中国铁路发展定稿详解.pptVIP

（优选）中国铁路发展定稿 当前第1页\共有41页\编于星期六\20点 Teaching Objectives Reading Through Unit 1 Railway Development CONTENTS Exercises 当前第2页\共有41页\编于星期六\20点 Students will be able to: get an overall knowledge of railway development in China master some key words and expressions in the text understand some important sentences. Teaching Objectives 当前第3页\共有41页\编于星期六\20点 Reading A Lead-in Questions Words and Expressions Text Language Points Exercises Reading Through 当前第4页\共有41页\编于星期六\20点 Leading-in Questions Before reading the passage, see how much you know about railway development by answering the following questions. 1. Can you name some of the earliest railways in China? 2. What do you know about the role rail transport plays in today’s China? 当前第5页\共有41页\编于星期六\20点 Words Expressions Words Expressions mode transportation traverse Macau wagon trillion allocate capacity indigenously terrain establishment entity multiple track electrified fold respectively on a global basis in terms of 当前第6页\共有41页\编于星期六\20点 Rail transport is the most commonly used mode of long-distance transportation in China. Almost all rail operations are handled by the Ministry of Railways, which is part of the State Council of China. By the end of 2010, the operating rail network traverses the length and breadth of the country, covering a total length of 91,000km, making only the rail networks in the United States and Russia larger in size. As of 2009, Chinese Railway owned about 603,082 wagons, 49,355 coaches and 18,922 locomotives and ran more than 38,000 trains daily, including about 3,500 passenger trains. The network today serves all provinces, with the exception of the special administrative region of Macau. Para.1 China Railway Development Reading A Chinese 当前第7页\共有41页\编于星期六\20点 As of October 2008, the Chinese State Council approved a new CNY 2 trillion railway investment plan to take it up to 2020. The scheme extended Chinas previously announced railway