Section Listening and Vocabulary；Pronunciation，Writing， Everyday English and Function & Cultural Corner,Step One：Fast reading Read the text (P39) quickly and answer the following questions. 1In which countries is the countryside changing? _ 答案：In some countries in western Europe，such as France，Spain and Britain.,2Why do some villages remain? _ 答案：Because people from the cities have bought a “second home” in the village.,Step Two：Detail reading .Read the text (P39) again and choose the best answers. 1From the text we can infer_. Alife in the countryside never changes Bpeople in the countryside live a less lively life Cpeople find it easy to find jobs in the countryside Dpeople have no difficulty in living in the city 答案：B,2The writer hopes farmers will remain because he is worried that_. Athey cant afford to buy houses Bthe countryside will become worse Cthey make less money from their farms Dthey have no place to live in 答案：B,3The word “they” in the last paragraph refers to_. Ayoung peopleBvillagers Ccity people Dvillages 答案：D,.Read the passage on P39 and tell the following statements True (T) or False (F) 1There are three reasons mentioned in the passage that some villages are disappearing.() 2People in the villages move to the cities to find work as the cities are richer than their villages.(),3The farmers sell their land and find another job because they are tired of working on them.() 4Young people move to the towns for education.() 5Some villagers cant afford houses because people from the cities bring the price of houses up.() 答案：1.T2.F3.F4.F5.T,.Read the text (P39) carefully and fill in the blanks.,答案：1.disappearing2.livelier3.jobs4.go up / rise5.villagers6.land7.making money8.sadder and uglier,(1)committee作主语强调整体时，指“委员会”，谓语动词用单数；强调个体时，指“委员们”，谓语动词用复数。 (2)有类似用法的词归纳如下：,1.The whole class_the teacher carefully. Aare listening toBis listening to Care listening Dis listening 解析：考查主谓一致。集合名词class指整体时，用单数，强调个体时则用复数。句意为：全班同学都在认真听老师讲课。 答案：A,exchange vt.交换，互换 exchange sth.with sb.和某人交换某物 exchange.for.用交换 (课文原句P37)There are museums，cinemas，theatres，art galleries，parks，coffee bars，clubs and many other places where people can meet and exchange ideas.,人们可以在博物馆、影院、剧院、美术馆、公园、咖啡店、俱乐部和许多其他地方会面并交流思想。 Every year，I exchange gifts with my friends at Christmas. 每年圣诞节我都和朋友交换礼物。 I exchanged an apple for an orange with her. 我用一个苹果和她换了一个桔子。,exchange n交换；互换 in exchange for作为交换 Would you like my skirt in exchange for your jeans? 用我的裙子换你的牛仔裤，你愿意吗？,2.I have offered to paint the house_a weeks accommodation (住宿) Ain exchange for Binstead of Cby means of Din place of 解析：本题考查介词短语。in exchange for交换；instead of 代替；by means of通过；in place of代替，根据句意，只能选A。 答案：A,afford vt.买得起；有能力支付 (课文原句P39)The price of homes goes up and people from the area cannot afford to buy a house there. 房价上涨，(城区的)人们在那里买不起房子。,They walked because they couldnt afford (to take) a taxi. 他们因坐不起出租车而步行。 Id love to go on holidays but I cant afford the time. 我倒想去度假，可是抽不出时间来。,3.Arent you going to buy that house？It is modern，comfortable and above all，in a quiet neighbourhood. Yes，it is.But Im afraid we cant_such an expensive house. AaffordBlive Chope Doffer,解析：句意为：恐怕我们买不起这样昂贵的房子。afford sth.买得起某物或抽得出时间做某事。 答案：A,survive (1)vi.活下来，幸存，残存 (课文原句P39)All these things mean that many villages in western Europe are fighting to survive. 所有这些意味着西欧的许多村庄正挣扎着以生存下去。 There was an accident and only a few people survived. 发生了一起事故，只有几个人幸存下来。,(2)vt.幸免于，从中逃生 Only a few people survived the accident. 只有几个人在这起事故中幸存下来。 (3)vt.比活得大 He survived his wife by 5 years. 他比他妻子多活了5年。,4.完成句子 在这次事故受伤的所有人中，只有一个婴儿活了下来。 Of all the people injured in the accident，_ _ _ _. 他很幸运得从大火中逃生。 He was lucky that he_ _ _ _. 答案：only a baby survivedsurvived the big fire,5I dont think I could_another year as a teacher；its just too stressful. Asurvive Bsurvive from Clive for Dlive from 解析：survive指“从困境中活过来或挺过来”，是及物动词；作“活着；断续存在”讲是不及物动词。live for为而活；没有live from结构。 答案：A,contact (1)vt.联络；联系(某人) Contact your neighbourhood committee. 和你的居委会取得联系。 If you are free，please contact me. 如果你有空，请联系我。,(2)n.联络；联系 Have you been in contact with him recently? 你最近与他有联系吗？,6.完成句子 我和大学时代的朋友大都失去了联系。 I have_ _ _most of my university friends. 我终于在巴黎同她取得了联系。 I finally_ _ _ _in Paris. 答案：lost contact with/been out of contact with made contact with her/contacted her,7We_with each other since we graduated from college. Ahave been out of contact Blose contact Cis out of contact Dhave lost contact 解析：该句意为“自从我们大学毕业之后，我们彼此之间就失去了联系”。 答案：A,pay back 归还(借款等)；报答，报复 (课文原句P36)I hope he pays me back next week. 我希望他下周还钱。 How can I pay you back for all your kindness? 我该怎么报答你的这番好意呢？,8.Mom，I cant see any point in working hard at all the subjects at school. Come on，dear.Years of hard work