Module7 Unit4: welcome＆Reading(1) 编号：NO:028

　　教学

　　目标 　　一、 Students are encouraged to express their opinions about the means of transport to improve their spoken English;

　　二、 Help students get a knowledge of the first underground system in the world;

　　三、 Develop students' ability of reading a tourist brochure. 　　教学重点 The understanding of some important or difficult sentences. 　　教学难点 How to read a tourist brochure effectively. 　　学情分析 In this section, students are expected to discuss means of transport and how important they are to our daily lives. It is not difficult for them to say out something more or less, what's more, students have access to different means of transport, so they maybe be interested in this section.

　　教学媒体 　　教 学 过 程 　　复 备 栏 　　Step1

　　1. Have students observe the six pictures on page49, and discuss the main function of each means of transport. Then think about the following questions:

　　1) How do people travel within a city?

　　2) How do people travel to nearby cities?

　　3) How did people travel to faraway cities 20 years ago?

　　4) What other means of transport can people choose to travel by to faraway cities today?

　　2. From your common knowledge, what means of public transport do people usually use in their daily lives? (buses, coaches, trains, the underground, ships, cargo ships, planes, aircraft...)

Step2

1. Fast reading for general ideas:

1. When was the first underground system opened?

2. Why was the Victoria Line important?

3. What did Charles Holden do?

2. Detailed reading for important information

(1) Why was an underground system first developed in London?

(2) What was the London Underground like in 1863?

(3) What did Charles Yerkes do to improve the underground?

(4) What are some of the different things that the underground has functioned as?

(5) What happened to the London Underground after World War II?

(6) What does it mean when the brochure says that the underground system is user-friendly?

Step3 Consolidation

1. Listen to the tape and find the information to match the year.

Date Event 1854

1868

1884

1890

1933

1918-1938

1979

2. Go through the passage again and find out how many parts the passage can be divided into.

Part Paragraph Main idea Part 1 Paragraph 1 Part 2 Paragraphs2-4 Part 3 Paragraph 5 Part 4 Paragraphs 6-7

Step4 language points

1. Look at these pictures and discuss the different means of transport and when they became popular.

means: n. 方法，手段，工具

①The quickest means of travel is by plane.

②She could find no means of escape other than jumping out of the window.

引申：by means of 依靠，凭借

　　　 by no means 决不

by this means 通过这种方法

③Every means _______ tried out, but it doesn't work.

A. is B. has been C. are D. have been

④Though_____ rich, he was better off than at any other period in his life.

A. by any means B. by some means

C. by all means D. by no means

2. Buses have routes. They pick up and drop off people at different places on the route.

pick up: 捡起；用车接......；获得，学到，得到；

好转，改进； 接收节目

Some examples:

1. Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school? （）

2. I picked up the kids' clothes that were lying on the floor.（）

3. My radio can pick up France.（）

4. The nurse had picked up the information from a conversation she overheard.（）

He ______ some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris.

A. made out B. picked up

C. gave up D. took in

3. drop off: （一个个）散去; 走掉; 让某人下车; 下车; 减少; 下降

①We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeing.

②The demand for mobile phones shows no signs of dropping off.

引申：drop in 顺便来访

drop sb. a line 写短信寄给某人

drop behind 落后

drop out 中途放弃

③Just drop me ______ at the station, please.

A. out B. away

C. on D. off

Step5 Homework

1. Finish the Parts A1 and A2 of the Workbook.

2. Prepare the Reading