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 Warming-up Learn some new words.Step 2
3、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 the best way to get there?2. Show some pictures.3. Talk something about the pictures.Step 3 Reading.1. Play the recording and listen to the tape carefully.2. Ask
4、 the students to read through the passage.3. Read the passage and number the ways of travelling from the most expensive to the least expensive in Activity 2.4. Check the answers.Step 4 Complete the table.1. Read the passage and complete the table.Ways of travellingGood pointsBad pointsTrainmore rela
5、xing than by coachmore expensive than by coachCar and shipCoachPlane2. Check the answers.3. Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1) Can we buy the train ticket a long time before we travel from London to Amsterdam by train? Why? Yes. Because its usually cheaper. 2) How long does it take
6、you to go by coach from London to Amsterdam? About twelve hours.Step 5 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 are four ways to travel from London to Ams
7、terdam. 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 cheap, so it is best to stay (5) _ the city
8、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 6 Writing Work in pairs.Ask and answer about the ways of travelling. Use the information in the table. Whats the cheapest way to travel from London to Paris? The
9、 cheapest way is by coach.Ways of travellingCost Time Comfortable InterestingLondon- ParisCoach2010 hours*Plane801 hour*Train 603 hours*Step 7 Language points1. journey, travel和trip的用法辨析2. take, spend, pay & cost 辨析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 ”。4.
10、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。及时练：( ) 1. Study hard! _ you study, _ results youll get. A. Harder; be
11、tter 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 carefully, the less D. The more careful, the fewerKeys: 1.
12、 C 2. DStep 8 中考链接 ( ) 1. What do you think of the traffic in our city? (2013菏泽) Its_ than it used to be, but theres still a long way to go.A. worse B. worst C. better D. best( ) 2. I am good at math, but his English is _ than mine. (2013黄石)A. much better B. more better C. very better D. pretty bett
13、er( ) 3. The worlds population is growing _ and there is _ land and water for growing rice. (2013荆门) A. more; less B. larger; fewer C. larger; less D. more; fewer( ) 4.Which season do you like _, summer or winter? Summer. (2013长沙) A. well B. best C. betterKeys: 1. C 2. A 3. C 4. C Step 9. Written 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.