1、CULTURAL CORNER Do you know this picture? Read the passage and answer the questions Find the names of three first members and three new members of the European Union.Fist members:France,Germany,BelgiumNew members:Czech Republic,Estonia,Hungary,Latvia,Lithuania,Poland ets What is the European Union?

2、The European Union is an organisation of European countries. The countries are independent and governed in different ways. How did it start? The idea of the European Union began in the 1950s. How many countries belong to it now? In 2004 the European Union increased to 25 countries. The expanded Euro

3、pean Union has a population of more than half a billion people.Total country numbers. Beginning time Names of first members. Names of new countries in 2004 in the 1950 25 France, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Italy. The Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland

4、, the Slovak Republic, and Slovenia, Malta, the Mediterranean islands of CyprusPopulation Names of new countries by 2000Australia, Denmark, Finland, GreeceIreland, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom. More than a billion people. Belgium 比利時比利時 Luxembourg盧森堡盧森堡 the Netherlands 荷蘭荷蘭Denmark

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