Module 1 Travel
Unit 1 We toured the city by bus and by taxi.
本模块以“Travel”为话题，以学习谈论自己或他人的旅行为主线，介绍了旅行中发生的事件。通过模块学习，学生将重点掌握定冠词与不定冠词的用法，并能运用所学知识介绍自己或他人的旅行经历。Unit 1 通过听、读、说训练，初步学习谈论旅行的方法。
【知识目标】
1. Key vocabulary: flight, because of, direct, pilot, succeed, as long as, school-leaver, exactly
2. Key structures: Sentence structure
【能力目标】
Enable the students to listen to and talk about trips.
【情感目标】
To improve listening and speaking ability.
【教学重点】
To understand the conversations conversation with regard to “travel”.
【教学难点】
To talk about one’s holiday and new term.
1.课前准备：调试光盘与课件、给学生分组、为学生布置预习作业等；
2.教具学具：光盘、大卡片等。
Step1. Words
1.Teach the new words and phrases in the lesson with the Chinese explanation and exact pronunciation.
2.Show the Chinese meanings to let student answer English correspondents.
3.Encourage students to talk about the journey they have done with these new words.
Step2. Talking
1.Get students to talk about the vehicles they travel by.
2.List all the vehicles students have learned.
3. Look at the following pictures and talk about the forms of transportation.
4.Topic: What’s your favourite type of transportation? Why?
1) I most like to travel by _____________.
2) I least like to travel by _____________.
3) I travel most often by ______________.
4) I travel least often by ______________.
5.Make a discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of varieties of transportation.
6. Talk about these questions and describe your last trip.
Where did you go?
How did you go there?
What did you do there?
How was your trip?
Did you have a good time?
7. Work in pairs to make a complete dialogue.
Step3. Learning
1.Teach the important words and phrases with their collocations. Encourage students to employ them.
2.Teach the language patterns. And then let students make a drills.
We toured the city by bus and by taxi.
— What did you do during the winter holiday?
— I went to see my grandparents in Xi’an.
3. Watch the clips and read the text. Give students the guidance:
When you listen to the recording, try to note down the key information. Your notes will then help you retell the main information.
4.Listen and read the whole dialogues. Let students highlight the key parts.
5.After reading, complete the information table.
老师拿出提前准备好的动物面具，请学生到台上扮演这些动物。然后请另一些学生扮演Lingling和Amy，进行表演。
Step4. Language points
1. be full of 意为“充满……；装满……”，其后可接可数名词复数或不可数名词。同义短语为be filled with。
2. because?of意为“因为；由于”，后可接名词、代词或V-ing形式。because意为“因为；由于”，是连词，后接句子，常用来回答由why引导的特殊疑问句。
3. succeed in doing… 表示“成功地做……”。
4. as long as在这里引导条件状语从句，表示“只要”，也可以用so long as表达同样的意思。
Step5. After reading
1.Answer the questions in the slide after reading the whole conversation.
2.Identify the correct usages of the words in the bar.
Step6. Summary
1.Summarize the main sentence patterns in the unit.
2.Show the important phrases to consolidate the learned knowledges.
Step7. Practice
1.用方框内所给单词的恰当形式填空。
2.根据汉语意思完成下列句子。
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课件34张PPT。 n. 航班；飞行
因为；由于
adv. 径直地；直接地
n. 飞行员
v. 成功；做成；
只要
n. 毕业生
adv. 确切地；完全； (表示赞同)确实如此flight
because of
direct
pilot
succeed
as long as
school-leaver exactly/flait//dai'rekt//'pail?t//s?k'sid//iɡ'z?ktli/WordsHow do you often travel by?Talkingbikebusship walking/planeWe have talked about the ways of transportation in Grade 8. Can you list some of them now? Let’s review them.Forms of transportLook at the following pictures and talk about them. plane train subway bus taxi bike ship coach carWhat’s your favourite type of transportation? Why?travel on footI most like to travel by plane, because it’s fast.I travel most often by bus, because it’s cheap.I travel least often by taxi, because it’s expensive.I least like to travel by train, because it’s crowded.For exampleairplaneHave you ever taken an airplane?trainDo you like traveling by train? Why? Discussion shipCan you describe your feeling of taking a ship?taxiWhen do you choose to take a taxi?busDo you often go to school by bus?What’re the advantages of taking a subway?subway Which of these forms of transport do you
like most?
like least?
use most often?
use least often? Why do you like travelling by ...?
I like travelling by ... because ...Talk about these questions and describe your last trip:
Where did you go?
How did you go there?
What did you do there?
How was your trip?
Did you have a good time?Work in pairs. You may talk like this:A: Do you like travelling?
B: Yes, I like it a lot.
A: How do you often travel?
B: I often travel by plane.
A: What about you?
C: I often travel by train.
A: We all like travelling. It’s very
exciting and interesting. Words:
flight direct pilot succeed school-leaver exactlyPhrases:
be full of because of as long as
succeed in doing… look forward to…Patterns:
We toured the city by bus and by taxi.
— What did you do during the winter holiday?
— I went to see my grandparents in Xi’an.LearningLearning to learn
When you listen to the recording, try to note down the key information. Your notes will then help you retell the main information. Watch and read Listen and readLingling: Welcome back, everyone!
Betty: Hi, Lingling! How was your holiday?
Lingling: Not bad! I went to see my grandparents in Henan
Province. The train was full of people, and I
had to stand for over three hours!
Betty: Bad luck. Why is travel so difficult in winter?
