Unit 4 Public transport Background 教学设计.docVIP

Unit 4 Public transport Background 教学设计 I. Summary of the text Main idea of the passage The introduction of the first underground in the world Main idea of Part 1 (paragraph 1) Reasons why the first underground in the world was developed Main idea of Part 2 (paragraph 2-paragraph 4)[ Developments of the first underground before World War II Main idea of Part 3 (paragraph 5) Some unusual uses of the first underground during World War II Main idea of Part 4 (paragraphs 6-7) Expansion and popularity of the first underground system II. A tree diagram of the text III. A retold version of the text During the first half of the 19th century， the train service in London was not well developed. Most trains into London only went to the distant boundary of the city because building railway tracks into the city would have caused damage to many historic buildings. Many buses were needed to transport people to the city center. Thus the road was so busy that no one could travel anywhere. This situation led to the development of the underground system. The first tunnels were opened in 1863. Passengers were transported in carriage without windows， which were pulled through the narrow tunnels by steam engines. In 1868， the next section of the underground system was opened in the south of London. 16 years later， in 1884 the two big companies linked up and provided the underground service in the middle of the city， which later became the Circle Line. In 1880s， with the development of new ways of digging， the city and South London Railway linked other places in London. But it was still inconvenient to travel on these lines because each line was separately owned and many were very far from each other. Having seen the situation， Charles Yerkes， a wealthy America businessman tried to improve the system by buying many of the different