1. 外研版 高一年级 ( 必修 3) Module 1

3. 1) Do you know European Union? 2) Where is it? 3) Is it one country? 4) Is the United kingdom its member? 5) How many countries were its first members? 6) Are its member countries independent? 7) How did it start?

4. Belgium 比利时 Luxembourg 卢森堡 the Netherlands 荷兰 Denmark 丹麦 Finland 芬兰 The Czech Republic 捷克 Estonia 爱沙尼亚 Hungary 匈牙利

5. Latvia 拉脱维亚 Lithuania 立陶宛 The Slovak Republic 斯洛伐克 Slovenia 斯洛文尼亚 Cyprus 塞浦路斯 Malta 马耳他

6. The development of the European Union

7. flag

8. 欧元

9. Read the text fast and then answer the question. Find the name of first three members and three new members of the European Union.

10. First three members: France, Germany, Belgium Luxembourg. New members: Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Slovak, Republic, Slovenia, Cyprus and Malta (choose 3).

11. Read the text again and get the main idea of each paragraph. What is the main idea of each paragraph? Para 1:? The definition of the European Union. Para 2:? How did it start? Para 3:? The members of the European Union.

12. 1) Is the European Union an organization? The European Union is an organization of European countries. 2) Do the countries have one government or their own governments? The countries are independent and are governed in different ways. Read the text carefully and answer the questions.

13. 3) What does each government do to the EU? Each of them sends representatives to the European Parliament, which has some control over what happens in each of the member countries.

14. Language points. 1. in terms of 就 …… 来说 ; 从 …… 的角度 It was a bad year for the company, in terms of both quantity and quality. 公司今年无论是就 ( 产品 ) 数量还是质. 量来说都不好。 In terms of money, her loss was small. 从钱的角度看, 她的损失很小。

15. 高考链接 ____ achievement, last week’s ministerial meeting of the WTO here earned a low, though not failing, grade. ( 湖南 2006) A. In terms of B. In case of C. As a result of D. In face of 选 A 。 in terms of 就 …… 来说 ; in case of 以防万一 ; as a result of 由于 …… 的结果 ; in face of 面临, 不顾, 在 …… 面前。

16. 2. on the other hand 另一方面 3. govern 管理, 统治 ( 国家 ) 营运

17. The mayor governed the city very wisely. 那位市长治理此市非常的贤明。 govern a school 管理一个学校 govern a bank 经营一个银行

18. 4. head n. 领袖 ; 领导人 5. representative n. 代表 6. parliament n. 国会 7. little by little 逐渐的

19. 8. But each of them sends representatives to the European Parliament, which has some control over what happens in each of the member countries. 但是每一个成员国都会向欧洲议会派 遣代表, 而欧洲议会又对各成员国所发 生的事情起一定的控制作用。

20. 本句是一个主从复合句。逗号前的部分 是主句，逗号后是 which 引导的非限制性 定语从句修饰先行词 the European Parliament ， which 在从句中作主语。在 该定语从句中 what 引导的宾语从句又作 介词 over 的宾语， what 是宾语从句中的 主语。

21. Total country numbers. Beginning time Names of first members. in the 1950s 25 France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Italy. Close your books and finish the following chart by yourselves.

22. Names of new countries in 2004 The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia, Malta, the Mediterranean islands of Cyprus

23. Names of new countries by 2000 Population Australia, Denmark, Finland, Greece Ireland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. More than a billion people.