外研版高中英语教学Book Module Period Introduction Culture corner.ppt

Module 4 A Social Survey—My Neighbourhood ;Introduction; A neighbourhood is usually a community. kinds of community urban communities suburban communities rural communities;Define the following expressions in your own words. urban communities： suburban communities： rural communities：;apartment block;The building is a ____________ building.; 1. Read about the homes of the two students.Underline useful expressions used to describe their homes. ;2.Write a description of your home , using useful expressions from the descriptions in Activity 2. Where is it located? What kind of building is it? … ;;Discussion: Where would you prefer to live? Why?; I. Why are many villages in western Europe fighting to survive? Firstly, young people move to towns for a livelier life and for work. As a result, life has become difficult for many villages and some are disappearing. Secondly, people move to cities to find work and they can’t afford village houses because city-dwellers buy them up. Thirdly, farmers sell the land and stop farming because it is becoming harder and harder for farmers to make money from their farms.; II. Read the text carefully and then fill in the blanks. Life has become difficult for many villages ,and some are __________.There are a ______of reasons ____this. Firstly, young people from villages usually want to live somewhere ______and they often move to the towns and not return. Secondly, people move to the cities to find _____,as there are often very few jobs in the __________.Sometimes villages ______because people from the cities _________ a “ second home ” in the village, where they can come and stay at weekends. All these changes _____that many villages in western Europe are ______ to survive. We can only hope they will remain .The countryside would be a sadder and uglier place ______them. ; In some countries i