新概念英语青少版2A Unit 12 The London bus.pptVIP

Unit 12 The London bus;The London bus;the bus in the old Shanghai;New words and expressions;New words and expressions;旅程;route ; The new buses in London are just “buses”. They aren’t ‘ London buses’. The real ‘London bus’ was the old Routemaster. This was our favourite bus for fifty-one years. It was a design classic. ;Notes on the Text; Were Routemaster really dangerous? The back of the bus was an open platform with no doors. Perhaps this wasn’t very safe — but Londoners like to do their own things. And the Routemaster were fast in the traffic. ;Notes on the Text; Moden buses are safe,but they are slow. passengers hate the doors. Car drivers hate the buses. The bus driver have a hard time.; The first Routemaster were on our roads in 1954. The last official Routemaster journey was on Route Number 9,on 15th February 2006.That was some years ago. ;Notes on the Text; Today , Londoners remember the Routemaster’s name. They remember the designer’s name: Douglas Scott. The new buses don’t have a name. How can we love them? ;Practise saying some years;;Thats all for us today!