课件17张PPT。Lesson 36 Car Culturethe problems caused by carstraffic jamTraffic Words carbon monoxide
air pollutionconstruction worksHigh way Speed limitpavementcrossroadPrediction by the title.
What’s the meaning of the title?
If you are the writer, what will you talk about?The road to DestructionBad things about carssolutionBus /subwaywalktraffic accidentPlant trees along the roadTraffic jam Analyze the structure of the text:
Part I： Traffic problems in Britain
Part II：Advice given by Jenny Trowe
Part III：The writer’s attitudeReading for the outlineRead the text again and answer these questions.1. What are the A10, the M11 and M25?
2. What effect does traffic have on people?
3. Why do people make excuses?
Reading for details:Roads.It makes them angry and stressed. Because they want to continue using the
cars.4. What does Jenny Trowe think about car advertisements on TV?
5. How does she think we should change our lifestyles?
They present an untrue picture of driving and cars. Take some action somehow.(talk to/write to/ask for…)3. some useful expressions:
stressed out, global warming, climate
change, keep sb. fit, cut the risk of,
pick up, on the other side of town,
be awful, It’s much cheaper and kinder
to the environment, make a journey,
make excuses, compare to/compare with.Which sentence below best summarizes the
writer’s attitude to cars?1. He thinks they have more disadvantages than advantages.
2. He knows what he should do, but uses his car because it is convenient.
3. He thinks it would be easy for us all to use our cars less.√ Match the words below：
1. to make a) twenty minutes
2. around b) a conversation
3. to go up c) journey
4. to get stuck d) fit
5. heavy e) an excuse
6. a short f) in a traffic jam
7. to keep g) by 20%
8. to have h) transport
9. public i) the corner
10. to take j) trafficHomework
1. Retell the text referring to the notes.
2. Give more advice about solving the traffic problems.
U9 l4 Car Culture知识点
1. be/get stuck / caught in 陷入, 困在
I was stuck in a traffic jam yesterday.
he was caught in a storm on his way to the school.
译：我们不想整个下午被困在市场。
2. compare to与……相比, 把...比作
Compared to Tom, John is lucky.
He compared the girl to the moon in the poem.
译：人们经常把生活比喻作舞台。
3. go up上涨 by 可以表示相差。
I believe prices might go up next week.
试比较：The price of water has gone up by 30%.
The price of water has gone up to 4 yuan per ton.
4. be related to ?与...有关
All things were related to all other things.
These two events were related to each other.
译：他和此案(case)有关。
5. carry on (doing) 继续(做某事)
Don’t stop, carry on please.
译：让我们继续我们的实验(experiments)。
拓展：on放在很多动词后面可以表示“继续”，如：go on, walk on, move on
6. be addicted to对……上瘾; 沉溺于
He was addicted to wine.
译：很多学生沉溺于上网。
7. share…with… 和……分享……
If you have an umbrella, let me share it with you.
译：我和他同住一间大房。
8. suit名词 n. (一套)衣服；适合,中...的意
I picked out a black suit.
Would Friday morning suit you? 译：这个安排(arrangement)对我们两人都合适。
Key
1. We don't want to be stuck in the market all the afternoon.
2. People often compare the life to the stage.69
4. He is related to the case.
5. Let’s carry on our experiments.
6. Many students are addicted to surfing the net.
7. I share the big room with him.
8. The arrangement suited us both.
