SectionⅢIntegratingSkills&CulturalCorner重点单词写作词汇1.oppositeprep.在……对面2.signvt.签署3.regionn．地区；区域4.featuren.特点拓展词汇5.agreementn．协议；契约→agreev．同意→disagreev．不同意→disagreementn．不同意6.governvt.统治；治理→governmentn．政府7.producen．产品；农产品v.生产；制造→productionn．生产；产量阅读词汇8.whereaboutsadv.在哪里9.headn.领袖；领导人10.representativen.代表11.parliamentn．国会；议会12.geographicaladj.地理的重点短语1.in__terms__of据……；依照……2.compared__with/to与……相比较3.on__the__other__hand另一方面；反过来说4.little__by__little一点点地；逐渐地5.belong__to属于重点句型1.介词＋宾语从句：ButeachofthemsendsrepresentativestotheEuropeanParliament,whichhassomecontrolover__what__happens(所发生的事情)ineachofthemembercountries.2.倍数句型：倍数＋as＋adj.＋as...：TheexpandedEuropeanUnionhasapopulationofmorethanhalfabillionpeople,twice__as__big__as__the__population__of(……人口的两倍)theUnitedStates.Readthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．IntheUnitedKingdom,theheadofstateisa________．A．presidentB．chairmanC．kingorqueenD．parliamentleader2．Whatcanweknowfromthefirstpart?A．TheEuropeanUnioncontrolsitsmembercountriescompletely.B．Akingorqueenhashigherpowerthanapresident.C．AnymembercountrycanasktheEuropeanUnionforhelp.D．TheEuropeanUnionsendsrepresentativestoeachmembercountry.3．AllthefollowingcountriesbelongtotheEU’sfirstmembersEXCEPT________．A．GermanyB．FranceC．DenmarkD．Italy4．Whatcanweconcludefromthesecondandthirdparts?A．TheUnitedStatesbelongstotheEuropeanUnion.B．TheEuropeanUnionispopularamongmostEuropeancountries.C．TheEuropeanUnionwantstounitethewholeofEurope.D．EachEuropeancountryisruledindifferentwaysbytheEuropeanUnion.答案：1－4.CCCB①theEuropeanUnion欧盟②independentadj.独立的beindependentof独立于③govern['ɡʌvn]vt.统治；治理governmentn．政府governorn．统治者④forexample例如⑤head[hed]n.领袖；领导人⑥ontheotherhand另一方面；反过来说ontheonehand一方面⑦representative[ˌreprI'zentətIv]n.代表⑧parliament['pɑːləmənt]n.国会；议会⑨startv．开始，发起，创建⑩inthe1950s在20世纪50年代此处in也可用介词during代替，且the不可缺少。⑪littlebylittle一点点地；逐渐地⑫increasev．增加其后可接介词by(增加了)或to(增加到)。⑬by在此处表示“到；截止到……为止”。⑭belongto属于此短语不用于被动语态或进行时态。⑮plusprep.加上⑯haveapopulationof有……人口对population的多少进行提问，用what而不用howmuch；用large或small来修饰人口的多少。⑰morethan多于；超过TheEuropeanUnion①WhatIstheEuropeanUnion?TheEuropeanUnionisanorganisationofEuropeancountries.Thecountriesareindependent②andaregoverned③indifferentways.IntheUnitedKingdom,forexample④，thehead⑤ofstateisakingorqueen.InFrance,ontheotherhand⑥，theheadofstateisapresident.Buteachofthemsendsrepresentatives⑦totheEuropeanParliament⑧，whichhassomecontroloverwhathappensineachofthemembercountries.◆whichhassomecontroloverwhathappens...是which引导的非限制性定语从句，which在从句中作主语，不能用that来代替。该定语从句中又包含一个what引导的宾语从句，作over的宾语，其中what在宾语从句中作主语。HowDidItStart⑨？TheideaoftheEuropeanUnionbeganinthe1950s○.ThefirstmemberswereFrance,Germany,Belgium,Luxembourg,theNetherlandsandItaly.Littlebylittle⑪，thenumberincreased⑫duringthesecondhalfofthetwentiethcentury.By⑬theyear2000，therewere15membercountries.ThenewcountrieswereAustria,Denmark,Finland...
