牛津译林版英语高二下册Module 7《Unit 4 Public transport》(Reading)教案

●ReadingThefirstundergroundintheworld

Step1:Lead-in

T:HaveyouheardofLondon?

S:Yes.It’sthecapitaloftheUK.

T:WhenwetalkaboutLondon,whatwillyouthinkabout?CanyougivemesomeexampleswhatLondonisfamousfor?

S1:TheCambridgeUniversityandtheOxfordUniversity.

S2:LondonBridge.

S3:theheavyfog.

S4:theBigBen.

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T:Welldone,everyone.Inadditiontothese,theundergroundsysteminLondonisalsotheoldestandthebestintheworld.Todaywe’lllearnsomethingabouttheLondonUnderground.

Step2:Fast-readingforgeneralidea.

Nowlet’scometoourbooks.GothroughthepassageasquicklyaspossibleandtrytofindanswerstothethreequestionsinPartA.Whilereading,youjustneedtofocusonandidentifytheinformationwhichisneededtoanswerthequestions.

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A1In1863.

2Itwasimportantbecauseitlinkedwithotherlinesatalmosteverystation,makingthesystemmoreuser-friendly.

3Heisthearchitectthatdesignedmanyofthenewstationsbuiltbetween1918and1938.Manyofthestationsarestillinusetoday.

Step3:Detailedreadingforimportantinformation

1.Nowreadthepassageagainmorecarefully.Afterit,youarerequiredtoanswerthequestionsofPartC1.

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C1

1MostrailwaytracksdidnotgointotheLondoncitycentre,sobuseswererequired.Thisincreasedtrafficontheroad.Theundergroundsystemtransportedmorepeoplewithoutincreasingtrafficontheroad.

2Thecarriagesdidnothavewindowsandwerepulledbysteamenginesthroughnarrowtunnels.

3HeboughtmanyofthedifferentlinesandsetuptheUndergroundGroup.

4Theundergroundhasfunctionedasabombshelter,anaeroplanefactory,ananti-aircraftcentreandmeetingroomsforthegovernmentadministration.

5AfterWorldWarII,morelineswereaddedbecausemorepeopletraveledontheunderground.

6Itmeansthatmanyofthelinesarelinkedatmanystations.Therefore,itisveryconvenientforriderstogotodifferentplacesinthecityfromanystation.

2.Inthebrochure,thefollowingyearsindicatetheimportantstagesinthedevelopmentoftheLondonUnderground.Listentothetapeandfindtheinformationtomatchtheyear.

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C2

Date

Event

1854

Anundergroundrailwaywasdecidedtobebuilt.

1863

Thefirsttunnelswereopened.

1868

Thenextsectionoftheundergroundsystemwasopened.

1884

Theundergroundservicewasprovidedinthemiddleofthecity.

1933

Apublicorganizationwascreated.

1918-1938

LondonTransportwasexpanded.

After1945

Morepeopletraveledontheundergroundandmorelineswereadded.

1977

Thelastlinewasadded.

3.Gothroughthepassageagainandfindouthowmanypartscanthepassagebedividedinto.

Step4:Practice:

1.Let’scompletePartD.

Findthesewordsinthetextandtrytoguesstheirmeaningsaccordingtothecontext,andthenmatchthenewwordswiththeirdefinitions.

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1d 2e 3b 4f 5c 6h 7g 8a

2.PleasefinishPartE.

ZhaoNingwroteane-mailtoafriendtotellhimabuthertriptoLondon.Hereispartofhere-mail.Completeitusingthewordsinthebox.

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(1)Underground (2)oldest (3)complex (4)1863 (5)boundary

(6)1977 (7)carriages (8)user-friendly (9)WorldWarII (10)bombshelters

3.Completethefollowingpassagewithproperwordsorphrasesfromthearticleonpages50-51.Changetheformwherenecessary.

