Module2TrafficJamPeriodOneIntroduction,ReadingandVocabulary课件（外研版必修4，天津专用）.ppt

The Would-be Headache With London Olympics;A third of Londoners must work from home during Olympics to avoid tube chaos. Transport bosses say a third of Londoners will have to work from home during 2012 Olympic games to avoid chronic(持续的) overcrowding on the capitals tubes and buses. Commuters(乘车上下班的人) have been told they can expect waits of over half an hour or more for tubes at some of the busiest stations during the games. And Transport for London(TfL) claims some of the busiest areas such as Canary Wharf will only be able to cope if 60 percent of workers change their travel plans.;And the Olympics are set to cause chaos(混乱) on the roads too with the creation of special‘games lanes’ likely to bring many main routes to gridlock. The controversial lanes will be reserved purely for the use of competitors and VIPs.Even buses and taxis will be barred(禁止) from using them.①Around 5.3 million people are expected to turn up for the 16 days of the London Olympics．August 3 is expected to be the busiest day with around 800，000 people using public transport. Organizers fear a repetition of the 1996 Atlanta Olympics which became known as the ‘Glitch(差错，缺点) Games’ after transport chaos caused many competitors to miss their events. ;②London transport commissioner Peter Hendy said he hopes London will copy the Sydney Olympics of 2000，when 27 percent of workers took leave from their jobs. He told the Observer: “I am not going to be responsible for a transport mess like Atlanta.” ③Earlier this month the Mail reported how tube and train drivers will pocket up to￡1，800 in return for promising not to go on strike during next summers event.;1．佳句仿写 ;③作为对他的帮助的回报，我邀请他到我家吃午饭。(in return for意为“作为对……的回报”) _______________________________________________ 答案　①He didnt turn up until the meeting had been on for half an hour. ②We will put off the outing until next week，when we wont be so busy. ③I invited him to my home for lunch in return for his help.;2．翻译佳句，放眼高考;答案　①乘车上下班的人已经被告知，奥