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Step 1 leading in

Show some pictures:

Oxford Grenoble

Step 1. Pre-reading

Answer the following questions.

Q1. Does your hometown have a twin town?

Q2. Do you think it is a good idea? Say why or why not.

Q3. What happens when two towns have a town twinning agreement?

Suggested answers:

Q3. Two similar towns exchange people for educational, cultural and sporting events.

Step 2. While-reading

Answer the following questions.

1. How are Oxford in the UK and Grenoble in France similar?

a. ____________

b. ____________

c. ____________

d. ____________

2. What is town twinning?

3. What kind of person will benefit from town twinning agreements most? Why?

Suggested answers:

1. a. medium-sized towns of between 100,000and 200,000 inhabitants.

b. have universities and industries

c. tourism is important

d. close to some of the most beautiful countryside

2. It's an agreement between towns or cities of similar size and age, and which have similar features.

3. The students and people who want to practise speaking another language.

Because living with a foreign family for one or two weeks means that you have to speak their language, and as a result you improve fast.

Step 3 Task

Writing an advertisement for your hometown.

> Work in pairs. Make notes of interesting features of your hometown.

> Choose the features that would be most attractive to visitors.

> Decide what the central message of your advertisement is.

> Decide what pictures you want to use and where you will put them in your advertisements.

> Write the advertisement and put the pictures in.

Homework:

1. Finish your advertisement after class.

Finish the other exercises of this module.

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板书 Period 5 Cultural corner

Answer the following questions.

4. How are Oxford in the UK and Grenoble in France similar?

a. ____________

b. ____________

c. ____________

d. ____________

5. What is town twinning?

What kind of person will benefit from town twinning agreements most? Why 教学后记 It's easy in Cultural Corner.