Lesson 1 Travelling by Air Period 1 Teaching Aims To enable the students to do the following: 1．Book an air ticket. 2．Ask and talk about flight information. 3．Check in at the airport. 4．Write about booking details. 5．Make and respond to a polite request. Functions 1．Booking an air ticket. 2．Making and respond to a polite request. 3．Checking in at the airport. Teaching Focus and Difficult Points 1．Patterns （1）Would you mind …? （2）When would you like to leave? （3）What class would you like to fly? 2．Language points （1）finish (doing) sth. （2）have to do sth. （3）before / after / when /doing sth. 3．Vocabulary: （1）air ticket （2）airline （3）flight （4）British Airways （5）go economy （6）fly business class （7）fly first class （8）two pieces of luggage （9）two days in advance （10）Heathrow Airport （11）a single ticket （12）a return ticket （13）a three-day return （14）an open return （15）take the morning / afternoon / evening flight （16）boarding pass （17）boarding time （18）boarding gate Teaching Time Three periods Teaching Procedures I. Warming up 1．Quick responses (Focus on the summer holiday life) （1）Did you have a nice summer holiday? （2）Did you do anything special during the holiday? （3）Did you go traveling during the holiday or did you go anywhere else outside Shanghai/China? （4）Where did you go? （5）Who went with you? （6）What was the weather like there? （7）How long did the trip last? （8）How was the trip there? What places of interest did you visit? （9）How did you go there? （最后一个问题用来衔接后面生词的教学） II. Vocabulary teaching 1．Using objects to present the vocabulary, for example an air ticket and a boarding pass 2．Using Tuning In to present the vocabulary 3．Ask and answer questions to consolidate the vocabulary （1）What is the name of the passenger? （2）How will he travel? (By air.) （3）Where is he flying? (Beijing.) （4）Where will he take the plane? (At Heathrow International Airport in London.) （5）Which airline’s flight will he take? (British Airways.) （6）Will he fly business class or economy class? （7）What’s the flight number? （8）When does the plane leave? （9）How much luggage can he check for free? （10）What is his seat number? （11）What’s the boarding time? / When does the boarding pass tell him to board? （12）Which boarding gate will he board? 4．Finish the Exercise on P3 according to the boarding pass (students’ book) 5．Supply some more additional words and expressions if necessary. （1）window seat （2）middle seat （3）aisle seat （4）luggage check （5）luggage allowance （6）international flight （7）incoming passenger （8）outgoing passenger （9）board /get onto a plane III. Pattern teaching 1．What class would you like to fly? First, business or economy? -I’d like to go economy. / I’d like to fly first class. / I want to travel business class. 2．How much luggage can I check for free? / How many pieces of luggage can I check for free? -One pie ... ...
