高中英語必修4Unit4教案

 jordan’s economy has traditionally been based on agriculture, although less than 5% of the land is arable (適于耕種的). the principal crops are vegetables, wheat, and citrus (柑橘類) fruits; olives are grown for oil. manufactures are limited to such items as foodstuffs, clothing, and cement, and there is some oil refining. phosphate (磷酸鹽) rock and potash (碳酸鉀) are the only minerals produced in quantity.
 the annual cost of jordan’s imports far exceeds its earnings from exports. aqaba (亞喀巴), on the gulf of aqaba, is the only seaport. the inhabitants of jordan are mostly of arab descent (over half are of palestinian descent), and arabic is the official language, although english is also spoken among the higher socio-economic groups. about 95% of the people are sunni (遜尼派) muslims.
 under the 1952 constitution (憲法), the king is the most powerful figure in the country; he appoints a cabinet (headed by a prime minister). the bicameral (兩院制的) parliament has been convened and dissolved by the king several times since 1974; the 1989 elections were the first in 22 years. political parties were again permitted to field candidates in 1993.
③ muslim countries:
 most people in the west think of muslim or moslem countries, where people believe in islam, a monotheistic (一神論的) religion characterized by the acceptance of the doctrine of submission to god and mohammed (穆罕默德) as the chief and last prophet (先知)of god, as a middle eastern religion. nevertheless, islam is clearly a south asian, south east asian, central asian, african, and middle eastern religion, with a growing presence in europe and north america.
 there are about 40 muslim countries in the world, such as afghanistan, pakistan, turkey, kuwait, egypt, iran, iraq, indonesia, libya, malaysia, morocco, nigeria, somalia, yemen and so on and so forth. people in these countries mostly believe in islam.
 the name for the religion of islam, as its publicity (宣傳) goes, is much more than just a name, because it expresses a deep spiritual meaning as well as an overall outlook on life and concept of worship. the word “islam” is an arabic word which means “complete submission(服從) to the will of almighty god”. other religions are named after their founders, such as christianity and buddhism; after a tribe or ethnic group, such as judaism (猶太教); or after a specific geographical region, such as hinduism (印度教). islam, however, is unique because its name represents its outlook on life and reflects its universal nature. besides, the name “islam” was not thought up by its followers or applied by other people, as is the case with the names of other religions, but was revealed (顯示) by almighty god. this name expressed nothing new, because submission to the will of god, i.e. “islam”, has always been the true religion of god. due to this fact, and since the teachings of islam are straightforward, profound and logical, islam is the “natural religion” of all human beings. the name of no other religion carries any significant message, or conveys the true sense of its outlook on life, as does the name “islam”.