. to sb. and at the same time receive the same type of thing from them:
to exchange ideas / news / information
Juliet and David exchanged glances (= they looked at each other).
I shook hands and exchanged a few words with the manager.
The two men exchanged blows (= hit each other).
Everyone in the group exchanged email addresses.
Step 2 Learn the words in Part 3 on Page 16. Try to match the words with the following explanations.
dirty ________
how many people the place has ________
protected from danger or harm _______
the business activity connected __________
with providing accommodation, __________
services and entertainment _________
property, a large amount of money _________
position ________
a method of travel _________
the production of goods in factories _________
Step 3 易混词语辨析
1. climate/ weather
1)She goes out in all ________.
2)The ________ of our country is mild,but individual places experience bad weather.
3)A drier ________ would be good for your health.
4)What is the ________ like today
5)In Hong Kong people seldom wear galoshes(橡胶套鞋)in wet ________.
2. disease/ illness
1)People are realizing the prevention of heart ______ is more important than the treatment.
2)My brother is often absent from work because of ________.
3)He contracted a ________(malaria) during the war and has recurrent attacks.
4)The main causes of cancer and other ________ are still unknown.
5)The scientists have been able to cure the ________such as SARS, bird flu, etc.
Step 4 Fill in the blanks with the proper form of “few, little, much, many”.
1. There are __________ poor countries in Europe than in Africa.
2. There are not as __________ rich countries in Africa as in Europe.
3. There is not as __________ transportation in my hometown as in Shanghai.
4. There is __________ transportation in my hometown than in Shanghai.
5. I don’t think there are as __________ students in this university as in that one.
6. People would work in the city and take the train to their homes in the suburbs(郊区), where it was ___ peaceful and ____ crowded at the end of the day.
Step 5 Read the passage on Page 19 and answer the following questions.
1. What kind of towns and cities can probably have a town twinning agreement
2. What happens when two towns have a town twinning agreement
Step 6 Learn some of the language points
1. This is because living with a foreign family for one or two weeks means that you have to speak their language, and as a result you improve fast.
mean v.意味着,打算
mean to do sth 打算干某事 mean doing sth. 意味着做某事/怎样
be meant to do sth. 旨在做某事,目的是…… be meant for 目的是……
means n. 方法,手段(单复数同形)
by means of以…方式 by this means=in this way=with this method=in this manner 以这种方式
a means to an end达到目的的手段 by all means 当然可以,完全可以 by no means决不
1) Television is an effective ______ communication.
A. means to B. meaning of C. means of D. meaning to
2) She is _____ an inexperienced teacher.
A. by all means B. by means of C. by no means D. beyond ones means
2. There are visits and exchanges between schools, theatre groups and sports teams.
Exchange: 1) n. 交换 in exchange for 作为交换
They sold eggs in exchange for salt.
2)v.交换,交易 exchange sth for sth with sb
Where can I exchange my dollars for pounds.
I can ___ my old computer ____ a new one in this store.
A. replace; for B. exchange; for C. change; with D. exchange; with
3. Translate the following phrases
1.对某人来说很重要______________________
2.接近,靠近 _______________3.最近几年内___________________
4.了解/打听到关于…的情况____________
5.练习干某事_____________________ 6.因此___________________
Step 7 Fill in the blanks after reading the passage on Page 19 again.
Town twinning is an __________________ between two towns or cities which have many similarities, such as ____________________ size and age, tourism, industry, culture and ________________, Oxford in the UK and Grenoble in France are an example. People from the two towns visit each other like___________________. Town twinning agreements are ______________ with student and people who want to ____________ speaking another language.
Step 8 Revision Exercises about the words learned in this section.
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1.We m________ the room and found it was 20 feet long and 15 feet wide.
2.A child receives its early e_______________ from its parents at home.
3.Indians are the first i__________________ of North America.
4.Can I e__________________ pounds for dollars here
5.Many c____________________ sent money to help the refugees (难民).
6.His score is now well into double ______________ (数字).
7.The country depends on _______________ (旅游业)for most of its income.
8.This is a very common word,_______________ (尤其)in spoken English.
9.With the _______________ (发展)of agriculture and industry,we are living a better life.
10.__________________(不巧的是),you were out when we called.
11. The earthquake left thousands of millions of people h____________.
12. He likes living in the quiet countryside but not in a c_____________ city.
13. You could find out many s__________________ between the twin brothers.
14. U____________,his only son studying abroad was infected with a H1N1 flu 2 weeks ago.
15. The river is heavily p__________________, which gives out a terrible smell.
16. I can’t find the l________________ of the town on the map.
17. The t______________ was greatly affected by the forest fires in Australia.
18. The c_______________ offered a great deal of money and food to the poor people.
Ⅱ. 用下面方框里的单词填空。
attractive, climate, construction, goal, huge, industrial, inhabitants, location, polluted, reduce, similarity, transport, vast
1.The wheat doesn’t grow in the south, because the________ and soil aren’t suitable for its growth.
2.Many European countries are developed ________ nations.
3.The ________air and water can explain why the ________here are getting ill one by one.
4.Which subject is the most ________to you, Lily
5.One of her ________is to get a gold prize in the 2008 Olympic Games.
6.The experts didn’t agree on the ________of the new chemical plant.
7.The earth is so tiny compared to the ________universe.
8.The railway under ________now connects Hainan and Beijing.
9.She spent a ________amount of money on that coat.
10.The government is making efforts to ________the traffic noises to let citizens have a quiet sleep.
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