Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
主备人：钟凤花 审核人：徐月瑶 复备人：____________
教学内容：Unit 2 What is the best way to travel
课型：Reading and writing
教学目标：
1、能够正确使用下列单词：journey, book, outside, choice, however, cost
2、能够读懂有关旅游和交通工具的文章，并抓住文章细节。
3、能够运用形容词、副词的最高级形式对几种交通方式进行对比。
4、了解英语国家有关旅游和交通等方面的信息，并密切联系自己的日常生活，从而拓展视野、激发学习英语的兴趣；
四、教学重难点：
1、能够理解有关旅游和交通工具的文章。（重点）
2、能够正确运用形容词、副词的比较级和最高级，写一篇旅游日志，比较各种交通工具的便捷和不便之处。（难点）
五、教学准备：
课堂整体运用任务型教学模式以及 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )阅读课“四个阶段”教学模式。本课指导学生通过阅读获取信息，培养学生阅读技能。在教学过程中，采用多媒体手段辅助教学，利用各种图片和习题任务贯穿整个教学过程。因此，本节课需准备：PPT课件。
六、教学过程：
教学步骤 教师活动 学生活动 设计意图
Step OneWarming-up (3’) Lead in1.Play a game.Ask the every student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to write a word of their favorite vehicle on a piece of paper, then let them exchange it with their friend. Then let a student say out the word in his/her hand , those who has the same word must stand up quickly and change their seat, the one that has no seat is the loser. 2．Ask the student to give a report about their interview.Report: My friend… ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) usually goes to school by bike because her/ his home is the closest to school. My friend … usually goes to school by bus because his/her home is the farthest from school. 1 Play a game.Every studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )t writes a word of their favorite vehicle on a piece of paper, then exchange it with their friend. A student say out the word in his/her hand , those who has the same word must stand up quickly and change their seat, the one that has no seat is the loser. 2. Students give reports about their interview.Report: My f ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )riend… usually goes to school by bike because her/ his home is the closest to school. My friend … usually goes to school by bus because his/her home is the farthest from school. 通过游戏“听单词抢位置”来活跃课堂气氛，.顺利地切入与本课有关的词汇。同时，也训练了学生的反应。通过汇报的形式检查上节课布置的调查作业，回顾了上节课的内容，考验学生对Unit1知识的掌握程度，
Step TwoPre-reading(5’) 1.Check the new words.（1）.Show more pict ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ures and things to get the students fill in the blanks with right words.eg: journey, book, outside, choice, however, cost（2）Organize them to read the new words together.2.Free talk.Ask the students to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) talk about the ways to go to a city that they like to visit in pairs.1. How do you get there 2. What’s the cheapest way to get there 3. What’s the best way to get there （1）Watch pictures le ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )arn some new words and try to fill in the blanks with right words.（2）Read the new words together.Students talk about ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) the ways to go to a city that they like to visit in pairs.1. How do you get there 2. What’s the cheapest way to get there 3. What’s the best way to get there 引导学生谈论图片, 通过图片、情景学单词，做到词不离句。
Step ThreeWhile-reading (24’)Step ThreeWhile-reading (24’) 1. ScanningAsk studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to scan t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he passage and find out the main idea for the passage.2. SkimmingAsk students to skim the passage and answer the question.T: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam 3.Careful reading.Paragraph 1 (1) Present som ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e sentences to the students and ask them to write “T” or “F”, also correct the wrong sentences The writer wants to travel from Amsterdam to London. The writer wants to know the cheapest way of travelling.(2)Let the studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts read Paragraph One in groups of six and find out difficulties.(3) Ask them to solve difficulties.Paragraph 2 and 3(1)Ask the stu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dents to read Paragraph 2 and 3, then answer the following questions. ① Which is more relaxing, going by train or going by coach ②What is the most expensive way to travel ③Is parking in Amsterdam very expensive (2) Ask a student to be “a little teacher” to check the answers. (3) Organize the whole class to read together.