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Cultural corner * Oxford * Grenoble Grenoble * 1. Where are Oxford and Grenoble? 2. What are the similarities between the two countries? 3. What’s the significance of the agreement? * 1. Where are Oxford and Grenoble? 2. What are the similarities between the two countries? Oxford in the UK and Grenoble in France. They’re both medium-sized towns of between 100,000 and 200,000 inhabitants. They both have universities and industries. Tourism is important to both of them, and they are both close to some of the most beautiful countryside in the region. * 3. What’s the significance of the agreement? The agreement encourage people from the two towns visit each other. The agreement are perhaps most useful for students and people who want to practise speaking another language. * What is Town Twinning according to the whole passage? 词数100左右：similar, popular, agreement, feature, encourage, exchange ，practise, * Town twinning is an agreement between towns or cities of similar size and age, and which have similar features. It has become very popular in recent years. Town twinning encourages people from the two towns to visit each other .There are also exchanges between the two cities .Visitors from the foreign country usually stay in the private homes of the town, which is the most useful for students who want to practise speaking another language. * 惠灵顿与中国厦门市于1987年结为友好城市； 2006年5月10日北京市与惠灵顿结为友好城市。 2011年7月22日惠灵顿与中国天津市结为友好城市。 * Writing * 1. similar: alike be similar to:和…相似 be similar in:在…方面相似 这辆车和那辆车在颜色方面相似。 This car is similar to that one in color. Language points in cultural corner * 拓展： 1). similarly adv. 相似地; 相应地 ① The first letter she wrote me was less than a page long, and her second letter was similarly brief. ② The cost of food and clothing has come down in recent years. Similarly, fuel prices have fallen quite considerably. * 2). similarity u.n.相似 ①. u.n.类似;相似 The similarity between the two reports suggests