1. Fast reading

Ask Ss to read the passage quickly and then answer the following questions.

Q1. What is the European Union?

Q2. How did it start?

Q3. How many countries belong to it now?

2. Intensive reading

Ask Ss to read the passage carefully and fill in the table

Total country numbers.

Beginning time

Names of first members.

Names of new countries in 2000

Names of new countries by 2004

Population

Some country names in Chinese

Belgium比利时  Luxembourg卢森堡  the Netherlands  荷兰 Denmark 丹麦 Finland 芬兰 The Czech Republic 捷克Estonia 爱沙尼亚  Hungary 匈牙利 Latvia 拉脱维亚    Lithuania 立陶宛  The Slovak Republic 拉脱维亚   Slovenia 斯洛文尼亚 Cyprus塞浦路斯   Malta 马耳他

Part Two.Page 69 Reading Exercises

I.Fast reading

Read quickly and match the headings with the paragraphs

①ancient capital                               paragraph A

②capital of romance                            paragraph B

③entertainment capital                         paragraph C

④capital of football                           paragraph D

II.Careful reading