Lesson1WorldNewsLesson1WorldNewsWhatareasoftheworldareofteninthenewsatthemoment?Why?FreetalkTheissueaboutnuclearproblembetweenIranandtheUSA.IraqproblemOilpriceReadthetextFirstreadthe“AfricaonG8Agenda”andanswerthefirst5questions,thenreadthe“Londonwins”andanswerthelast3questions.1.Whatdoes“G8”standfor?Theworld’swealthiestnations.2.Whichnationsareinthe“G8”?3.Whyisthisyear’smeetingunusual?DiscussindetailthetopicofAfrica.FrancetheUnitedStatesBritainGermanyJapanItalyCanadaRussia4.WhataresomeofthemajorproblemsinAfrica?Noclothing,nohousingstarvationNowater!Nocrops!Nofood!Thisistheresultofnowater.5.HowcantheG8nationshelpAfrica’spoorestcountries?Cancelthedebtofthepoorestcountries.Beforereadthe“Londonwins”,let’sappreciateapieceofvideo6.WhatimportantnewswereLondonpeoplereactingtoatlunchtimeonJuly6,2005?Theannouncementofthenameofthecitytohostthe2012OlympicGames.CheeringpeopleinLondonstreets7.Howweretheyreactingtothisnews?8.Whydidthisnewshavehistoricalimportance?ItisLondonthathasthedistinctionofbeingthefirstcitytohosttheeventthreetimes.Task3:Completethesentencesinthetablewiththesewords.Havebeen,was,is,willbe,wasbeing,canbe,isbeing,hadbeen,isgoingtobeTheGroupofEight,orG8,(2)____formedbyeightoftheworld’swealthiestnationsin1998.PastSimplewasGrammarThenews(3)_______celebratedbycrowdsinthestreets.At12:45UKtimetoday,thenameofthehostcityfor…(4)_________announcedbyIOCinSingapore.Reforms(5)_________demandedbypeoplefromallovertheworld.isbeingPresentcontinuousPastcontinuouswasbeingPresentperfecthavebeenLondon’sname(6)________announcedtwicebefore.…,asthetopicofAfrica(7)______discussedindetail.Theywanttheleadersto…sothattheproblemsthere(8)______preventedfromgettinganyworse.It(9)____________rememberedasahistoricalmeetingthisyear,…PastperfecthadbeenwillbecanbeisgoingtobeReadthesesentencesfromthetext.Findthephrasethatsayswhothe“doer”oftheactionisineachsentence.Isthe“doer”important?Readthesesentencesfromthetext.Findthephrasethatsayswhothe“doer”oftheactionisineachsentence.Isthe“doer”important?ThegroupofEight,orG8,wasformedbyeightoftheworld’swealthiestnationsin1998.Thedoeriseightoftheworld’swealthiestnations.Theyareimportantbecausetheydiscussmajorproblemsthatconcernthewholeworld.…thenameofthehostcityforthe2012OlympicGameswasbeingannouncedbytheInternationalOlympicsCommittee(IOC)…ThedoeristheinternationalOlympicCommittee,whichisimportantbecauseitdecideswhichcitywillhosttheOlympicGames.Task5:PuttheverbsinbracketsintothePassive.Useanappropriatetense.1.He___just___________(offer)ajobwithagoodsalary.2.Theceremony____________(report)inthenewslastnight.hasbeenofferedwasreported3.Ithinkcinema_______________________(replace)byTVandcomputersinthenextcentury.4.Thisprogrammebecameverypopularafterit__________(award)thebestTVShowoftheYear.willgraduallybereplacedwasaward5.Herlatestseriesofarticles________________(publish)inanationsnewspaperatthemoment.isbeingpublished1.detailn.详情、细节Thisproblemwillbediscussedinmoredetailinthenextbook.这个问题将在下一本书中详细讨论。Wedidn’tgiveanydetailabouttheprogram.我们没有提供这次节目的具体情况。LanguagePointsLanguagePointsv.详细介绍Thebrochuredetailsallthelocalhospitalsandtheirfacilities.这本小册子详细介绍了当地所有医院及其设施。2.lookforwardto+n(高兴地)盼望，期待She’slookingforwardtothewinterholiday.她正盼望着寒假。lookforwardto+v-ingWearelookingforwardtohavingapartywithyouagain.我们期待着再次与你开聚会。3.comedowntosth.归结为,归纳为ItcomesdowntomethatIgetmoremoneyinsteadofmyleaving.最后结果是给我加薪而不是我辞职。4.concern涉及，牵涉（某人）Theeventhasconcernedalotofimportantpeople,wemusttakeitseriously.这次事件已经牵涉到一大批重要人物，我们必须谨慎对待。5.delightedadj.高兴的Iwasdelightedthathecouldstay.他能留下来我很高兴。toone’sdelightn.使某人高兴的是Tohisdelight,Icangoabroadwithmyparents.使他高兴的是，我可以和父母一起出国。HomeworkInternationalorganizationhasprovideaone-weekcampforsomeAfricanchildrenwithAIDS.Writeashort100-wordnewsreportforalocalnewspaper.TrytousethePassiveThankyou
