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外研 八年级上
Unit 1
He lives the farthest from school.
Module 4
Planes, ships and trains
1. To ask and answer questions about transportation and travel
2. To understand the conversation and pay attention to the sentences with superlative adjectives and adverbs
Objectives:
bike
bus
taxi
underground
walk
Name the ways of transportation.
plane
train
ship
car
Which way of transportation would you choose if you go out Why
I will go to travel by plane. Because it is very fast.
relaxed
Some words for reference:
expensive
cheap
busy
modern…
comfortable
Match the words in the box with the pictures. (P 26)
bus ship taxi train underground
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Listen and match the words in the box with the pictures. You need to use one word more than once. (P 26)
busy cheap expensive modern
modern
cheap
expensive
busy
cheap
2
1. The Shanghai airport train is ___________________ in the world.
2. ________________from England to France is by ship.
3. _____________________ to travel around London is by taxi.
4. ______________________in the world is the Tokyo underground.
5. ________________to travel around Beijing is the bus.
Complete the following sentences.
the most modern train
The cheapest way
The most expensive way
The busiest underground
The cheapest way
Betty and her mum are talking about the ways to go to school.
Read the dialogue and finish the tasks.
Listen to the dialogue and answer the questions:
1. How does Lingling go to school Why
2. How do you think Betty will go to school
She will ride her bike to school.
Task 1
She walks to school. Because her home is the closest to school.
Read and check the true sentences.
1. Betty and Tony were late for school today.
2. Underground is the most comfortable way but it’s also the most expensive.
3. Betty’s mum thinks bike is a good choice but it’s a bit dangerous.
4. Daming’s home is the farthest from school.
5. Lingling lives the closest to school.
6. Daming and Betty go to school by bus.
F
T
F
T
T
Betty was
F
Taxi
Tony’s
Task 2
Read and answer the questions below.
Task 3
1. Why was Betty late for school
2. Who else was late for school
3. Why did Betty think she should go to school by taxi
4. Did her mother agree with her
Because there was a road accident and the traffic was very heavy.
Nobody was late, except Betty.
Because she thought she wouldn’t be late if she went to school by taxi.
No. Her mother thought it was very expensive and was very slow in heavy traffic too.
Check your answers.
5. How did Betty want to go to school then
6. Did her mother agree with her at once What questions did she ask Why
7. How will Betty go to school later
How do you know that
She wanted to go to school by bike.
No. Her mother asked about how Tony, Lingling and Daming went to school. Because her mother wanted to choose the best way for her.
She will go to school by bike. Because her mom agreed with her at last.
Complete the table. (P 26)
Name Ways to go to school
Betty
Tony
Lingling
Daming
by bus
by underground
on foot/walk
by bus
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Task 4
英语中交通方式的表达方法:
1. “take a/the + 交通工具”:
take the bus/underground
take a taxi
注意: ride a bike “骑自行车”
2. “by + 交通工具” : by car/plane
注意: “步行”用on foot,而不是 by foot.
___ bike
____ __ bike
___ train
____ ___ train
___ bus
___ plane/air
___ ship
___ taxi
___ underground
____ ___ bus
____ ___ plane
____ ___ ship
____ __ taxi
____ ___ underground
by
ride a
by
take the
by
take the
by
take the
by
take the
by
take a
by
take the
Fill in the blanks.
--How do you go to school
--How does he/she go to school
--I go to school ___ _____.
--He/She _____ ___ ____ to school.
--I ____ ___ ____ to school.
--He/She goes to school ___ ____.
by bus
take the bus
by taxi
takes a taxi
--How does he/she go to school
--He/She goes to school ___ ____.
--He/She ______ ___ ____ to school.
by bike
rides a bike
--How do they go to school
--They go to school ___ _____.
--They ______ to school.
on foot
walk
Read and try to recite the conversations in 5-10 minutes.
1. Read the dialogue aloud for a few minutes by yourself;
2. Role play in groups;
3. Role play in front of the class.
We’ll see which group does the best.
Students choose different ways to go to school. Taxi is the ______________ way, but it’s also the _____________ way. And taxis are slow in ______ traffic. Taking a bus is cheap and fast, but it’s always _______. If you live _________ school, you can go to school by underground. And if your home is close to school, you can ______ to school. ____________ is the most convenient way, but it might be a bit __________ because of the heavy traffic.
Finish the summary of the text.
most comfortable
most expensive
heavy
crowded
far from
walk
Riding a bike
dangerous
Task 5
late for school by bus
Betty should choose the best way to go to school.
how
by taxi
◆the most comfortable way
◆the most expensive way
◆slow in heavy traffic
by bike
◆a good choice
◆a bit dangerous
by underground
on foot
◆a way for people who live far from school
◆a way for people who live close to school
It’s the best way for Betty. But She should be careful all the time.
