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Module 4 Unit 2
Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unit 2 What is the best way to travel?
学 习 目 标
学习本单元新单词及短语 journey, book, park, outside, however, cost;
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通过对不同的旅行方式进行比较,养成事先规划与选择的好习惯。
谈论旅行方式;
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课 堂 导 入
I’m going on a trip from London to Amsterdam. How can I travel?
Great! You can travel by train. It’s relaxing.
Ask and answer
Train is too slow. You can fly there.
If you want to travel, which way of
travelling will be your choice?
Discussion
I will choose to take the plane, of course. It’s fast.
Driving is a good choice. It’s comfortable.
I will travel by bus. It’s cheap.
As for me, I will go by ship. How excited I will be!
Reading and vocabulary
1 How do you get there?
2 What’s the cheapest way to get there?
3 What’s the best way to get there?
Work in pairs. Talk about the ways to go to a city that you like to visit.
Walking up
Read the passage and number the ways of travelling from the most expensive to the least expensive.
Fast reading
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1. 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
the most comfortable way to travel
the most expensive way to travel
the cheapest
the fastest and
not very expensive
may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather
crowded in summer;
taking a long time
Careful reading
2. Complete the sentences.
relaxing
expensive
cheaper
comfortable
expensive
expensive
cheapest
crowded
fastest
cheapest
bad
3. Read the phrases in the passage and translate them into Chinese.
从……到……
多长时间
在夏天
像…… 一样……
from…to…
how long
in summer
as… as…
wait for
because of
at the airport
a journey by train
have to
等候
因为
在机场
乘火车旅行
必须;不得不
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.
choice
journey
However
cost
outside
fastest
Post -reading
Language points
1. I am planning to travel from London to Amsterdam.
我正计划从伦敦到阿姆斯特丹旅行。
plan (planning, planned) 动词,意为“打算;计划”。plan to do sth.意为“打算做某事”。
They planned to have a party for the American students.
他们打算为美国学生举办一个聚会。
I plan to buy a new pen. 我打算买一支新钢笔。
【拓展】 plan也可作名词,意为“计划”。
What are your plans for the weekend? 你的周末计划是什么?
2.How long does the journey take and what is the best way to travel?
旅程要花费多长时间?最佳的旅行方式是什么?
how long意为“多长时间;多长”,可用来提问一段时间或物体的长度。
--- How long are you going to stay here? 你们打算在这儿待多长时间?
--- For about a week. 大约一周。
--- How long is the bridge? 这座桥多长?
--- It’s more than 200 metres. 200多米。
【提示】
提问“for +一段时间”用how long。
3.Could you please tell me about the trains orships to get there?
请你告诉我去那儿的火车或轮船的情况好吗?
Could you (please) do sth.?是一个表示请求语气的句型,意为“请你做某事好吗?”语气非常委婉。肯定回答可用“No problem. ”“With pleasure.”等,否定回答可用“Sorry, …”。
--- Could you please give me a hand? 请你帮帮我好吗?
--- No problem. 没问题。
--- Could you open the window, please? 请把窗户打开好吗?
--- Sorry, I have got a cold. 对不起,我感冒了。
4.The more information, the better. 信息越多越好。
“The +比较级,the +比较级. ”是一个固定句型,表示“越……就越……”。
The more careful you are, the fewer mistakes you will make.
你越认真,你犯的错误就会越少。
The more books you read, the more you’ll know.
你读书越多,你懂得就越多。
5.Book your ticket before you book your hotel. 订旅馆之前,要先订票。
book此处作动词,意为“预订”,其宾语多为ticket, hotel和room等。
Miss Lin booked her train ticket on the Internet yesterday.
昨天林小姐在网上订了火车票。
【拓展】
book作可数名词,意为“书”。
I borrowed some books from Mr Li last week.
上周我向李老师借了一些书。
6.However, it will not cost as much as going by train.