(4)Ask some little teachers to solve the difficulties.Paragraph 4, 5and 6(1)Let the students read Paragraph 4,5,6 and fill in the blanks. Going by________is usu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ally the cheapest , but in summer it often gets ________ and ________ you a long time to get there. Going by plane is the ________ and the second ___________ , but you may have to wait for hours at the airport ________ of bad weather. (2) Organize some stu ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dents to come to the blackboard and show out some difficult language points that they found in these paragraphs.4 Practise reading.Get the students watch a video and read with it, then let them read loudly in groups. Students scan t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )he passage and find out the main idea for the passage. For example “ Ways of travelling from London to Amsterdam.”Students skim the passage and find the answer to the question.S: It is by car or by ship （1）Students read Paragraph One and choose T or F.The writer wants to travel from Amsterdam to London. “F”The writer wants to know the cheapest way of travelling. “F”(2)Students read Parag ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )raph One in groups of six and find out difficulties.(3)Solve the difficulties together.(1)Students r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ead Paragraph 2 and 3, find the answers to the following questions. ①Going by coach is more relaxing.②Travelling by car or by ship is the most comfortable way.③Yes, it is.(2) A little teacher checks the answers. (3) The whole class read together.(4) Some little teachers solve the difficulties.(1)Students read Paragraph 4,5,6 and fill in the blanks. The answers are: coach, crowded, takes, fastest, cheapest, because(2)Some stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts come to the blackboard and show out some difficult language points that they found in these paragraphs.Students watch a video and read with it, then read loudly in groups. 要求学生快速阅读课文，找出本课的中心思想。通过学生快速阅读，找出本文课题的答案，了解主旨内容， 为进一步学习做好铺垫。让学生带着任务（问题）去阅读课文，去 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )找答案，有助于学生更加准确地获取信息，提高阅读效果和技能。学生通过分层次阅读文章，获取具体信息，把知识点和课文理解在分段学习得以突破。而小组活动能通过学生间的自主、合作学习，让学生充分地实践运用语言，并激发学生创造性思维的发展。读书在英语学习中起着相当重要的作用，熟能生巧，通过跟读来学习正确的语音语调，通过小组朗读来互相学习，培养合作精神。
Step FourPost-reading(10’) 1.Speaking(1)Ask the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to complete the table, find the good points and bad points of travelling, then let them list more about it.(2) Divided the w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )hole class into two groups, then let them have a debate competition.2.Retell(1) Organize the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )Ss to retell the passage with the information in Activity3. (2)Let the students Complete the passage with the words in the box(2)Call back the answers from the whole class then let them read the short passage in the whole class . (1)Cmplete the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) table, find the good points and bad points of travelling, list more about it.(2) Girls and boys have a debate competition.Try to retell the passage with the information in Activity3. Students Complete the passage with the words in the box.(2)Call back the answers from the whole class then read the short passage in the whole class . 通过完成此表格来训练学生的信息汇总能力，再通过分组辩论赛激励学生多讲多听，进一步让学生巩固本课时的知识。复述课文能使学生加深对课文内容的理解。
Step FiveSummary（2’） 1.Get the students tosum up the language points.T: What have we learned today Ss:……2.Let the students to choose the best team in this lesson. 1.Sum up the language points.2.To choose the best groups. 引导学生对这节课的总结，让学生做自由发言，培养学生自主学习，自主总结的良好学习习惯。简短的评价使学生的课堂表现得到肯定并且可以激励学生的学习兴趣，树立学习英语的信心。
Step SixHome-work（1’） Write a passage ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )about ways of travelling from London to Paris. Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you. Finish the homework. 课后作业有助于学生巩固已学的知识，补充其他方面的锻炼。写作是阅读的拓展，让学生最终完全掌握语言，实践运用语言。
七、板书设计：
Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unit 2 What is the best way to travel
What’s the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam
The more information, the better.
