1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer about what you have learnt so far /up to now this term, in your lessons at school. Example: Example: Student A: what have you learnt in your English lessons so far this term? Student B: I have learnt a lot more vocabulary. Student A: …………. Student B: …………. Review the present perfect tense

2. What do you know about western Europe?

3. Eiffel Tower

4. Tower Bridge ， London

7. - The problems of some villages in western Europe

8. Fast Reading Listen to the tape, and find the following question about the problems of some villages in western EuropeListen to the tape, and find the following question about the problems of some villages in western Europe What are these problems?

9. 2 Why do people move to the cities to find work ? 3 Who cannot afford to buy a house there? 3. What will be resulted in by these problems? Careful Reading Read the passage again, and find the following question

10. Discussion Work in groups and discuss the following questions What can you do to save the countryside in western Europe? if villages in your area have similar problems with countryside in western Europe.

11. a number ofa number of : a lot of 大量的 the number of 后面接名词复数 the number of : 是...... 的数量 后面接名词复数 例如 :A number of apples are red 许多苹果是红色的 The number of students is 2000 学生的数量是 2000 人 Language points

12. go up ( 价格、水位、数量等的 ) 上涨 eg: (1) The price of vegetables went up because of the heavy rain that slowed the growth of green plants. (2)In the past 10 years, the population of the town has gone up by 5.5 percent, much smaller than that of thirty years ago.

13. Language points it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from their farms.Another problem is that it is becoming more and more difficult for farmers to make money from their farms.

14. Language points Survive continue to live or exist,especallly in a diffcult or dangerous situationSurvive : continue to live or exist,especallly in a diffcult or dangerous situation (1) Only 12 of the 140 passengers survived the plane crash. (2) Few buildings survived the bombing raids intact. (3) Many strange customs have survived from earlier times