Unit 4 The first underground in the world

Reading 1

Teaching aims:

After this class, students will be able to:

1. get some information about the first underground in the world;

2. know how to get general idea of each paragraph with the help of some key words;

3. know how to read tourist brochure;

4. use what they have learned to talk about the things around themselves.

Teaching procedures:

Step 1: Lead-in

(1) Begin the class by asking students "If you want to get some information about the place where you want to go, what can you do?"

Show the picture of a tourist brochure and ask students what a brochure is used for. (ppt.4)

(2) Help students to list information they will get from the brochure of the first underground in the world. (ppt.5)

1. Allow students several minutes to find the information in the sixth paragraph and fill in the blanks. (ppt.12-13)

After the Second World War, more people traveled on the underground, so the system was ________ and more lines were _______. This included the Victoria Line which linked with other lines at almost every station. This helped made the system more ____________.

The last line added was the Jubilee Line ___________ the twenty-fifth anniversary Elisabeth II becoming the queen.

Answers: enlarged, added, user-friendly, in honor of

5. Ask students to read the last paragraph and help them analyze the reasons for the underground's popularity. (ppt.14)

Step 4: Consolidation

Ask four students to come to the front and try to answer the questions raised by others about London underground system. (ppt.15)

Step 5: Discussion

Help the students to compare the London underground and Nanjing underground and then give some suggestions to improve our underground system. (ppt.16)