Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unit 2 What is the best way to travel?
教材分析
本课为Module 4的第二单元,主题是一位旅行者在论坛中发帖子,征求从伦敦到阿姆斯特丹的旅行建议。本单元的内容可以培养学生通过网络获取信息的能力和意识。
教学目标
1. Listening and understanding familiar topics (transportation).
2. Comparing modes of transportation.
3. Reading and finding specific transportation.
4. Writing a short passage comparing modes of transportation.
教学重难点
1. Key vocabulary: journey, book, outside, choice, however, cost
2. Keys structure: Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irregular superlatives.
课前准备
A tape recorder, multimedia and some pictures
教学过程
Step 1 Warming-up
Learn some new words.
【设计意图】
本活动的目的是让学生学习新单词,为本课接下来的学习做准备。
Step 2 Work in pairs.
1. Talk about places you go to and how you get there.
How do you get there?
What’s the cheapest way to get there?
What’s the best way to get there?
2. Show some pictures.
3. Talk about the pictures.
【设计意图】
本活动的目的在于激活话题。对3个问题的连续讨论便于学生在阅读课文前就明确本单元文章的主旨,作好主题及语言上的准备。
Step 3 Read the passage and number the ways of travelling from the most expensive to the least expensive.
1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.
2. Ask the students to read through the passage.
3. Read the passage by themselves.
4. Read the text together.
5. Read the passage and number the ways of travelling from the most expensive to the least expensive in Activity 2.
6. Check with a partner.
7. Call back the answers from the whole class.
【设计意图】
本活动为信息辨认活动,要求学生将4张图片与具体信息相匹配,并按一定标准排列顺序。
Step 4 Complete the table.
1. Read the passage again.
2. Complete the table.
Ways of travelling
Good points
Bad points
Train
More relaxing than by coach
More expensive than by coach
Car and ship
Coach
Plane
3. Check with a partner.
4. Call back the answers from the whole class.
【设计意图】
本活动为细节信息获取活动,要求学生阅读文章并获取相关细节信息。
Step 5 Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
1. Ask the students to the words in the box in Activity 4.
choice cost However journey outside
2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4.
There are four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam. The first (1) ________ is by train because the (2) ________ takes only four hours. (3) ________, it’s quite expensive. Going by car and by ship, or coach does not (4) ________ as much as going by train. When you go by car and by ship, remember that parking in Amsterdam is not cheap, so it is best to stay (5) ________ the city centre and travel in by bus or by train.
3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.
4. Check with a partner.
5. Call back the answers from the whole class.
【设计意图】
本活动旨在促使学生通过阅读掌握文章大意,并检测学生对核心词汇的理解和运用能力。
Step 6 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the ways of travelling.
Ask and answer about the ways of travelling. Use the information in the table.
— What’s the cheapest way to travel from London to Paris?
— The cheapest way is by coach.
Ways of travelling
Cost
Time
Comfortable
Interesting
London- Paris
Coach
£20
10 hours
*
**
Plane
£80
1 hour
**
*
Train
£60
3 hours
***
***
【设计意图】
本活动旨在让学生阅读表格,分析数据。然后根据表格信息与同桌进行问答。
Step 7 Writing.
Write a passage about ways of travelling from London to Paris. Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you.
You can go from London to Paris by coach, plane or train. Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive.
【设计意图】
本活动为阅读后的输出活动。
Step 8 Homework
To talk about your favourite travel ways and express the reason why you prefer it.
教学反思
本单元的教学中,教师要引导学生关注文章中队每种交通方式的描述和排列顺序,这表明了作者对待旅行的态度。在阅读训练中,教师要重点培养学生获取细节信息的能力。
课件26张PPT。This computer is cheap.This computer is cheaper than that one.This one is the cheapest of all.¥6999¥4999¥3999The weather is bad.The weather is worse.The weather is the worst.This car is the best of the three.goodbetterThis apple is the biggest of all.bigbigger10 yuan 20 yuan50 yuanThis pen is the most expensive of the three.expensivemore expensiveDo you know Holland?
It is famous for tulips (郁金香), windmills(风车)and wooden shoes(木鞋).1 work in pairs. Talk about the ways to go to a city that you like to visit.1 How do you get there?
2 What’s the cheapest way to get there?
3 What’s the best way to get there?Read the passage and number the ways of
travelling from the most expensive to the
least expensive. 1 4323 Complete the table. more relaxing than by coach more expensive than
by coachthe most comfortable way the most
expensivethe cheapestthe fastest and not
very expensiveperhaps have to wait
for hours because of
bad weathercrowded in summer;
taking a long time.
