Module 3 My First Ride on a TrainMy First Ride on a Train Period onePeriod one Introduction + Cultural cornerIntroduction + Cultural corner

宣汉二中 覃立红

transportation

train

tram

ferry

helicopter

motorbike

taxi

bus

planebicycle

road

water

rail/trail

air

Exercises in the workbook (Page 80)

Complete the table by putting the means of transport in the correct column.bicycle bus camel ferry helicopter horse motorbike ship plane taxi train tram

LAND SEA AIR

bicycle

bus

camel

horse

motorbike

taxi

train

tram

ferry

ship

helicopter

plane

4交通工具

Filling the blanks

get on (off)

get into

(out of )

ride

drive

take off

( land)

Bus\train\tram\bike\motorbikeFerry\plane

Car/Taxi/helicopter

Bike/motorbike

Train/taxi/bus/ car

Plane/helicopter

board drive fly get off get on

get out of land ride sail take off

Example: Can you fly a bicycle? Can you fly a bicycle?

ride

Exercises in the workbook (Page 80)

Correct these sentences with the words in the box.

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1. I don’t know how to ride a car. 2. When all of the passengers had boarded, the ocean liner （班船） left the port and flew to Hong Kong.3. The passengers got out of the bus.4. The plane got off from Tokyo （东京） Airport and six hours later, it landed in Bangkok （曼谷） .5. How long did it take you to learn how to sail a plane?

sailed got off

took offfly

drive

Let me introduce you a comedy

Lost on Journey 《人在囧途》

Pay attention to the underlined words

The Spring Festival （春节） is coming. A boss of a toy company decides to come back home to celebrate the New Year. He meets a worker at the airport, who goes to get his money back( 讨债 ) .

They get on the plane. But unfortunately( 不幸的是 ), the plane is forced to land, because of a big snow.

Then they choose to go home by train. But the train is delayed because of the landslide( 山体滑坡 ).

After that, they can only choose to take a coach( 长途汽车 ). But the bus still returns due to （由于） the road’s blocking( 阻塞 ) by the landslide( 山体塌方 ).

In order to go home, they press on with the journey ( 继续赶路 ) by boarding a ferry, driving a minibus( 面包车） , and even getting on a tractor.

Finally, the boss goes home successfully and the things happening on the journey make them make the right choice of their lives.

PAIR WORKTry to describe the first time you traveled a long distance.

• Sample:

I first travelled a long distance by ___ when I was _____________. I went with _________ from _______ to _______. I felt curious and happy. It is a _____trip.

• Tips ： When talking about experience, you should pay attention to these:

• Who , when, where, what, why, how

•New words:

•complete. (vt) 完成•magnetically: (adv) 有磁性地•levitate : vt. & vi. ( 使 ) 升空 , ( 使 ) 漂浮levitation: (n) 升空飘荡之力•vacuum n.  1  真空 2  真空吸尘器 • 3  空间 ; 空虚 ; 空白 vt.  用真空吸尘器清扫 ( 某物 )

•chancellor [′tʃɑ:nsələ] :

• (n) 奥地利等国的总理 , 首相 , 大臣

While-readingNow read this passage and find the answers to the following questions: 1.) How long does it take the Maglev to complete the 30-minute journey? 2.) Where does it run between?.

In 8 minutes .

Between Shanghai’s Pudong Airport and Longyang Station in downtown Shanghai.

Read the passage again and try to answer the following Qs:1.What are the main differences between a magnetically levitated train and an ordinary train?

2. What are the advantages of travelling on a Maglev train?

It is faster, less noisy and uses less energy.

You travel very quickly and quietly. You can save a lot of energy and protectthe environment .

1.Travelling at a speed of 400kms……reached a speed of 501 kms-----

• reach a speed of: 达到 … …的速度• at a speed of: 以… … 的速度• at full/top speed: 以最快速度

Language points:

3. …the opening/closing ceremony…

开幕仪式4. …a new world record speed

for a train.

一项新的火车速度世界纪录

Review Ex.2 on page 22 ( look up the new words in the dictionary and write them on your notebook.)

HOMEWORK

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