Try to retell the text according to the mind map.
Pay attention to the underlined parts. What are the differences
比较三个或三个以上的事物时,可用形容词或副词的最高级形式来表达。
其规则的变化形式有两种:
单音节和少数双音节词在词尾加-est;
2. 大多数双音节和多音节单词在词前加most。
Superlative degree
comfortable
expensive
popular
relaxing
boring
far
close
easy
safe
most comfortable
most expensive
most popular
most relaxing
most boring
farthest
closest
easiest
safest
1. The _______________ way to go to school is by taxi.
2. Tony lives the ________ from school.
3. Lingling’s home is the _______ to school, so she always walks.
4. For Betty, going to school by bike is the _____ choice.
farthest
closest
best
most comfortable
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box. (P 27)
close comfortable far good
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Task 6
Complete the sentences with the words or expression in the box. (P 27)
accident crowded except most modern
1. All the students take the bus to school ________ Sam.
2. The ____________ train in the world is the Shanghai airport train.
3. I saw a(n) _______ on my way to school yesterday.
4. I do not take the bus to school because it is usually very ________.
except
most modern
accident
crowded
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Task 7
Find out how your classmates go to school every day and then fill in the column below.
Which is the most popular way in your class
Make a report to the whole class.
How do you go to school
Name Where you live How you go to school
--Who lives the closest to school
--Lingling lives the closest.
2. --What is the most comfortable way to go to school for Betty
--By taxi.
Read the conversations in pairs.
Think about which words are the important ones and should be stressed.
Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses. (P 27)
--Who lives the closest to school
--Lingling lives the closest.
2. --What is the most comfortable way to go to school for Betty
--By taxi.
Now work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.
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英文中的重读规则:
实词重读,虚词/结构词轻读
本身具有意义的词 例如
主要动词 sell, give, take, want
名词 car, music, book
形容词 red, big, interesting
副词 quickly, never, loudly
否定助动词 don’t, aren’t, can’t
为语法而存在 例如
代词 he, we, they
介词 on, at, into
冠词 a, an, the
连词 and, but, because
助动词 do, be, have
注:有时候也可以根据需要重读结构词。
Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the ways of going to school. Use the words in the box to help you. (P 27)
bike bus cheap comfortable crowded expensive fast popular safe taxi underground walking
--What’s the most expensive way to go
to school
--Going by taxi is the most expensive.
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本课时主要短语和句型
总结回顾
1. far from←→ close to
2. by+交通工具
3. the same as
4. How do you go to school
5. Who lives the closest to school
6. --What’s the most comfortable way to go to school for Betty
--By taxi.
Now 2 minutes to test your spelling.
1. English-Chinese
accident classmate choice except
road crowded
2. Chinese-English
近的,接近的 一直,不断地 远离
和……一样
When finishing, exchange your papers to see who does the best.
1. Lucy and Jim are in Class 3 and they are
c_________.
2. There are flowers on both sides of the r____.
3. My school is c____ to my home, so I always walk to school.
4. Yesterday all the students went to the zoo e_____ Xiao Wei.
5. --Two people died in the car a_______.
--I’m sorry to hear that.
Quiz
Ⅰ. 根据句意及首字母提示完成单词。
lassmates
oad
lose
xcept
ccident
1. This black bike is the ______________ in the shop.
2. She takes a bus to school because she lives
________ school.
3. Don’t worry. Mike gets up very early __________.
4. --I’ll go to Qingdao for a trip this summer holiday.
--That’s a good _______.
5. There are a lot of people in the supermarket.
It’s so _________!
6. I go to school by bus every day, ___________ her.
Ⅱ. 用所给单词的恰当形式完成句子。
most expensive
far from
all the time
choice
crowded
choice, far from, crowded,
all the time, the same as, expensive
the same as
Ⅲ. 根据图片和提示词完成英语句子。
Tom
Mike
Jack
1. (fast)
--Who runs the ______ of the three boys
--Jack.
fastest
2. (cheap)
--Which one is the ______________
--The clock.
¥3,506
¥50
¥500
3. (popular)
--Which subject is the ____________ among
(在……之中) the girls
--Art.
cheapest
most popular
Chinese
art
music
PE
4. (quick)
--What is the ________ way to go
to Beijing
--By plane.
quickest
Homework
1. Finish the exercises in Learning English.
2. Preview the new words and expressions in Unit 2.
3. Preview the passage on page 28.