Period 5: Cultural Corner学习目标:1. 了解英美国家学生的学习和生活,及其学校的概况2. 树立跨文化交际意识3. 掌握重点单词的用法学习重点:了解英美国家学生的学习和生活,及其学校的概况学习难点:掌握重点单词的用法课前预习使用说明与学法指导:1. 树立跨文化交际意识2. 15 分钟之内完成教材助读:预习自测:I. Read the Cultural Corner on Page 9 and choose the best answers.1.What is the European Union?What is the European Union? 2.How did it start? 3.How many countries belong to it now? 我的疑问:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________课内探究质疑探究:1.be governed in different ways 2.But each of them sends representatives to the European Parliament, which has some control over what happens in each of the member countries. 3. increase to/by reduce to/by 4. have a population of当堂检测:This book is ________that one. Which of the following is WRONG?four times so big as B. four times the si ze ofC. four times bigger than D.one fourth as big asI prefer _______at home _______ out with you.A. staying; to going B. to stay; to go C. staying; than go D. to stay; to going3. He felt rather _____that she should drive the car at such a __________ speed. A. frightening; frightening B. frightened; frigh tened C. frightening; frightening D. frightened; frightening4. The news she looked forward to _________.A. come at last B. coming at last C. coming recently D. came at last15. The Olympic Games, _______in 776BC, didn’t include women players until 1912.A. first played B. to be first played C. to be first playing D. first playing6. The dog was lucky that it just missed _______. A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch 7. In some part of the city, ...