1. Lesson 31 How Do You Travel?
冀教版　八年级上册
　　　Lesson 31 How Do You Travel?

2. Talk about some questions:
1.What’s the weather like today?
2.Do you want to travel on such a day?
3.How do you often travel outside?
4.What’s your favourite type of
transportation?
Have a talk!

3. We can see many types of transportation.

4. Danny likes to walk.
He can go almost anywhere on foot.
But he likes rapid transportation.
The car is rapid.

5. This is Britain.
It is Brian’s hometown. He likes travelling by plane.

6. Watch the flash of Lesson 31 and answer:
How does Brain seldom travel?
_____________________________.
By ship.
Watch and answer!

7. David
Roy
Jack
Tom
Listen and match!

8. Read and write! Read the lesson and write true (T) or false (F).
1.Danny likes to travel on foot.( )
2.Brian would like to take a train to London. ( )
3.Jenny likes to travel by plane. ( )
4.It would take Brian a long time to take a ship to his hometown. ( ) T
a plane F
train F T
Read and write!

9. Read and act!
Read the dialogue in roles. Try your best to act it out in groups.

10. Cars are an important part of life in the U. S
Cars are an important part of life in the U.S. There are three reasons the car became so popular in the U.S.
First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around. The car provides(提供)the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient(有效的)and cheap form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.
Tasks: 1.(请找出本文的中心句)_____________________.
2.(完成句子) The car provides the most comfortable and
_________form of transportation.
3.(回答问题) What is the third reason the car became
so popular in the U.S. ? ___________.

11. Cars are an important part of life in the U. S
Cars are an important part of life in the U.S. There are three reasons the car became so popular in the U.S.
First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around. The car provides(提供)the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient(有效的)and cheap form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.
Tasks: 1.(请找出本文的主题句)
____________________________________________.
Cars are an important part of life in the U.S.

12. Cars are an important part of life in the U. S
Cars are an important part of life in the U.S. There are three reasons the car became so popular in the U.S.
First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around. The car provides(提供)the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient(有效的)and cheap form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.
Tasks:
2.(完成句子) The car provides the most comfortable and
_________form of transportation.
cheapest

13. Cars are an important part of life in the U. S
Cars are an important part of life in the U.S. There are three reasons the car became so popular in the U.S.
First of all, the country is a huge one and Americans like to move around. The car provides(提供)the most comfortable and cheapest form of transportation. The second reason is that the United States never really developed an efficient(有效的)and cheap form of public transportation. Long-distance trains have never been as common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.
Tasks: 3.(回答问题) What is the third reason the car
became so popular in the U.S. ?
____________________________________________
_____________________.
Long-distance trains have never been as common
in the United States as they are in other parts
of the world

14. Work in groups! Talk about your favourite type of transportation.
Questions:
1. What is your favourite type of transportation?
2. Where do you often go by it?
3. Is it slow/rapid/cheap/expensive/safe…?
4. Would it take a long or short time?

15. My favourite Transportation
Written Work
My favourite Transportation
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

16. 1.Finish the exercises in Learning English and Activity Book.
2.Learn words and useful expressions of this lesson by heart.
3.Preview Lesson 32.
Homework

17. Good-bye!

18. Language Points I like rapid transportation.

19. Language Points I can go almost anywhere on foot.
almost = nearly 几乎，差不多
画线提问：How can you go almost
anywhere?
how用于提问交通方式

20. Language Points I like to take a train to other cities.
take a train to somewhere
乘火车去某地
Of course, but it would take a long
time to go from Canada to Britain.
take a long time to do sth.
花费很长一段时间做某事