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Unit 2 What is the best way to travel
教学内容：Unit 2 What is the best way to travel?
课型：Reading and writing
教学目标：
1、能够正确使用下列单词：journey, book, outside, choice, however, cost
2、能够读懂有关旅游和交通工具的文章，并抓住文章细节。
3、能够运用形容词、副词的最高级形式对几种交通方式进行对比。
4、了解英语国家有关旅游和交通等方面的信息，并密切联系自己的日常生活，从而拓展视野、激发学习英语的兴趣；
四、教学重难点：
1、能够理解有关旅游和交通工具的文章。（重点）
2、能够正确运用形容词、副词的比较级和最高级，写一篇旅游日志，比较各种交通工具的便捷和不便之处。（难点）
五、教学准备：
课堂整体运用任务型教学模式以及阅读课“四个阶段”教学模式。本课指导学生通过阅读获取信息，培养学生阅读技能。在教学过程中，采用多媒体手段辅助教学，利用各种图片和习题任务贯穿整个教学过程。因此，本节课需准备：PPT课件。
六、教学过程：
教学
步骤
教师活动
学生活动
设计意图

Step One
Warming-up (3’)

Lead in
1.Play a game.
Ask the every student to write a word of their favorite vehicle on a piece of paper, then let them exchange it with their friend. Then let a student say out the word in his/her hand , those who has the same word must stand up quickly and change their seat, the one that has no seat is the loser.
2．Ask the student to give a report about their interview.
Report: My friend… usually goes to school by bike because her/ his home is the closest to school. My friend … usually goes to school by bus because his/her home is the farthest from school.

1 Play a game.
Every student writes a word of their favorite vehicle on a piece of paper, then exchange it with their friend. A student say out the word in his/her hand , those who has the same word must stand up quickly and change their seat, the one that has no seat is the loser.

2. Students give reports about their interview.
Report: My friend… usually goes to school by bike because her/ his home is the closest to school. My friend … usually goes to school by bus because his/her home is the farthest from school.

通过游戏“听单词抢位置”来活跃课堂气氛，.顺利地切入与本课有关的词汇。
同时，也训练了学生的反应。

通过汇报的形式检查上节课布置的调查作业，回顾了上节课的内容，考验学生对Unit1知识的掌握程度，

Step Two
Pre-
reading
(5’)

1.Check the new words.
（1）.Show more pictures and things to get the students fill in the blanks with right words.
eg: journey, book, outside, choice, however, cost
（2）Organize them to read the new words together.
2.Free talk.
Ask the students to talk about the ways to go to a city that they like to visit in pairs.
1. How do you get there?
2. What’s the cheapest way to get there?
3. What’s the best way to get there?

（1）Watch pictures learn some new words and try to fill in the blanks with right words.

（2）Read the new words together.

Students talk about the ways to go to a city that they like to visit in pairs.

1. How do you get there?
2. What’s the cheapest way to get there?
3. What’s the best way to get there?
引导学生谈论图片, 通过图片、情景学单词，做到词不离句。
Step Three
While-
reading (24’)

Step Three
While-
reading (24’)

1. Scanning
Ask students to scan the passage and find out the main idea for the passage.

2. Skimming
Ask students to skim the passage and answer the question.
T: What is the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam?

3.Careful reading.
Paragraph 1
(1) Present some sentences to the students and ask them to write “T” or “F”, also correct the wrong sentences
The writer wants to travel from Amsterdam to London.
The writer wants to know the cheapest way of travelling.
(2)Let the students read Paragraph One in groups of six and find out difficulties.
(3) Ask them to solve difficulties.

Paragraph 2 and 3
(1)Ask the students to read Paragraph 2 and 3, then answer the following questions.
① Which is more relaxing, going by train or going by coach?
②What is the most expensive way to travel?
③Is parking in Amsterdam very expensive?
(2) Ask a student to be “a little teacher” to check the answers.
(3) Organize the whole class to read together.
(4)Ask some little teachers to solve the difficulties.
Paragraph 4, 5and 6
(1)Let the students read Paragraph 4,5,6 and fill in the blanks.
Going by________is usually the cheapest , but in summer it often gets ________ and ________ you a long time to get there. Going by plane is the ________ and the second ___________ , but you may have to wait for hours at the airport ________ of bad weather.
(2) Organize some students to come to the blackboard and show out some difficult language points that they found in these paragraphs.
4 Practise reading.
Get the students watch a video and read with it, then let them read loudly in groups.
Students scan the passage and find out the main idea for the passage. For example “ Ways of travelling from London to Amsterdam.”

Students skim the passage and find the answer to the question.

S: It is by car or by ship

（1）Students read Paragraph One and choose T or F.
The writer wants to travel from Amsterdam to London. “F”
The writer wants to know the cheapest way of travelling. “F”

(2)Students read Paragraph One in groups of six and find out difficulties.
(3)Solve the difficulties together.

(1)Students read Paragraph 2 and 3, find the answers to the following questions.

①Going by coach is more relaxing.

②Travelling by car or by ship is the most comfortable way.
③Yes, it is.

(2) A little teacher checks the answers.

(3) The whole class read together.
(4) Some little teachers solve the difficulties.

