Period 5: Cultural Corner学习目标:1. 了解伦敦市政府为减少交通阻塞而采取的一种收费制度2. 树立跨文化交际意识3. 掌握重点单词的用法学习重点:了解伦敦市政府为减少交通阻塞而采取的一种收费制度学习难点: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:预习自测:Ⅰ.判断正误阅读 P19 课文,判断正误1.Los Angeles is famous for the motor car.( )2.The traffic jams in central London are very bad.( )3.Every car coming into the centre has to pay $10 a day.( )4.Cities in developed countries don't suffer the traffic problems.( )5.In February 2003 the Mayor of London,Ken Livingstone,introduced a “congestion charge”.( )Ⅱ.语篇理解阅读 P19 课文,选取最佳答案1.What's a congestion charge?A.A tax for cars entering the centre of th e city.B.A tax for taxis only.C.A fine for those who don't obey the traffic rules.2.Which word can replace the word“as”in Paragraph 3?A.Where. B.Because. C.When.3.Does the congestion charge work in London?A.Not mentioned in the text.B.Yes.But most Londoners are not happy with it.C.It's hard to say.我的疑问:__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________课内探究质疑探究:1.The situation in central London,where drivers spent fifty percent of their time in queues,became so bad that the local government decided to do something about it.(教材 P19)伦敦市中心的情况非常糟糕,司机要花费一半的时间在那里排队等候,因此当地政府决定对此采取一些措施。句中含有 so...that...结构,该结构意为“如此……以至于……”,that 引导结果状语从句。He became so angry that he couldn't speak.他变得很生气,以至于说不出话来。1①sothatclause②suchthatclauseHe had so many falls that he was black and blue all over.他摔了这么多跤,以致全身青一块紫一块的。He told us so inte...