Module 4 Planes, ships and trains . Unit 3 Language in use 精品课件(共23张PPT)

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Unit 3 Language in use.
Module4 Planes, ships and trains
初中英语外研版八年级
学习目标
一、能准确地发音和使用本模块的词汇。
二、能够掌握形容词、副词的最高级的用法。
三、会运用表示交通方式的词汇进行交通方式的比较。
四、能读懂有关交通方式的文章，明白文章主旨，理解文章结构。
Review
Talk
Do you like traveling
How do you travel
On foot.
By bike/bus/train/subway/ship/plane/car.
Which is the best way to travel
Review—Translate the sentences
它是最舒服的方式，但也是最贵的。
It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.
He lives the farthest from school.
It is the fastest and the second cheapest.
4. The more information, the better.
他住得离学校最远。
它是最快的并且是第二便宜的。
信息越多越好。
Presentation
形容词、副词的最高级
英语中三者或三者以上相比较，表示“最……” 这样的最高程度概念时，要用 “the+最高级” 的结构表示。这种句式一般带有表示比较的介词短语，比较范围常用of, in, among引导的短语表达。
例如：Wang Lin is the tallest in our class.
This theater is the cheapest of the three.
用法
(1) 表示 “最……之一” 的句式，要用 one of the +形容词最
高级+复数名词。
例如：Jingjiang Hotel is one of the biggest hotels in our city.
(2) 表示“在……范围内……是第几……的”，要用“the+序数词+最高级+名词单数+in+范围”。
The Changjiang River is the first longest river in our country.
长江是我国第一长河。
用法
(1)当最高级前面有物主代词、指示代词或名词所有格等修饰时，不加定冠词 the。
例如：Tom is Lucy’s best friend.
Tuesday is her busiest day.
(2) 形容词最高级修饰作表语或介词宾语的名词、代词时，被修饰的词往往省略。
例如：He is the laziest (student) in our class.
用法
注意使用最高级时应注意以下几点：
规则变化：
情况 变化形式 举例
—般情况 在词尾直接加-est small—smallest
以e结尾 加-st large—largest
以辅音字母 y结尾 变y为i，再加 -est happy—happiest
以一个元音 字母加一个 辅音字母结尾，且是重读闭音节 将该辅音字母双写再加-est fat—fattest
thin—thinnest
部分双音节和大部分多音节形容词 在原形前加the most beautiful—the most beautiful
形容词、副词的最高级的构成
不规则变化：
原级 最高级
good best
bad, ill worst
many, much most
little least
far farthest/furthest
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1
This bus takes the ______ (long) time because it is the _______ (slow).
2. The new train travels the ______ (fast) of all the trains in the world.
3. The ________ (cheap) way to get there is by coach.
4. I am in a hurry. What is the ______ (fast) way to get there
5. The fastest way to travel is by plane, but usually it is also the _____________ (expensive).
longest
slowest
fastest
cheapest
fastest
most expensive
Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.
2
By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi
and that takes time too.
b) The cheapest way is going by coach, but it is not
very comfortable.
c) The most comfortable way is going by train, but
it takes more time than going by plane.
d) There are three ways: by plane, by train and by
coach.
Customer: How can I get to Beijing from here
Tourist guide: _______________
Customer: Which is the fastest way
Tourist guide: _____________
Customer: Which is the cheapest way
Tourist guide: _______________
Customer: Which way is the most comfortable
Tourist guide: ____________
d)
a)
c)
b)
Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in the box.
3
cheap close expensive good much slow
A: What’s the (1) _____ way to go to Qingdao
B: We can take a plane, but that’s (2)_________. We can also take a train. It’s (3)______, but it’s not so expensive. The coach is the (4) ________ way to go, but it takes the (5) ____ time.
A: So how should we go
B: I think the best way is by train because the train station is the (6)_______ to our home.
best
expensive
slower
cheapest
most
closest
Complete the word map.
4
Travelling
plane
bus
taxi
train
taxi stand
take a taxi
by taxi
take a bus
by bus
bus stop
train station
by train
take a train
airport
by plane
take a plane
Remember: It is easier to learn words and expressions by putting them in groups with a
title, for example, Travelling: take a bus/plane/taxi/train, by bus/plane/taxi/train,
bus stop/airport/taxi stand/train station.
Work in pairs. Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the ways by which you can get there.
5
1. What is the cheapest way to get there
2. What is the most expensive way to get there
3. What is the fastest way to get there
4. What is the most comfortable way to get there
5. What is the safest way to get there
Complete the email with the words in the box.
6
FROM: Sally
TO: Tony
SUBJECT: Journey to China
Hi, Tony,
My family is planning a journey to China in the summer. We want to visit Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) _________ the plane tickets early After Beijing, we want to visit Xi’an and Hangzhou, and maybe somewhere else. How can
book choice cost travel trip
book
we (2) ________ from Beijing to Xi’an, by train or by plane The (3) _______ is not so important, but the time is. After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go to Shanghai first, or can we go from Xi’an to Hangzhou directly
And after Hangzhou what is the best (4) _________ Can we make a short (5) ________ to Suzhou What do you think
Thanks for your help.
Sally
choice
trip
travel
cost
Listen and match the cities with the information.
London
Birmingham
Oxford
Cambridge
the city with about four million people
a small beautiful city
the most expensive city
the most interesting city
the biggest city
7
Listen again and answer the questions.
Which city has the largest population
Which cities have the oldest universities in the world
Which city is the nearest to London
What are the popular places for sightseeing in London
London.
Oxford and Cambridge.
Cambridge.
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace and Tower Bridge.
8
The longest railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. You can go from Moscow, the capital of Russia, to Vladivostok on the east coast. It is not the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok, but it is the most interesting and also the most comfortable way.
Find a map of China. Choose a city to visit, and decide on the best way to get there.
Make a list of things to do there.
Present your plan to the class, and make notes about other groups’ plans.
Work in groups. Make a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China.
Module task
Work in groups. Choose the best plan.
Use your notes to compare the different plans, and decide which one is the best.
I think the trip to Shanghai by train is better because the journey is shorter and there are a lot of interesting places to visit in Shanghai.
Homework
National Day is coming. We will have a holiday. Suppose(假设) your classmates are going to travel. Make a survey about their holiday plans with the information in Activity 9 and Activity 10. Then give a report.