(1)Students read Paragraph 4,5,6 and fill in the blanks.
The answers are:
coach, crowded, takes, fastest, cheapest, because

(2)Some students come to the blackboard and show out some difficult language points that they found in these paragraphs.

Students watch a video and read with it, then read loudly in groups.
要求学生快速阅读课文，找出本课的中心思想。

通过学生快速阅读，找出本文课题的答案，了解主旨内容， 为进一步学习做好铺垫。

让学生带着任务（问题）去阅读课文，去找答案，有助于学生更加准确地获取信息，提高阅读效果和技能。学生通过分层次阅读文章，获取具体信息，把知识点和课文理解在分段学习得以突破。而小组活动能通过学生间的自主、合作学习，让学生充分地实践运用语言，并激发学生创造性思维的发展。

读书在英语学习中起着相当重要的作用，熟能生巧，通过跟读来学习正确的语音语调，通过小组朗读来互相学习，培养合作精神。

Step Four
Post-
reading
(10’)
1.Speaking
(1)Ask the students to complete the table, find the good points and bad points of travelling, then let them list more about it.
Ways of travelling
Good points
Bad points
Train
more relaxing
than by coach

Car and ship

Coach

Plane

(2) Divided the whole class into two groups, then let them have a debate competition.
2.Retell
(1) Organize the Ss to retell the passage with the information in Activity3.
(2)Let the students Complete the passage with the words in the box

Complete the passage with the words in the box.
choice cost However journey outside
There are four ways to travel from London to Amsterdam. The first _______ is by train because the _____ takes only by four hours. _______, it is quite expensive. Going by car and by ship, or by coach does not_______ as much as going by train. When you go by car and by ship, remember that parking in Amsterdam is not cheap, so it is best way _______the city centre and travel in by bus or by train.

(2)Call back the answers
from the whole class then
let them read the short passage in the whole class .

(1)Cmplete the table, find the good points and bad points of travelling, list more about it.

(2) Girls and boys have a debate competition.

Try to retell the passage with the information in Activity3.
Students Complete the passage with the words in the box.

(2)Call back the answers from the whole class then
read the short passage in the whole class .

通过完成此表格来训练学生的信息汇总能力，再通过分组辩论赛激励学生多讲多听，进一步让学生巩固本课时的知识。

复述课文能使学生加深对课文内容的理解。

Step Five
Summary（2’）
1.Get the students to
sum up the language points.
T: What have we learned today?
Ss:……
2.Let the students to choose the best team in this lesson.

1.Sum up the language points.

2.To choose the best groups.
引导学生对这节课的总结，让学生做自由发言，培养学生自主学习，自主总结的良好学习习惯。
简短的评价使学生的课堂表现得到肯定并且可以激励学生的学习兴趣，树立学习英语的信心。
Step Six
Home-
work
（1’）
Write a passage about ways of travelling from London to Paris. Use the information in Activity 5 and the passage in Activity 2 to help you.
Finish the homework.

课后作业有助于学生巩固已学的知识，补充其他方面的锻炼。写作是阅读的拓展，让学生最终完全掌握语言，实践运用语言。
七、板书设计：
Module 4 Planes, ships and trains
Unit 2 What is the best way to travel?
What’s the best way to travel from London to Amsterdam?
The more information, the better.
This is the most comfortable way to travel but also the most expensive.
It’s the fastest and the second cheapest.
达标训练题
I 单项选择。
( ) 1. Study hard! ____ you study, _____ results you’ll get.
A. Harder; better B. The harder; better
C. The harder; the better D. Harder; the better
( ) 2. Dear students, please read every sentence carefully. _______ you are, ________ mistakes you’ll make.
A. The more carefully, the fewer B. The more careful, the less
C. The more carefully, the less D. The more careful, the fewer
( ) 3. —What do you think of the traffic in our city? (2013菏泽)
—It’s_____ than it used to be, but there’s still a long way to go.
A. worse B. worst C. better D. best
( ) 4. Traveling around big cities by taxi can cost a lot of money, but it’s usually
_____ to take the underground train to most places. (2013菏泽)
A. amazing B. expensive C. convenient D. exciting
( )5. Liu Ying is as _____ as her sister. (2013湖南湘西)
A. tall B. taller C. the tallest
( ) 6. I am good at math, but his English is ________ than mine. (2013黄石)
A. much better B. more better C. very better D. pretty better
( ) 7. The world’s population is growing _____ and there is _____ land and
water for growing rice. (2013荆门)
A. more; less B. larger; fewer C. larger; less D. more; fewer
( ) 8. It’s _____ to listen to light music when you feel tired. (2013温州)
A. dangerous B. scary C. relaxing D. difficult
II 英汉互译。
1．乘公共汽车　　　　　　　　　　　　　2．最长的路程
3．第3个选择　　　　　　　　　　　 4．花费某人时间干某事
5．订票　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 6．get crowded
7．cost as much as　　　　　　　　　　 8．travel in by bus or by train.
9．because of　　　　　　　　　　　　　 10．stay outside the city centre
III将下列词语变为最高级形式。
1．beautiful___________　　　　　　　　　　　　2．difficult _________
3．good _____________　　　　　　　　　　　　　4．thin __________
5．short ____________　　　　　　　　　　　　　6．expensive _________
7．tall _____________　　　　　　　　　　　　　8．little___________
9．fast _____________　　　　　　　　　　　　　10．many ___________