Book3 Module1

冠县一中

Function, Pronunciation and Everyday English, Cultural corner

Function:

Describing location

Function:

Describing location

on the left belowon the right besidebetween within front of fromto next to near behindopposite above

describe describe locationslocations

describedescribemovementmovement

on the left betweenon the right nearin front of next to behind beside above belowopposite

to from

in the south of

在……的南部 , 常指在某一范围 to the south of

在……的南边 , 常指超出了某一范围 on the south of

在……的南面 , 强调两者毗邻 , 接壤

Read these sentences. Write three similar ones about places in China.

e.g:

Jilin Province lies in the northeast of C

hina.

Jilin Province lies to the northeast of H

ebei Province.

Korea lies on the northeast of China.

Northeast of Hebei Province lies Jilin

Province.

Look at the pictures, then describe the location.

United Kingdom(London)

English Channel

France(Paris)

Portugal(Lisbon)

Spain(Madrid) Italy

(Rome)Greece

(Athens)

Study the map and answer the questions.1. Where is Italy?

2. Where is Portugal?

3. Where is United Kingdom?

4. Where is France?

5. Where is the Barcelona?

Italy is in the south of Europe.

Portugal is to the west of Spain.

The UK is off the northwest coast of continent Europe.

France faces the UK across the English Channel.

Barcelona is on the northwest coast of Spain.

Match the propositions with the pictures.

across through along on off between

across through along

on off between

1. What’s the difference between on the c

oast and off the coast?

On the coast means that the place is ac

tually on the land, where it meets the s

ea; off the coast means that the place is

an island (or on an island) not far fro

m the mainland.

2. What’s the difference between across a

nd between?

Across means that something is on th

e other side, that there is something b

etween two places, two objects or also

two people (e.g. You can sit across the

table from someone; live across the street

from them); between refers to the “thin

g” which separates two objects, places or

people, e.g. There is a river

between the two parts of the city; there i

s a busy street between your house and ti

me.

Complete these sentences using correct

prepositions.

1. Paris is situated ___ the River Seine.

2. France and England face each other

_____ the English Channel.

on

across

3. There is a mountain range _______

France and Italy.

4. Barcelona is a city ___ the coast of

Spain.

5. Britain is an island ___ the coast of

continental Europe.

between

on

off

Complete these sentences using correct

prepositions or prepositional phrases.

1. Mongolia is ________ China and Rus

sia.

2. China is _________________ of India.

3. Guangzhou is ____________ of China.

between

to the northeast of

in the south

4. Shenyang is ________ Beijing and H

arbin.

5. The Qinghai ---Tibet Plateau ( 高原 )

is ______________ of China.

between

in the southwest

Write sentences to describe geographical

area of China.

Give some places: Such as Jinan, Qingda

o, Shandong Province, Shanghai, Beijing.

CULTURAL CORNER

冠县一中 李庆丰

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?

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 斯洛伐克 Slovenia 斯洛文尼亚 Cyprus 塞浦路斯 Malta 马耳他

The development of the European Union

flagflag

欧元

Read the text fast and then answer the

question.

Find the name of first three members

and three new members of the

European Union.

First three members: France, Germany,

Belgium Luxembourg.

New members: Czech Republic, Estonia,

Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slov

ak, Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malt

a (choose 3).

Read the text again and get the main idea of each paragraph. What is the main idea of each paragraph?

Para 1:?

The definition of the European Union.

Para 2:?

How did it start?

Para 3:?

The members of the European Union.

1) Is the European Union an organization?

The European Union is an organization

of European countries.

2) Do the countries have one government

or their own governments?

The countries are independent and are

governed in different ways.

Read the text carefully and answer the questions.

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.

1. in terms of 就……来说 ; 从……的角度 It was a bad year for the company, in

terms of both quantity and quality.

公司今年无论是就 ( 产品 ) 数量还是质 .

量来说都不好。 In terms of money, her loss was small.

从钱的角度看 , 她的损失很小。

高考链接高考链接____ achievement, last week’s ministerial meeting of the WTO here earned a low, though not failing, grade. ( 湖南 2006)A. In terms of B. In case of C. As a result of D. In face of选 A 。 in terms of 就……来说 ; in case of 以防万一 ; as a result of 由于……的结果 ; in face of 面临 , 不顾 , 在……面前。

2. on the other hand 另一方面3. govern

管理 , 统治 ( 国家 ) 营运

The mayor governed the city very wisely.

那位市长治理此市非常的贤明。govern a school

管理一个学校govern a bank

经营一个银行

4. head n. 领袖 ; 领导人5. representative n. 代表 6. parliament n. 国会7. little by little 逐渐的8. Have (no) control over/of

能（不能）控制……He was so excited that he had no

control over his feeling.

8. But each of them sends representatives

to the European Parliament, which has

some control over what happens in

each of the member countries.

但是每一个成员国都会向欧洲议会派 遣代表 , 而欧洲议会又对各成员国所发 生的事情起一定的控制作用。

本句是一个主从复合句。逗号前的部分是主句，逗号后是 which 引导的非限制性 定语从句修饰先行词 the European

Parliament ， which 在从句中作主语。在该定语从句中 what 引导的宾语从句又作介词 over 的宾语， what 是宾语从句中的主语。

Total country n

umbers.

Beginning time

Names of first

members.

in the 1950s

25

France, Germany,

Belgium, Luxembourg,

the Netherlands, and I

taly.

Close your books and finish the following chart by yourselves.

Names of

new count

ries in 200

4

The Czech Republic, Estonia,

Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania,

Poland, the Slovak Republic,

and Slovenia, Malta, the

Mediterranean islands of

Cyprus

Names of new

countries by 2

000

Population

Australia, Denmark,

Finland, Greece Ireland,

Portugal, Spain, Sweden

and the United Kingdom.

More than a billion

people.

Now you have learnt Now you have learnt

the whole module , you havethe whole module , you have

know a lot about Europe. Write a passage know a lot about Europe. Write a passage

about your favorite European city.about your favorite European city.