Reading and vocabulary优质课教学设计

Culture corner Step 1 Answer the questions 1.What do you think of the countryside in western Europe? __________________________________________________________________________________ 2. What happens to the countryside now? _________________________________________________________________________________ 3.In

which countries is the countryside changing? _________________________________________________________________________ 4.Why do some villages remain?

_________________________________________________________________________ 5.Why are some villages disappearing? __________________________________________________________________________ 6.What will be resulted in by these problems? __________________________________________________________________________ 7. In

which countries is the countryside changing? _________________________________________________________________________ 8.What’s the passage about?

_________________________________________________________________________ Step 2Read the text again and choose the best answers. 1.How many reasons are mentioned in the passage that Some villages are disappearing?

A.Two

B.Three.

C.Four

D.Five 2.Which one isn’t the problem of the countryside in western Europe? A. There are few jobs in the countryside. B. People in the countryside enjoy their life there. C. Young people from villages want to live in the city. D. It’s becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from their farms.

3.Some villages remain because__________.

A. the government offers the help to build villages

B. villages are beautiful

C. people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village.

D. farmers don’t want to leave their home

4.What will be resulted in(产生

…结果) by these problems?

A. Many villages in western Europe will have to

fight to survive.

B. The countryside will be a sadder and uglier place.

C. There will be no people in the villages.

D.A and B Step 3Are the statements true (T) or false (F)? 1.Some villages in western Europe are disappearing because of natural disasters.

2.The famers can’t earn much money by farming.

3. People from the cities have bought houses in the villages because they don’t like living in the city.

4. The countryside would be better without villages.

Useful expressions attractive

busy

huge

lovely

modern

noisy

peaceful

quiet

crowded（拥挤的）

exciting

beautiful

convenient（方便的）

It’s easy for people to get around. We can enjoy the beauty of……

There are/is……

It’s convenient for us to……

The cost of living is low/high. Language points 1.There are a number of reasons for this. reason for… 表示“……的原因”，后接名词/代词或者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. a number of

“许多，若干”，谓语动词用复数形式；

the number of

“……的数量”，谓语动词用单数形式；

1.

A number of students ____(is/are) playing on the ground.

2.

The number of students in our class ____ (is/are) 63.

2. The price of homes goes up and people from the area cannot afford to buy a house there. go up

表示“（价格等）上涨”

这些公寓楼的价格一直在上涨。_______________________________________________________ afford

表示买的起;付得起; (有足够的时间和金钱) 做某事, 通常与can, could, be able to 连用。

afford sth ;

afford to do sth 我买不起那么贵重的项链。_______________________________________________________ 我很想和你一起去度假, 可抽不出时间。_________________________________________________

短语：

1.such as例如

2.firstly…

secondly…首先…，其次…

3.lively-livelier-liveliest 活泼的，热闹的

4.return= go back

5.very few= only a few 很少

6.remain留下，保留

7.buy-bought-bought

8.at weekends在周末

9.make money= earn money赚钱

10.sad-sadder-saddest

11.ugly-uglier-ugliest丑陋的

根据括号内所给汉语提示完成下列句子。

1. Would you like to spend a few days in the country

to ___ ____ _____ (摆脱) 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 isn’t too much traffic.

3. His father left his hometown to _____ __________ (挣钱) as a manual worker. 4. We ______ _____ ____ (交换礼物) each other at Christmas. 5. I can _____ _______ __ ____

___ __ ______ (既不能负担起时间也不能负担起钱) for a trip at the moment. 6. Luckily enough, he is one of the passengers ________ __ ___ _______ (经历车祸后还活着).