Unit The English Countryside英国的乡村
合集下载
相关主题
- 1、下载文档前请自行甄别文档内容的完整性，平台不提供额外的编辑、内容补充、找答案等附加服务。
- 2、"仅部分预览"的文档,不可在线预览部分如存在完整性等问题,可反馈申请退款(可完整预览的文档不适用该条件!)。
- 3、如文档侵犯您的权益，请联系客服反馈,我们会尽快为您处理(人工客服工作时间：9:00-18:30)。
Unit 5
The English Countryside
Warm-up
Asking for Opinions
Giving Opinions
I was wondering where you stood on the question of X?
What’s your position on X? What’s your opinion of X? What do you think of/about X? How do you find X? What do you feel about X? What do you reckon about X? What about X?
2.Do you sometimes feel tired of city life/country life?
3.Which do you prefer, city life or village life?
Warm-up
• Read the conversation on page 61. • In pairs, make a similar conversation with
modernization?
.
to make (a situation) better or less bad
The Machine in the Garden by L Marx (1964)
Warm-up
In pairs, describe the rural lifestyle without locomotives and factories.
the cues in the substitute box.
the process by which more and more people live in cities
to change completely the appearance or character s developing
A1: Tell me, what do you think of our waiter? B1: Kind of rude, isn’t he?
A2: I wonder when the board of regents will pick a new dean of students.
B2: Who knows? They’re not even scheduled to meet until next month.
A3: Do you think that I’ve packed too much equipment for my camping trip?
B3: It should be just right, Max—if you plan to be gone for a couple of years.
Warm-up
Notes
Some of the expressions are formal while some are less formal or informal.
Either say according to someone or in someone’s opinion. Don’t say according to someone’s opinion.
It would seem to me that … As far as I am able to judge, … As far as I’m concerned, … I’d like to point out … I’d just like to say … From my point of view, I think … Personally, I think … As I see it … Frankly, I think … I reckon …
Warm-up
Life in the Village and in the City
In pairs, ask and answer the following questions.
1.What do you think of life in the city? Do you prefer life in the city or in the countryside?
Useful Words and Expressions
➢pastoral, rural life, rosy hues of dusk ➢Arcadian spectacles/beauty, serene, quiet, tranquil, a
scene between wilderness and tamed nature ➢but maybe dreadfully dull, laboring life ➢facing haphazard/unfriendly natural elements ➢small trails across the field, a solitary tree at the
rapidly in many countries and it reflects
human efforts to transform a world of cruel
natural elements in favor of human living
environment. While we are ameliorating the
Opinion is often used as a countable noun when it means “personal ideas or beliefs about a particular subject/matter/person”.
Warm-up Asking for and Giving Opinions
living conditions with many facilities, we are
also losing many things. Look at the following
picture and comment on what human beings
have gained and lost in the process of
The English Countryside
Warm-up
Asking for Opinions
Giving Opinions
I was wondering where you stood on the question of X?
What’s your position on X? What’s your opinion of X? What do you think of/about X? How do you find X? What do you feel about X? What do you reckon about X? What about X?
2.Do you sometimes feel tired of city life/country life?
3.Which do you prefer, city life or village life?
Warm-up
• Read the conversation on page 61. • In pairs, make a similar conversation with
modernization?
.
to make (a situation) better or less bad
The Machine in the Garden by L Marx (1964)
Warm-up
In pairs, describe the rural lifestyle without locomotives and factories.
the cues in the substitute box.
the process by which more and more people live in cities
to change completely the appearance or character s developing
A1: Tell me, what do you think of our waiter? B1: Kind of rude, isn’t he?
A2: I wonder when the board of regents will pick a new dean of students.
B2: Who knows? They’re not even scheduled to meet until next month.
A3: Do you think that I’ve packed too much equipment for my camping trip?
B3: It should be just right, Max—if you plan to be gone for a couple of years.
Warm-up
Notes
Some of the expressions are formal while some are less formal or informal.
Either say according to someone or in someone’s opinion. Don’t say according to someone’s opinion.
It would seem to me that … As far as I am able to judge, … As far as I’m concerned, … I’d like to point out … I’d just like to say … From my point of view, I think … Personally, I think … As I see it … Frankly, I think … I reckon …
Warm-up
Life in the Village and in the City
In pairs, ask and answer the following questions.
1.What do you think of life in the city? Do you prefer life in the city or in the countryside?
Useful Words and Expressions
➢pastoral, rural life, rosy hues of dusk ➢Arcadian spectacles/beauty, serene, quiet, tranquil, a
scene between wilderness and tamed nature ➢but maybe dreadfully dull, laboring life ➢facing haphazard/unfriendly natural elements ➢small trails across the field, a solitary tree at the
rapidly in many countries and it reflects
human efforts to transform a world of cruel
natural elements in favor of human living
environment. While we are ameliorating the
Opinion is often used as a countable noun when it means “personal ideas or beliefs about a particular subject/matter/person”.
Warm-up Asking for and Giving Opinions
living conditions with many facilities, we are
also losing many things. Look at the following
picture and comment on what human beings
have gained and lost in the process of