not.

　　Suggested answers:

　　1)Two similar towns exchange people for educational, cultural and sports events.

　　2)Open.

　　2. Individuals read the whole passage and try to find the difficult points.

　　3. Pair work to discuss the difficult points. The teacher may give necessary instructions.

　　(Show the following on the screen. )

　　1. Well, they are both medium-sized towns of between 100 000 and 200 000 inhabitants.

　　他们都是拥有十到二十万人口的中等城市。

　　medium-sized adj. 中型的, 普通型的

　　a man of medium height中等身高的人

　　medium size 中号

　　large size 大号

　　small size 小号

　　2. Tourism is important to both of them, and they are both close to some of the most beautiful countryside in the region.

　　旅游业对它们两个城市都很重要, 它们都临近本地区的一些美丽的乡村。

　　be close to 离......很近。

　　Our house is close to a bus stop. 我们家紧邻公共汽车站。

　　Go further away！You are too close to me. 再远离一点, 你靠我太近了。

　　be important to 对......很重要。

　　Walking is important to the health. 散步对于健康很重要。

　　练习

　　A man dressed in red stood_____________ to a beautiful girl,_____________ made him feel happy in the heart.

　　A. close; that

　　B. closely; that

　　C. closely; which

　　D. close; which

　　答案: D　get/stand close to接近, 靠近; 第二个空格为which引导的非限制性定语从句。

　　3. It's an agreement between towns or cities of similar size and age, and which have similar features such as tourism, industry, culture and entertainment.

　　这是一个城镇之间的协议, 这些城镇在大小及年龄上相似, 在诸如旅游业、工业、文化及娱乐方面都有类似的特征。

　　1) between towns or cities用以修饰agreement。而of similar size and age则修饰towns or cities, 表示"大小、年龄相似的......"; and which have similar features是由which引导的定语从句, 用以修饰towns or cities, 表示"有相似特征的......"。

　　2)which引导的定语从句的谓语动词形式应根据前面的主语towns or cities来判断, 该句的towns or cities为复数, 因此用have。

　　3)tourism表示"旅游业"。-ism 是名词后缀, 又如: social adj. 社会的　socialism n. 社会主义

　　4. Visitors from the foreign town usually stay in the private homes of the town they are visiting.

来自国外的游客通常待在他们参观访问的这个城镇的私人家庭里。