外研版高中英语必修3 全册教案
cultural corner
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.
Questions
1) 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 start
Para 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 or their own governments?