2. Module Two Cultural Corner Different Countries, Different Schools

3. Can you list the names of some famous university in the world? Now let’s enjoy some beautiful campus scenery and try to guess their names.

4. Tsinghua University

5. Beijing University

6. Cambridge University

7. Oxford University

8. Let Plato be your friend, and Aristotle, but more let your friend be truth. • 与柏拉图为友，与亚里士多德为友，更要与真理为友 ------------ Harvard Motto JohnHarvard

9. Fast reading Read the passage fast and then try to find the differences between different schools in different countries.

10. The differences • The relationship between teachers and students • Whether schools are state schools or private schools

11. Careful reading formal The relationship between teachers and students (France Germany Spain) discipline and respect for teacher is considered important Relaxed Relaxed Big problem with discipline

12. State and private schools Which country is mentioned in the text that has both state and private schools? • Germany and France • America • Britain • Russia

13. Futher undstanding • Read the article again and find out what strategy (way) is used to develop the article.

14. Writing strategy • Contrast (对比) • It explains how persons/things are different. • Comparison （类比） • It explains how persons/things are similar.

15. What connecting words or phrases can we use to develop contrast and comparison? • Contrast:however while, but, be different from, unlike, on the contrary, just the opposite • Comparison: similarly just like…, alike, likewise, equally, in the same way, both, also

16. I used to write letters to my friends, but now I send them e-mails. Unlike before when I wrote letters, I send e-mails to my friends now. Ex. Combine 2 sentences into 1 I wrote letters to my friends in the past. I send emails to my friends now.

17. Two ways to develop comparison and contrast (对比写作一般有两种方式) • Topic by topic structure • 集中比较或对比（集中说明一个对象的诸种特征） • Point by point structure • 逐点比较或对比（一条一条地说明两者的异同）

18. 请根据下表用英语写一篇短文，介绍某地区五年来人们饮食的变化情况，内容包括：请根据下表用英语写一篇短文，介绍某地区五年来人们饮食的变化情况，内容包括： 1. 饮食变化的总的情况；2. 说明人们饮食方面发生变化的原因；3. 变化说明了什么。

19. 课文重点分析 1 It is interesting to look at differences between schools in different countries. 观察一下不同国家间存在的差异很有趣 it 在句子中作形式主语，真正的主语时不定式to look at... 一个巴掌拍不响。 It takes two to make a quarrel. 你错过了这场足球赛，太遗憾了。 It is a pity that you missed the football match. 有必要再学一门外语。 It is necessary for you to learn a second foreign language.

20. 2 This is true of France. The same is true of Russia. This/The same /That/It is/was true of sb/sth “……也是一样 ” 可代替so/neither(nor) + 助动词/系动词/情态动词+sb/sth, 也可代替复杂的叙述，这时相当于It is the same with sb/sth 1> 中国足球弱，亚洲的其他国家也一样。 _______________________________________. China is weak at football, and it is true of the other Asian countries.

21. (2 ) 你家来自南方，我的家也一样。 Your family are from the south, so are mine. (3 ) I like the country life but I’ll go to the city to seek my fortune, and _______ my brother. A. so do B. so with C. the same is true of D. the same to C

22. 3 consider vt.考虑，思考，认为，看作 1> consider+n/doing 考虑(做)…. 他正在考虑出国留学。 He is considering studying abroad. 2> consider+how引导的宾语从句 我们再考虑该怎样帮助他们。 We are considering how we should help them 3> consider sth to be+adj/n 认为…是什么 我把他视为我最好的朋友。 I consider hm to be my best friend. 4> consider …as…把…看做… 我们把它看做亲密的朋友。 We consider him as our close friend.

23. Homework Review what we learned in this class