Unit 4 Public transport Reading(1)：The first underground in the world 课件（29张PPT）

(共29张PPT)
The?screams?of?monkeys?on?either?bank Had?scarcely?ceased?echoing?in?my?ear When?my?skiff?had?left?behind?it Ten?thousand?ranges?of?hills.
--- The?River?Journey?from?
White?King?City
(Li Bai)

I stopped the coach as charmed
by the maple woods;
Frosted autumn leaves outshine
February flowers in redness.

--- Tour on a Mountain
(Du Mu)

We wave as you start on your way;
Our steeds still neigh, "Adieu, adieu!"

--- Farewell To A Friend
(Li Bai)
Means of Transport
coach
ship
airplane
high-speed
train
The Tube
The tube has the distinction of being the oldest and most complex underground system in the world.
Do you know anything about the tube?
Fast Reading
Why was it a necessity(必要) to develop the underground system in London?
? limitation of trains
? unbelievable traffic jams
Para. 1
1854
1979
1938
1863
1868
1884
1890
1933
1915
Detailed Reading
Para. 2- 6
How?
Important events?
Important figures?
_______________ was opened in the south of London.
Underground service _____________ of the city was provided.
The first railway tunnel under the River Thames ________.
_____________________was approved to be built.
_________________were opened.
An underground railway
The initial tunnels
The next section
in the middle
was dug
Date Event
1854
1863

1868



1884
___________________________________was created.
_________________were constructed.
_________________________________was opened.
_______________was opened.
________________________were constructed.
The first electric underground railway
Six deep underground lines
The London Passenger Transport Board
Many new stations
The Jubilee Line
Date Event
1890
1890 -1915



1933

1918 -1938
1979
Means of transport
Some unusual uses
Some unusual uses of the underground system during the World War II （Para.5）

a bomb shelter
an airplane factory
anti-aircraft centre
meeting rooms
It functioned as
Three lines mentioned in the passage
Important?
User-friendly!
Para. 6
The Jubilee line was opened in 1979 in honor of the 25th anniversary of Elizabeth II becoming the queen.
Para. 6
silver jubilee
Paddington
Baker Street
King’s Cross
House of Parliament
Buckingham Palace
a cruise on the River Thames
Today London Underground is a major business, with over ___ million passengers traveling a day on ___ lines. It travels as far as ____ miles out of central London. You can travel all over the underground system with just ___ travel card.
3
12
26
1
The world is my oyster.
（牡蛎卡）
Shakespeare
? A series of animal shapes have been found in the London Underground map since1988. Can you recognize them?
Never be satisfied with the reading materials in your textbooks, expose yourself to a sea of (大量的) reading materials available from different sources so as to sharpen up your language skills, enhance your thinking ability and broaden your horizons (开拓眼界).
To you
Why couldn’t railway tracks be built into the city?
? Building railway tracks into the city would have damaged many old buildings.

What can be indicated (暗示)?
Their respect for cultural relics (文化遗产).
What was the London Underground like before 1890?
In 1863, passengers were transported in carriages without windows, which were pulled through the narrow tunnels by steam engines.(Line 17-18)
In 1884, because of the smoke from the steam engines, early underground lines needed large holes leading to the surface at regular intervals, so that people could get fresh air and would not choke.(Line 23-25)
Travelling Experience?
…….the smoke from the engines soon filled the air in the tunnels with ash and soot (煤灰). Fans had to be put in the tunnels later to keep the air clean enough for people to breathe. Even with its problems, riding the underground did become popular. It carried nine million riders in its first year.
Information Link
Read between the lines
The convenience brought by the underground system outweighed its drawbacks.
What can you infer from it?
Travelling on these lines was not convenient, though, as each line was possessed by a different company, and many were very far from each other.(Line 31-32)
Name:
Identity:

Contributions:

Charles Yerkes
a wealthy American businessman
Obtain ownership of the many different lines and set up the Underground Electric Railways Company of London.