Module 1 Travel
Unit 1 We toured the city by bus and by taxi.
Ⅰ Teaching model
Listening and speaking
Ⅱ Teaching method
Communicative approach
Ⅲ Teaching aims
1. To understand the conversations conversation with regard to “travel”.
2. To talk about one’s holiday and new term..
Ⅳ Teaching Objectives
1. Key vocabulary: flight, because of, direct, pilot, succeed, as long as, school-leaver, exactly
2. Key structures: Sentence structure
Ⅴ Teaching aids
Tape recorder, OHP, video
Ⅵ Teaching Steps
Step 1 Warming up
1. Show some pictures to talk.
1) — How do you go to school / work
— I go to school by ______.
2) — How do you most like to travel by
— I most like to travel by _________.
2. Enjoy and talk something about the pictures.
3. Show some pictures to introduce the new words.
4. Learn the new words.
5. Read the words after the teacher.
Step 2 Complete the sentences.
1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 1.
1) I most like to travel by _____________.
2) I least like to travel by _____________.
3) I travel most often by ______________.
4) I travel least often by ______________.
2. Complete the sentences so they are true for you.
3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
4. Call back the answers from the whole class and check the answers.
Step 3 Listening practice.
1. Ask the students to read through the sentences in Activity 2.
1) The flight takes about __________ hours.
2) Time difference: __________ hours.
3) Flight number: __________
4) From _________ to _________
5) Leave at (new time): _________
6) Arrive at (new time): _________
2. Play the tape and ask the students to listen to the tape carefully.
3. Listen and complete the notes.
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
Step 4 Listen and read.
1. Ask the students to listen and read the conversation silently.
When you listen to the recording, try to note down the key information. Your notes will then help you retell the main information.
2. Now complete the table.
Holiday activities
Lingling went to see her grandparents in Henan Province by train
Tony
Daming
Betty
4. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner
Step 5 Answer the questions.
1. Ask the students to read through the questions in Activity 4.
1) When do you think the conversation takes place
2) According to Lingling, why is travel so difficult in winter
3) What are Daming and Betty looking forward to at the end of the term
2. Answer the questions.
3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
Step 6 Choose the correct answer.
1. Ask the students to read through the words in the box in Activity 5.
direct exactly pilot succeed
2. Choose the correct answer.
1. When you fly direct, you ______.
a) arrive without stopping at another place
b) stop at another place before you arrive
2. When you say “Exactly”, it means ______.
a) you do not agree
b) you completely agree
3. The pilot of plane ______.
a) flies it
b) gives you food and drink during the flight
4. If you succeed in doing something, you ______.
a) manage to do it
b) nearly do it
3. Ask the students to check their answer with a partner.
Step 7 Everyday English
Not bad!
It was great fun!
How about you
We’d better get back to work.
We’ll have a great time!
Step 8 Pronunciation and speaking: Listen and mark the pauses.
1. Play the recording once without stopping.
2. Play the recording again and ask the whole class to repeat.
Lingling: How about you, Betty
Betty: We had quit a good time in Beijing. We toured the city by bus and by taxi. Last weekend, we took a tour by coach to the Summer Place and went for a long walk around the lake.
Lingling: That sounds great! But now, we’d better get back to work . We’re going to have a big exam at the end of the term.
3. Ask the students to listen and mark the pauses.
4. Now listen again and repeat.
Step 9 Work in groups.
Talk about your winter holiday.
1. Ask and answer about what you did during the winter holiday.
— What did you do during the winter holiday
— I went to see my grandparents in Xi’an.
2. Talk about what happened during the trip.
The train was full of people and I had to stand for three hours!
Step 10 Language points
1. But the pilot succeeded in landing on time. 不过飞行员成功地按时着陆了。
succeed in doing…表示“成功地做……”。例如:
He succeed in working out the maths problem.他成功地解出了这道数学题。
2. There’s nothing to worry about as long as you work hard.只要你努力,没什么好担心的。
as long as在这里引导条件状语从句,表示“只要”,也可以用so long as表示同样的意思。例如:
You can invite your friends as / so long as you tell me two days before the party.你可以邀请朋友来,只要在聚会前两天告诉我就行。
Step 11 Homework
Write something about your journey.