必修2 Module Four Caltural Corner.ppt

* Answer the question: What are these problems? Young people move to towns for a livelier life and for work. People can’t afford village house because city-dwellers buy them up. Farmers sell their land and stop farming. 1、In some countries in Western Europe, such as France, Spain and Britain, the countryside is changing. such as (=for example) “例如” 引出短语说明some countries eg. Many things such as plastics and rubber never rot. 2、Life has become difficult for many villages , and some are disappearing. 3、There are a number of reasons for this. 这有诸多原因。 （1）reason for ....的原因 （2）a number of numbers of good a great large number of 很多、大量 eg. A large number of people have applied for the job. （1）很多的、大量的 a good / great many a large / great number of quite a few 修饰可数名词复数作主语时动词用复数形式 (2)很多的、大量的 a great deal of a great / large amount of quite a little 修饰不可数名词作主语时谓语动词用单数形式 既可修饰可数名词复数，也可修饰不可数名词 既可接复数名词，也可接不可数名词，谓语动词形式根据名词的单复数形式而定。 既可接复数名词，也可接不可数名词，谓语动词一律用复数形式。 （4）许多、大量 many a more than one eg. Many a good man has been destroyed by drink. (3)许多的、大量的 large quantities of a large quantity of plenty of a lot of = lots of 4、Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live somewhere livelier and they often move to the towns and do not return. somewhere livelier 更具有活力的地方 5、Secondly, people move to the cities to find work, as there are often very few jobs in the countryside. (1)to find work 作目的状语 (2) as引导原因状语从句 as : 语气最弱，只说明一般的因果关系，可放在主句的前或后，不如since正式。 (2) since : 语气比because 稍弱，表示已为人知的原因，强调关系上的自然结果，不是句子的重点，意为“既然、鉴于”（=now that）,往往放在主句之前。 (3) because : 语气最强，着重说明原因或理由，是句子的重点。在回答why的问句和用于强调句型时，必须用because. 6、Sometimes villages remain because people from the cities have bought a “second home”in the village, where they come and stay at weekends. 有时一些村庄得以继续存在是因为城里人在村子里买下了“第二个家”，他们来这里度周末。 （1）remain v. 仍然是、保持不变、剩余、遗留、继续存在 后可接名词、形容词、to be done eg. Of the seven brothers only four now remain, the rest are dead. When the o