牛津模块七第四单元reading教案.doc

Module 7 Unit 4 Public transport ●Welcome and reading 1 Teaching aims : 1. Have the students know different means of transport and their main functions; 2. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of public transport; 3. Understand different names of roads; 4. Enlarge our vocabulary related to transport. Important and Difficult points: 1. Get some information about the first underground in the world; 2. Know how to get general idea of each paragraph with the help of some key words; 3. How to use what they have learned to talk about the things around themselves. Brainstorming (1) 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? (2) If you want to pay a visit to your relatives who live in a nearby city, which means of transport will you choose? (3) If you want to go travailing to a far-away city, which means of transport will you choose? (4) If you want to go abroad, how will you go? Step1 look at the pictures and discuss the different means of transport Advantages and disadvantages of the popular means of transport 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 airplanes fast and convenient; relatively the safest way of travel relatively expensive Step 2 Vocabulary about transport (word power) 1. Categories of different types of transport 2. Different types of roads (read part A) 3. Vocabulary extension (Read part D) Complete the sentences with proper words or phrases in the box below. Change the form where necess