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Traffic Jams—A Problem
Traffic jams happen anywhere. People can get very frustrated if they are stuck in a traffic jam.
If a person is driving a skycar, they wouldn’t have to worry about traffic jams. Drivers could just move over to the side of the road, get their car ready and zoom into the sky. The traffic jam would be far below them.
Inventing a Flying Car
For many years, people have tried to invent a car that could fly. Some were too expensive, and others just did not work.
But one day, an inventor named Gilo Cardozo put a motor onto a sand buggy. The motor had a big propeller and a sail. As Gilo zoomed over the ground, the buggy went up into the air. Gilo had turned the sand buggy into a skycar.
The skycar
Gilo’s flying car is called a skycar. It has a racing bike engine. The engine moves the skycar along when it is on the ground. The engine uses fuel made from plants.
When the car is flying, a parasail helps to move it along. As the car speeds over the ground, the parasail fills up with air.
If the parasail gets damaged or collapses, the skycar uses a parachute. The parachute will unfold so that the skycar can glide safely back to the ground.
Testing the skycar
The skycar idea couldn’t be sold until it was tested. People had to see if it was really safe. They had to see if it could fly long distances as well.
So Gilo Cardozo and his team went on a long journey to Timbuktu. This was a dangerous journey. They had to cross the sea and travel over a desert. It was hot and dusty in the desert. They were a long way from anywhere.
A Successful Journey
The most dangerous part of the journey was crossing the sea. The strong winds made the skycar swing around but no one was hurt.
Some people thought that the trip would fail. It didn’t. The skycar was a success. It could drive on motorways. It could go over sand dunes and rocky ground. And, it could fly safely a long way, too.
A Future for skycars
Skycars aren’t used yet to fly in and out of cities. They are noisy and they need space to take off.
Skycars would be useful in many ways. They are easier to fly than a
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helicopter and not as expensive. They could get to places where helicopters and other vehicles couldn’t.
Someday soon, skycars could be zooming around in the sky like giant birds.
教学设计
课文标题： Skycar
单元名称： 第 15级
教材版本： 多维阅读
授课年级： 八年级
整体设计思路 这是一个非故事性的科普类文本。本书逻辑紧密，主要围 绕 Skycar 展开。从发明过程、运作原理、测试过程等方面介 绍了 skycar，并基于现状对其未来进行展望。文本分析采用 哲学方法—诠释学，即：文本字面意思、文本背后的意思、作 者想表达什么、读者对文本的评价。与此同时兼顾预测并调研： 学生的兴趣点在哪里？学生的学习困难在哪里？
教学目标 1、了解文本所讲的基本信息， 即 skycar 的发明过程、运作 原理、测试过程和作者对飞车未来的态度。 2、通过所学内容以及教师的信息补充，更全方位的了解飞车 的背景知识和飞车作者所体现出的科学探索精神。 3、引导学生形成对事物的客观评价能力并激发学生不断探索 的欲望。
教学重难点 1、降低难度，因为本文生词较多，尤其是飞车运作原理部分。 2、将学生语言与思维进行有机结合。
教学过程
教学步骤 教师活动 学生活动 设计意图 及资源准备
Lead in-- Have a free talk. 教师询问学生上学的 交通方式。 回答问题。 本环节旨在实 现从已知到未 知的切入、过 渡。
Read and think 教师引导学生找出目 录中的关键词。 根据教师指令找出 文本每个标题的关 键词。 旨在激发学生 的阅读兴趣， 引导学生初步 感知文本大致 脉络。
Close reading 教师引导学生阅读文 本、激发学生阅读欲 望、培养其思维品质。 观察图片并结合自 身的体验回答老师 提出的问题。 通过问题引 导，让学生对 飞车的设计灵 感、发明过程、 工作原理和测 试过程等进行 了解和思考。
Think and share 引导学生根据两个问 题进行思考和观点分 享。 1) Do you have some good ideas to improve (改进) the skycars 2) What else do you want to know about the skycars 结合本节课所学内 容进行思考和分 享。 此环节旨在通 过所学内容激 发学生对未知 的探索欲望。
Homework Try to get more information according to Pages 16&17. Scan the QR code ( 二 维 码 ) on the back cover and listen to the record. 此环节旨在引 导学生根据课 本提供的方法 和渠道探索未 知并利用课本 二维码进行模 仿正音。
板书设计 Skycar fuel creative model Parasail not give up easily
本节课思维导图
教学反思 1、本节课学生的思维和语言结合度不够，学生大部分时间是 在完成客观信息的梳理。 2、教师对于课本每个部分的阅读过于琐碎，缺乏整体性。(共29张PPT)
Skycar
会飞的汽车
多维阅读第15级
Skycar
会飞的汽车
多维阅读
第15级
Traffic Jams—A Problem…………………………………………..2
Inventing a Flying Car……………………………………………….4
The Skycar………………………………………………………………..6
A Successful Journey……………………………………………….10
Testing the Skycar ……………………………………………….……8
A Future for Skycars………………………………………………..12
Something to Think About ……………………………………..14
Do You Need to Get an Answer ...............................16
Do You Want to Find Out More ...............................17
Word Help………………………………………………………………18
Location Help………………………………………………………...21
Index……………………………………………………………………..22
Contents
Skycar
Reading Help
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
What will we learn
about the skycar
What’s the writer’s idea about traffic jams
Traffic Jams
-A Problem
Traffic jams can happen anywhere. People can get very frustrated if they are stuck in a traffic jam.