4 Complete the passage with the words in the box. choice cost fast however journey outside There are four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam. The first (1) ____________ is by train because the (2)____________ takes only four hours. (3)____________ , it is quite expensive. Going by coach does not (4) ____________ as much as going by train. When you go by car and by ship, remember that parking in Amsterdam is not cheap, so it is best to stay (5) ____________ the city center and travel in by bus or by train. Going by plane is the (6) ____________, but you need to go to the airport. It also takes time.choicejourneyHowevercostoutsidefastest 5 Work in pairs. Ask and answer about the ways of travelling. Use the information in the table. -What’s the cheapest way to travel from London
to pairs?
-The cheapest way is by coach. 6 Write a passage about ways of travelling from London to Paris. Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you. You can go from London to pairs by coach, plane or train. Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive.
用法:英语中三者或三者以上相比较,表示
“最……” 这样的最高程度概念时,要用 “the+最高级” 的结构表示。这种句式一般带有表示比较的介词短语,比如: in our class, of the three 等。
例如:Wang Lin is the tallest in our class.
This theater is the cheapest of the three.
注意使用最高级时应注意以下几点:
形容词的最高级 (1) 表示 “最……之一” 的句式,要用 one of the
+形容词最高级+复数名词。
例如:Jingjiang Hotel is one of the biggest hotels
in our city.
Lisa is not of my best friends.
(2) 当最高级前面有物主代词或名词所有格时,
不加定冠词 the。
例如:Tom is Lucy’s best friend.
Tuesday is her busiest day.(3) 最高级前可加序数词。
例如:The Yellow River is the second
longest river in China.
(4) 形容最高级修饰作表语或介词宾语的名
词,代词时,被修饰的词往往省略。
例如:He is the laziest (student) in our
class.2. 形容词比较级和最高级的构成
规则变化
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
b. 以-e 结尾的形容词,比较级+ -r,最高级+ -st。如: large—larger—largest nice—nicer—nicest
cute—cuter—cutest
c. 以辅音字母+y结尾的形容词,变y为i +er或+est。
busy—busier—busiest
heavy—heavier—heaviest
easy—easier—easiest
happy—happier—happiest
dirty—dirtier—dirtiestd. 以重读闭音节结尾,末尾只有一个辅音字母结
尾的词,双写最后一个辅音字母,再加+er或
+est。 如:
big—bigger—biggest thin—thinner—thinnest
fat—fatter—fattest hot—hotter—hottest
e. 多音节和部分双音节形容词,需在原级前+more
构成比较级,+ most 构成最高级。如:
important—more important—most important
beautiful—more beautiful– most beautiful
difficult—more difficult—most difficult 3. 不规则变化:
Quiz一、根据句意及首字母提示补全下列单词。 Did you have a good j______?
These chairs c____ £40 each.
You can’t p____ in this street.
A bus took us from the a_______ to the city centre.
It’s raining hard. H______, I still want to go there. ourneyostarkirportowever二、单项选择。
1. —Peter is _______ than you, right?
—Yes, but he is ___ runner in our class.
A. heavier; best B. heavy; the best
C. heavier; the best D. heavy; better
2. I had to call a taxi because the box was ___ than I’d expected.
A. heavy B. heavier
C. the heavier D. the heaviest3. — Why is the traffic today moving so
slowly? We are running late!
— Let’s take ____ route. Turn left over
there.
A. a same B. the same
C. a different D. the different
4. Listening is just as ______ as speaking
in language learning.
A. important B. more important
C. most important D. the most important5. Tian’anmen square is one of ____ squares in the world.
A. large B. larger
C. largest D. the largest
6. ___ all the students in his class, Xiao Ming writes ________.
A. Of, most carefully
B. In, the most carefully
C. Of, very carefully
D. In, much more carefully
三、根据提示完成句子。
不要去学校操场以外的地方。
Don’t go ______ ___ ______ __________.
2. 我想预订今晚音乐会的三个座位。
I’d like to _____ _____ _____ for tonight’s concert.
3. 它值多少钱?
How _____ does it ____ ?
4. 他们是为了我们而来到这里的。
They are here _______ ___ ___.outside the schoolplaygroundbook three seatsmuch costbecause of usHomeworkTo talk about your favourite travel ways and express the reason why you prefer it.