外研版八年级上册Module 4 Planes, ships and trains .Unit 2What is the best way to travel课件(共24张PPT)

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Unit 2
Planes, ships and trains
Module 4
What is the best way to travel
Lead in
How do you usually travel Why
Travelling by plane is
the fastest way but also
the most expensive way.
Which is way to travel
The journey by …
['d ni]
the fastest
Which is the cheapest way to get to school
Going on foot is the cheapest way.
/It’s the least expensive way
What is the best way to get
/'d ni/
/b k /
/pɑ k/
/'a t'saId/
/ ha 'ev /
/k st/
在……之外 prep.
在外面；朝户外 adv.
外面；外部 n.
外部的；外表的 adj.
outside
然而；但是 adv.
cost
(cost /k st/) 价钱为；花费 v.
价钱；成本； 代价 n.
however
journey
旅行; 旅程 n.
停放(车); 泊(车) v.
预订 v.
park
book
New words
1. How do you get there
2. What’s the cheapest way to get there
3. What’s the best way to get there
Talk about the ways to go to a city that you like to visit.
Work in pairs
2. Read the passage and number the ways of travelling
from the most expensive to the least expensive.
4
1
3
2
1. Book your ticket before you book your hotel.
A. 书本 B. 购买 C. 预定
2. Remember that parking in Amsterdam is very expensive.
A. 公园 B. 停车 C. 乘车
3. …it will not cost as much as going by train.
A. cost more than… B. cost less than…
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√
√
Read and guess the meaning of the vocabulary
1. The most expensive to travel across the North Sea is by plane.
2. The cheapest way to travel from London to Amsterdam is by
coach, but the coaches sometimes get crowded in summer.
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While-reading
Read and check the true sentences:
1. The more information, the better.
信息越多越好。
“the +比较级，the + 比较级”是个固定句型，
意为“越… …，就越… …”。
e.g. The older he gets, the happier he is.
他越活越开心。
The more she learns, the more she wants to learn.
她越学越想学。
Language Points
2. A journey by train is more relaxing
than by coach, but a lot more expensive.
在比较级前添加a lot, much, a little, a bit 等
词，可以说明程度；添加 even, still 等词，
可以表示强调。
e.g. Tom’s room is a bit bigger than Lily’s.
汤姆的房间比莉莉的大一点点。
3 Complete the table.
Ways of travelling Good points Bad points
Train
Car and ship
Coach
Plane
more relaxing than by coach
more expensive than by coach
the most comfortable way
the most expensive
the cheapest
the fastest and
not very expensive
perhaps have to wait for hours because of bad weather
crowded in summer;
taking a long time.
Post-reading
4 Complete the passage with correct form of the words in the box.
choice cost fast however journey outside
There are four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam. The first (1) ____________ is by train because the (2)____________ takes only four hours. (3)____________ , it is quite expensive. Going by coach does not (4) _______ as much as going by train. When you go by car and by ship, remember that parking in Amsterdam is not cheap, so it is best to stay (5)_______ the city center and travel in by bus or by train. Going by plane is the (6) ________, but you need to go to the airport. It also takes time.
choice
journey
However
cost
outside
fastest
5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the ways
of travelling. Use the information in the table.
－What’s the cheapest way to travel from London to pairs
－The cheapest way is by coach.
Write a passage about ways of travelling from London to Paris. Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you.
Writing
You can go from London to Paris by coach, plane or train. Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive way to get there. It’s also less interesting than by coach or by train. The coach is cheaper than the train and the plane, but it’s also slower and uncomfortable. The train is the second most expensive and second fastest way to travel. Travelling by train is the most interesting way because you can look out of the window at the countryside.
Possible answer
1. Study hard! ____ you study, _____ results you’ll get.
A. Harder; better
B. The harder; better
C. The harder; the better
D. Harder; the better
Practice
C
2. Dear students, please read every sentence carefully. _______ you are, ________ mistakes you’ll make.
A. The more carefully, the fewer
B. The more careful, the less
C. The more carefully, the less
D. The more careful, the fewer
D
—What do you think of the traffic in our city
—It’s _____ than it used to be, but there’s still
a long way to go.
A. worse B. worst
C. better D. best
C
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2. Traveling around big cities by taxi can cost a lot of money, but it’s usually _____ to take the underground train to most places.
A. amazing B. expensive
C. convenient D. exciting
3. Liu Ying is as _____ as her sister.
A. tall B. taller C. the tallest
C
A
4. I am good at math, but his English is ______ than mine.
A. much better B. more better
C. very better D. pretty better
5. The world’s population is growing _____ and there is
_____ land and water for growing rice.
A. more; less B. larger; fewer
C. larger; less D. more; fewer
A
C
6. It’s _____ to listen to light music when you feel tired.
A. dangerous B. scary
C. relaxing D. difficult
7. —Which season do you like _______, summer or winter
—Summer.
A. well B. best C. better
C
C
e.g. We love peace, but we are not afraid of war.
我们热爱和平，但是我们并不害怕战争。
He hasn’t arrived. He may, however, come later.
他还没有到，不过，他可能过一会儿来。
He said that it was so. He was mistaken, however.
他说事情是这样的，然而他错了。
Homework
Remember the new words and useful expressions in this unit.