A Social Survey My Neighbourhood电子课件2.pptVIP

Module 4 A Social Survey – My Neighborhood ;Introduction;Do you know the rank of the height of buildings in the world?;;Taipei 101 ; ;International Commerce Centre ;Where is your hometown? How do you describe your hometown to others?;Beijing;Chengdu;Harbin;Lijiang;Shanghai;Shenzhen;Sanya;Yangzhou;Please use some adjectives to describe your ideal home. ; 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. ;Cultural Corner;Countryside in western Europe;A village in Britain;Provence ;A village in Holland ; Brainstorm 1. Can you give a description of the countryside in western Europe using only two words? 2. What’s happening to the countryside now?;Listen to the text and answer the following questions.;2. Why do some villages remain?;3. What are the problems?;4. What will be resulted in by these problems?;Discussion ;Write a letter to your pen friend. Tell him / her about the place you live in and your neighbourhood.;Language points;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. ; The price of homes goes up and people from the area cannot afford to buy a house there. go up 上升，增长，建起 The price of cigarettes is going up. New office blocks are going up everywhere. ; afford v. 提供, 供应得起, 给予 I cant afford a holiday this summer. These trees afford a pleasant shade. We would give more examples if we could afford the space. ;;; 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.