This is the most c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )omfortable way to travel but also the most expensive.
It’s the fastest and the second cheapest.
达标训练题
I 单项选择。
( ) 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 stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents, 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
( ) 3. —What do you think of the traffic in our city (2013菏泽)
—It’s_____ than it used to be, but there’s still a long way to go.
A. worse B. worst C. better D. best
( ) 4. Traveling ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) around big cities by taxi can cost a lot of money, but it’s usually
_____ to take the underground train to most places. (2013菏泽)
A. amazing B. expensive C. convenient D. exciting
( )5. Liu Ying is as _____ as her sister. (2013湖南湘西)
A. tall B. taller C. the tallest
( ) 6. I am goo ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d at math, but his English is ________ than mine. (2013黄石)
A. much better B. more better C. very better D. pretty better
( ) 7. The ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) world’s population is growing _____ and there is _____ land and
water for growing rice. (2013荆门)
A. more; less B. larger; fewer C. larger; less D. more; fewer
( ) 8. It’s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) _____ to listen to light music when you feel tired. (2013温州)
A. dangerous B. scary C. relaxing D. difficult
II 英汉互译。
1．乘公共汽车 2．最长的路程
3．第3个选择 4．花费某人时间干某事
5．订票 6．get crowded
7．cost as much as 8．travel in by bus or by train.
9．because of 10．stay outside the city centre
III将下列词语变为最高级形式。
1．beautiful___________ 2．difficult _________
3．good _____________ 4．thin __________
5．short ____________ 6．expensive _________
7．tall _____________ 8．little___________
9．fast _____________ 10．many ___________
Ways of travelling Good points Bad points
Train more relaxing than by coach
Car and ship
Coach
Plane
Complete the passage with the words in the box.
choice cost However journey outside
There are four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam. The first _______ is by train because the _____ takes only by four hours. _______, it is quite expensive. Going by car and by ship, or by coach does not_______ 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 way _______the city centre and travel in by bus or by train.Book 3 Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
主备人：钟凤花 审核人：徐月瑶 复备人：____________
一、教学内容： Unit1 He lives the farthest from school.
二、课型：Listening and speaking
三、教学目标：
1、能正确运用词汇：road, acci ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )dent, except, far, far away, crowded, choice, classmate, all the time, journey, book, outside, close, park, however, cost
2、能听懂含有形容词、副词最高级形式的对话及旅行方式和交通工具的描述。
3、能够使用形容词、副词最高级形式谈论并比较旅行方式和交通工具。
四 教学重难点：
能够使用形容词、副词最高级形式谈论并比较旅行方式和交通工具。
五 教学准备：
本课指导学生通过听力获取信息，培养学生听力技能。课堂上采用多媒体手段辅助教学，多媒体课件。
六 预习要求：
根据音标自学本课新单词。
七 教学过程：
教学步骤 教师活动 学生活动 设计意图
Step OneWarming-up (3’) Lead in1. Let the students w ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )atch a video, sing the song. “ The train”. Ask Can you guess the name of the song 2 Show some pictures ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of vehicles on the computer, let the students say them out quickly. The first one to say it is the winner.. Then introduce the title. 1 Listen and sing the song together .Guess the name the song.2 Stand up an ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )d say out the names of the vehicles quickly. Try to be the first one. 通过歌曲激发学生兴趣，引入交通工具，然后呈现常用的交通工具图片复习名称，自然导出本课话题。
Step TwoPre-task(5’) Task1 Check the n ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ew words.1. Show more pictur ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )es and things to get the students to say out new words. 2. Ask one little teacher to teach the students to read the new words. 1.Look at the pic ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tures and things say out the new words and phrases.2. Students read the new words together after the little teacher. 引导学生谈论ppt上的图片,检查学生对词汇的掌握程度，训练学生的表达能力，通过图片、情景学单词，做到词不离句。
