Module one Europe Period 1 Introduction Lead in: Have you ever been to Europe? Europe.

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 / 'lʌndən /

United Kingdom

Athens /'æθənz / Greece /gri:s/

Greek / gri:k /

Paris / 'pæris / n. France /frɑ:ns/ n.

French n.

Italy / 'itəli / n. Rome / rəum / n.

Italian / i'tæljən / n/a

Spanish / 'spæniʃ / a. n.

Madrid / mə'drid / n. Spain / spein / n.

Lisbon / 'lizbən/ Portugal /'pɔ: tjugəl/ n.

Portuguese /p ɔ :tju‘gi:z/

n./a.

Germany GermanBerlin

Poland PolishWarsaw

Country Capital Language

1 London English

2 3

4

5 6

7

8 9

10 Berlin German

FranceItaly

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 M

editerranean Sea. It looks like a boot.

• 4.Spain is to the south of France. Between France an

d 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）

1 2 3 4

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 belowon the right besidebetween within front of fromto next to near behindopposite above

describe describe locationslocations

describedescribemovementmovement

on the left betweenon the right nearin front of next to behind beside below oppositeabove

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 of B.opposite to

C.in front of D.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

Thank you!