1) Do you know European Union? 2) Is it one country? 3) Is the United kingdom its member? 4) How many countries were its first members?

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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

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

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

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

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.

1)Is the European Union an organization? 2) Do the countries have one government or their own governments? 3) What does each government do to the EU? Read the first paragraph carefully and answer the questions.

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.

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.

Language points. 1. in terms of 就 …… 而言，从 …… 角度 看 In terms of money, her loss was small. 从钱的角度看, 她的损失很小。 In terms of size and population, China is one of the largest countries in the world.

Eg. 1. China keeps on good terms with many countries. 2. In the short term we will lose money, but in the long term we will earn money. 拓展 :keep on good/friendly/bad terms with sb 与某人 保持良好关系 in the long term 从长远来看 in the short term 从短期来看 / 就眼前 来说

2. on the other hand 另一方面 on the one hand…on the other (hand) 一方面，另一方面 for one thing…for another (thing)… 首先 …… ，其次 …… ；一方面，另一方面

3. govern v 管理, 统治 governor n 管理者，统治者 government n 政府

4.have control over… 对 …… 加以控制

1.He was so excited that he had no control over his feeling. 2.The government army brought the city under control again. have control over… 对 …… 加以控制 bring/get/keep…under control 使 …… 得到控制

3.The government army was in control of the city again. 4. The city was in the control of the government army again. be in control of 控制 …… be in the control of… 受 …… 控制

5. The big fire was out of control because of the wind. 6.The firemen lost control of the big fire because of the wind. be/get out of control 失去控制 lose control of 失去对 …… 的控制

5. little by little 逐渐的 bit by bit