1、Period 5: Cultural Corner学习目标：1. 了解 Maglev，能说出与普通火车的区别2. 树立跨文化交际意识3. 掌握重点单词的用法学习重点：了解 Maglev，能说出与普通火车的区别学习难点：掌握重点单词的用法课前预习使用说明与学法指导：1. 树立跨文化交际意识2. 15 分钟之内完成教材助读：Maglev (derived from magnetic levitation) is a method of propulsion that uses magnetic levitation to propel vehicles with magnets rather th
2、an with wheels, axles and bearings. With maglev, a vehicle is levitated a short distance away from a guide way using magnets to create both lift and thrust. High-speed maglev trains promise dramatic improvements for human travel if widespread adoption occurs.预习自测：完成句子1.Science and technology is chan
3、ging (一直，总是).2.What you wear is (过时).3.The car is travelling （以的速度）120 kilometers per hour.4.Would you mind （关窗）？5.I （试着敲）the back door but nobody answe red.我的疑问：_课内探究质疑探究：1. Travelling at a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour, the train can complete the 30-kilometer journey in eight minutes.列车以每小
4、时 400 公里的速度行驶，八分钟就能完成这段 30 公里的旅程。Travelling at a speed of over 400 kilometers per hour 是现在分词短语在句子中作状语。The Transrapid Maglev is the worlds first high-speed train using magnetic levitated technology.The Transrapid Maglev 是世界上第一列用磁悬浮技术的高速列车。using magnetic levitated technology 是现在分词作定语。at a speed of 以速度
5、 （后加具体数字）汽车以每小时 60 公里的速度行驶。The bus goes at a speed of 60 kilometers an hour . 拓展： at low speed at high speed at full/top speed with all/great speedtrack n. 轨迹, 车辙, 跟踪, 航迹, 足迹, 路, 磁轨, 途径vt. 循路而行, 追踪, 通过, 用纤拉vi. 追踪, 留下足迹, 走We followed his tracks through the snow.我们跟着雪地上他留下的脚印下。The train left the ran o
6、ff the track. 火车出轨了。当堂检测：从下面的框中选择合适的单词，并用其正确形式填空。maglev, noise, track, float, air, link, take, test, refer to, ceremony1. What the old headmaster said at the graduation _ greatly encouraged us. .2. A maglev train _ about 10 mm above the guide way on a magnetic field.3. A maglev train has no friction
7、 but still has _ resistance4. Because maglev trains have no wheels running along, they have no wheel _.5. In the mid 1980s, Britain was the first country to introduce a _service.6. Germany is the only country with solid plans for a maglev railway which will _ Berlin with Hamburg in 2005.7. It is kno
8、wn that maglev trains follow guidance _ with magnets.8. Last summer I had a chance to _ a maglev train to Pudong Airport. 9. Countries who _ maglev trains are the USA, Japan, Germany and China. .10. Maglev trains are often _ as Maglev which is short for Magnetically Levitated trains.课后反思：_课后训练单项选择1.
9、 After out journey from a long travel to Tibet ,we teturned home ,_.A.exhausting B. exhausted C.deing exhausted D. having exhausted2. Scientists have managed to make advanced anti-fire products ,_ Nami technology.A. used B. using C. to use D.use3. Prices of daily goods _ through a computer can be lo
10、wer than store prices.A. are bought B. bought C. been bought D. buying4. The Olympic Games, _ in 776 BC, did not include women competitors until 1912.A. first playing B. to be first played C. first played D. to be first playing 5. He was driving _ full speed down the motorway when it happened.A.with B.at C. for D.on
