Unit 4 Public Transport教案---Welcome to the unit1 Brainstorming(1) If you want to go to the park or the museum, or you want to pay a visit to your classmates, which means of transport will you choose?(2) If you want to pay a visit to your relatives who live in a nearby city, which means of transport will you choose? (3) If you want to go travailing to a far-away city, which means of transport will you choose?(4) If you want to go abroad, how will you go? 2 Tables to fill inMake a comparison among all the means of transport mentioned in this section and fill in the table Means of transport Advantages Disadvantages buses or coaches underground the maglev train ships aero planes3. Discussion(1) Why do you think people would choose to travel by aero plane rather than by ship?(2) Why do you think we need all these different types of transport?4 Language points 1. Buses have routes. They pick up and drop off people at different places on the route.pick up：捡起；用车接……；获得，学到，得到；好转，改进；接收节目Some examples：1．Whose turn is it to pick the children up after school? 2．I picked up the kids' clothes that were lying on the floor．3．My radio can pick up France．4．The nurse had picked up the information from a conversation she overheard．用心 爱心 专心He some French while he was away on a business trip in Paris．(2003 上海春)A．made out B．picked up C．gave up D．took in2．drop of (一个个)散去；走掉；让某人下车；下车 We dropped our luggage off at the hotel and went sightseeingThe demand for mobile phones shows no signs of dropping off．引申：drop in 顺便来访 drop sb．a line 写短信寄给某人 drop behind 落后 drop out 中途放弃Just drop me at the station，please． A．out B．away C．on D．for 3．The maglev train is powered by magnets．power：verb，给…提供动力，用动力发动 Buses and trucks are usually powered by diesel engines．In the future electricity，will be used to power road vehiclesLook at these pictures and discuss the different means of transport and when they became popular．means：n．方法，手段，工具The quickest means of travel is by plane．she could find no means of escape other than jumping out of the window．引申：by means of 依靠，凭借 by no means 决不，by this means 通过这种方法自我检测：Every means tired out，but it doesn’t work．A．is B．has been C．are D．have been Though rich，he was better off than at any other period in his life．A．by any means B．by some means C．by all means D．by no meansHomework 1．Finish the part Al and A2 of the work book．2．Prepare the Reading．用心 爱心 专心
