Brainstorming We have learned the passage ‘Canada---land of the maple tree’. What subjects are covered in the reading passage ? How are these subjects.

Brainstorming

We have learned the passage ‘Canada---land of the maple tree’.

What subjects are covered in the reading passage ?

How are these subjects organized ?

Canada---land of the maple treeAreaClimateLandscapeFlora and faunaResourcesPopulation

LifestyleCitiesLanguageHistorySocietySymbol

Brainstorming

If we were to write

a book about The

United Kingdom,

what subjects

should be covered

in the book ?

Discussion

The united KingdomThe united Kingdom

Geography

History

Society

Commerce

Culture

The united KingdomThe united Kingdom• Geography• Area• Climate• Landscape• Flora and fauna• Resources• Cities• History• Prehistory• Early inhabitants• Invasions from Europe• Post-war immigrants• Society• Population• Language• Government

• Rule of the monarchy• Modern politics• Law• Education• Economy• Agriculture• Commerce• Trade and industry• Manufacturing• Transport• Culture• Religion• Tradition• Customs• Lifestyle• The arts• appendix

What do the words flora and fauna refer to?

Plants and animals. What does the word ‘monarchy’

mean? It refers to a type of government in

which a country is ruled by a king or queen.

Which subject(s) are you most interested in? Why?

Part C (1) history (2) society

(3) England (4) government (5) monarchy (6) commerce (7) trade (8) Agriculture

(9) resources (10) population (11) lifestyle (12) customs

Part D

(1) Queen (2) Government (3) Minister (4) Labour (5) Party

Would you like to choose a country to describe?

1. The UK is still officially a monarchy meaning that there is a king or a queen, but the government makes all the decisions concerning the economy and politics of the UK.

1.(2006 湖南）The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _____ the desert. A. covering    B. covered           C. cover              D. to cover

2.(06 天津 )Don’t respond to any e-mails ______

personal information, no matter how official they look.

A.searching     B. asking         C. requesting        D. questioning

3. (06 辽宁 )

I was told that there were about 50 foreign students _____ Chinese in the school, most  _____ were from Germany.A. study; of whom   B. study; of themC. studying; of them D. studying; of whom

4. (07 江苏 )

Peter received a letter just now ________ his grandma would come to see him soon.

A ． said B ． says C ． saying D ． to say

2) concern verb [T] to be important to someone or to involve someone directly: 与…有关 , 对…有重要性Matters of pollution and the environment concern us all.What I have to say to Amy doesn’t concern you.[T] If a story, film or article concerns a particular subject, person, etc., it is about that person or subject: 有关 , 涉及The film concerns a woman who goes to China as a missionary( 传教士 ).

[R] to become involved with something, or worried about something:There’s no need for you to concern yourself with what happened. 使关涉 , 使参与Don't concern yourself. She'll be home soon.[T] to cause anxiety to someone: 使操心 , 使不安The state of my father's health concerns us greatly.[+ that] It concerns me that he hasn't been in contact.

noun [C or U]something that involves or affects you or is important to you: 关系 , 利害关系What were the major concerns of the writers from this period?I don't want to hear about it - it's no concern of mine!"What's happening?" "That's none of/not any of your concern."

noun [C or U]

a feeling of worry or nervousness, or something that worries you: 担心 , 挂念 ,

Concern for the safety of the two missing teenagers is growing.

There's a lot of public concern about/over dangerous toxins recently found in food.

Social concerns

[+ that] My concern is that you're not getting enough work done.

something that is important to you, or when something is important: 重要的事 , 关心的事

There's a matter of some concern that I have to discuss with you.

noun [C] a company: 事业 , 企业 , 公司

a family concern

It started slowly, but the company is now a going concern (= doing business effectively).

Phrases: be concerned with 与……有关 ;

be concerned about 为……担心 ;

concerning 关于a report concerning the global warming全球变暖的报告All concerned with the adventure travel are concerned about the safety of the people.

2. Agriculture is not so important, and the number of farmers is decreasing.  the number of 与 a number of 的区别 :the number of 表示“……的数量”，跟复数名词连用作主语时，中心词是 number ，谓语动词要用单数。例如： 我们班学生的数量是 50 人。 The number of students in our class is 50 ．这本书有 60 页。The number of pages in this book is 60 ．

a number of 表示“许多”，相当于 many ，修饰可数名词复数。作主语时，谓语动词用复数。 number 前可用 large ， small 等修饰，以表示程度。例如： 许多学生在小山上植树。 A number of students are planting trees on the hill ．

1. （ 06 浙江）

We always keep ____ spare paper, in case we ran out.   A. too much B. a number of 

C. plenty of  D. a good many

2. (05 辽宁 ) Nowadays, a large number of women, especially those from the countryside, ____ in the clothing industry. A. is working B. works C. work D. worked