外研版八年级英语上册Module 4 Planes, ships and trains .Unit 3 Language in use .课件(共28张PPT)

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How do you often travel
—How do you often travel
—I usually travel by plane. It is the
fastest. How about you
—I often go by car. It is the most
comfortable way to travel.
—…
It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.
2. He lives the farthest from school.
3. It is the fastest and the second
cheapest.
4. The more information, the better.
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.
longest
slowest
fastest
cheapest
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).
fastest
most expensive
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.
Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.
C: How can I get to Beijing from here
TG: ______________________
C: Which is the fastest way
TG: ______________________
C: Which is the cheapest way
TG: ______________________
C: Which way is the most comfortable
TG: ______________________
C: Customer TG: Tourist guide
d
a
b
c
Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in the box.
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)
_________.
best
expensive
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.
slower
cheapest
most
closest
Learning to learn
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.
Complete the word map.
Travelling
bus
train
taxi
by taxi
take a taxi
taxi stand
plane
by bus
take a bus
bus stop
by train
take a train
train station
by plane
take a plane
airport
Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the ways by which you can get there.
1. What’s the cheapest way to get there
2. What’s the most expensive way to
get there
3. What’s the fastest way to get there
4. What’s the most comfortable way to
get there
5. What’s the safest way to get there
Complete the email with the words in the box.
book choice cost travel trip
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 we (2) _________ from Beijing to Xi’an, by train or by plane The (3) _______ is not so important, but the time is.
book
travel
cost
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’s the best (4) __________ Can we make a short (5) __________ to Suzhou What do you think
Thanks for your help.
Sally
choice
trip
Listen and match the cities with the information.
1. London
2. Birmingham
3. Oxford
4. Cambridge
a) the city with about four million people
b) a small beautiful city
c) the most expensive city
d) the most interesting city
e) the biggest city
Keys: 1. 2. 3. 4.
e, d, c
a
b
b
Listen again and answer the questions.
1. Which city has the largest population
2. Which cities have the oldest
universities in the world
London.
Oxford and Cambridge.
3. Which city is the nearest to London
4. What are the popular places for
sightseeing in London
Cambridge.
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace,
Tower Bridge
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.
Make a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China.
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.
I am planning a trip to the Forbidden City in Beijing. I want to go there by car, I think this is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive….
Choose the best plan.
Use your notes to compare the
different plans, and decide which one
is 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.
Master the new words and useful
expression in Module 4.