1、Unit 4 The first underground in the worldReading 2Teaching aims: After this class, students will be able to1. further understanding of the text.2. understand and use the words and phrases: distinction, complex, distant, choke, accelerate.3. be placed under the authority of, link up, permit.4. help s
2、tudents analyze the following sentences：1）However, most trains into London onlywent to the outer city limits, because building railway tracks into the city would have damaged many old buildings. 2）Having seen the situation, a wealthy American businessman, Charles Yerkes, undertook improving the syst
3、em by obtaining ownership of the many different lines and setting up the Underground Electric Railways of London, in 1902.5. apply the target language to practical use and in certain contexts. Teaching procedures: Step 1 A brief revision of the textTry to help students to recall the information of t
4、he London Underground in the world in the following aspects: introduction, reasons, development, unusual functions, popularity (ppt.4)Step 2 Language focusPart one the brief introduction to the undergroundDuring this process, teacher can offer relevant exercises to students and help them make a summ
5、ary about usage by themselves. Students are supposed to work first individually and then in pairs or in groups. 1. Please fill in the blanks in the two sentences (ppt.5)Welcome to the London Underground, or as it is _ known, the Tube.It has the _of being the oldest and most _ underground system in t
6、he world. Answers: usually, distinction, complex2. Ask students to read the following sentences with the word “distinction” and choose the sentence which has similar meaning to that in the text. (ppt.6)The school makes no distinction between male and female students. No one today doubts Yao Ming is
7、a basketball player of distinction. 3. Ask students to answer two questions and explain the meanings of the word “complex”. (ppt.7-8)why do we call it the most complex underground system?Can you guess what the detective is saying to himself ?Answers: No one today doubts Yao Ming is a basketball play
8、er of distinction.Many different parts are closely connected. My God, the case is so complex! Part two The reasons for the building of the underground1. Help students to paraphrase the sentence (ppt.10)Most trains into London only went to the outer city limits, because building railway tracks into t
9、he city would have damaged many old buildings If the railway tracks _ _ built into the city, they would have caused damage to many historic building. So trains only went to the places that are _ away from the city.Answers: had been, far 2. Help students to find another word to replace “convey”? (ppt
10、.12)Horse-drawn buses, trams, cabs and carriages were used to convey people to and around the city centre. All this information can be conveyed in a simple diagram.Your luggage will be conveyed to the hotel by taxi. Answers: expressed, carried3. help students to fill in the blank.Unfortunately, the
11、number of vehicles on the road caused unbelievable traffic _, and the road became so busy that no one could travel anywhere. This traffic problem led to the development of the underground system. Answer: jamPart three The development of the underground system (ppt.14-23)Help students find detailed i
12、nformation about the development of the underground system. At the same time, explain some new words.Part four The unusual uses of the undergroundHelp students understand different meanings by analyzing the following two sentences (ppt.24) During World War II, when London was bombed, many undergroun
13、d stations functioned as bomb shelter.(L41)What other functions does the underground system have?Part five The popularity of the underground1. Help the students list the reasons for the popularity of the underground (ppt.26) The London underground system is working to transport millions of people as
14、 it has done for many years. Three million people travel on the underground every day. The network of the underground system includes twelve lines and now goes twenty-six miles out of central London.2. Help the students fill in the blank and explain the meaning of “permit” (ppt.26)So, why not take a
15、 trip on the oldest underground system today? Visit our ticket office and buy one of the travel cards that _ you to travel all over the underground system.Answer: permit3. Help the students summarize the usage of “permit” by analyzing the following two sentences and list some functions of a card of
16、Nanjing Underground by using the word “permit”.(ppt. 27) This club does not permit smoking.The security system will not permit you to enter without the correct password.Answers: + ing form of verb, + object + to infinitive Step 3 Language in use Help the students use the following words to say something about the underground system in Nanjing. (ppt.28)Suggested words: distinction, complex, distant, choke, accelerate, permit, link up
