牛津版英语选修7 Unit 4 The underground in the world(ppt).ppt

Unit 4 The underground in the world If you want to go to the park or the museum, or pay a visit to your classmates, which means of transport will you choose? Buses or the underground. If you want to pay a visit to your relatives who live in a nearby city, which means of transport will you choose? Coaches. If you want to go traveling to a far-away city, which means of transport will you choose? Trains or planes If you want to go abroad, how will you go? By plane 高考链接 He ______ some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris.（2003上海春） A. made out B. picked up C. gave up D. took in 自我检测 Just drop me ______ at the station, please. A. out B. away C. on D. off * * Make a comparison among all the means of transport mentioned in this section and fill in the table: underground buses or coaches Disadvantages Advantages Means of transport cheap and convenient easily trapped in traffic jams; not so comfortable very crowded; cause pollution fast and convenient; produce fewer traffic accidents; comfortable expensive to build aero-planes ships the Maglev train extremely fast and convenient very expensive to build comfortable relatively slow; the safety of it would be affected by storms fast and convenient; relatively the safest way of travel relatively expensive Why do you think people would choose to travel by aeroplane rather than by ship? Why do you think we need all these different types of transport? Language points 1. Buses have routes. They pick up and drop off people at different places on the route. pick up: 捡起； 用车接……； 获得，学到，得到； 好转，改进； 接收节目； 增加（速度）； 重新开始（中断的工作）； 纠正（错误等） Some examples: 1. Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school? 2. I picked up the kids clothes that were lying on the floor. 3. My radio can pick up France. 4. The nurse had picked up the information from a conversation she overheard. drop off: （一个个）散去；走掉；让某人下车；下车 We dropped our luggage