外研社必修1Module 4 A social survey Cultural corner

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Read about the homes of the two students. Then tell your partner which one is more similar to yours. In what way are they similar?
Help Xiao Li to complete his description of his home.
for example 可以用于句首, 句中, 句 末。往往用逗号与被列举的事物隔开。 e.g. 我喜欢喝茶和果汁类的饮料。 I like drinks such as tea and juice. = I like such drinks as tea and juice.
• Another problem is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from their farms. make money 赚钱 This film is making a lot of money in America. It is one thing to make money, and it is another to spend it.
I live ____ the province ___ Guangdong, a in of city in __________ China. I live ________ my southern with husband and son in the ______ of Shaoguan. city The building _______ we live in is neither too which new _____ too old. I live _____ the third floor nor on of a _____________ (九层楼的) building nine-storey _________ stones and bricks. made of
John Denver is a very famous singer
of country music all over the world.
• 约翰· 丹佛是美国老牌的乡村歌手， • “乡村音乐的代名词”，其唱片曾获 24次金唱片奖及4次白金唱片奖。在美 国乡村音乐史上，其地位无人可敌。
• 经典歌曲 Country Road Take me home • 乡村路带我回家
a number of 与 the number of 的区别 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
A number of students are playing on the ground. The number of students is 20.
Module 4
A Social Survey – My Neighborhood
Discussion
Do you know the rank of the height of buildings in the world? Why are Chinese cities so wild about building world-class skyscrapers?
2. Why do some villages remain?
Because people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village.
3 What are the problems? 1) Young people move to towns for a livelier life and for work. 2) People can’t afford village house because city-dwellers buy them up. 3) Farmers sell their land and stop farming.
Burj Khalifa
迄今为止最高的人造建筑 物，高达818米
Taipei 101
目前世界第二高楼（ 2010年
Shanghai World Financial Center
International Commerce Centre
Where is your hometown?
How do you describe your hometown to others?
Important phrases in Module 4:
到目前为止 修建 up to now put up a great many
许多, 大量
上升
go up
remain pretty sound like
仍然漂亮
听起来像
饿死 例如
starve to death for example join a committ 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. 5. What can you do to save the countryside in western Europe?
3) remain to be done 尚待, 留待
Come on! A lot f work remains to be
done. 快点吧，还有许多工作要做呢！
4. such as 与 for example
such as 往往不能把事物全部列出,可 以以 “名词 (,) +such as +被列举的事 物” 和 “such+名词+as+被列举的事 物”形式出现。
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” The price of these villas by the sea has been going up. 这些海滨别墅的价格一直在上涨。 对比: The price of fresh vegetables has been brought up.
Listen the text and answer the following questions. 1. In which countries is the countryside changing? In some countries in western Europe, such as France, Spain and Britain
• Reading the text quickly and answer following questions 1.In which countries is the countryside changing? 2. Why do some villages remain? 3.What are the problems? 4.What will be resulted in by these problems?
我很想和你一起去度假, 可抽不出时间。
The hotel wanted to charge $150 for the room service, but we couldn’t B ____ to live in such an expensive hotel. A. pay C. charge 得起。 B. afford D. pay for
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.
解析 afford to do sth.负担得起，支付
3. Remain vi. 1) 留下, 遗留 I went to the city, but my brother remained at home. 2) 继续, 仍然是 The deaths of the innkeeper still remains a mystery.
加入委员会
购物中心 买得起房子
在地震中幸存 survive an earthquake afford to buy a house
suburb
countryside
在北郊：
in the northern suburb. in a suburb in the north of the city.
Please use some adjectives to describe your ideal home.
quiet peaceful modern huge lovely attractive
Beijing
Chengdu
Harbin
Lijiang
Shanghai
Shenzhen
Sanya
Yangzhou
cottage [ ˈkɔtidʒ]
Bungalow [ˈbʌŋɡələu ] apartment apartment block high-rise building Skyscraper
[ˈskaiˈskreipə ]