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Cultural Corner
The European Union
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Learn more about the
European Union
First members: France, Germany, Belgium
New members: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland etc
Read the passage and answer the questions
1. Find the names of three first members and
three new members of the European Union.
2. What is the European Union
The European Union is an organisation of European countries. The countries are independent and governed in different ways.
3. How did it start
The idea of the European Union began in the 1950s.
4. How many countries belong to it now
In 2004 the European Union increased to 25 countries. The expanded European Union has a population of more than half a billion people.
Read the text again.
What is the main idea of each paragraph
Para 1
The definition of the European Union.
Para 2
How did it start
Para 3
The members of the European Union.
Read the text for the third time and complete the form.
Total country numbers.
Beginning time
Names of first members.
Names of new countries in 2004
in the 1950
25
France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Italy.
The Czech Republic, Estonia,
Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,
Poland, the Slovak Republic,
and Slovenia, Malta, the
Mediterranean islands of Cyprus
Population
Names of new
countries by 2000
Australia, Denmark,
Finland, Greece
Ireland, Portugal,
Spain, Sweden and
the United Kingdom.
More than half a
billion people.
Learn the new words before we go into the details of the text.
Belgium 比利时 Luxembourg 卢森堡
the Netherlands 荷兰 Denmark 丹麦
Finland 芬兰 The Czech Republic 捷克
Estonia 爱沙尼亚 Hungary 匈牙利
Latvia 拉脱维亚 Lithuania 立陶宛
The Slovak Republic 斯洛伐克共和国
Slovenia 斯洛文尼亚 Cyprus 塞浦路斯
Malta 马耳他
Language Points
1. The countries are independent and are
governed in different ways.
与way相关的短语:
there is no way to do…没有办法做成……
这个困难目前没办法解决。
There is no way to slove that problem right now.
it is/was (not) one’s way to do… 是/不是某人一
贯的作风
如果她看上去不爱说话,不用担心,她就是
这么一个人。
Don’t worry, if she seems quiet--it’s just her way.
承认他自己犯了错误可不是他一贯的作风。
It was not his way to admit that he made a
mistake.
by the way 顺便提一下
顺便提一下我找到了你昨天晚上提到的那本书。
By the way, I have found that book you referred
to last night.
by the way of sth. 路经,经过,经由
她是念过戏剧学校后到电台的。
She came to TV by the way of drammar school.
2. In France, on the other hand, the head of state
is a president.
on the other hand 另一方面。
一方面他们想要孩子,另一方面他们又不想放弃
弃自由自在的生活。
On the one hand they’d love to have children, on
the other hand, they don’t want to give up their
freedom.
3. Little by little, the number increased during the second half of the twentieth century.
little by little 逐渐地,缓慢地,一点一点地
雪逐渐地融化了。
Snow disappeared little by little.
他的英语正在逐步地提高。
His English is improving little by little.
4. How many countries belong to it now
belong to 属于。
请带走属于你的东西。
Please take away the things belonging to you.
5. In 2004, the European Union increased to 25
members.
increase to 增加到 increase by 增加了
reduce to 减少到 reduce by 减少了
人口从120万曾加到了180万。
The population has increased from 1.2 million to
1.8 million.
石油的价格上涨了2%。
The price of the oil has increased by 2%.
过去一年,各项费用减少了20%
During the past year, costs have been reduced by
20%.
雇员人数由40人减少到了25人。
The number of employees was reduced from 40
to 25.
6. The expanded European Union has a population of more than half a billion people, twice as big as the population of the United States.
have a population of 有……人口。
中国的人口是12亿。
China has a population of 1.2 billion.
more than ①多于;超过 ② 更
他手里目前不止三个苹果。
He has more than 3 apples.
我更喜欢她而不是她丈夫。
I like her more than her husband.
数词+as+形容词/副词原级+as 是……的几倍
他们的教室是我们的三倍大。
Their classroom is three times as big as ours.
Task
What to write about a place
1) position of the place
2) description of the place
3) history of the place
4) people of the place
5) opinion about the place
6) sightseeing
7) leisure
2. Some useful words, phrases and sentences.
Position
2)description
3)history
4)people
5)opinion
A:lie/be/stand on/in/to/between/across
B:be situated/located… C:border
D:be surrounded by/with
be famous for/look like/run across
/through/be rich in/have
have a long history of…
begin/start from be built…
friendly/kind/hardworking…
love/like/be fond of welcome…
假设你叫王林,在伦敦学习已经两个月了,写信给你在国内的朋友李平,介绍一些伦敦的情况:
1. 伦敦是英国的首都,是一个大城市,在泰晤士河畔。人口约七百万。
2. 伦敦是一个繁忙的都市,人们非常友好并且乐于助人,但总是来去匆匆。
3. 给你印象最深的是伦敦的天气变化无常(chopping and changeable)。
4. 标志性建筑是大本钟,城里还有许多著名景观,如、伦敦塔桥(London Tower Bridge)、伦敦博物馆和著名的海德公园(Hyde Park), 你只游览了伦敦博物馆和著名的海德公园(Hyde Park)。
Writing
1. 伦敦是英国的首都,是一个大城市,在泰晤士河畔。人口约七百万。
London is the capital and large city of the United Kingdom , situated on the River Thames.
It has a population of 7million
London is the capital of the United Kingdom which is a large city, is on the River Thames.
2. 伦敦是一个繁忙的都市,人们非常友好并且乐于助人,但总是来去匆匆。
London is a busy city, people are very busy in there, but they are friendly and kind.
It is also a busy city_________ people are usually friendly and helpful, but they are often in a hurry.
where
3.给你印象最深的是伦敦的天气变化无常(chopping and changeable)。
London’s weather impress me most, because it is chop and change.
What impressed me most is that the weather is chopping and changing.
4. 标志性建筑是大本钟,城里还有许多著名景观,如、伦敦塔桥(London Tower Bridge)、伦敦博物馆和著名的海德公园(Hyde Park), 你只游览了伦敦博物馆和著名的海德公园(Hyde Park)。
Besides Big Ben, the symbol of London, there are many other famous places of interest , such as, London Tower Bridge, London Museum and Hyde Park, but I have just been to London Museum and Hyde Park recently.
Dear Li Ping,
How time flies! It has been two months since I left China and came to London.
Best wishes!
Yours, Wang Lin
Dear Li Ping,
How time flies! It has been two months since I left China and came to London.
London, the capital of Britain, is situated on the River Thames. It’s a very big city with a population of about 7 million. It is also a busy city where people here are usually friendly and helpful, but they are often in a hurry. What impressed me most is that the weather is chopping and changing. Besides Big Ben, the symbol of London, there are many other famous places of interest , such as, London Tower Bridge, London Museum and Hyde Park, but I have just been to London Museum and Hyde Park recently.
Best wishes!
Yours, Wang Lin
Finish the exercises on Workbook.
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Homework