Unit 2 It’s the fastest train. Objectives: 1 To get information from the reading material about travelling times. 2 To be able to match headings with paragraphs, find specific information and match words with meanings. 3 To transfer information from a table to sentences and to give results with “so”.

Teaching aims and demands: 1.Grasp the key words and key structures: It goes from … to … in 8 minutes. The same journey takes about 30 minutes by car. ( 重点 ) 2.Reading skill: To get information from the reading material about traveling times.. ( 难点 ). 3.Affection and attitudes: Choose the right transport form to travel.

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bus stop terminal n. ferry terminal British adj. airway n. express n. star n. take v. 公共汽车站 终点站，总站 客运码头 英国的 航线，航空公司 快车 星 花费（时间）

1 公共汽车站 2 终点站，总站 3 客运码头 4 英国的 5 航线，航空公司 6 快车 7 星 8 花费（时间） bus stop terminal ferry terminal British airway express star take

passenger n. airline n. distance n. hour n. quick adj. way n. fare n. 乘客 航线，航空公司 距离 小时 快的，迅速的 方式，道路 车费，船费

1 乘客 2 航线，航空公司 3 距离 4 小时 5 快的，迅速的 6 方式，道路 7 车费，船费 passenger airline distance hour quick way fare

Match the words with the pictures: passenger British bus stop ferry terminal express airline star

Look at the picture. Which words can you use to describe it ? Airport bus bus stop ferry Ferry terminal plane station train

Read the passage and match the paragraphs with the headings. A British Airways B The Greyhound Bus C The shanghai-Pudong Express D The Star Ferry 1 _______________ 2 _______________ 3 _______________ 4 _______________ C A D B

Shanghai station Pudong Airport In eight minutes Take about 30 minutes

上海磁浮列车今起实现浦东国际机场上下客 ( 图 ) 据透露，运行中，游客将可 看到磁浮列车双车高速交汇的 情景，两列磁浮列车将以超过 每小时 700 公里的相对速度， 在游客眼前不到 1 米处闪电般 “ 飞 ” 过，这一稍纵即逝的过程 仅零点几秒，要抓住它，游客 还真要提前作准备了。本次磁 浮列车实现浦东机场上下客的 单程运行，参观券票价将相应 减半，调整为单程：普通券 75 元，贵宾券 150 元。

More than 32 million passengers International airlines The Boeing 747 Goes from London to Beijing A distance of 8,000kms In 91/2 hours Travel on One of the busiest Popular plane Travels the farthest British Airways

Hongkong Kowloon The most famous ferry Take 10 minutes Shortest Quickest cheapest

Fast comfortable Not expensive The safe and cheapest way to travel

Activity 2 Listen and fill in the table. 最 …… The most modern （最现代化） train The Boeing 747 The most famous ferry The bus The most crowded subway The mercedes Shanghai airport train The largest plane The Star Ferry The cheapest transport The Tokyo subway The most comfortable taxi

Listen to the passage & check the true statements

1 A taxi from shanghai to the airport is cheaper than the train for two people. 2 A taxi from Shanghai to the airport takes eight minutes. 3 British airways uses the Boeing 747 for long journeys. 4 The boeing 747 travels longer than other planes. 5 You can take the Star Ferry from Hongkong to the island. 6 Americans like to travel by bus because it’s safer than going by car. T F T T F F

Listen and retell Paragraph 1 fastest train, goes from … to…, in… takes …30 minutes…, the most expensive with two passengers

Listen and retell Paragraph 2 32 million passengers, British Airways planes, the busiest international airlines, the Boeing 747, the farthest, 8000 kilometres

Listen and retell Paragraph 3 The most famous ferry goes from … to… takes about …the shortest, quickest, cheapest Other …go…from…

Listen and retell Paragraph 4 fast, comfortable buses buy a ticket the safest and cheapest millions of

Work in pairs 1 What is the best way to travel in your town ? 2 Why is it the best way ?

Language Notes: 1 The same journey takes about 30 minutes by car. ( P46) 相同的路程乘小轿车约需 30 分钟。 take 是动词，表示 “ 花费或需要用一定的时间 ” 。 It takes sb. some time to do sth. “ 花费某人多长时间做某事 ” The trip takes two weeks. It takes her an hour to finish the work. 2 The train fare is 50 yuan. 火车票价为 50 元。（ P47) fare 是 “ （公共汽车、火车、计程车等的）车费， （飞机等的）票价 “ 之意。 Train fares are going up again. 火车票价又要涨了。 I can pay his plane fare. 我可以为他付飞机票钱。

Language Notes: 3 It goes from London to Beijing, a distance of over 8,000 kilometres in 9½ hours. （ P46) 它从伦敦飞往北京，其间 8,000 多公里的距离用 9 个 半小时就可以完成。 本句中 9 ½ hours 的读法是 nine and a half hours 注意：整数与分数之间在读的时候必须用 and 连接。 3 ½ days three and a half days 三天半 2 ½ weeks two and a half weeks 两周半 4The most popular plane is the Boeing 747. (P46) 最受人们欢迎的飞机是波音 747 。

Match the words with their meanings: a trip from one place to another to go from one place to another connecting 2 or more countries how far it is from one place to another person on a train, bus, ferry or plane the money to buy a ticket distance fare international journey passenger travel

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