Step ThreeWhile-task (20’) Task2 Do activity 1Ask the students to fi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nish Activity One. Match the words in the box with the pictures. Then check the answers quickly.Task 3 Listening(Activity 2)1. Ask the st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )udents to listen and match the words in the box with the pictures in Activity 1. 2. Guide them answer in this way, Going by bus is cheap.Task4 Listening(Activity 3)1. Play the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tape, ask students to listen and choose the best answers to the two questions:① Who lives the far ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )thest from school (A. Tony B. Lingling C. Daming)② How does Daming g ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o to school (A. By underground. B. On foot. C. By bus.)2 .Check their answers.Task 4 Reading(Activity 3)1. Ask the studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to read the conversation and complete the table in Activity Three.2. Call back the answers.Task 5 Practice reading.1. Organize the students to read the conversation with the video.2..Ask the Ss to work with their groups to read the conversation. 3. Organize the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents to have a competition: Read the dialogue in groups and choose the best group.Task 6 Solve the language points(1).Organize stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to read the conversation again and find the language points. Let them discuss in groups and solve their problems.(2).Ask three littl ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e teachers to help the students solve their problems.Task 7 RetellingGet the Ss to r ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )etell the conversation with the information in the table in Activity 3.Task 7 Grammar and exercises1. Summary all the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )sentences of the Superlative adjectives and adverbs. Give more samples.2. Ask the students t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )o complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.(Activity 4)3.Ask the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents to go on completing the sentences with the words or expression in the box. (Activity 5) Students match the words in the box with the pictures. .1.Students listen a ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nd match the words in the box with the pictures in Activity 1. 2. Describe the pictures with right sentences.Eg: Going by bus is cheap.1. Listen to the tape and and get the correct answers:① Who lives the far ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )thest from school (A. Tony B. Lingling C. Daming)② How does Daming go ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to school (A. By underground. B. On foot. C. By bus.)2. Give the answers in pairs.1. Students read the c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )onversation and complete the table in Activity Three.2. Give the answers.Student read the conversation with the video.Then practice in groups.3. Have a competit ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ion: Read the dialogue in groups and choose the best group. Try to read the best.(1). Students read ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the conversation again and find the language points. Discuss in groups and solve their problems.(2)Little teachers c ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ome to the front and help other students solve the language points, the other students listen carefully and note .Try to retell the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) conversation with the information in the table in Activity 3. e.g. Betty goes to school by bus. Tony takes the understand to school. Because he lives the farthest from school. Etc.1. Summary all the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) sentences of the Superlative adjectives and adverbs. Give more samples.2. Ask the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.(Activity 4)3.Ask the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents to go on completing the sentences with the words or expression in the box. (Activity 5) 检查完词汇后及时做Activity 1的匹配联系进行巩固。训练学生听力, 加深学生对本课新词汇的印象。根据听力结果，选词并用完整的句子来描述图片，训练学生的口头表达能力。带着问题听课文，可以让学生有目的的听录音，并学会综合所获的信息作答。把活动三的练习作为阅读训练习题，给学生充足先学先理解的时间，有利于下阶段的授课。通过观看视频代替枯燥乏味的凭空想象，同时获取正确的语音语调。通过小组内朗读，互相纠正错误，培养团结合作精神。小组合作探究，共同完成学习任务，培养他们自主学习的能力。通过小老师讲解语言点，让学生更有兴趣进一步理解课文内容。通过引导学生复述对话，培养学生表达能力。教师补充讲解本课难点，起画龙点睛的作用。通过活动4和活动5的习题巩固本课所学内容，加深印象。
