Module one Europe Period 1 Introduction

Lead in: Have you ever been to Europe? Europe

Task1 Guessing game: Look at the national flag, can you guess which country's flag it is?

London / 'l ʌ ndən / United Kingdom

Athens /'æθənz /Greece /gri:s/ Greek / gri:k /

Paris / 'pæris / n. France /fr ɑ :ns/ n. French n.

Italy / 'itəli / n. Rome / rəum / n. Italian / i'tæljən / n/a

Spanish / 'spæni ʃ / a. n. Madrid / mə'drid / n. Spain / spein / n.

Lisbon / 'lizbən/ Portugal /'p ɔ : tjugəl/ n. Portuguese /p ɔ :tju‘gi:z/ n./a.

Germany German Berlin Poland Polish Warsaw

CountryCapitalLanguage 1LondonEnglish BerlinGerman France Italy Greece Portugal Spain Paris Rome Athens Lisbon Spanish French Italian Greek Portuguese Madrid United Kingdom Germany

Task 2: Read the information in Activity 2, and name the main countries in Europe. France Portugal United Kingdom Spain Italy Greece

1.The United Kingdom is off the northwest coast of continental Europe. continental climate continent n. 2.France faces the United Kingdom across the English Channel. Face the audience /the fact/south. You've been caught cheating now you must face the music. be faced with 面对, 面临 We are faced with a difficult decision. _____ (face) with such a situation, she didn’t know what to do.

3.Italy is in the south of Europe on the coast of the Mediterranean Sea. It looks like a boot. 4.Spain is to the south of France. Between France and Spain is another mountain range the Pyrenees. 山脉

There were 120 students whose ages ranged from 10 to 18. My elder brother has a wide range of interest. range n. 山脉；范围； vt.( 在一定范围内 ) 变化； 有 120 名学生，年龄在 10 到 18 岁之间。 range from...to... 在 …… 和 …… 之间变化 我的哥哥兴趣广泛。 a wide range of 广泛的 …… ；各种各样的 ……

归纳拓展 within/in range of 在 …… 的范围之内 beyond/out of the range of 超越了 …… 的范 围

活学活用 —Can you shoot that bird at the top of the tree? —No, it’s out of. A.range B.reach C.control D.distance 解析 句意为 :—— 你能射中在树尖的那只鸟吗？ —— 不能。那超出了射程。 be out of range 超出了 范围 / 射程。

Task 3: Let’s review how to talk about the locations:

FUNCTION Read the sentences. Italy is in the south of Europe. Portugal is to the west of Spain. Barcelona is on the northeast coast of Spain. The UK is off the northwest of Europe.

Match the propositions with the pictures. across through along on off between across through along on off between

off the coast 离海岸不远 off 表示相隔，隔海相望 in 表示在范围之内 on 表示接壤，相邻（范围之外） to 表示在范围之外, 不接壤 Eg Japan to Korea }is { on the east of China. Shangdong in 日本位于中国的东方。（隔海相望） 朝鲜在中国东部。（接壤） 山东位于中国东部。（包含）

Complete these sentences using correct prepositions. 1. Paris is situated ___ the River Seine. 2. France and England face each other _____ the English Channel. on across

3. There is a mountain range _______ France and Italy. 4. Barcelona is a city ___ the coast of Spain. 5. Britain is an island ___ the coast of continental Europe. between on off

on the left below on the right beside between with in front of from to next to near behind opposite above describelocations describemovement on the left between on the right near in front of next to behind beside below opposite above to from

opposite prep. 在 …… 的对面； n. 反义词； 对立的事物； adv. 在对过； adj. 相反地 观察思考 The people sitting opposite us looked very familiar. 坐在我们对面的人看上去很面熟。 The library is on the opposite side of the road from our school. 图书馆在我们学校门前的马路对面。

The old couple sat opposite, talking about their good old days. 这对老夫妇相对而坐, 谈论着他们往昔美好的日子。 They are on strike in opposition to the lay off. 他们罢工以反对临时解雇。

归纳拓展 opposition n. 反对；抵抗 be opposite to 在 …… 对面；与 …… 相反 just the opposite 恰恰相反 in opposition to sb./sth. 反对 …… be opposed to... 反对 …… ；反抗 ……

活学活用 There is a fine little café this house across the street and you’ll be there. A.on the contrary ofB.opposite to C.in front ofD.opposite from 解析 opposite to 对面的；面对着。 B

Complete these sentences using correct prepositions or prepositional phrases. 1. Mongolia is ________ China and Russia. 2. China is _________________ of India. 3. Guangzhou is ____________ of China. between to the northeast of in the south

4. Shenyang is ________ Beijing and Harbin. 5. The Qinghai ---Tibet Plateau ( 高原 ) is ______________ of China. between in the southwest

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