课件43张PPT。Unit9 Lesson4 Car Culture---The Road to Destructionsedan 轿车SUVSports Utility Vehicle 越野车roadster 敞篷跑车 BMW=Be My Wife?Do you know what usually happens on the road ? be fed up with, get stuck in, be stressed out, angry and desperateTraffic jams are everywhere in our life.get hurt , be killed In China, over 104, 000 people die in traffic accidents every year.carbon monoxide, cause cancer,global warmingCarbon monoxide causes air pollution, which affects people’ lives directly. How to prevent this from happening?Therefore, though cars can improve the quality of our life in some ways, it may also lead us to the road to destruction.Pre-readingMatch the words with the picturesaccident
pedestrian area
carbon monoxide
traffic jam
highway
construction works
speed limit
pavement
accidentspeed limitconstruction workspavementcarbon monoxidehighwaytraffic jampedestrian areaI.Scanning Section 1 traffic in BritainSection 2 advice from JennyLine 1 to Line 26Line 28 to the end Exploring the textScan PartⅠ : Get information from part Ⅰ on page 42. 25 millionhas gone up by30%over 3000 people25,00099%Figures in China194million150%104,0001,600,00085%Task 2: Choose the best answer.Conclusion: From the figures(数据) in the table, we know that the traffic in Britain __________________________.is getting worse and worseII. Careful reading:
Read Part 2 on page 43 carefully, and fill the blanks. Since so many people ______________ (离不开) cars, Jenny Trowe gives six pieces of ________ about how to ________ cars:
Use your legs for short journeys. Leg power can, ________________, _______________ and help you live longer.
Use ________________so that there will be fewer cars on the road. You can ________ on the bus or train. are addicted to advice give up keep you fit relax◆◆save you moneypublic transport Think before you go, “Do you really need to make that
journey?”
__________________________(拼车).
____________________________________________.
(不要相信广告,很多假广告。)
__________(采取行动吧). Ask for __________(限速). Ask for a pedestrian area. Don’t just sit around and __________.
The advice sounds simple, however, it is difficult for those who have a deep addiction to cars.◆◆◆Share cars with others. speed limit◆complainDon’t believe the adverts. Most of them are not trueTake actionOver 75% of car journeys are under two miles.
Regular exercise cuts the risk of heart disease by 50%.
The people make excuses because they want to continue using their cars.
The car adverts present a true picture of driving cars.FTTF25%an untrueRead from line28 to line67 and decide whether the following statements are true or false.Complete the Notes1. Advantages of physical exercise:
saves money, ___________, _________________, cuts the risk of ___________.
2. We should take action by writing to the papers, _________________________, ___________________ and asking for a pedestrian area.keeps you fithelps you live longerheart diseasegoing to the city governmentasking for a speed limitphysical exercisetake actionAlthough we know cars bring us many problems, we make all kinds of excuses to use cars. To solve this problem, Jenny gave us six pieces of advice:
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
summary: Use your legsUse public transportThink before you goShare carsDon’t believe advertisementsTake action somehowA. He thinks the cars have more advantages than disadvantages.
B. He knows what he should do, but uses his car because it is convenient.
C. He thinks it would be easy for us all to use our cars less. BRead the last paragraph What’s the writer’s attitude towards cars? From the text, we know that cars do have bad effect on us.As human beings, what can we do???
bad effectIn Town Without My Car!世界无车日 A special day for usStatus
Annual event on 22 September. In Town Without My Car!
世界无车日“In town without my car!” day is now an international event. Start: on 22 September, 1998Aim: educating citizens(公民)about the negative
impact(消极的影响)of cars on quality of
life and on the environment.OverviewEffect: widespread participation, less air and
noise pollution.In Town Without My Car! In China 世界无车日,新郎用公交车迎娶新娘 In Hangzhou, a couple rent a bus as their wedding car. Green transport, future of the city!Write an article about the advantages and disadvantages of having a car according to the text.Homework