Culturalcorner1.What’sthenameofthissong?Countryroad,takemehome.2.Canyouguesswhosingthissong?ItissungbyJohnDenver.JohnDenverisaveryfamoussingerofcountrymusicallovertheworld.CountrysideinwesternEuropeBrainstorm1.CanyougiveadescriptiontothecountrysideinwesternEuropeusingonlytwowords?2.Whatdoyouknowhappenstothecountrysidenow?beautiful,quiteTheyarechangingnow.Readthetextsilentlyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Inwhichcountriesisthecountrysidechanging?2.Whydosomevillagesremain?Readthetextsielentlyandanswerthefollowingquestions.1.Inwhichcountriesisthecountrysidechanging?InsomecountriesinwesternEurope,suchasFrance,SpainandBritain2.Whydosomevillagesremain?Becausepeoplefromthecitieshaveboughta“secondhome”inthevillage.Readagainandanswerthefollowingquestion.1.Whataretheproblems?2.Whatwillberesultedinbytheseproblems?3.WhatcanyoudotosavethecountrysideinwesternEurope?1.Whataretheproblems?1)Youngpeoplemovetotownsforalivelierlifeandforwork.2)Peoplecan’taffordvillagehousebecausecity-dwellersbuythemup.3)Farmersselltheirlandandstopfarming.Readagainandanswerthefollowingquestion.2.Whatwillberesultedinbytheseproblems?ManyvillagesinwesternEuropewillhavetofighttosurvive.Thecountrysidewillbeasadderanduglierplace.3.WhatcanyoudotosavethecountrysideinwesternEurope?1.Thereareanumberofreasonsforthis.reasonfor…表示“…的原因”,后接名词/代词或者v-ing形式。reasonwhy也可以表示“…的原因”后面跟句子。Thisisthereasonforhisbeinglate.Thisisthereasonwhyheislate.Languagepoints2.Thepriceofhomesgoesupandpeoplefromtheareacannotaffordtobuyahousethere.goup表示“(价格等)上涨”Thepriceofthesevillasbytheseahasbeengoingup.这些海滨别墅的价格一直在上涨。对比:Thepriceoffreshvegetableshasbeenbroughtup.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,beableto连用。Ican’taffordtobuysuchanexpensivenecklace.我可买不起那么贵重的项链。I’dlovetogoonholidaywithyou,butIcan’taffordthetime.我很想和你一起去度假,可抽不出时间。3.Remainvi.1)留下,遗留Iwenttothecity,butmybrotherremainedathome.2)继续,仍然是Thedeathsoftheinnkeeperstillremainsamystery.3)remaintobedone尚待,留待Comeon!Alotfworkremainstobedone.快点吧,还有许多工作要做呢!4.suchas与forexamplesuchas往往不能把事物全部列出,可以以“名词(,)+suchas+被列举的事物”和“such+名词+as+被列举的事物”形式出现。forexample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。Ilikedrinkssuchasteaandjuice.=Ilikesuchdrinksasteaandjuice.WorkingroupsanddiscussifvillagesinyourareahavesimilarproblemswithcountrysideinwesternEurope.Homework