You travel very quickly and quietly. The train uses less energy.

Step 4 Sum up what they know about the Maglev train.

Language points:

1.Travelling at a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour, the train can complete the 30-kilometer journey in eight minutes.

列车以每小时400公里的速度行驶，八分钟就能完成这段30 公里的旅程。

Travelling at a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour是现在分词短语在句子中作状语。

2.The Transrapid Maglev is the world’s first high-speed train using magnetic levitated technology.

The Transrapid Maglev是世界上第一列用磁悬浮技术的高速列车。

using magnetic levitated technology是现在分词作定语。

3. at a speed of …以…速度 (后加具体数字)

汽车以每小时60公里的速度行驶。

The bus goes at a speed of 60 kilometers an hour .

拓展： at low speed at high speed at full/top speed with all/great speed

4.track n. 轨迹, 车辙, 跟踪, 航迹, 足迹, 路, 磁轨, 途径

vt. 循路而行, 追踪, 通过, 用纤拉

vi. 追踪, 留下足迹, 走

We followed his tracks through the snow.我们跟着雪地上他留下的脚印下。

The train left the ran off the track. 火车出轨了。

Step5 Writing

1.Describe the first time they traveled a long distance

to your classmate.

Example: I first traveled a long distance by train when I was six years old. I went with my parents from Shanghai to Beijing.

Pay attention to:

Who , when, where, what, why& how

2.Make sentences with the above words .

3.Make a short composition with the sentences.

4.Check with their classmates.

5.correct the composition by themselves.

Step 6 Presentation.

Groupmembers share their works and each group chooses a representative to present their works before the class.

Step 7 Sum up

1.The important useful new words and expressions : downtown, vacuum, rail, ceremony, track, souvenir ，at a speed of

2. The differences between the maglev and the ordinary trains, and the advantages of the Maglev. And the students’ writing .