If a person is driving a skycar, they wouldn't have to worry about traffic jams. Drivers could just move over to the side of the road, get their car ready and zoom into the sky. The traffic jam would be far below them.
Chapter 1：Traffic Jams-A Problem
Have an idea
Traffic Jams
Skycar
A problem
Inventing a
Flying Car
The Skycar
A Successful
Journey
Testing
the Skycar
A Future
for Skycars
1. Who do you think the man is
2. What makes the skycar move along and take off (起飞)
Gilo Cardozo
Chapter 2：Inventing a Flying Car
Chapter 3：The Skycar
Read Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 to check your predictions.
1. Who is the man
2009
1921
1937
1971
1917
1953
1965
1945
flying cars
skycar
propeller
motor
sand buggy
sail
skycar
1. Who is the man
2. What makes the skycar move along and take off
Gilo Cardozo
Chapter 2: Inventing a Flying Car
Chapter 3: The Skycar
Read Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 to check your predictions.
2) When it is in the sky, the _________ helps it move along.
1) When it is on the ground, the_________ helps it move along.
2.What makes the skycar move along and take off
3) When the parasail can't work, a ________ helps it glide safely.
4) When it takes off, the parasail and the _________ help a lot.
propeller
parasail
engine
parachute
The fuel made from plants is renewable (可再生的).
What kind of fuel does the engine use
wings (机翼)
parasail
1917
1945
2018
2019
2)When it is in the sky, the _________ helps it move along.
1) When it is on the ground, the_________ helps it move along.
3) When the parasail can't work, a _________ helps it glide safely.
4) When it takes off, the parasail and the _________ help a lot.
propeller
parasail
engine
parachute
2.What makes the skycar move along and take off
Have an idea
Traffic Jams
Skycar
A problem
Inventing a
Flying Car
The Skycar
A Successful
Journey
Testing
the Skycar
A Future
for Skycars
Gilo Cardozo
engine
parasail
parachute
propeller
How does it take off
1. Why do you think the skycar should be tested
先插入海上航行的两个图片，问Why are they flying over the sea .
然后出示Chapter 4 的标题，然后出示问题一“Why the skycar should
be tested ”，出示问题二“How to test the skycar ” ，
问题三“Who tested the skycar ”出示Chapter 5的标题，
“What‘s the result of the testing ”
2. How could Gilo and his team test the skycar
Chapter 4：Testing the Skycar
Chapter 5：A Successful Journey
Read Chapter 4 and Chapter 5 to check your predictions.
1. Why should the skycar be tested
2. How did Gilo and his team test the skycar
London
Timbuktu
About
6,000 km
42 days
the Strait of Gibraltar
直布罗陀海峡
the Sahara
撒哈拉大沙漠
Have an idea
Traffic Jams
Skycar
A problem
Inventing a
Flying Car
The Skycar
A Successful
Journey
Testing
the Skycar
A Future
for Skycars
Gilo Cardozo
engine
parasail
parachute
propeller
safely and long
1. Can we use the skycars in the cities now
Why
Can we use the skycars in the future Why
2. Does the writer have the same idea as you
How do you know that
Predict(预测):
Chapter 6：A Future for Skycars
Traffic Jams
Skycar
A problem
Inventing a
Flying Car
The Skycar
A Successful
Journey
Testing
the Skycar
Gilo Cardozo
engine
parasail
parachute
propeller
safely and long
A Future
for Skycars
Test it.
The process
of exploring
(探索)
Make it better.
Try it.
Have an idea
What else do you want to know about the skycar
1917
1921
1937
1953
1965
1945
1971
2009
2018
2019
Keep trying,
and you'll be the next Gilo.
This is not the end,
just the beginning.
Homework：
2. Read Drones.
1. Try to get more information about skycars
according to Pages 16&17.
Thank you！
Testing Report (检测报告)
Route (路线) From _________ to _________
Landscapes (地形) _________ motorways rocky ground
Weather ___________ _______
Result (结果)果) For people: _________ was hurt. For the skycar: It could _____________________________ ___________.
Timbuktu
a desert
hot and dusty
windy
a sea
London
Testing Report (检测报告)
Route (路线) From_________ to_________
Landscapes (地形) _________ motorways rocky ground
Weather ___________ _______
Result (结果)果) For people: _________ was hurt. For the skycar: It could _____________________________ ___________.
Timbuktu
a desert
hot and dusty
windy
a sea
London
drive on/go over/fly safely
No one
and long
1. Introduce (介绍) the testing process (过程).
Work in
groups:
2.You can choose a role (Gilo or a student).
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