Step FourPost-task(9’) Task 7 Do some speaking1. Pair work.Organize them ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) to ask and answer questions about the ways of going to school. Use the words in the box to help them.A;What’s the most expensive way to go to school B: Going by taxi is the most expensive.A:How about by bus, is it a good way to go to school B: It is cheap, but so crowded.2.Have the Ss act out the dialogue. 1.Ask and answer ques ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )tions about the ways of going to school. Use the words in the box to help them.A;What’s the most expensive way to go to school B: Going by taxi is the most expensive.A:How about by bus, is it a good way to go to school B: It is cheap, but so crowded.2. Ss act out the dialogue. 通过2人小组简单的对话练习来操练本课重点句型 ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )，并为下一环节表演作铺垫，对话表演时整节课的高潮部分，让学生在情境中进行交际，可以很好地提高学生英语语言的综合运用能力。
Step FiveSummary（2’） 1.Get the students to sum up the language points.T: What have we learned today Ss:……2.Let the students to choose the best team in this lesson. 1.Sum up the language points:①travel by train/car/ship/ underground/boat/bus/taxi②The structures fo the superlative adjectives and adverbs.2.To choose the best groups. 引导学生对这节课的总结，让学生做自由发言，培养学生自主学习，自主总结的良好学习习惯。简短的评价使学生的课堂表现得到肯定并且可以激励学生的学习兴趣，树立学习英语的信心。
Step SixHome-work（1’） Make an interview. Ask them to interview ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )their friends about How do they go to school every day. Then let them give a report next class. Report: My fri ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )end… usually goes to school by bike because her/ his home is the closest to school. My friend … usually goes to school by bus because his/her home is the farthest from school.2.Ask the studen ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ts to finish the exercises in the workbook of Module 4 Unit 1. Make an interview. Ask them to interview ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) their friends about How do they go to school every day. Then let them give a report next class. 2.Finish the exercises in the workbook of Module 4 Unit 1. 口头作业和笔头作业相结合，有助于学生各方面能力的培养，及时巩固已学的知识，并把所学知识运用到实际当中去。
板书设计 Module 4 Planes, ships and trains 小组评价Unit1 I He lives the farthest from school.1. Lingling’s home is the closest to school. T1 T2 T32. It is the most comfortable way but it’s the most expensive. 3. Tony lives farthest from school.
达标训练题
A. 随学随练：写出下列单词的最高级形式：
1. short _________________ 2. nice _________________
3. big _________________ 4. thin _________________
5. early _________________ 6. slowly _________________
7. beautiful _________________ 8. carefully _________________
9. badly _________________ 10. much _________________
11. little _________________ 12. far __________________
B. 单项选择：
( ) 1. Debbie is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) growing fast. She is even________ than her mother.
A. tall B. taller C. tallest D. the tallest
( )2.—Dad, would you please drive ________
— No hurry. We have enough time before the plane takes off.
A. faster B. more slowly C. more carefully
( ) 3.—Do you know Lin Shuhao
—Yes. He is one of _____ basketball players in the NBA.
A. popular B. more popular C. the most popular
( ) 4. Is Lily’s home _____ away from school than Linda’s
A. far B. farther C. farthest .
( ) 5.—Who ran ______ of all in the sports meeting
—Hector did, I think.
A. fast B. faster C. the fastest D. most fast
( ) 6. Li Na is ________ tennis player in China now.
