In this part the students' listening and speaking abilities are trained.First the teacher may encourage the students to read the four topics and tick the topics they think they will talk about.This is actually a pre-listening activity,which can stimulate the background information from the students.The next step is to listen and check whether their predictions are true.In Activity 2,there are five pictures.In dealing with this part the teacher had better encourage the students to ask and answer questions according to the pictures.And then the tape is played for the students to check their answers.Activity 3 and 4 may serve as a consolidation.

　　Vocabulary

　　Some compound words used to describe urban transportation are introduced in this section.It is suggested that more compound words should be introduced.The teacher may first list the compound words and then ask the students to read aloud the words after himself or herself.To make the students more familiar with the structure of these compound words,the teacher might as well elicit the word formation in the students.And if necessary,the teacher may add some.Ask the students to do Activity 1 and 2.Finally,call back the answers from the whole class,having one student read the definition and another provide the compound word.

　　Pronunciation

　　The pronunciation in this module is liaison.The teacher may choose a short paragraph from the passage and then ask them to find the liaison words themselves.After that you may play the tape for the students to listen and check their answers.

　　Grammar

　　The grammar in this module is Imperatives.The teacher should try to acquaint the students with the definition of Imperatives.The Teaching Procedures are as follows:first the teacher may list the meanings of each sign on the blackboard and then make the students to match the signs with the meanings.To make them aware of definitions you'd better choose the functions from the sentences listed.Activity 2 is an applied activity.To deal with it the teacher may prepare some pictures beforehand for the students to talk about the meanings of some traffic signs.

　　Activity 3 is a combination of speaking and grammar.Through this part not only will the students' speaking skills be trained,but also they will have a better understanding of the positive form and the negative form of imperatives.To make the students clear about it.The teacher had better give the students some exercises for a consolidation.

　　Speaking

　　Combined with the listening section,this part broadens the topic of this module.It is suggested that this part should be dealt with after listening.In Activity 2 the students are requested to use why not to make suggestions.In dealing with this part the students may work in pairs,one saying the sentences in the text and the other saying a related sentence using the sentence structure-"Why not？".Activity 3 can be a preparation for Activity 4.Two students work in pairs talking about the traffic problems in their city.To activate the atmosphere of the class,a competition may be carried out.The problems can be taken down for the subsequent discussion,in which the students worked in groups of four putting forward the solutions to the questions they have raised in Activity 3.The key words had better be written down.Finally,the teacher may ask some representatives to report to the whole class their methods and suggestions to improve the traffic problems.

　　Writing

This section is closely related to the topic of this module.Activity 1 is actually a pre-activity,which has two roles.It is very helpful for the students to acquaint themselves with the