Lingling: Well, it’s the busiest season in China because
of the Spring Festival. Where’s Tony?
Daming: He went to stay with his family in the UK. He’s
flying back today. But the flight is late.Betty: Where did you go, Daming?
Daming: We flew direct to Hong Kong and the plane
left a bit late too! But the pilot succeeded
in landing on time. Then we took a boat to
Lantau Island and went to Disneyland. It was
great fun!
Lingling: How about you, Betty?
Betty: We had quite a good time in Beijing. We
toured the city by bus and by taxi. Last weekend,
we took a tour by coach to the Summer
Palace and went for a long walk around the lake.Lingling: That sounds great! But now, we’d
better get back to work. We’re going
to have a big exam at the end of the
term.
Betty: There’s nothing to worry about as
long as you work hard.
Daming: And after the exam, there’s the school-
leavers’ party. We’re all looking
forward to it!
Betty: Exactly! We’ll have a great time!Now complete the table.went to stay with his family in the UK
by planeFlew to Hong Kong and visit Lantau Island and DisneylandToured Beijing by bus and by taxi and took a tour by coach to the Summer Palace1. The train was full of people, and I had to stand for over three hours!
火车上全是人，我不得不站了三个多小时!be full of 意为“充满……；装满……”，其后可接可数名词复数或不可数名词。同义短语为be filled with。箱子里装满了书。
The?box?is? ?books. full of/ filled withLanguage pointsPractice2. Well, it’s the busiest season in China
because of the Spring Festival.
由于春节，冬季成了中国交通最繁忙的季节。because?of意为“因为；由于”，后可接名词、代词或V-ing形式。例如：We?can’t?go?out?for?a?walk?because?of?the?rain.
因为下雨，我们不能出去散步。because意为“因为；由于”，是连词，后接句子，常用来回答由why引导的特殊疑问句。如：
—?Why?do?you?get?up?so?early??
—?Because?I?want?to?catch?the?early?bus.?选用because?of或because填空。
1.?She?broke?the?glass?__________?her?
carelessness.
2.?She?broke?the?glass?__________?she? was?careless. because ofbecausepractice3. But the pilot succeeded in landing on time.
不过飞行员成功地按时着陆了。succeed in doing…表示“成功地做……”。例如：He succeeded in working out the maths problem.
他成功地解出了这道数学题。
We finally succeeded in getting little Johnny up the stairs.
我们最后成功地让小约翰尼上了楼梯。4. There’s nothing to worry about as long
as you work hard.
只要你努力，没什么好担心的。as long as在这里引导条件状语从句，表示“只要”，也可以用so long as表达同样的意思。例如：You can invite your friends as/so long as you tell me two days before the party.
你可以邀请朋友来，只要在聚会前两天告诉我就行。My parents don’t care what job I do as/ so long as I’m happy.
我父母对我从事什么工作无所谓，只要我开心就好了。只要你承诺11点以前回来就可以出去。
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_____________________________You?can?go?out?as/so?long?as?you?promise?to?be?back?before?11?o’clock.? 1. When do you think the conversation takes place?
2. According to Lingling, why is travel so difficult in winter?
3. What are Daming and Betty looking forward to at the end of the term?
It takes place in winter.Travel is difficult because of the Spring Festival.They are looking forward to the school-leavers’ party.After reading1.When you fly direct, you __________.
a) arrive without stopping at another place
b) stop at another place before you arrive
2 When you say “Exactly”, it means __________.
a) you do not agree b) you completely agree
3 The pilot of a plane __________.
a) flies it
b) gives you food and drink during the flight
4 If you succeed in doing something, you _______.
a) manage to do it b) nearly do itdirect； exactly； pilot； succeed√√√√本课时主要短语和句型1. be full of…
2. because of
3. succeed in doing…
4. — What did you do during the winter
holiday?
— I went to see my grandparents in
Henan Province by train.
5. We took a boat to Lantau Island and went to Disneyland.Summary1. 欢迎回来
2. 充满……的
3. 不得不做
4. 和……呆在一起
5. 乘飞机飞回
6. 最繁忙的季节
7. 乘飞机去香港
8. 乘船去……
9. 玩的非常高兴welcome back
be full of
have to do
stay with
fly back to
the busiest season
fly to Hong Kong
take a boat to
have quite a good timeImportant phrases13. 最好做某事
14. 最好不做某事
15. 在学期末
17. 学校毕业晚会
18. 去……的参观had better do sth
had better not do sth
at the end of the term
the school leavers’ party
the visit toⅠ. 用方框内所给单词的恰当形式填空。coach flight succeed plane school-leaverThe first _________ was flown by the
Wright brothers over 100 years ago.
2. A _______ is a large comfortable bus used for sightseeing or long-distance travel.
3. Will the head teacher attend the __________________ party next Friday?
4. It’s only about forty minutes’ ________ from Taiyuan to Beijing by air.
5. I’m sure you will _________ if you work hard.planecoachschool-leavers’flightsucceedPracticeⅡ. 根据上句完成下句，使上下句意思相同或相近。
1. What was your trip to London like?
______ ______ your trip to London?
2. The Blacks enjoyed themselves very
much in Hangzhou last week.
The Blacks ______ _____ ______ _____
in Hangzhou last week. How washad a great timeⅢ. 根据汉语意思完成下列句子。
1. 你最好早点回来。
You _____ _____ _____ ______ early.
2. 欢迎回来，孩子们！
_________ _______, children!
3. 下课时把作业交上来。
Give in your homework ______ ______ ______ _______ the class. had better come backWelcome back at theend of
