Module 4
Planes, ships and trains
Unit 3 Language in use
How do you often travel?
A:—How do you often travel?
B:—I often travel by plane. It is the fastest way.
___I often travel by car.
It is the most comfortable way to travel.
It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.
2. He lives the farthest from school.
3. It is the fastest and the second
cheapest.
4. The more information, the better.
Travelling from Tongxiang to Jiaxing
1.Traveling by bike is way.
2.The longest journey is going by .
3. (fast) journey is going by .
4. (popular) journey is going by bus.
5.The most expensive journey is going
the most interesting
bike
The fastest
The most popular
taxi
taxi
Price Time Comfortable Interesting Popular
Taxi ￥70 35 minutes
Bike ￥0 3 hours
Bus ￥12 1hour
Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. This bus takes the _________ (long) time because it is the _______ (slow).
2. The new train travels the _________ (fast) of all the trains in the world.
3. The _________ (cheap) way to get there is by coach.
4. I am in a hurry. What is the _________ (fast) way to get there?
5. The fastest way to travel is by plane, but usually it is also the ______________ (expensive).
longest
fastest
cheapest
slowest
fastest
most expensive
By plane, but you have to go to the airport by taxi and that takes time too.
b) The cheapest way is going by coach, but it is not very comfortable.
c) The most comfortable way is going by train, but it takes more time than going by plane.
d) There are three ways: by plane, by train and by coach.
2.Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.
C: How can I get to Beijing from here?
TG: ______________________
C: Which is the fastest way?
TG: ______________________
C: Which is the cheapest way?
TG: ______________________
C: Which way is the most comfortable?
TG: ______________________
C: Customer TG: Tourist guide
d
a
b
c
3.Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box.
A: What’s the (1) ______way to go to Qingdao?
B: We can take a plane, but that’s (2) ________.
We can also take a train. It’s (3) __________, but
it’s not so expensive.
The coach is the (4) __________ way to go, but it takes the (5) ______ time.
A: So how should we go?
B: I think the best way is by train because the train station is the (6) ________ to our home.
best
expensive
slower
cheapest
most
closest
cheap close expensive good much slow
4.Complete the word map.
Travelling
bus
train
taxi
by taxi
take a taxi
taxi stand
plane
by bus
take a bus
bus stop
by train
take a train
train station
by plane
take a plane
airport
Remember: It’s easier to learn words and expressions by putting them in groups with a title, for example, travelling: take a bus/plane/taxi/train, by bus/plane/taxi/train, bus stop /airport/taxi stand/ train station.
Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the ways by which you can get there.
What’s the cheapest way to get there?
2. What’s the most expensive way to get there?
3. What’s the fastest way to get there?
4. What’s the most comfortable way to get there?
5. What’s the safest way to get there?
6. Complete the email with the words in the box.
book choice cost travel trip
Hi, Tony,
My family is planning a journey to China in the summer. We want to visit Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) the plane tickets early? After Beijing we want to visit Xi’an and Hangzhou, and maybe somewhere else. How can we(2)_____ from Beijing to Xi’an, by train or by plane? The (3) is not so important, but the time is.
FROM: Sally To: Tony
SUBJECT: Journey to China
book
travel
cost
After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go to Shanghai first, or can we go from Xi’an to Hangzhou directly?
And after Hangzhou what is the best (4)________? Can you make a short (5)_______ to Suzhou? What do you think?
Thanks for your help.
choice
trip
London
Cambridge
Birmingham
Oxford
7 Listen and match the cities with the
information.
1 London a) the city with four million people
2 Birmingham b) a small beautiful city
3 Oxford c) the most expensive city
4 Cambridge d) the most interesting city
e) the biggest city
8 Listen again and choose the best answers.
1 Which city has the largest population?
2 Which cities have the oldest universities in the world?
3 Which city is the nearest to London?
4 What are the popular places for sightseeing in London？
G:London
F: Oxford E: Cambridge
A: Birmingham B: Tower Bridge C: Buckingham Palace
D: Big Ben E: Cambridge F: Oxford G: London
E: Cambridge
D: Big Ben C: Buckingham Palace B: Tower Bridge
the longest railway in the world
Moscow
Vladivostok
Russia is country in the world
The Trans-Siberian Railway
西伯利亚大铁路[ ,tr?ns saI'bI?rI?n ]
符拉迪沃斯托克
[,vl?di'v?st?k]
the biggest
Around the world:
The longest railway
It is on the east coast of Russia.
No, it isn’t the fastest way.
It is the most interesting and comfortable way.
Q2: Is it the fastest way?
Q1: Where is Vladivostok?
Q3: Can you find more details(更多细节)?
The longest railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. You can go from Moscow, the capital of Russia, to Vladivostok on the east coast. It is not the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok, but it is the most interesting and also the most comfortable way.
世界之最
Mount Everest is
mountain in the world.
