1、Cultural corner,Module 4,Countryside in western Europe,Brain-storm Can you give a description to the countryside 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 and answer the following questions.,1. I

2、n 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.,1. What are the problems? 1) Young people move to towns for a livelier lif

3、e and for work. 2) People cant afford village house because city-dwellers buy them up. 3) Farmers sell their land and stop farming.,Read again and answer the following questions.,2. What will be resulted in by these problems? Many villages in western Europe will have to fight to survive. The country

4、side will be a sadder and uglier place.,1. There are a number of reasons for this. reason for “的原因”，后接名詞/代詞或者v-ing形式 This is the reason for his being late. reason why“的原因”后面跟句子 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

5、buy a house 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 lo

6、ve to go 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

7、做呢！,4. such as 與 for example such as 一一例舉，接詞,for example 可用于句首, 句中, 句末 往往用逗號(hào)與被列舉的事物隔開(kāi)。 接句子,根據(jù)括號(hào)內(nèi)所給漢語(yǔ)提示完成下列句子。 1. Would you like to spend a few days in the country to _ _ _ (擺脫) the noise of the city? 2. Do you think we can get to the airport by 8:00? We should _ _ (能做到), if there isnt too much traff

8、ic. 3. His father left his hometown to _ _ (掙錢) as a manual worker.,練習(xí)坊,get away from,make it,earn money,make/,4. We _ _ _ (交換禮物) each other at Christmas. 5. I can _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (既不能負(fù)擔(dān)起時(shí)間也不能負(fù)擔(dān)起錢) for a trip at the moment. 6. Luckily enough, he is one of the passengers _ _ _ _ (經(jīng)歷車禍后還活著).,surviving t

9、he car accident,exchang gifts with,afford neither the time,nor the money,到目前為止 修建 許多, 大量 上升 仍然漂亮 聽(tīng)起來(lái)像,up to now,put up,a great many,go up,sound like,remain pretty,Important phrases in Module 4:,餓死 例如 加入委員會(huì) 購(gòu)物中心 在地震中幸存 買得起房子,survive an earthquake,starve to death,afford to buy a house,join a committee,for example,shopping mall,Work in group