Why do traffic jams often happen

What is traffic jam It means lots of traffic traveling in the street at the same time.

Pedestrians ( 行人） don’t wait for ___________ to pass, so traffic jams are usually caused by people __________ traffic rules. disobeying green lights

The causes of traffic jams seem to be _________ and a huge increase in ________ roadworks new cars

often cause the traffic jam Traffic accident

1.Limit the number of the new cars 2.Build more under-ground lines. 3.Build roads in the sky. 4.Encourage people to take buses instead of cars 5. develop public transport 6. improve road conditions What should we do to solve it ？

What problem will come about if there is too much traffic in a city? Suppose you are a mayor of London, and what measure will you take to solve the traffic problems caused by too much traffic?

1. What is a congestion charge? A tax for cars entering the city center. Because the city of London was planned and built before cars. 2. Why are there traffic jams in London? Read and answer the questions.

Listen to the tape and answer the question What is a congestion charge? A tax for cars entering the centre of the city

According to the whole text, answer some questions: 1.Where do the worst traffic jams happen? 2.Do the developed countries often suffer from this kind of problems? Give us an example. 3.Why have city centre traffic jams been part of daily life for a long time in Europe? The worst problems occur in cities which are growing fast Yes. Because most capital cities were planned and built before cars

4.In what way does London government solve the problem of traffic jams? 5.What do the drivers do when they enter the city centre? 6.Do most Londoners agree with what the government does? Why? 7.What effect did the congestion charge have on the traffic ? They introduced a ”congestion charge”-a tax for cars entering the centre of the city When they enter the centre, the drivers should pay ￡ 5 a day at any of 10,000 pay points in the capital before 10 pm. No. Because they think the congestion charge is expensive and limits their freedom. The traffic coming into the city was reduced by 30% and journey times by 15%

Fill in the blanks according to the whole text. Beijing isn‘t the only city with _______ problems. You can____________ a traffic jam anywhere in the world. The worst problems occur in cities which are _________. Even the cities in _________countries ___________this kind of traffic problems. In London the government introduced a______________ ---the tax for ____entering the centre of the city. Most Londoners __________with what the government does because they think the ___ _____________is expensive and ______their freedoms. But some people think the charge should be much_____. However there are no ____to increase the charge. traffic get stuck in growing fast developedsuffer from congestion chargecars disagree congestion charge limits higher plans

Discussion What will you do with the traffic jams as the mayor of Zhaoyuan?

I. 用方框内所给单词或短语的适当形式填 空。 what’s more, carry out, such as, occur, suffer, even though 1. We should try our best to prevent such a silly mistake ________ again. 2. How can we make up to you for what you have ________? occurring suffered

3. How could he get the plan __________ without anyone supporting him? 4. We should make full use of these energies, ______ coal, oil and natural gas. 5. __________ you do not like it, you must do it. 6. We invited a new speaker and, _____________, he was happy to come. carried out such as Even though what’s more

Homework: Write a similar passage about your town.