SectionⅢIntegratingSkills&CulturalCorner重点单词写作词汇1.homelessadj.无家可归的2.freewayn.高速公路3.smartadj.漂亮的;整洁的;时髦的4.exchangen.交换拓展词汇5.crowdedadj.拥挤的→crowdn.人群6.similarityn.类似;相似→similaradj.相似的→similarlyadv.相似地7.unfortunateadj.不幸的遗憾的→unfortunatelyadv.不幸地→fortunateadj.幸运的→fortunatelyadv.幸运地→fortunen.运气;财富8.locationn.位置;所在地→locatev.位于;确定……的位置9.transportn.交通工具→transportationn.交通10.pollutedadj.受到污染的→pollutev.污染→pollutionn.污染11.entertainmentn.娱乐→entertainv.娱乐;招待→entertainingadj.有趣的阅读词汇12.householdn.一家人;家庭13.charityn.慈善团体14.inhabitantn.居民15.tourismn.旅游业16.industrialadj.工业的17.vastadj.巨大的;庞大的;浩瀚的重点短语1.be__connected__with与……有联系;与……有关2.be__close__to接近;靠近3.as__a__result结果;因此重点句型1.Howdoyoufind...?你认为……怎么样?:How__do__you__find(你认为……怎么样)it?2.be+of+名词:It’sanagreementbetweentownsorcitiesof__similar__size__and__age(规模和年代相似的),andwhichhavesimilarfeaturessuchastourism,industry,cultureandentertainment.3.Thisisbecause...这是因为……:This__is__because(这是因为)livingwithaforeignfamilyforoneortwoweeksmeansthatyouhavetospeaktheirlanguage,andasaresultyouimprovefast.Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestanswer.1.OxfordintheUKandGrenobleinFrancearesimilar.ChoosetheWRONGstatementaboutthem:________.A.TheybothhaveuniversitiesandindustriesB.TheyarebothmediumsizedtownsinEuropeC.Tourismisn’timportanttothemD.Theyarebothclosetosomeofthemostbeautifulcountryside2.Wheredidthevisitorsoftowntwinningagreementslivewhentheyvisitedtheothersoftowntwinningagreements?A.Inthehotels.B.Intheschools.C.Inthetheatres.D.Intheprivatehomes.3.Towntwinningismostusefulfor________.A.businessmenB.studentsC.foreignersD.teachers4.WhichstatementisTRUEaccordingtothetext?A.Thereisusuallyapartyforyouwhenyouvisityourtowntwinningagreementfriends.B.InordertopracticeyourEnglish,youmustlivewithaforeignfamilyforoneortwoweeks.C.Thetowntwinningagreementcitiesarethesameineverything.D.Inthetowntwinningagreements,onecitymustvisittheotheronceayear.答案:1-4.CDBA①inhabitant[In'hæbItənt]n.居民②beimportantto对……重要③becloseto靠近;接近to为介词,其后接名词、代词或动名词。④havea/an...agreement有一个……的协议⑤ofsimilarsizeandage具有相似面积和历史的⑥entertainment[ˌentə'teInmənt]n.娱乐⑦encouragesb.todosth.鼓励某人做某事⑧exchange[Iks'tʃeIndʒ]n.交换inexchangefor作为……的交换exchange也可作动词,常用于:exchangesth.withsb.和某人交换某物exchangesth.forsth.以某物换取某物⑨most此处相当于very。⑩practisev.练习practisedoingsth.练习做某事⑪Thisisbecause...这是因为……⑫meanv.意思是meantodo打算做……meandoing意味着做……⑬asaresult结果asaresultof由于⑭improvev.改善;改进TownTwinningHowareOxfordintheUKandGrenobleinFrancesimilar?Well,they’rebothmediumsizedtownsofbetween100,000and200,000inhabitants①.Theybothhaveuniversitiesandindustries.Tourismisimportantto②bothofthem,andtheyarebothcloseto③someofthemostbeautifulcountrysideintheregion.Buttheysharesomethingelse:theyhaveatowntwinningagreement④.Towntwinningisnotanewidea,butithasbecomemorepopularinrecentyearsbecauseit’snoweasiertofindoutaboutandvisitothercountriesandtowns.It’sanagreementbetweentownsorcitiesofsimilarsizeandage⑤,andwhichhavesimilarfeatu...