A. most famous B. the most famous C. more famousModule 4 Planes, ships and trains
主备人：钟凤花 审核人：徐月瑶 复备人：____________
教学内容：Unit3 Language in use
课型：Revision and application
教学目标：
1、能正确运用本模块的词汇：ro ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ad, accident, except, far, far away, crowded, choice, classmate, all the time, journey, book, outside, close, park, however, cost journey, book, outside, choice, however等。
2、能按类别整理单词或词组，提高单词学习效率。
3、能运用形容词和副词的比较级和最高级。
4、能够运用所学的知识，介绍自己或他人的旅行计划及乘坐的交通工具。
教学重难点：
掌握形容词和副词的比较级和最高级的用法，并能描述并比较各种交通方式。
教学准备：
本节课型为Revisio ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )n and application，根据新课标的要求，结合教材和学生特点，主要采用任务型互动式进行教学，结合情景法、交际法、游戏等教学方法实施课堂活动，开启学生思维，通过一系列有条理的教学活动，引导学生自主探究学习和与他人互动合作学习，让学生体验愉快学习。本节课所需教具及资料：幻灯、图片等。
教学过程：
教学步骤 教 师 活 动 学 生 活 动 活 动 目 的
Leading-in（8’） 1.Free talk.Show the students s ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ix pictures of vehicles and guide the students to make dialogues in this way：A: How do you often travel B: I usually travel by plane. It is the fastest. How about you A:I often go by car. It is the most comfortable way to travel.B…2.Play a game.Let the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) read the following sentences as quickly as they can. 1) It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s the most expensive.2) He lives farthest from school.3) It is the fastest and the second cheapest.4) The more information, the better. Talk about the six pictures of vehicles in pairs. Make up a dialogue.A: How do you often travel B: I usually travel by plane. It is the fastest. How about you A:I often go by car. It is the most comfortable way to travel.B…Read the followi ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ng sentences as quickly as they can. Choose the fastest one.1) It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s the most expensive.2) He lives farthest from school.3) It is the fastest and the second cheapest.4) The more information, the better. 呈现六张有关交通工具的图片，2人1组展开对话，复习本单元的话题，让学生尽快进入学习状态。通过游戏“比谁快”复习本单元的语法句子，提高了学生反复朗读的兴趣，读的速度越块越好，使其达到一定的熟练程度。
2. While-task(17’) 1.Ask the st ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )udents to complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Then check the answers (Activity 1)For example,(1). This bus t ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )akes the _________ (long) time because it is the _______ (slow).2 Let the stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts complete the conversations in Activity 2 and Activity 3.3.Practise speaking.Organize the stud ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ents to ask and answer the questions in Activity 5 in pairs. Then let them give a report about their friend.4. Ask the students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )to complete the email with the words in the box. Then check the answers and organize them to read together. ( Activity 6)5 Listening practice.(1)Ask the stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to read through the information in Activity 7 individually.(2). Play the tape for the students to listen and match.(3) Ask the students to check with a partner.(4) Check the answers: 6.Play the tape again. Ask them to answer the two questions.(1) Which city has the largest population (2)Which cities have the oldest universities in the world 7.Around the world: The longest railway(1) Ask the student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to look at the picture and discuss what they can see.(2) Ask them to read ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) through the passage by themselves. Get them choose “T” or “F” for the following exercises.①Moscow is the capital of Russia.②It is the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok.(3) Organize the whole class to read it once. 1. complete th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets. Then give the answers .(Activity 1)(1). This bus takes the longest time because it is the slowest.2 Complete the conversations in Activity 2 and Activity 3.3. Students ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ask and answer the questions in Activity 5 in pairs. Then say something about their friend.4. Complete the emai ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )l with the words in the box. Then give the answers and read together. ( Activity 6),5 Listening practice.(1)Students read through the information in Activity 7 individually.(2) Listen and match the cities with the information.(3) Students check the answers with a partner.(4)Check the answers. 6.Listen again and get the answers to the two questions.(1) London.(2) Oxford and Cambridge.7.Around the world: The longest railway(1)Look at the picture and discuss what they can see.(2)Read through the passage by themselves.Choose “T” or “F” for the following exercises.①Moscow is the capital of Russia. T ②It is the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok. F (3) The whole class to read it once. 通过活动一、二三和六的反复练习，复习巩固前面两个单元所掌握的语法和词汇。通过咨询好朋友，获得与其有关的信息，并对信息进行综合，最后汇报有关情况。 学生快速地朗读有关听力的信息材料，然后听录音连线，本题是比较简单的听力训练，可以激起大部分学生的求知欲望，培养学生的自信心。听录音回答问题无疑是学生的“老大难”， ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )但由于是第二次播放此内容，学生已经有了一定的信息储备，从而有效地降低听力难度。使有限的听力材料得到反复听、反复用，在听和说的过程中培养学生听、说的技能。同时，这也是帮助学生熟悉背诵语言材料的有效手段，也是必要手段！Around the world在此处作为阅读训练，让学生带着问题阅读，要求学生口头叙述阅读后所获得的信息，锻炼了说，也考查了读。阅读训练不仅仅是做几道题，更重要的是帮助学生从中获取信息，获得乐趣学生只有通过大量的朗读，才能不断地纠正自己的语音和语调，逐步形成英语语感。
