【精品课件】北师必修4Unit 11 The Media Lesson 1 World News.ppt

1、Lesson 1,Do you care about whats going on in the world?,Listen and learn the new vocabulary.,What areas of the world are often in the news at the moment ?,A powerful earthquake struck Chile on Feb. 27 2010.,wars in Central Asia,2010 Winter Olympics,Germany,Have you heard of G8?,Russia,France,Italy,J

2、apan,Britain,Canada,U.S.A,The Group of Eight (formerly Group of Six and also Group of Seven) is a forum, created by France in 1975, for governments of six countries in the world: France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. In 1976, Canada joined the group (thus creating

3、 the G7). In becoming the G8, the group added Russia in 1997. In addition, the European Union is represented within the G8, but cannot host or chair.,Lately, both France and the United Kingdom have expressed a desire to expand the group to include five developing countries, referred to as the Outrea

4、ch Five (O5) or the Plus Five: Brazil, China, India, Mexico, and South Africa. These countries have participated as guests in previous meetings, which are sometimes called G8+5.,Although the leaders of these countries keep in touch to varying degrees anyway, they meet as the G8 once a year in order

5、to discuss the state of world economics and politics, including controversial issues, such as global warming, Third World debt, Middle East peace, economic policy and conversation, and terrorism. Economic policy and conversation is at the root of the G8.,First listen to part 1. Then read the article

6、s and answer these questions.,What happened on July 5, 2005?,1. What does “G8” stand for? 2. Which nations are in the“G8”? 3. Why is this years meeting unusual? 4. What are some of the major problems in Africa? 5. How can the G8 nations help Africas poorest countries?,What does “G8” stand for? 2. Wh

7、ich nations are in the “G8”?,France, the United States, Britain, Germany, Japan, Italy, Canada and Russia.,The worlds wealthiest nations.,3. Why is this years meeting unusual?,Because the topic of Africa will be discussed in detail this year.,4. What are some of the major problems in Africa?,Many pe

8、ople cannot get the water, clothing, housing, electricity or education they need. Another problem is AIDS.,5. How can the G8 nations help Africas poorest countries?,They can cancel the debt of the poorest countries.,Listen to part 2. Then read the articles and answer these questions.,6. What importa

9、nt news were London people reacting to at lunchtime on July 6, 2005? 7. How were they reacting to this news? 8. Why did this news have historical importance?,6. What important news were London people reacting to at lunchtime on July 6, 2005?,The announcement of the name of the city to host the 2012

10、Olympic Games.,7. How were they reacting to this news?,The news was celebrated by crowds in the streets.,8. Why did this news have historical importance?,Because now London has the distinction of being the first city to host the event three times.,Language points,1. What does “G8” stand for?,stand f

11、or 代表；支持；象征；容忍（常用于否定和疑问句 = stand/bear/put up with） What do the letters UN stand for? Which plan do you stand for? I wont stand for any more of your of rudeness.,stand for和represent都是”代表”的意思， represent 多用来指实体代表；stand for多用在抽象物体代表。,2. The G8 is made up of political leaders from France, the United King

12、dom, ,be made up of 由 . 构成，由 . 组成 Would you like to join a club made up of 2,000 members? The medical team is made up of three doctors and a nurse.,be made of: 表示“由.制成”，指从原料到制成品，只发生了形状变化，没有发生本质变化（属物理变化）。 be made from: 表示“由.制成”，指从原料到制成品，发生了质的变化，已无法复原（属化学变化）。 be made in: 当后面接指时间的数词或名词时，表示“某物何时制造的或何时产的

13、”。当后面接指地点的名词时，表示“某地产某物”。 be made by: 表示“由.制做”，后面接指人的名词或代词，强调动作的执行者。 be made up of: 表示“由.构成（组成）”，强调主语由两部分或两个以上的部分构成或组成。,3. detail 1) n. 详情，全部细节 This issue will be discussed in more detail in the next chapter.,They didnt give any detail about the game.,The full details of the agreement havent been mad

14、e public.,The brochure details all the hotels in the area and their facilities.,2) v. 详细介绍,Could you detail all your expenses on this form?,4. demand,1) v. 要求，查问; 需要 I demand an apology. They demanded the right to vote. She demanded to see the headmaster. The boss demanded that Mary (should) finish

15、it within a week.,demand后面的宾语从句要用虚拟语气。即：demand that sb. (should) do的形式。,n. 要求,请求 (+for) They rejected the union demand. 需要,需求 (+for) The supply of vegetables falls short of demand this year. These developments have created a great demand for home computers.,ask, beg, demand, require, request这些动词均有“要求，请求”之意。 ask: 最普通用词，指向对方提出要求或请求， 长、晚辈、上下级之间都可使用。 beg: 指恳切地或再三地请求或要求，常含低 三下四意味，也多用于应酬场合。 demand: 一般指理直气壮地提出强烈要求，或 坚持不让对方拒绝的要求。 require: 强调根据事业、需要或纪律、法律等 而提出的要求。 request: 正式用词，指非常正式，有礼貌的请