Module 7 Planes, boats and trains

Unit 2 It’s the fastest train.

课型： Reading and writing

教学目标：Knowledge

To transfer information from a table to sentences and to give results with “so”

To get information from the reading material about traveling times

To be able to match headings with paragraphs

Key vocabulary: airport, bus stop, ferry terminal, station, distance, fare, international, journey, passenger, travel

Key structures: It goes from Shanghai Station to the Pudong Airport in eight minutes.

The same journey takes about 30 minutes by car.

Ability:

(1). Get information about the different transport.

(2). Improve the students’ reading ability to understand the passage.

Moral Education:

We should know about the different traveling and transport.

教学重点：(1)、通过旅行话题训练学生读、写能力，掌握使用by+交通工具的用法，以及对自己旅行的描述。

(2)、了解形容词最高级的基本构成。

教学难点：形容词最高级的表达。

教学方法：PWP Communicative

教学用具：Multi-Media (or Tape recorder, OHP)

教学过程：

1.Warming-up:T:Boys and girls,spring is here now.Do you like travelling?

Ss:Yes./NO.

T:Where do you like to go?/Why?

Ss:I like to go to ---./Because---.

T:How do you like to travel?

Ss:I like to travel by bus / car/ferry/plane/subway---.

2.Look at these pictures.What can you see in the pictures?Where do they stop?or Where does it stop?

Plane. Airport. Bus. Bus stop.---

Then let the students describe the pictures with some adjectives.

Questions:1)Which way is the fastest one of the four?

2)Which way is the most comfortable of the four?

3.Listen to the recorder and answer the teacher’s two questions.

1).How many travelling ways can you hear according to the text?.

2.)What are they?

4.Open the books at page 46 .Practise reading the text silently and match the paragraphs with the headings.

5. Practise reading the passage loudly with six questions ,then ask the students to read the paragraphs in pairs or in groups or in teams or the whole class and choose T or F according to the text.

1)A taxi from Shanghai to the airport is cheaper than the train for two people.

2)A taxi from Shanghai to the airport takes eight minutes.

3)British Airways uses the Boeing 747 for long journeys.

4)The Boeing 747 travels longer than other planes.

5)You can take the Star Ferry from Hong Kong to the islands.

6)Americans like to travel by bus because it’s safer than going by car.

6.Practise the text again and answer the questions

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1.What’s the fastest way to get from Shanghai Station to Pudong Airport,by train ,by car or by taxi?

2.Which plane is the most popular and travels the farthest?

3.The Star Ferry is the most famous ferry in the world.

Is its journey long or short?

4.Why do millions of Americans go by bus every year?

7.Complete the sentences with the words in the box. distance fare international journey passenger travel

1.Air ________ are going up again.

2.What’s the___________ from your school to your home?

3.We always________ with many bags.

4.Women’s Day is an_______________ festival in the world.

5.The_________ is long and difficult.

6.I am the only____________ on the bus.

8.Let the students read the text in four groups and find out the key words as quickly as possible.

1.the fastest train in eight minutes

the most expensive

2.One of the busiest international airlines

Boeing 747: the most popular

travel the farthest

8,000 kilometers / 9.5 hours

3.The most famous ferry

Short journey

Takes about 10 minutes

The shortest, quickest, cheapest way to go

4.Fast, comfortable

Cheap fares

The safest and cheapest way to travel

9. Let the students retell the text.

10.Writing :First let the students talk about “What’s the most comfortable way to travel?---”according to the table,then write a short passage with “so” and the superlative drgrees of adjectives according to the table.