3. Post-task (19’) Make a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China.（1） Ask the student ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )s to find a map of China. Let them choose a city to visit, and decide on the best way to get there.（2）Ask the students to make a list of things to do there.（3）Ask the stude ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )nts to present their plans to the class, and make notes about other groups’ plans. (4) Choose the best plan. （1） Find a ma ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )p of China. Choose a city to visit, and decide on the best way to get there.（2）Make a list of things to do there.（3） Present your ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )plan to the class, and make notes about other groups’ plans. (4) Choose the best plan. 学生通过本模块的学习获得了语言储备，为语言的输出做好了铺垫。写作能客观地反映学生各方面的语言运用能力，英语学习也真正地延伸到了课堂之外。此环节设计的目的是让学生在说的基础上，能够通过书面表达进一步巩固所学的内容。
4. Summary(1’) 1.Help the students to summary and compare modes of transportation.2. Ask the students to conclude the usage of of Superlative adjectives and adverbs . Students summa ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ry and compare modes of transportation with the teacher’s help.Students conclude the usage of Superlative adjectives and adverbs . 让学生自己总结本模块的知识点，加深理解。
5. Homework（1’） Master the new words and useful expression in Module 4.
板书设计 Module 4 Planes, ships and trainsUnit 3 Language in use1) It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s the most expensive.2) He lives farthest from school.3) It is the fastest and the second cheapest.4) The more information, the better.
达标训练题
一、用所给单词的适当形式填空
1 .Tony lives ___________ ( far) from the school in his class.
2. Betty’s dad has _____________(expensive)journey .
3. Daming has ___________(dangerous) journey .
4. Lingling’s home is ________( close) to school.
5 .Daming has _________(fast) journey by bicycle.
二、根据句意及首字母提示补全单词
1、Jenny sometimes t the train to Beijing.
2、Tony lives f from the school, so he has the longest journey.
3、There are many people in the zoo, it’s very c .
4、Lucy’s home is the c to the school, so she walks.
5. Boeing 747 is one ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )of the most expensive ____________(飞机) in the world.
三 阅读理解
Modern life ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by plane. With a modern airliner(客机), you can travel in one day to places which needed a month or more to get to hundreds of years ago.
Traveling by train is ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )slower than by plane, but you can see the places you are traveling through. Modern trains have comfortable seats and dining-cars. They even make the longest journey enjoyable(令人愉快的).
Some people pre ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )fer to travel by sea. You can visit many other countries or different parts of your country. Ships are not so fast as trains or planes, but traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.
Many people like to ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop if there is something interesting, for example, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That’s why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they travel on business.
( )31. From th ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )e passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is ____.
A. by train B. by sea C. by plane D. by car
( )32. If we travel by car, we can ____.
A. make the ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )longest journey enjoyableB. travel to a very far place in a few minutes
C. make our own timetableD. visit many other countries
( )33. The under ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )lined word “They” in the passage refers to(指的是) ____.
A. modern tra ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )ins in the country B. the comfortable seats and dining-cars
C. the travelers on ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com )the modern trains D. the slower ways of traveling
( )34. When people travel on business, they usually take ____.
A. a plane or ( http: / / www.21cnjy.com ) a car B. a car or a boatC. a boat or a train D. a train or a plane
( )35. How many ways of traveling are mentioned in the passage
A. Four. B. Three. C. Two. D. Six.
For example:
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….
