必修3模块1文化角.ppt

1、The European Union,Module1 Cultural Corner,1)Do you know European Union? 2)Where is it ? 3)Is it one country? 4)Is the United kingdom its member? 5)How many countries were its first members? 6)Are its member countries independent? 7)How did it start?,Read the text fast and then answer the question.

2、Find the name of three first members and three new members of the European Union.,France, Germany, Belgium Luxembourg (choose 3).New members: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovak, Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta (choose 3).,Read the text again. What is the main id

3、ea of each paragraph?,Para 1 Para 2 Para 3,The definition of the European Union.,How did it start,The members of the European Union.,1)Is the European Union an organization? 2)Do the countries have one government have one government or their own governments?,The European Union is an organization of

4、European countries.,The countries are independent and are governed in different ways.,3)What does each government do to the EU?,Each of them sends representatives to the European Parliament, which has some control over what happens in each of the member countries.,LANGUAGE POINTS,我们应该从人民的利益出发来考虑问题。

5、We should consider problems in terms of peoples interest.,1 in terms of 从方面,2 independent dependent depend on,You should not _ your parents since you have grown up At only ten years old, she is very _, doing a lot of things all by herself.,3 govern Prices are very much governed by market demand. 词汇扩

6、展： governor n. 统治者；总督； government n. 政府；政体；,depend on,independent,4 On the other hand 另一方面； 一方面，他想要多挣钱，但另一方面，他又不想太辛苦。 On the one hand, he,d love to make more money, but on the other hand he doesnt want to work too hard.,相关结构： On the one hand on the other hand 一方面，另一方面；从一方面说，从另一方面说； For one thing for

7、 another 首先，再者；一方面，另一方面；,5. Little by little, the number increased during the second half of the twentieth centruy. Little by little 缓慢地；逐渐地； 例：他的英语正在逐步提高。 His English is improving little by little.,相关短语： step by step 逐步地； side by side (= shoulder to shoulder) 肩并肩； Face to face 面对面； arm in arm 臂挽臂；

8、Hand in hand 手拉手;failure after failure 一个又一个失败； one by one (一个一个地); step by step (一步一步地)，day by day (一天一天地)； year by year (逐年地;年复一年地);,6. How many Countries Belong to It Now? Belong to 意为“属于；是的一员”，不能用于进行时态和被动语态。 如：这些参考书是学校图书馆的。 These reference books belong to the school library. 胜利必定属于人民。 Victory mu

9、st belong to the people.,7 Compare vt. 比较；对照； 1) Compare A with B: 把A 与 B 进行比较； 2) compare A to B: 把A比作 B； 4) Compared with / to: 与相比（通常在句中作状语） 如：把你的答案和书后面的答案对照一下。 Compare your answers with those at the back of the book. Compared to many women, she is indeed very lucky.,8.Twice as big as 是的两倍大； 表示倍数

10、的词+as+adj./adv. + as是的多少倍； 如：他的阅读速度比我快一倍。 He can read twice as fast as I. A is twice as small/ big/ long/high as B. 2) A is twice bigger/ longer/higher than B. 3) A is twice the size/ length/ height of B. 如：这座桥是那座桥的2倍长。 The bridge is twice as long as that one. 我的房间比你的大两倍。 My room is twice larger tha

11、n yours. 这个房间是那个房间的两倍大。 This room is twice the size of that one.,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 拉脱维亚 Slovenia 斯洛文尼亚 Cyprus 塞浦路斯 Malta 马耳他,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 Cypr