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classmate
accident
far
choice
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road
快速说出下列形容词、副词的比较级与最高级
hard
great
late
nice
big
fat
easy
happy
beautiful
harder
greater
later
nicer
bigger
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easier
happier
more beautiful
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Module 4
Planes, ships and trains
Unit 2 What is the best way to travel
外研八年级（上）
By the end of this class, students will be able to:
1. Grasp(掌握) the key vocabulary:journey, park, outside, however, cost;
2. Understand the passage on travel and trasportation;
3. Understand specific information in a text.
Learning Objectives
Free talk.
Do you like travelling
Beijing
．
Hainan
．
Beijing
train
coach
plane
car
ship
bike
what is way to travel
the fastest
Travelling by plane is the fastest way
the most expensive
but it's also the most expensive way.
the most crowded
Travelling by ……is ……
the cheapest
the most comfortable
the best
How to get to Beijing from Hainan
Lead-in
......
How to choose the best way to travel
What aspects should we consider？
我们应该考虑哪些方面？
cost
time
expensive
cheap
fast
slow
comfortableness
（舒适度）
comfortable
crowded
Pre-reading
Watch and answer.
Q:What is the video about
It’s about ways to travel from London to Amsterdam.
Amsterdam
London
North Sea
Pre-reading
It’s the largest city in Netherlands(荷兰）.
It’s in the northwest of Europe.
It has a population of 1.2 million.
It’s famous for windmills and tulips.
windmill
tulips
What’s the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam
While-reading Task 1 Fast reading
Read “Question” part and answer.
1. What does the man want to know
A. How long the journey will take
B. The best way to travel
C. Some information about the trains or ships to get there
D. All the above
2. This passage might be from ___.
A. a storybook
B. a magazine
C. the Internet
Let’s read.
Q: How many ways are there to travel Amsterdam What are they
by plane
Read and answer.
There are four ways to travel Amsterdam.They are by train, by car and by ship, by coach and by plane.
While-reading Task 1 Fast reading
Number the ways of travelling from the most expensive to the least expensive.
4
1
3
2
Skimming.
What’s the structure（结构） of this passage
Para.1
Headline
Para.4
Para.3
Para.2
Headline
Para.5
Para.1
Para.2
Para.3
Para.4
Para.5
A
B
1
2
3
4
5
Headline
Beginning
Body
Ending
Read and answer.
Read the passage carefully and complete the table.(P29A3)
more relaxing
than by coach
more expensive than by coach
the most comfortable
the most expensive
the cheapest
the second cheapest
wait for hours because of bad weather
crowded in summer;
Ways of travelling
Train
Car and ship
Coach
Plane
Good points
Bad points
taking a long time
Tips: Especially pay attention to words like “more/ most…”.
the fastest;
While-reading Task 2 Careful reading
…
cost
comfortableness
time
Post-reading Task 1
Thinking
What does the writer think is the best way
We can’t find the answers in the passage.
What do you think is the best way Why
The best is the most suitable for yourself !
最好的就是最适合你的!
Complete the passage with the words in the box. (P29A4)
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
Post-reading Task 2
Write a passage about the ways of traveling from London to Paris. Use the information in the table.
Tips: When choose a way of transportation, think about these factors(因素): distance, time, cost, comfortableness, convenience, environment, safety and so on.
Ways of travelling Cost Time Comfortable Interesting
London-Paris coach ￡20 10 hours * * *
plane ￡80 1 hour * * *
train ￡60 3 hours * * * * * *
You can go from London to Paris by coach, plane or train. Travelling
by… is the… and it’s… than by …, but ... . We think …is the most
important for us during the journey. So we choose to get there by…
Post-reading Task 3
读
看
听
写
说
Summary
Key words and phrases:
journey, park, outside, however, cost
Key sentences:
What is the best way to travel
This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive.
It takes you about twelve hours to get there.
It will not cost as much as going by coach.
It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but you may hace to wait for hours at the airport bad weather.
Can you say the following now Check( ) the things you can do. I can use the key vocabulary to make sentences about travel and trasportation.
I can understand the passage on travel and trasportation.
I can understand specific information in a text.
Self-assessment
(自我评估）
基础性作业(必做):
1. Finish the task on exercise book.
2. Preview Unit 3 on pages 30-33.
实践性作业(必做):
Write about the best way from your home town to Beijing and the reasons.
拓展性作业(选做)：
Think of ways from London to Paris and list their advantages and disadvantages.
Homework
THANK YOU!(共16张PPT)
The older he gets, the happier he is. 他越活越开心。
1. The more information, the better.
Language points
the +比较级，the + 比较级 “越……，就越……”
The more you eat, the fatter you will be.
