Unit 4 Earthquakes教学目标:词汇：fascinating, afford, survive, livelier, remain, congratulation,短语：congratulate somebody on something, such as, a number of, the number of, go up, 句式：① We make it ……② There are a number of reasons for this.③ Secondly,people move to the cities to find work, as there are often very few jobs in the countryside.Ⅱ 重难点突破:1. We make it (1,400) means ……make it 确定；成功；及时到达目的地或及时赶上做某事eg.①--- When shall we have the meeting? 我们什么时候开这个会议。 --- Let’s make it at 7 p.m. OK? 我们定在下午七点钟，怎么样？ ②--- How much do I owe you for the meal? 饭费是多少？ --- I make it $ 5.00. 是五美元。2. ……,such as France, Spain, and Britain,……such as 用于列举，往往不能把事物全部列出。可以以“名词（，）+ such as + 被列举的事物”和“such + 名词 + as + 被列举的事物”形式出现。3. There are a number of reasons for this.a number of “一些，许多”，也可以用 numbers of，后接可数名词复数。number 之前可以用large, great, huge, good, small 等词修饰，表示数量多少。⑴a number of 意思是“一些，许多”，后接可数名词复数，作主语时谓语动词用复数。⑵the number of 意思是“的数目，数量”，后接可数名词复数，但作主语时谓语动词用单数4. The price of homes goes up and people from the area cannot afford to buy a house there.⑴ go up 上升；兴建eg. The price of cigarettes is going up.香烟的价格正在上涨。New office blocks are going up everywhere.到处都在兴建新的办公楼群。 ⑵ afford v. 担负得起（……的费用），抽得出（时间） 通常与 can, be able to 连用，后接名词﹑代词或不定式作定语。 afford to do 在时间或金钱方面某事能做得起。5. All these things mean that many villages in western Europe are fighting to survive.survive vi. 死里逃生；大难不死 vt.在……之后仍然生存；从……中逃生；比……活得长survival n.幸存 survivor n.幸存者Ⅲ 强化训练：1...