Mount Everest
[‘ev?rist]
珠穆朗玛峰
the highest
1 尼罗河 6750km
2 亚马孙河 6436km
3 长江 6300km
The Nile
[nail]
The Changjiang River is the third longest river in the world.
The Nile is the longest river in the world.
世界之最
['?m?z?n]
The Amazon River is the second longest river in the world
[nail]
the longest railway
the highest mountain
the longest river
They are (famous) places in the world.
the most famous
The Comparative Superlative Degrees of Adjectives & Adverbs
语法总结
形容词和副词
比较级和最高级
三、形容词、副词的比较级、最高级的构成
1.规则变化：
1).一般情况下，单音节或双音节的形容词比较级直接加-er, 最高级直接加-est。如：
clever—cleverer—cleverest cheap—cheaper—cheapest
few—fewer—fewest small—smaller—smallest
young—younger—youngest
2). 以不发音-e 结尾的，比较级+ -r,最高级+ -st。如： large—larger—largest nice—nicer—nicest
fine—finer—finest
3).以辅音字母加y结尾的，变 y为i,再加-er ， -est。
busy—busier—busiest heavy—heavier—heaviest
easy—easier—easiest happy—happier—happiest
4). 以一个元音字母加一个辅音字母结尾的重读闭音节，先双写辅音字母，再加-er,-est.
big—bigger—biggest thin—thinner—thinnest
fat—fatter—fattest hot—hotter—hottest
2、不规则变化
good / well much / many
little bad / badly / ill
far
5).部分双音节词和多音节的形容词和副词 ，需在原级前+more构成比较级，+ most 构成最高级。如：
1. important—more important—most important
famous—more famous– most famous
2. beautiful—more beautiful– most beautiful
3. tiring-more tiring—most tiring
4. bored-more bored—most bored
5.
slowly-more slowly-most slowly
quickly—more quickly---most quickly
多音节形容词或副词
ful结尾的形容词
ing结尾的形容词
ed结尾的形容词
由形容词加ly结尾的副词.
– better – best
– more - most
– less – least
– worse – worst
– farther– farthest
1. 比较级用法
a: 两个事物比较
b：有than 连接
c: the +比较…, the+比较级. 越….，越 …
d: much, a little, even, a lot, still等词后
形容词和副词的比较级、最高级的用法
Who is taller, Tom or Daming?
Chinese is more interesting than math?
The more you eat, the fatter you are
Today is much colder.
1. 最高级的用法
a: 三个以上的事物
b: 最高级+of all 。所有…中
c: one of +最高级+名词复数。最…中之一
d: 序数词+最高级。 第…
e: in +范围(如:in the city）
Shanghai is the biggest city in China.
China is the third largest country.
Who is the tallest, Tom , Daming , Jim?
English is the most difficult of all.
Changjiang is one of the longest rivers.
spend, cost , take的用法
1.spend 既可以指花费时间，也可以是花费金钱.主语是人
用法是，spend (in) doing sth, spend on sth.
2.cost 也是和价格金钱有关，不与时间连用。
主语是物。
3.take是指花费时间，不与金钱联系. 主语是物。
常用的句型it. takes sb some time to do sth.
The journey _______two days.
This coat _______100 yuan.
She ________two hours finishing homework every day.
It _______ me an hour to get to school.
Mr Li ______ 100,000 yuan on the car.
takes
costs
spends
takes
spends
spend--spent
take-took
cost--cost
三、比较级、最高级综合练习
( )1. Football is ________ than swimming.
A.tiring B.tired C. more tiring D. more tired
( )2.-Have you read the book Harry Potter?-Yes , it’s great.
No other book is ____than that one.
A. good B. better C. bad D. worse
( )3.Lisa is ______than her sister _____singing.
A.good; at B. well; in C. better; in D. better; at
( )4. Basketball is ___than cycling in China.
A.more popular B.much popular C.many popular
C
B
D
A
( )5.It’s the best way ________work.
A.go to B. to go C. to go to D. go
( )6.Which is _____way, by plane or by bus?
A. the most cheap B. the cheapest C. more cheaper D. the cheaper
( )7. Which is the___way, by plane ,by bus or by taxi?
A. good B. well C. better D. best
( )8. Jay is one of __________ in China.
A.more popular singers B. most popular singer
C.the most popular singers D.the more popular singer
C
D
D
C
用所给词的适当形式填空:
She says the ______ (fast) way to travel is by plane.
I think this clothes is _____________ (beautiful) than that clothes.
They are doing their homework ________ (careful).
Lingling’s English is _______ (good) than Daming’s.
Taking a plane is ________________ (expensive) way of all.
This library has 2________ (million) books.
Many _____________ (passenger) like ___________ (travel) by train in China.
The trip ______ (take) him two and a half ______ (hour).
fastest
more beautiful
carefully
better
the most expensive
million
passengers travelling
takes hours
