1、Unit 2 What is the best way to travel? Teaching modelReading and writing. Teaching method Top-down approach Teaching aims1. Listening and understanding familiar topics (transportation)2. Comparing modes of transportation.3. Reading and finding specific transportation 4. Writing a short passage compa
2、ring modes of transportation. Teaching Objectives 1. Key vocabulary: journey, book, outside, choice, however, cost2. Keys structure: Superlative adjectives and adverbs (-est, most); irregular superlatives. Teaching aidsRecorder, OHP, video Teaching StepsStep 1 Revision从各题后所给的选项中选择可以填入空白处的最佳答案。1. Of
3、all the subjects, English is _ for me. A. interesting B. more interesting C. the most interesting D. much more interesting 2. Mrs Zhang is one of _ teachers in our school. We all like her. A. popular B. more popular C. the most popular 3. Who ran _ of all in the sports meeting? Hector did, I think.
4、A. fast B. faster C. the fastest D. more fast 4. We held a concert in the hall yesterday. Kate sang _ among the singers. A. good B. well C. better D. bestStep 2 Work in pairs.1. Talk about the ways to go to a city that you like to visit.How do you get there?Whats the cheapest way to get there?Whats
5、the best way to get there?2. Show some pictures.3. Talk something about the pictures.Step 3 New wordsLearn some new words.Step 4 Reading.1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.2. Ask the students to read through the passage.3. Read the passage and number the ways of travelling from t
6、he most expensive to the least expensive in Activity 2. 4. Check the answers.5. Read the passage and complete the table.Ways of travellingGood pointsBad pointsTrainmore relaxing than by coachmore expensive than by coachCar and shipCoachPlane6. Check the answers.Step 5 Language points1. 辨析journey/tra
7、vel/trip journey名词，意为“旅行”、“旅程”。常指远距离的或陆地的旅行。一般指单程，不回到出发地的旅行。travel 名词，意为“旅行”。泛指一般意义的旅行，不能特指某一次的旅行。前面可以用物主代词，但不能与many或数词连用。trip名词，意为“旅行”、“远足”。常指近距离的旅行或远足。一般指双程，还回到出发地的旅行。2. 辨析take/spend/ pay/ cost take多表示花费时间，常用于It takes sb. some time to do sth.这一句型中，其中it作形式主语。如：It usually takes me 40 minutes to cook
8、 the dinner.spend多表示花费时间和金钱，主语通常是人，常用于sb. spend(s) some time / money on sth.和sb. spend(s) some time / money (in) doing sth.两种句型。如：David spent 2,000 yuan on the new machine.My father spends an hour (in) watching the news on TV every day.pay多表示花费金钱，主语通常是人，常用于sb. pay(s) some money for sth.句型。 如：Tommy p
9、aid 20 yuan for his breakfast yesterday.cost多表示花费金钱，主语通常是物，常用于sth. cost(s) (sb.) some money. 句型。如：The new dress cost Linda 80 yuan.【运用】根据句意用take, spend, pay或cost的适当形式填空。1) That new car _them lots of money.2) Mona _ 50 yuan on the books just now.3) It usually _ me an hour to do my homework.4) You sho
10、uld _ some time practising your pronunciation.5) My brother _ 4, 000 yuan for the new computer yesterday.3. The more information, the better. 信息越多越好。“the +比较级，the + 比较级”是个固定句型，意为“越 ，就越 ”。e.g. The older he gets, the happier he is. 他越活越开心。 The more she learns, the more she wants to learn.她越学越想学。及时练：1)
11、 Study hard! _ you study, _ results youll get. A. Harder; better B. The harder; better C. The harder; the better D. Harder; the better 2) Dear students, please read every sentence carefully. _ you are, _mistakes youll make. A. The more carefully, the fewer B. The more careful, the lessC. The more ca
12、refully, the less D. The more careful, the fewer4. A journey by train is more relaxing than by coach, but a lot more expensive. 坐火车旅行要比坐汽车更放松, 但会贵很多。 在比较级前添加a lot, much, a little, a bit等词, 可以说明程度; 添加 even, still 等词, 可以表示强调。 e.g. Toms room is a bit bigger than Lilys. 汤姆的房间比莉莉的大一点儿。 This will make our
13、 job even more difficult.这将会使我们的工作更加困难。You will get there a lot faster if you take a plane.如果你坐飞机去那里会快得多。Step 6 Complete the passage.1. Ask the students to read the words in the box in Activity 4.choice cost However journey outside2. Ask the students to read through the passage in Activity 4.There a
14、re four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam. The first (1) _ is by train because the (2) _ takes only four hours. (3) _, its quite expensive. Going by car and by ship, or coach does not (4) _ as much as going by train. When you go by car and by ship, remember that parking in Amsterdam is not che
15、ap, so it is best to stay (5) _ the city centre and travel in by bus or by train. 3. Complete the passage with the correct form of the words from the box.4. Check the answers.Step 7 Writing Work in pairs.Ask and answer about the ways of travelling. Use the information in the table. Whats the cheapes
16、t way to travel from London to Paris? The cheapest way is by coach.Ways of travellingCost Time Comfortable InterestingLondon- ParisCoach2010 hours*Plane801 hour*Train 603 hours*Step 8 Writing taskWrite a passage about ways of travelling from London to Paris. Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you.You can go from London to Paris by coach, plane or train. Travelling by plane is the fastest but also the most expensive.
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