外研必修3课件cultral corner

Module2Module2DevelopingandDevelopedCountriesCulturalcornerandWritingOxfordDoyouknowtheplaces?Grenoble牛津因闻名于它的世界一流学府的地位和遍布各地的古迹,使它成为人们极度梦想的城市。9世纪建立，距今有1100多年历史的牛津城是英国皇族和学者的摇篮。现在遍布城市各个角落的商业企业，特别是高科技企业使牛津这座古老的城市焕发了青春的活力。牛津从公元7世纪已有人在那里居住。到公元912年，它已成为英格兰的一个要地。泰晤士河和柴威尔河在此会合，当时河水不深，用牛拉车即可涉水而过，牛津由此得名。

格勒诺布尔(Grenoble)位于法国东南部。是法国伊泽尔省的省会。位于阿尔卑斯山区。Grenoble风景秀丽古迹众多,有建于十四世纪的大学，还有艺术博物馆、教堂等古典建筑。

Grenoble大学建于1339年,是法国最老的大学之一。司汤达（著名的法国作家），Berlioz（著名的音乐家）和张伯伦（发现了埃及金字塔）都曾就读于此。WhatarethesimilaritiesbetweenOxfordandGrenoble?Readthepassageandanswerthesequestions.They’rebothmedium-sizedtownsofbetween100,000and200,000inhabitants.Theybothhaveuniversitiesandindustries.Tourismisimportanttobothofthem,andtheyarebothclosetosomeofthemostbeautifulcountrysideintheregion.2.What’sTownTwining?It’sanagreementbetweentownsandcitiesofsimilarsizeandage,andwhichhavesimilarfeaturessuchastourism,industry,cultureandentertainment.3.Whathappenswhentwotownshaveatowntwinningagreement?Twosimilartownsexchangepeopleforeducational,culturalandsportingevents.4.What’sthesignificanceoftheagreement?Towntwinningagreementsencouragepeoplefromthetwotownstovisiteachother.Theagreementsareperhapsmostusefulforstudentsandpeoplewhowanttopractisespeakinganotherlanguage.1.The“twinningtowns”havemuchincommon.2.Towntwinningisanewidea,andithasemorepopularinrecentyears.3.Towntwinningagreementsforbidpeoplefromthetwotownstovisiteachother.TrueorFalse.TFF4.Theywillholdabigpartytoethevisitorsfromtheothertown.5.Towntwinningisespeciallygoodforstudentstolearnanotherlanguage.TT

Towntwinningisan__________betweentwotownsorcitieswhichhavemanysimilarities,suchas______sizeandage,tourism,industry,cultureand____________,OxfordintheUKandGrenobleinFranceareanexample.agreementsimilarentertainmentFinishthepassagewithyourpartner.Peoplefromthetwotownsvisiteachotherlike________.Towntwinningagreementsare________withstudentsandpeoplewhowantto________speakinganotherlanguage.relativespopularpractise1.HowareOxfordintheUKandGrenobleinFrancesimilar?

similar:alike

besimilarto:和……相似

besimilarin:在……方面相似e.g.这辆车和那辆车在颜色方面相似。Thiscarissimilartothatoneincolor.Languagepoints拓展：1)similarlyadv.

相似地;相应地e.g.Thefirstlettershewrotemewaslessthanapagelong,andhersecondletterwassimilarlybrief.Thecostoffoodandclothinghascomedowninrecentyears.Similarly,fuelpriceshavefallenquiteconsiderably.2)similarityu.n.相似

u.n.类似;相似e.g.Thesimilaritybetweenthetworeportssuggeststhattheywerewrittenbythesameperson.

c.n.相似点;相似之处e.g.Beesandwaspsbothsting,buttheyhaveothersimilaritiestoo.2.…andtheyarebothclosetosomeofthemostbeautifulcountrysideintheregion.

becloseto1)与某物在距离上近e.g.Hishouseisclosetothefactory.2)(指关系)密切的,亲密的e.g.MybrotherandIareclose(toeachother).3)接近,快要e.g.We’reclosetoclinchingthedeal.Sheisclosetotears.1)vt.交换;调换;兑换

exchangesth.withsb.forsth.

用某物和某人交换某物e.g.I’dliketoexchangesomepoundsfor

dollars.Attheendofthegame,players

exchangeshirts

witheachother.

3.Therearevisitsandexchangesbetweenschools,theatergroupsandsportsteams.2)c.n.&u.n.交换;交流;交易e.g.Anexchangeofopinionsishelpful.Whatistherateofexchangebetweenthepoundandthemark?I’veofferedtopaintthekitcheninexchangeforaweek’smodation.拓展:exchangesth.withsb.

与某人交换某物exchangeAforB以A换取Binexchangefor作为……的交换exchangeableadj.可交换的;可替换的;可兑换的e.g.ThesetokensareexchangeableforCDsonly.这些礼券只能用来兑取激光唱盘。4.Thisisbecauselivingwithaforeignfamilyforoneortwoweeksmeansthatyouhavetospeaktheirlanguageandasaresultyouimprovefast.这是因为和一个外国家庭住一两个星期意味着你不得不说他们的语言,因此,你会进步的很快。result常见短语小结:asaresult

因此,结果asaresultof+n.

因为,由于resultin

导致(某种后果)resultfrom

源于,起因于1.苏珊坐在一个靠近窗户的位置上。

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________2.他用黑茄克换了一件蓝色的。

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___________Susansatonachairclosetothewindow.Heexchangedtheblackjacketforablueone.Translatethefollowingsentences.ExercisesFillintheblanksbyusing‘result’.Herunseveryday.__________,hehaslostweight.Shewaslateforschool___________theheavysnow.Hisfailure____________hiscarelessness.Theircarelessness_________thatterribleaccident.AsaresultasaresultofresultedfromresultedinReadthefollowingdialoguebetweenLilyandJames.James:WhatdoyouknowaboutCanada,Lily?Lily:DoyoumeanCalgary?James:hm,it’sCalgary!YouknowCalgary?Lily:Yeah,becausemyhometownisDaQing.DaQingandCalgaryarefriendcities.There’saDaQingroadinCalgaryandaCalgaryroadinDaQing.James:Really!Lily:Yeah!James:DaQing,hmmmm...Lily:ThefamousoilcityinChina.James:Oyeah!CalgaryisthesameinCanada!Lily:Sothat’sthereason,right?James:Maybe,haha...LookatthefollowingpicturesandlearnmoredetailsaboutDaqingandCalgary.大庆人都知道本市有一条卡尔加里路；大庆路的路牌同样出现在了加拿大卡尔加里市的街道上。18年前在这两条路边栽下的友谊树早已郁郁葱葱，成为两市人民友好情谊的见证。素有“加拿大石油之都”之称的卡尔加里市与大庆市在城市规模、所处纬度、气候条件以及经济地位都极为相似。两市在文化教育、体育、卫生、环保等领域的交往也十分频繁。根据双方签署的协议，卡尔加里每年选派7名英语教师到大庆市任教，大庆油田职工参加英语培训的达近万人次。Trytowriteadescriptioncomparingthetwocities.Writenotesaboutsomeofthesefe