八年级英语上册unit6lesson32trainsgofaster新版冀教版.pptxVIP

Unit 6 Go with Transportation! Lesson 32 Trains Go Faster!;How exciting the passengers were! It was fun to take a train. ;Today we will read about the history of trains. Trains weren’t always as they are today. New trains are faster than old ones. ;Lesson 32 Trains Go Faster!; In the 1700s, many scientists worked on steam engines. ; In the 1760s, a scientist in England found a way to put steam engines and wheels together. ; In 1804, the first train engine was born in England. It travelled only about fifteen kilometres in two hours. ;The Rocket was the most famous early engine. ;Do you know what a railway is? A railway is the special road that trains travel on. During the 1830s, countries all over the world started to build railways. ;People built many train stations to help passengers get on and off the trains easily. ;Early trains were slow by today’s standards. ; When was the first railway born? 2. Why did people build train stations? ;Let’s Do It! Ex. 1. ;Group work: The history of trains.;1;railway station speed passenger get on and off be born ; Over two thousand years ago, Chinese people invented kites. Kites can fly like birds, but they can’t take people up into the sky. Hundreds of years later, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment. A machine carrying a man rose into the sky using its own energy. It was the first plane. Inventors went on to improve planes. Two engineers, Frank Whittle of the U.K. and Hans Von Ohain of Germany, developed the jet plane during the late 1930s. ;Homework;Trains have changed our life! Imagine what the future transportation is like. Have fun! ;People built many train stations to help passengers get on and off the trains easily. ;Trains have changed our life! Imagine what the future transportation is like. Have fun!