Cultural corner

1. What’s the name of this song?

Country road, take me home.

2. Can you guess who sing this song?

It is sung by John Denver.

John Denver is a very famous singer

of country music all over the world.

1. What’s the name of this song?

Country road, take me home.

2. Can you guess who sing this song?

It is sung by John Denver.

John Denver is a very famous singer

of country music all over the world.

Countryside in western Europe

countryside in western Europe

Brain storm1.Can you give a description to the

countryside in western Europe using only two words?

2.What do you know happens to the countryside now?

beautiful, quite

They are changing now.

Listen to the text and answer the

following questions.

1. In which countries is the countryside

changing?

In some countries in western Europe,

such as France, Spain and Britain

2. Why do some villages remain?

Because people from the cities have

bought a “second home” in the village.

1. What are the problems?

1) Young people move to towns for a

livelier life and for work.

2) People can’t afford village house

because city-dwellers buy them up.

3) Farmers sell their land and stop

farming.

Read again and answer the following question.

2. What will be resulted in by these problems?

Many villages in western Europe will have

to fight to survive.

The countryside will be a sadder and

uglier place.3. What can you do to save the countryside in western Europe?

1.There are a number of reasons for this. reason for… 表示“…的原因”，后接名词 / 代词

或者v-ing 形式。 reason why 也可以表示“…的 原因”，

后面跟句子。 This is the reason for his being late.

This is the reason why he is late.

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2. The price of homes goes up and people from the area cannot afford to buy a house there.go up 表示“（价格等）上涨”The price of these villas by the sea has been going up. 这些海滨别墅的价格一直在上涨。对比： The price of fresh vegetables has been brought up.

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afford 表示“买的起；付得起；（有足够的时间和金钱）做某事”，通常与 can, could, be able to 连用。I can’t afford to buy such an expensive necklace.I’d love to go on holiday with you, but I can’t afford the time.我很想和你一起去度假，可抽不出时间。

我可买不起那么贵重的项链。

3. Remain vi.

1) 留下 , 遗留 I went to the city, but my brother

remained at home.

2) 继续 , 仍然是 The deaths of the innkeeper still

remains a mystery.

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3) remain to be done 尚待 , 留待 Come on! A lot f work remains to

be done.

快点吧，还有许多工作要做呢！

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4. such as 与 for example

such as 往往不能把事物全部列出 , 可以以 “名词 (,) +such as + 被列举的事物” 和 “ such+ 名词 +as+ 被列举的事物”形式出现。

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for example 可以用于句首 , 句中 , 句末。往往用逗号与被列举的事物隔开。e.g. 我喜欢喝茶和果汁类的饮料。 I like drinks such as tea and

juice.

= I like such drinks as tea and

juice.

到目前为止修建许多 , 大量 上升仍然漂亮听起来像

up to now

put up

a great many

go up

sound like

remain pretty

Important phrases in Module 4:

饿死 例如加入委员会 购物中心在地震中幸存 买得起房子

survive an earthquake

starve to death

afford to buy a house

join a committee

for example

shopping mall

Work in groups and discuss if

villages in your area have similar

problems with countryside in

western Europe.

Homework