第一部分 教學設計

Aims and requirements

Read a tourist brochure about the London Underground and read a notice about road safety

Listen to instructions and a telephone call

Talk about transport and ask for travel information

Write an e-mail to give information

Make an action plan of how people can prevent traffic accidents

Procedures

● Welcome to the Unit

Step 1: Brainstorming

T: Boys and girls, if you want to go to the park or the museum, or you want to pay a visit to your classmates, which means of transport will you choose?

S: Buses or the underground.

T: If you want to pay a visit to your relatives who live in a nearby city, which means of transport will you choose?

S: Coaches.

T: Right. But if you want to go travailing to a far-away city, which means of transport will you choose?

S: Maybe I will consider trains or planes.

T: And if you want to go abroad, how will you go?

S: We can only go by plane then.

T: Quite good. According to different purpose, we’ll choose different means of public transport.

Now let’s look at some pictures and get to know about them.

Step 2: Sharing information

Now let’s study the seven pictures one by one. After that, make a comparison among all the means of transport mentioned in this section and fill in the table:

Means of transport Advantages Disadvantages

buses or coaches cheap and convenient easily trapped in traffic jams; not so comfortable during peak hours because they are usually very crowded; cause pollution

underground fast and convenient; produce fewer traffic accidents; comfortable expensive to build

the maglev train extremely fast and convenient very expensive to build

ships comfortable not comfortable for those who are seasick; relatively slow; the safety of the trip would be affected by storms

aeroplanes fast and convenient; relatively the safest way of travel relatively expensive

Step 3: Discussion:

Look at the three questions below the pictures on page 49. Work in groups of four to discuss them, and then I’ll ask several groups to report your answers to the class. You can exchange and compare your answers with each other.

Sample answers

1 The main difference between the different means of transport is that a bus often travels on a fixed route either inside the city or in the suburban area while a coach is the means of transport for people bound for a faraway place. Both of them look very similar, but their interior designs differ. In most cases, a coach is designed to cater to long-distance travelers, which means the degree of comfort must be seriously considered by the manufacturer. You won’t be surprised to find a coach equipped with air conditioning, seats with cushions and DVD players. In contrast, a bus appears very plain.

2 There are two reasons. First, air travel is quick. A supersonic plane travels a lot faster than a luxurious cruiser. Businessmen who value time regularly travel by aeroplane because if its speed. Second, traveling by aeroplane is more comfortable than by ship. With the improvement of technology, many airline companies offer excellent services at a reasonable price. In this regard, the shipping industry falls far behind the air industry and it mostly depends in transporting cargo to maker profits.

3 Different types of transport suit different customers’ needs. Each type of transport has its strengths and its limitations. For example, in the foreign trade sector, people usually rely on shipping because the cost of using cargo planes is much too high. In addition, products like oil need to be placed in containers before they are loaded onto the vehicle. Therefore, ships are the best choice. In conclusion, different types of transport suit different people and different industries.

Step 4: Homework:

1. Preview the Reading passage.

2. Finish the part A1 and A2 of the workbook.