Cultural Corner---The London congestion charge
教学设计
Teaching Aims:
1. Learn some new words and expressions.
2. Improve the students’ reading & writing skills.
3. Know the cultural phenomenon in London --- congestion charge
Teaching Methods:
1. Inductive(引导)method
2. Pair work & group work
3. Illustration & examples
4. Deductive ( 演译 ) Method
Step 1 Greetings and Lead-in
1.The teacher can start with daily greetings and try to lead in some words in this unit.
Q1: How do you usually come to school everyday
by bike, by car, by bus, on foot, by motorbike, by pedicab( 神牛)
Q2: What other means of transportation ( vehicles) do you know
Bike( motorbike, electric bike ), car, bus( trolleybus , coach ), taxi, train, ship, subway, truck, plane, helicopter, pedicab, carriage, ambulance, jeep, airbus, train, truck, motorcycle, fire engine ,etc.
They can be used to carry people or things from one place to another place, and they are called vehicles.
Match A and B
A B
1. motorbike 4. Long distance
2. Taxi 5. Underground
3. Helicopter 6. Carry goods
4. Coach 2. Pay to take
5. Subway 3. In the sky
6. truck 1. Two wheels, expensive, fast
Q3: What will happen if there are too many vehicles on the road
If there are too many people on the world, we call it
congestion of population. 人口过剩
Can you guess what does congestion mean 拥挤
Can you guess what does congestion of traffic mean 交通拥挤
Can you use another phrase to replace it traffic jams
Do you have any good ideas of solving the problem of traffic jams
Well, today we are going to learn a text about the solution of it in London.
Step 2 Skimming
1.The teacher will ask the students to predict the possible ways to settle congestion problem in various aspects so as to inspire their imagination and predicting ability.
Q1:Do you have any good ideas of solving the problem of traffic jams
2.The students are given several minutes to read through the text
Or listen to the tape of the text and try to find out the solution mentioned in the text.
Q2: What is the solution of traffic problem in London
Congestion charge
Step 3 Reading for details
1.Part one : from paragraph 1 to 3
Group – work 1:
How many cities are mentioned in the text What are they
city country
China
Brazil
Nigeria
US
UK
Q1: What is Los Angeles famous for
Q2: Which city in China have the same system And how many lanes
Q3: What is “congestion charge” in the text
--- a tax for cars entering the center of the city.
--- 的作用,高考题
Group – work 2:
Find some details of the solution:
How much
Where
When
How to record the people who paid
How to deal wit the people who don’t pay
2. Part two : from paragraph 4 to 6
Does the solution have good effects on Londoners
Does the congestion charge work
Fill in the blanks:
The traffic was _________ by ________ .
The Journey times were __________ by ________ .
What’s more, shops ________ lose ________ even though there were ________ cars.
What is the Londoners’ attitudes towards “ congestion charge”
Most are against : not happy , expensive , limit
A few are for : much higher
What are your own opinions for “congestion charge”
Step 4 explanation of words and phrases
1. charge (n.) the amount of money for goods or a service.
The charge for a front-row seat is £5.
Free of charge
Charge ( vt. ) to ask an amount of money for goods or a service
charge sb some money for sth
The hotel charged me £5 for a room one night.
How much do you charge for a dozen eggs
2. You may get stuck in a traffic jam anywhere in the world.
stick --- struck --- struck
get struck in = be struck in : get \ be fixed and impossible to move
卡住;困住;动不了
He walked carelessly and his foot got stuck between the rocks.
His finger got stuck in the hole.= He got his finger stuck in the hole.
Step 5 Consolidation
Retell the whole text according the chart below:
A phenomenon congestion
A solution charge
Detailed measures £5
effects reduce
Be against ……
Be for ……
Your own opinions ……
You can choose sentences from each paragraph.
Possible answer:
Beijing isn’t the only city with traffic problems. Many cities in the world suffer the same ones. In 2003, the Mayor of London introduced a “ congestion charge” ----- a tax for cars entering the center of the city. That is, every car coming into the center has to pay £5. most Londoners are not happy. But after 6 months, the situation improved greatly. Even a few people think the charge should be much higher. In my opinion, it is really an effective measure, which other cities can follow.
Step 6 Assignment
2002年普通高等学校招生全国英语统一考试书面表达试题
最近,你校同学正在参加某英文报组织的一场讨论。讨论的主题是:公园要不要收门票?请你根据下表提供的信息,给报社写一封信,客观地介绍讨论情况。
60%的同学认为 40%的同学认为
1、不应收门票2、公园是公众休闲的地方3、如收票,需建大门、围墙,会影响城市形象 1、应收门票,但票价不宜高2、支付园林工人工资3、购新花木
注意:
1、信的开头已为你写好。 2、词数:100左右。 3、参考词汇:门票:entrance fee
One possible version:
Dear Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had about whether an entrance fee should be charged for parks.
Opinions are divided on the question. 60% of the students are against the idea of entrance fees. They believed a public park should be free of charge. People need a place where they can rest and enjoy themselves. Charging entrance fees will no doubt keep some people away. What is more, it will become necessary to build gates and walls, which will do harm to the appearance of a city.
On the other hand, 40% think that fees should be charged because you need money to pay gardeners and other workers and to buy plants and young trees. They suggest, however, fees should be charged low.
Yours truly,
Li Hua
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