T: Have you ever been abroad? Where did you go?

S4: Yes, luckily I have. I went to USA for a youth exchange programme.

T: Have you ever travelled a long distance on your own? How did you travel?

S5: Sure. Last summer I went to Kunming by myself by airplane.

T: Your answers are to the points. Travelling can bring people a lot of fun and rich. But what should we do before travelling, while on the way and after travelling? Take by airplane for example.

Activity two: Voice your opinion

T: Compared to other means of transportation, taking an airplane can be a little bit complex. Please put the key words into the correct column in the table. You can refer to a dictionary. (Activity 2)

Let the Ss ask each other the meaning of these words with the help of a dictionary.

Airplane/ Airports Trains/ Stations Both flight, passport control, seat belt carriage, platform baggage, passenger, ticket, gate, information desk Step III While-listening

Activity one: Listen to grasp the main and difficult words

T: Listen to the story and match the words with their definitions.

Let the Ss listen and focus on the words listed.

Answers:

1. ambassador - an important person from another country

2. sensitive - in touch with people's feelings

3. grey - a colour between black and white

4. gentle - soft and kind

5. fierce - frightening

6. vocabulary - the words that you know

7. accent - the way a person talks

interpreter - a person who explains what another person is saying in another language