1、Module 4 Cultural CornerZx.xk What 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 p
2、hrases Z.x.x.K -The problems of some villages in western EuropeFast Reading What 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.学科网Careful Re
3、adingRead 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
4、these problems?Farmers sell their land and stop farming.DiscussionWork in groups and discuss the following questions What 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 大量的后面接名词复数the number o
5、f:是.的数量后面接名词复数例如:A number of apples are red 许多苹果是红色的The number of students is 2000 学生的数量是2000人Language pointsLanguage points go up(价格、水位、数量等的)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 h
6、as 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 points学科网Homework Write a composition about your villages in your hometown.
