Module1 Europe -cultural corner教案

step 1 presentation the teacher say, “as we know, the modern world is developing very quickly, some countries united as a nation in order to develop their economy fast. they get benefits from this kind of system. just like europe.   questions1)        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?the purpose of the activity is to arouse the students’ interest. step 2 fast reading.read the text fast and then answer the question.        find the name of three first members and three new members of the european union.first members: france, germany, belgium luxembourg( choose 3)。 new members: czech republic, estonia, hungary, latvia, lithuania, poland, slovak, republic, slovenia, cyprus and malta ( choose 3 ).step 3 read the text again. what is the main idea of each paragraph?para 1 the definition of the european union. para 2 how did it startpara 3 the members of the european union. step 4 analyze each paragraph.1)is the european union an organization? the european union is an organization of european countries. 2)do the countries have one government 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.on the other hand另一方面govern 管理, 統治(國家) 營運the mayor governed the city very wisely.那位市長治理此市非常的賢明. govern a school.  管理一個學校.govern a bank 經營一個銀行head n. 領袖;領導人representative n. 代表parliament n. 國會.para 2 & 3 in the 1950s belgium 比利時 luxembourg  盧森堡  the netherlands 荷蘭 little by little 逐漸的 denmark 丹麥 finland 芬蘭 the czech republic 捷克estonia 愛沙尼亞  hungary 匈牙利 latvia 拉脫維亞 lithuania 立陶宛the slovak republic 拉脫維亞 slovenia 斯洛文尼亞 cyprus 塞浦路斯malta 馬耳他  fill in the blank according to paragraph 2 & 3 the european union ( eu)