5．on the other hand 另一方面；反过来说

　　6．have control over 对......有控制权

　　7．little by little 慢慢地；渐渐地；一点点地

　　8．have a population of 有多少人口

　　1．[教材原句]But each of them sends representatives to the European Parliament, which has some control over what happens in each of the member countries.

　　但是每一个成员国都会向欧洲议会派遣代表，而欧洲议会又对各成员国所发生的事情起一定的控制作用。

　　[句型点拨]what从句作介词over的宾语。

　　[佳句赏析]北京跟我想象中的不同。

　　Beijing is different from what I expected.

　　2．[教材原句]The expanded European Union has a population of more than half a billion people, twice as big as the population of the United States.

　　扩大后的欧盟人口超过五亿，是美国人口的两倍。

　　[句型点拨]倍数表达法。

　　[佳句赏析]地理老师告诉我们，中国在面积上与美国几乎一样大，但是人口却是美国的六倍。

　　The geography teacher tells us that China has almost the same size as the USA but its population is six times as large as that of the USA.

　　[课 文 对 译]

　　The European Union

　　What Is the European Union?

　　The European Union is an organisation of European countries. The countries are independent and are governed in different ways. In the United Kingdom, for example, the head of state is a king or queen. In France, on the other hand, the head of state is a president. But each of them sends representatives to the European Parliament, which has some control over what happens in each of the member countries.

　　How Did It Start?

The idea of the European Union began in the 1950s. The first members were France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Italy. Little by little, the number increased