Unit 19 Urban and Rural Worlds 城镇与乡村.ppt

Unit 19 Urban and Rural Worlds 城镇与乡村 I. Topic Transformations taking place throughout the world in urban and rural environments 城乡发展与变化 II. Language Focus(重点) 现在分词用作定语 There are now 11 cities housing over 11 million people each. 或结果状语 连接词语（表示递进关系、 In addition, soil erosion has led to a huge loss of farmland 增加信息或表示结果） and the drying up of rivers. 比较结构the…the… The more trees that die, the less water is held in the earth The+最高级+现在完成时+ever结构 It’s the biggest desert I’ve ever seen. Vocabulary Activity 1 P2 house v. To provide living quarters for; lodge 供以住房；留宿： The cottage housed ten students. 住了十个学生的小屋 Those caves may house snakes or some other wild animals. 那些洞里也许有蛇或者其它什么野兽。 add … to … v. increase 增加 I hope nothing turned up to add to your difficulties. 我希望没有发生什么事 增添你们的困难。 Fireworks added to the attraction of the festival night. 焰火使节日的夜晚更加生色。 on a big [large]scale 大规模地[的] on a small scale 小规模地[的] They are preparing for war on a large scale. 他们正在大规模地备战。 Any public demonstrations on a large scale without the permission of the city authorities is antisocial. 不得市政当局的允许举行大规模游行示威是妨害社会秩序的。 result in（from） v. To come about as a consequence. 1）结果; 致使; 导致(in) 2）由...而造成(from) Nothing has resulted from his efforts. 他的努力终成泡影。 Acting before thinking always results in failure. 做事不先考虑总会导致失败。 The accident resulted in the death of two people. 这场意外事故造成两人死亡。 drive v. 1）To push, propel, or press onward forcibly; urge forward 驱赶，用力向前挤、推或压；催促向前 2）To repulse forcefully; put to flight 用力驱除；使离开 The old man drove the horses into the corral. 老人把马赶进马厩 They were determined to drove the attackers away 他们决心赶走袭击者。 He drove out any thought of failure. 他打消了失败的念头。 With 结构 “… , with the cities driving the expansion.” “with＋名词/代词＋现在分词”，作伴随状语和说明状语。 With winter coming on, it’s time to buy warm clothes. 冬天来了，该买保暖的衣服了。 I won’t be able to go on holiday with my mother being ill. 我母亲病了，我不能度假去了。 Activity 10 P10  Threaten v. to expres