A1. Motorbikes, taxis, bicycles, buses travel on roads.

A2. Trains and trams travel on rails.

A3. Planes and helicopters travel in the air.

A4. Ferries and ships travel on water.

3. Pair Work. Ask Ss to make sentences by using the proper verbs in Activity 3 on page 21.

Suggested answers:

get on: plane, motorbike, ship, ferry, bicycle, train, tram, bus

get off: plane, motorbike, ship, ferry, bicycle, train, tram, bus

get into: taxi, helicopter

get out (of): taxi, helicopter

ride: bicycle, motorbike

drive: train, taxi, bus

take off: plane, helicopter

land: plane, helicopter

4. Pair Work. Ask Ss to describe the first time you traveled a long distance. Say how old you were, where you went and who you went with.

5. .Individual Work. Ask some of them to report to all.

Step 2 Function

Purpose: To let Ss know how to be polite.

1. Individual Work. Ask Ss questions like these:

　　When you were traveling someplace, do you feel comfortable? Are the people over there polite to you? Turn to P24. Let's look at a conversation between a ticket inspector and a passenger on the train. Answer the following questions:

Q1. What does the ticket inspector want?

Q2. What do you think of the ticket inspector's attitude?

Suggested answers:

A1. He wants to check the passenger's ticket.

A2. The inspector is very direct and impolite in the way he / she talks.

2. Pair Work. Ask Ss what expressions they could use to change it. Allow them to practice within two minutes. Then ask some of them to act their conversation out.

Suggested answers:

Ticket inspector: Excuse me, could I see your ticket?

Passenger: Pardon?

Ticket inspector: Would you mind showing me your ticket?

Passenger: I'm sorry, I don't understand.

Ticket inspector: Would you mind if I saw your ticket?

Passenger: Oh, here you are.

Ticket inspector: I'm very sorry but this is an old ticket.

Passenger: Pardon?

Ticket inspector: The fact is that it's out of date. It's a month old.

Passenger: Oh, sorry, that's the ticket I used last week.

Ticket inspector: Where's your ticket?

Passenger: Here it is.

Ticket inspector: Right.