Module 4 Planes, ships and trains Unit 2 What is the best way to travel? 教学目标 通过本单元的教学，让学生达成以下目标： 1.知识目标 掌握本单元新单词journey，book，park，outside，however，cost。 2.能力目标 (1)能读懂叙述旅行方式的短文；理解语篇的主旨，把握细节信息。 (2)能运用形容词和副词的最高级。 3.情感目标 了解旅游和交通方面的信息，拓展视野，激发学习英语的兴趣。 重点难点 重点：课文朗读与理解；语言点的掌握 难点：灵活运用所学知识进行口头和书面的表达 授课时数 2课时 教学过程 Step 1 Warming up 1. Talk about different ways to travel. T: Imagine you are going to Tokyo for a visit，how are you going there? S1: … S2: … … T: What do you think is the best way to travel to Tokyo? Why? S1: … S2: … … 2. Ask the students to work in pairs and talk about the ways to go to a city that they like to visit. Ask and answer the three questions or more. 1How do you get there? 2 What’s the cheapest way to get there? 3 What’s the best way to get there? … Step 2 Listening T: Listen to the recording. Find out at least four ways of travelling mentioned in the passage. Ss:… Answers: by train; by coach; by car; by ship; by plane Step3 Fast reading 1. Ask the students to read the passage as quickly as possible. Then number the ways of travelling from the most expensive to the least expensive. 2. Check answers in groups. Answers: a—4; b—1; c—3; d—2 Step 4 Careful reading 1. Ask the students to read the passage carefully. Complete the table after reading. T: First，look at the table and find out what kind of information you need. Second，read the passage carefully and underline the information. Finally，write down the information in the table. Ss:… Ways of travelling Good points Bad points Train more relaxing than by coach more expensive than by coach Car and ship 〈1〉 〈2〉 Coach 〈3〉 〈4〉 Plane 〈5〉 〈6〉 Answers: 〈1〉the most comfortable way to travel 〈2〉the most expensive way to travel 〈3〉the cheapest 〈4〉crowded in summer; taking a long time 〈5〉the fastest and not very expensive 〈6〉may have to wait for hours at the airport because of bad weather 2. Ask the students to read the passage again and complete the mind map. Answers: relaxing，expensive; cheaper comfortable，expensive; expensive cheapest，crowded fastest，cheapest; bad 3. Ask the students to read the passage again. Find out the phrases and try to translate them into Chinese. (1) from…to…从……到…… (2) how long 多长时间；多长 (3) in summer 在夏天 (4) as… as… 像……一样…… (5) wait for 等待 (6) because of 因为 (7) at the airport 在机场 (8) a journey by train 乘火车旅行 (9) have to 必须；不得不 4. Ask the students to follow the recording to read the passage. 5. Ask the students to read the passage on their own. 6. Encourage some of the students to read the passage in front of the class. Correct their mistakes after they finish reading it. Step 5 Practice Complete the passage with the correct form of the words in the box. ( Activity 4 on Page 29) 1. Read the words in the ... ...
