课件12张PPT。Unit 15 Welcome to San Franciscomeans of transportation
by cable car
by subway
by car
by trolley bus Answer following questions:
What kind of means of transportation can you find during daily life?
What kind of means of transportation do you take ordinarily?
Learn something about San Francisco
municipal government
fisherman’s wharf
Golden Gate Bridge
earhquake(1906) earthquake(1989)Welcome to San Franciscosuggestion:
1. on foot --- a great walking town
2. public transit --- cable car, trolley and BART train
3. dressing --- dressing in layers (dressing more clothes)
public transit of San Franciscocable car --- was invented by an Andrew
Hallidie in 1873
streetcar --- F-line, connects Fisherman’s
Wharf, Downtown, the Civic
Center and the Castro District
Municipal Railway (MUNI) --- includes buses,
streetcars and the Metrocable car in San Franciscotime:
people:
speed:
the number of line:
Powell-Hyde1873
Andrew Hallidie
9.5 miles an hour
three
classroom assessment
fill the blanks:
Welcome to San Francisco. First, you’d better not ___ (drive) here, but ___(walk). You _____(advise) to try the city’s good public transit --- cable cars, trolleys, streetcars and BART trains. You may _______ (take a ride) on a cable car, which ___ (invent) in 1873 and is an important means of transportation in the city. Besides, it’s wise to ___ (dress) with more clothes, since you may ___ (experience) many different kinds of weather in a day in San Francisco.expression:
children to read more
advise you not to drive
the area
throughout the year
you a job
offer a wide view
San Francisco
make up the class
you to go to the bedthe month me a booka groupgrammarYou’d better take a taxi.
We go to school on foot.
They go along the river by boat.
The No. 27 bus will take you right there.
You may take Trolley Bus No. 104.
Take Subway Line 2 first, and then change to Bus No. 3.classroom assessment:
Ask students find a partner and make dialogues
example:
A: Do you know how I can get to Simatai Great Wall?
B: You may take Bus No. 12 from Xuanwu Gate, or you may take the No. 970 bus to Miyun and then go to the place by taxi.self studyLearn knowledge about earthquake
Collect news about the earthquake in Sichuan
Read “earthquake in San Francisco