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天津市宝坻区大白庄高级中学高中英语必修三学练稿：Cultural Corner Cultural Corner Step1.Read the passage carefully and then answer the following questions. What is the European Union? What’s the relationship of its members? When did it start? What’s the population of the European Union? How many countries belong to it now? Step2. language Points. Important phrases: 1.就什么而言____________ 2.与什么相比_____________ 3.控制_____________ 4.逐渐，一点点地____________ 5.属于_____________ 6.增加到______________ Important sentences: 1. In France, on the other hand, the head of state is a president. 2. The expanded European Union has a population of more than half a billion people, twice as big as the population of the United States. Exercises: （一）Choose the best answers. 1.The European Parliament has some control ____what happens in each of the member countries. A. of B. to C. with D. over 2.The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I have at home and I’m paying ____here. A. as three times much B. as much three times C. much as three times D. three times as much （二）Translation. 1.从人口方面来说，中国是世界上最大的国家。 2.我想买那所房子，但另一方面，我又承担不起昂贵的房价。 3.和我们的房子相比，他们的房子简直是宫殿。（palace）