Period 6 CULTURAL CORNER—The London Congestion Charge■Goals1. Get the main idea of the passage.2. Find out useful information from the passage by using key words.3. Talk about the solutions to solve the traffic congestion.■ProceduresStep 1: Fast-reading: Answer the questions (Individual work)1.What kind of cities have the worst traffic congestion?____________________________________________________________________________2.Did the road designer of Los Angeles think about the cars before designing?____________________________________________________________________________3.How about the designers of the capital cities in Europe?____________________________________________________________________________4.Is the “congestion charge” useful?____________________________________________________________________________5.Is there any influence to the central London shops?____________________________________________________________________________Step 2: Careful-reading: Read the passage carefully, and finish the chart. (Individual work)Retell the content of “Congestion charge” by the help of the chart.Step 3: Role-play (Group work)Make a dialogue talking about the following solutions, which can be suitable to solve the traffic problems in Yuncheng? Conclude some traffic problems and make solutions.You can start like this:A: The traffic jam is really serious. Maybe because…B: If so, we should…we’d better…it’s a good idea to…why not…I advise to…how about/ what about…The London Congestion ChargeDefinition A ____ for cars entering the centre of the city.MethodEvery car pay____ a day before ___ at any of the 10000 pay points. People who don’t pay will be punished for___.People’s attitude Most: not _________________ the idea because the charge is ________, and ______ their freedom.A few: think the charge should be ____________. This would _______even more cars ______ of central London.Effect After 6 months, traffic was ________ by about ____percent, and ____________ by 15 percent. More people use _______________ and bikes are _________. Shops didn’t lose____________ even ________ there were fewer cars.