然而,它不会像乘火车那样花费那么多。
(1) however副词,意为“然而;但是”,表示转折,位于句首时后面用逗号隔开,位于句子中间时,前后都要加逗号。
I wanted to help him. However, he refused. 我想帮助他,然而他拒绝了。
【注意】
but连词,意为“但是”,表示转折,它用在句子开头,后面不能加逗号。另外,它的语气非常强烈。
She knew the answer, but she didn’t say anything.
她知道答案,但她什么也没有说。
(2) 辨析:cost, take, pay与spend
The books cost me 89 yuan. = I paid 89 yuan for the books.
= I spent 89 yuan on the books.
我买这些书花了89元。
It took me two hours to finish the work on the computer.
= I spent two hours finishing the work on the computer.
我在电脑上花了两个小时完成了这项工作。
{5940675A-B579-460E-94D1-54222C63F5DA}cost (cost)
通常指花费金钱
主语通常是物
Sth. costs (sb.) some money.
take(took)
通常指花费时间
主语通常是物或用形式主语it
It takes sb. some time to do sth.
pay(paid)
通常指花费金钱
主语是人
Sb. pays (some money) for sth.
spend(spent)
指花费时间或金钱
主语是人
Sb. spends some time/ money doing sth.
Sb. spends some time / money on sth.
7. It is the fastest and the second cheapest, but you may have to wait for hours
at the airport because of the bad weather. 它是最快的且是第二便宜的,但
因为恶劣的天气你可能不得不在机场等上几个小时。
辨析:because of与because
I didn’t go to school because I was ill.
=I didn’t go to school because of my illness.
因为生病,我没有去上学。
{5940675A-B579-460E-94D1-54222C63F5DA}because of
介词短语
后接名词、代词或动名词,作原因状语
because
连词
后接句子,引导原因状语从句
Writing
1. 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 Paris?
---The cheapest way is by coach.
2.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 way.
One possible version:
You can go from London to Paris by coach, plane or train. Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive way to get there. It’s also less interesting than by coach or by train. The coach is cheaper than the train and the plane, but it’s also slower and uncomfortable. The train is the second most expensive and second fastest way to travel. Travelling by train is the most interesting way because you can look out of the window at the countryside.
I. 短语翻译
1、从…… 到…… 2、等待
3、最好的旅行方式 4、因为
5、 旅途愉快 6、在夏天
7、计划做某事 8、多长时间
9、到达那儿 10、像……一样……
11、越…… 就越……
from…to…
the best way to travel
have a great trip
plan to do sth.
get there
the +比较级, the+比较级
wait for
because of
in summer
how long
as…as…
课 堂 达 标
II.单项填空
--- How do you improve your English?
---______ you speak, ______ your English will be.
A. The less; the more B. The more; the better
C. The less; the better D. The more; the less
2. Han Mei is good at swimming. ______, she can’t play tennis.
A. However B. But C. Still D. Or
3. Robert thinks this black bike is ______ better than that red one.
A. very B. a few C. so D. a lot
4. Dad is going to Beijing tomorrow. Now he’s ______a plane ticket online.
A. missing B. suggesting C. booking D. passing
B
A
D
C
1. My father bought me the watch last Sunday. It c______ 206 yuan.
2. Hi, Zhang ling. Someone is waiting for you o________ the school gate.
3. --- Where can I p______ my car?
--- Over there, in front of the house.
4. It’s a long j________ from my city to your city.
5. My mother b______ two train tickets on the Internet yesterday.
III. 根据句意和首字母提示完成句子
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utside
ourney
1. 乘火车旅行没有乘飞机旅行花费那么多。
Travelling by train doesn’t cost ______________ travelling by plane.
2. 我们锻炼越多,就越健康。
__________ exercise we take, ______________ we will be.
3. 从青岛到北京最快的旅行方式是什么?
What is ________________________from Qingdao to Beijing?
4. 由于交通阻塞,我们不得不步行去了车站。
We had to ____________ the station ____________ the traffic jam.
5. 你住得离学校远吗?
Do you live __________ school?
IV.根据汉语意思完成句子(每空词数不限)
as much as
the fastest way to travel
The more the healthier
walk to because of
far from
1. Read the passage.
2. Talk with your partner about different ways to travel.
Homework
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