1、Cultural corner,1. Whats the name of this song? Country road, take me home. 2. Can you guess who sing this song? It is sung by John Denver. John Denver is a very famous singer of country music all over the world.,Countryside in western Europe,Brain storm Can you give a description to the countryside

2、 in western Europe using only two words? 2. What do you know happens to the countryside now?,beautiful, quite,They are changing now.,Read the text silently and answer the following questions.,1. In which countries is the countryside changing? 2. Why do some villages remain?,Read the text sielently a

3、nd answer the following questions.,1. In which countries is the countryside changing? In some countries in western Europe, such as France, Spain and Britain,2. Why do some villages remain? Because people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village.,Read again and answer the following

4、question.,1. What are the problems?,2. What will be resulted in by these problems?,3. What can you do to save the countryside in western Europe?,1. What are the problems? 1) Young people move to towns for a livelier life and for work. 2) People cant afford village house because city-dwellers buy the

5、m up. 3) Farmers sell their land and stop farming.,Read again and answer the following question.,2. What will be resulted in by these problems? Many villages in western Europe will have to fight to survive. The countryside will be a sadder and uglier place. 3. What can you do to save the countryside

6、 in western Europe?,1. There are a number of reasons for this. reason for 表示“的原因”，后接名詞/代詞或者v-ing形式。 reason why 也可以表示“的 原因”后面跟句子。 This is the reason for his being late. This is the reason why he is late.,Language points,2. The price of homes goes up and people from the area cannot afford to buy a hou

7、se there. go up 表示“（價(jià)格等）上漲” The price of these villas by the sea has been going up. 這些海濱別墅的價(jià)格一直在上漲。 對(duì)比: The price of fresh vegetables has been brought up.,afford 表示“買的起; 付得起; (有足夠的時(shí)間和金錢) 做某事”, 通常與can, could, be able to 連用。 I cant afford to buy such an expensive necklace. 我可買不起那么貴重的項(xiàng)鏈。,Id love to go

8、on holiday with you, but I cant afford the time. 我很想和你一起去度假, 可抽不出時(shí)間。,3. Remain vi. 1) 留下, 遺留 I went to the city, but my brother remained at home. 2) 繼續(xù), 仍然是 The deaths of the innkeeper still remains a mystery.,3) remain to be done 尚待, 留待 Come on! A lot f work remains to be done. 快點(diǎn)吧，還有許多工作要做呢！,4. such as 與 for example such as 往往不能把事物全部列出,可以以 “名詞 (,) +such as +被列舉的事物” 和 “such+名詞+as+被列舉的事物”形式出現(xiàn)。,for example 可以用于句首, 句中, 句末。往往用逗號(hào)與被列舉的事物隔開(kāi)。 e.g. 我喜歡喝茶和果汁類的飲料。 I like drinks such as tea and juice. = I like such drinks