1. Planes, ships and trains
Module 4
Planes, ships and trains

2. Unit 3
Language in use

3. Revision
How do you often travel?

4. —How do you often travel?
—I usually travel by plane. It is the
fastest. How about you?
—I often go by car. It is the most
comfortable way to travel. —…

5. Language practice
It’s the most comfortable way, but it’s also the most expensive.
2. He lives the farthest from school.
3. It is the fastest and the second
cheapest.
4. The more information, the better.

6. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. This bus takes the _________ (long)
time because it is the _______ (slow).
2. The new train travels the _________
(fast) of all the trains in the world.
3. The _________ (cheap) way to get
there is by coach.
longest
slowest
fastest
cheapest

7. 4. I am in a hurry. What is the _________
(fast) way to get there?
5. The fastest way to travel is by plane,
but usually it is also the
______________ (expensive).
fastest
most expensive

8. Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.
By plane, but you have to go to the
airport by taxi and that takes time too.
b) The cheapest way is going by coach, but
it is not very comfortable.
c) The most comfortable way is going by
train, but it takes more time than going
by plane.
d) There are three ways: by plane, by train
and by coach.

9. C: How can I get to Beijing from here?
TG: ______________________
C: Which is the fastest way?
C: Which is the cheapest way?
C: Which way is the most comfortable?
C: Customer TG: Tourist guide d a b c

10. A: What’s the (1) ______ way to go to Qingdao?
Complete the conversation with the correct form of the words in the box.
cheap close expensive
good much slow
A: What’s the (1) ______ way to go
to Qingdao?
B: We can take a plane, but that’s (2)
_________.
best
expensive

11. We can also take a train. It’s (3) __________, but it’s not so expensive.
The coach is the (4) __________ way to go, but it takes the (5) ______ time.
A: So how should we go?
B: I think the best way is by train because the train station is the (6) ________ to our home.
slower
cheapest
most
closest

12. Learning to learn
Remember: It is easier to learn words and expressions by putting them in groups with a title, for example, Travelling: take a bus/plane/taxi/train, by bus/plane/taxi/train, bus stop/airport/taxi stand/train station.

13. Complete the word map. by taxi by bus take a taxi take a bus taxi bus
taxi stand
bus stop
Travelling
plane
train
by train
airport
by plane
take a train
train station
take a plane

14. Work in pairs
Choose a place you would like to visit. Ask and answer the questions about the ways by which you can get there.
1. What’s the cheapest way to get there?

15. 2. What’s the most expensive way to
get there?
3. What’s the fastest way to get there?
4. What’s the most comfortable way to
5. What’s the safest way to get there?

16. Complete the email with the words in the box.
book choice cost travel trip
FROM: Sally
TO: Tony
SUBJECT: Journey to China
Hi Tony,
My family is planning a journey to China in the summer.

17. We want to visit Beijing first
We want to visit Beijing first. Do you think we should (1) _________ the plane tickets early? After Beijing, we want to visit Xi’an and Hangzhou, and maybe somewhere else. How can we (2) _________ from Beijing to Xi’an, by train or by plane? The (3) _______ is not so important, but the time is.
book
travel
cost

18. After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou
After Xi’an, we want to go to Hangzhou. Is it better to go to Shanghai first, or can we go from Xi’an to Hangzhou directly?
And after Hangzhou what’s the best (4) __________? Can we make a short (5) __________ to Suzhou? What do you think?
Thanks for your help.
Sally
choice
trip

19. Listen and match the cities with the information.
1. London
2. Birmingham
3. Oxford
4. Cambridge

20. a) the city with about four million people
b) a small beautiful city
c) the most expensive city
d) the most interesting city
e) the biggest city
Keys:
e, d, c a b b

21. Listen again and answer the questions.
1. Which city has the largest population?
2. Which cities have the oldest
universities in the world?
London.
Oxford and Cambridge.

22. 3. Which city is the nearest to London?
4. What are the popular places for
sightseeing in London?
Cambridge.
Big Ben, Buckingham Palace,
Tower Bridge

23. Around the world The longest railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in the world. You can go from Moscow, the capital of Russia, to Vladivostok on the east coast. It is not the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok, but it is the most interesting and also the most comfortable way.

24. for a family trip to a city in China
Module task:
Making a holiday plan
for a family trip to a city in China

25. Work in groups
Make a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China.
• Find a map of China. Choose a city to
visit, and decide on the best way to get
there.
• Make a list of things to do there.
• Present your plan to the class, and
make notes about other groups’ plans.

26. I am planning a trip to the Forbidden City in Beijing
I am planning a trip to the Forbidden City in Beijing. I want to go there by car, I think this is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive….

27. Work in pairs
Choose the best plan.
• Use your notes to compare the
different plans, and decide which one
is best.
I think the trip to Shanghai by train is better because the journey is shorter and there are a lot of interesting places to visit in Shanghai.

28. Homework
Master the new words and useful
expression in Module 4.