高二英语教学案(7)
Unit4 Module7 Public Transport
Welcome to the unit, Reading & Word power
1 Brainstorming
(1) If you want to go to the park or the museum, or you want to pay a visit to your classmates, which means of transport will you choose?
(2) If you want to pay a visit to your relatives who live in a nearby city, which means of transport will you choose?
(3) If you want to go travailing to a far-away city, which means of transport will you choose?
(4) If you want to go abroad, how will you go?
2 Tables to fill in
Make a comoarison among all the means oftransoort mentioned in this section and fill in the table
Means of transport
Advantages
Disadvantages
buses or coaches


underground


the maglev train


ships


aeroplanes


3. Discussion
(1) Why do you think people would choose to travel by aeroplane rather than by ship?
(2) Why do you think we need all these different types of transport?
4 Language points
1. Buses have routes. They pick up and drop off people at different places on the route.
pick up：捡起；用车接……；获得，学到，得到；好转，改进；接收节目
Some examples：
1．Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school?
2．I picked up the kids' clothes that were lying on the floor．
3．My radio can pick up France．
4．The nurse had picked up the information from a conversation she overheard．
He some Frenth while he was away on a business trip in Paris．(2003上海春)
A．made out B．picked up C．gave up D．tookin
2．drop of (一个个)散去；走掉；让某人下车；下车
We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing
The demand for mobile phones shows no signs of dropping off．
引申：drop in 顺便来访drop sb．a line写短信寄给某人drop behind 落后drop out中途放弃
Just drop me at the statiOn，please．
A．out B．away C．on D．ofr
3．The maglev train is powered by magnets．
power：verb，给…提供动力，用动力发动
Buses and trucks are usually powered by diesel engines．
In the future electricity，will be used to power road vehicles
Look at these pictures and discuss the different means of transport and when they became popular．
means：n．方法，手段，工具
The quickest means of travel is by plane．
she could find no means of escape other than jumping out of the window．
引申：by means of依靠，凭借by no means决不，by this means通过这种方法
自我检测：
Every means tired out，but it doesn’t work．
A．is B．has been C．are D．have been
Though rich，he was better off than at any other period in his life．
A．by any means B．by some　means C．by all means D．by no means
Homework
1．Finish the part Al and A2 of the work book．
2．Prepare the Reading．
Reading The first underground in me worid
l Brainstorming
When we talk about London，what will you think about?
2．Fast reading for general idea
1．When was the first undergroundsystem opened?
2．Why Was the Victoria Line important?
3．What did Charles Holden do?
3．Detailed reading for important information
(1)Why was an undergroundsystem first developed in London?
(2)What Was the London Underground like in 1863?
(3)What did Charles Yerkes do to improve the underground?
(4)What are some of the different things that the underground has functioned as?
(5) What happened to the London Underground after World War II?
(6) What does it mean when the brochure says that the undergroundsystem is user-friendly?
3 Matching exercise
Read the text and find the information to match the year.
Date
Evem
1854

1863

1868

1884

1933

1918-1938

After 1945

1977

4. Main idea to b, found
Go through the passage again and find out how many parts can the passa
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