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课件网) * The means of transportation Reading Unit 4 * Reading: Wang Lu’s Blog Transportation in New York * Discuss the means of transportation you have seen. subway bus plane car * Discuss the means of transportation you have seen. light rail * ferry * Let’s discuss. What causes the traffic jams in big cities now * The reason: 1.too many cars 2.too many people 3.rush hours 4.traffic accidents 5.narrow roads …… Let’s think. * Let’s express. How to solve the problem--traffic jams 1.Broaden the roads 2.Use few cars 3.Ride bicycles more 4.Use more buses 5.build more subways and light rails …… * Wang Lu’s blog: Transportation in New York effective [I’fektiv] 有效的,给人印象深刻的 view [vju:]景色, 风景 HOV lanes = High-occupancy Vehicle lanes 指在高速公路中专门设定的仅供多乘员车辆行驶的专用车道，以保证车辆快捷，提高客流量，缓解交通拥挤，降低废气排放。 * Part1 Fill in the blanks Ten years ago when I first came to New York to study in a university_1_____, everything seemed 2_____ and _3_____. I bought a _4_____when I found my first part-time job. There were _5_____in rush hours. Ten years later I am in New York again for _6_____. The public transportation has _7_____ a lot. I’ve tried all the means of _8_____. * Fill in the blanks: Ten years ago when I first came to New York to study in a university_1_____, everything seemed 2_____ and _3_____. I bought a _4_____when I found my first part-time job. There were _5_____in rush hours. Ten years later I am in New York again for _6_____. The public transportation has _7_____ a lot. I’ve tried all the means of _8_____. in 1997 new strange second hand car traffic jams a business trip improved transportation * Part2 New York’s Transportation If you want to visit New York, I have some tips for you: Questions: What are the light rail’s advantages If you use the carpooling ,what can you save * Questions: What are the light rail’s advantages If you use the carpooling ,what can you save Answers: 1.effective and cheap . 2.both time and money. * It has been ten years since I last came to New York. When I first came here to study in a university in 1997, everything seemed new and strange. It took me some time to learn the American way of living. I bought a second hand car when I found my first part-time job. It was exciting to drive for the first month, but later I got very tired of it. There were terrible traffic jams in rush hours. * Ten years later I am in New York again for a business trip. I’ve been here for only two weeks, but I’ve already experienced the great changes. The public transportation has improved a lot. I've tried all the means of transportation. * Finish Wang Lu’s fact file. Fact file Name: Wang Lu Year of first visit to the U.S.: _____ Reason for first visit: _____ Year of second visit to the U.S.: _____ Reason for second visit: _____ 1997 to study in a university 2007 for a business trip * Read Wang Lu’s blog. Bus It is one ... ...