你吃的越多，就会越胖。
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
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
2. A journey by train is more relaxing ...
journey n. 旅行；旅程
The journey ends in the ancient city of Roman.
旅行的终点是罗马古城。
We’re going to have a pleasant journey.
我们打算来一次愉快的旅行。
辨析：journey, travel 和 trip
journey名词，意为“旅行”、“旅程”。常指远距离的或陆地的旅行。一般指单程，不回到出发地的旅行。
travel 名词，意为“旅行”。泛指一般意义的旅行，不能特指某一次的旅行。前面可以用物主代词，但不能与many或数词连用。
trip名词，意为“旅行”、“远足”。常指近距离的旅行或远足。一般指双程，还回到出发地的旅行。
1. How did you enjoy your _______ in Europe
2. How was your school _______
3. He decided to make a _______ to New York by air.
选词填空。
travel journey trip
travels
trip
journey
3. … but a lot more expensive.
比较级前面可以用even，much，far，a little，a bit，a lot，still等词语说明程度或数量，表示强调等。
He is feeling a lot better.
他感觉好多了。（修饰比较级 better）
Your room is a lot bigger than mine.
你的房间比我的大得多。 （修饰比较级 bigger）
My room is small. It’s very comfortable, however.
我的房间不大，但是非常舒适。
However, there are some students still disagree with her.
然而，仍有一些学生与她意见不一致。
1) however adv. 然而；但是
4. However, it will not cost as much as ...
辨析 however & but
1. 从语义上看，but所表示的是非常明显的对比，转折的意味比however强。
2. 从语法上看，but是个并列连词，而however却是个副词。
3. 从语序上看，but总是位于它所引出的分句之首，而however却可位于分句之首、之中或之尾。
4. 从标点上看，but之后一般不得使用逗号，但however位于分句之首时，通常用逗号；位于分句之中时，通常在其前、后各加一个逗号；位于分句之尾时，则必须在其前加逗号。
The new house of this firm cost $8,000.
这家公司的新房价钱为8000美元。
It's going to cost me over $100,000 to buy new cars.
买几辆新车将花掉我10万多美元。
2) cost v. 价钱为； 花费
cost的过去式和过去分词同原形形式一样，三词同形。
n. 价钱；成本；代价
The total cost of the project would be more than $240 million.
该项目的总成本会超过2.4亿美元。
Whatever the cost, she was going out to Britain.
不管付出什么代价，她就是要到英国去。
cost的主语通常是事或物，用法如下：
(1) sth. costs (sb.) ＋金钱。
某物花了（某人）多少钱
A new computer costs a lot of money.
买一台新电脑要花一大笔钱。
(2) (doing) sth. costs (sb.) ＋时间，某物（做某事）花了（某人）多少时间
Remembering these new words cost him a lot of time.
他花了大量时间才记住了这些单词。
注意：cost不能用于被动句。
spend的主语必须是人， 常用于以下结构：
(1) spend time ／money on sth. 在……上花费时间（钱）。如：
I spent two hours on this Maths problem.
这道数学题花了我两个小时。
(2) spend time／money (in) doing sth. 花费时间（金钱）做某事。如：
They spent two years (in) building this bridge.
造这座桥花了他们两年时间。
(3) spend money for sth. 花钱买……。如：
His money was spent for books.
他的钱用来买书了。
cost, spend, take, pay的用法区别
take后面常跟双宾语，常见用法有以下几种：
(1) It takes sb. time to do sth. 做某事花了某人多少时间。如：
It took them three years to build this road.
他们用了三年时间修完了这条路。
(2) doing sth. takes sb. time 做某事花了某人多少时间。如：
Repairing this car took him the whole afternoon.
他花了一下午的时间修车。
(3) sb. takes time／money to do sth.某人花多少时间或钱去做某事
He took the whole afternoon to repair his car.
他花了一下午的时间修车。
pay后面常跟for搭配，用于“花费金钱”常见用法：
sb. pay some money for sth./ doing sth. 如：
I paid 100 yuan for my bike yesterday.
我昨天买这辆自行车花了100元。
这件外套花费了我100元。
翻译：
It takes me 100 yuan to buy this coat.
I spend 100 yuan on this coat.
= I spend 100 yuan buying this coat.
This coat cost me 100 yuan.
It paid 100 yuan for (buying) this coat.
选词填空： cost, take, spend, pay
1. The woman usually _______ a lot of money on clothes.
2. How much does the sweater _______
3. It _______ me twenty yuan to buy this book.
4. The boy _______ one hour playing soccer every day.
5. The girl _______ a lot for her study last year.
spends
cost
took
spends
paid