TheLondonundergroundsystemhasthe(1)__________ofbeingtheoldestandmostcomplexundergroundsystemintheworld.Before1850,trainservicestoLondonhadalreadybeen(2)__________,butpeoplecouldn’tbuildrailwaysintothecitybecausedoingthatwouldcausegreat(3)__________tomanyhistoricbuildings.Somanybuseswereneededto(4)__________peopletothecitycentre,which,however,often(5)__________traffic.Thisproblemledtothedevelopmentoftheundergroundsystem.

In1854,MetropolitanRailwayCompanywasallowedtobuildanundergroundrailwayandthefirsttunnelswereopenedin1863.In1868,thenext(6)__________oftheundergroundsystemwasopenedbyanothercompanycalledtheMetropolitanDistrictRailway.In1884,thesetwocompanies(7)__________andprovidedtheundergroundserviceinthemiddleofthecity.

Withthedevelopmentofthe(8)__________waysofdiggingtunnels,thefirstrailwaytunnelundertheRiverThameswasdugin1884,andoverthenext25years,six(9)__________deepundergroundlinesweremade.Butbecausetheywere(10)__________ownedandfarawayfromeachother,travelingontheselineswas(11)__________.Havingseenthesituation,CharlesYerkes,triedtoimprovethesystem.HeboughtmanyofthedifferentlinesandsettinguptheUndergroundGroup.In1933,apublic(12)__________calledtheLondonPassengerTransportBoardwascreated,whicheventuallybecameLondonTransport.From1918to1938,thesystem(13)__________alot.

DuringWorldWar

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II

,theundergroundsystemhadsome(14)__________uses.Forexample,manyundergroundstationsonce(15)__________asbombshelters.Afterthewar,morelineswereadded.Now,thenetworkoftheundergroundsystemincludes12linesandgoes26milesoutofcentralLondon.Threemillionpeopletravelontheundergroundeveryday.CanyouimaginewhatLondonwouldbeiftherewerenosuchundergroundsystem?

Answer

(1)distinction (2)developed (3)damage (4)transport

(5)chokedoff (6)section (7)linkedup (8)advanced

(9)independent (10)separately (11)inconvenient (12)organization

(13) expanded (14)unusual (15)functioned

4.Completethesecondsentencewithoutchangingthemeaningofthefirstoneineachpairofsentences.

1)Itissaidthatthetwocompanieswillcooperatewitheachotherinthefuturetomanufacturethenewcar.

Thetwocompanies________________________to________________________inthefuturetomanufacturethenewcar.

2)Theyusespecialchemicalstomakecropsgrowfaster.

Theyusespecialchemicalsto____________the____________ofcrops.

3)Becausethereexistedthetrafficproblem,theundergroundsystemdeveloped.

Thetrafficproblem________________________the____________oftheundergroundsystem.

4)PeopleholdkindsofactivitiestoshowrespectforCongFei,a“father”of183poorstudents

inthemountainareas.

Kindsofactivitiesareheld____________________________________CongFei,a“father”of183poorstudentsinthemountainareas.

5)TheyhavebeentrappedinthefloodcausedbythethirdtyphoonthisyearEwiniar.Theyareworriedaboutthesituation.

____________________________________inthefloodcausedbythethirdtyphoonthisyearEwiniar,theyareworriedaboutthesituation.

6)DoyouknowwhoisinchargeofthedesignfortheThreeGorgesDamProject?

Doyouknowwhois________________________thedesignfortheThreeGorgesDamProject?

Answers

1)aresaid;linkup 2)accelerate;growth 3)ledto;development

4)inhonourof 5)Havingbeentrapped 6)responsiblefor

Step5:Post-readingactivities

ReadtheinstructionsforPartFanddiscussthethreequestionsthatfollow.

Step6:Languagepoints:

Vocabulary

Words

underground,commonly,tube,distinction,distant,boundary,historic.Transport,vehicle,choke,shuttle,beneath,carriage,comparatively,narrow,section,district,advanced,accelerate,pace,inconvenient,separately,acquisition,board,authority,expansion,connection,architect,functio