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Unit 3 Conservation
Lesson 3
Important Things to Know before Taking Public Transport in London
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教材分析本课是一节阅读课,该语篇主要由两部分构成,第一部分主要介绍了汽车对英国社会人们的影响,如汽车数量的增长、车祸造成的死亡率、汽车污染以及引发的各种疾病等;第二部分主要介绍了环保专家给出的如何减少使用汽车的五条环保建议,虽然合理且简单易行,但是人们在执行时有一定的困难,主要是汽车成为了生活的一部分,人们已经离不开汽车了。教学目标 在本课学习结束时,学生能够:1. 了解英国社会汽车对人们的影响;2. 明确作者的观点,就环保专家提出的如何减少汽车使用的建议发表自己的看法;3. 对比中西方汽车文化,提升环保意识。教学重难点【教学重点】1. 通过学习这篇文章,使学生了解在英国汽车对人们都有哪些影响。2. 能够结合实际,就如何减少汽车使用的建议发表看法并对建议进行补充,提升环保意识。【教学难点】通过了解汽车对人们生活的影响,如何从我做起,减少汽车使用,为环保事业做贡献。
How do you feel when you get stuck in traffic jams?
Warming-up
to feel anxious
to feel annoyed
to feel stressed out
to feel tired
to feel angry
to feel helpless
Warming-up
What other negative effects are caused by cars ?
give off exhaust gas
get hurt or killed in vehicle accidents
Warming-up
Brainstorm words/phrases related to traffic.
Traffic
Road
Vehicles
Influence
Feeling
/behavior
roadwork, construction work, pedestrian, pavement, highway, freeway, lane, speed limit, crossroads, roundabout …
accident, death, air pollution, traffic jam, global warming, carbon dioxide, cancer, climate change, greenhouse gas, get stuck in …
angry, stressed out, tired/exhausted, annoyed … complain, quarrel, curse, fight, call police …
public transport, bus, subway, bicycle, car, motorbike, train, wagon, truck, lorry, coach, taxi/cab, ambulance, chariot, delivery van, aircraft, boat …
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While-reading
Read Part 1 of the passage, and then check your predictions.
How many cars are there on the roads?
32 million
By how much has the number of cars gone up in the last 20 years?
25%
How many people die every year in vehicle accidents?
2,500
How many deaths per year are caused by air pollution?
30,000
Traffic problems
Causes:
increase in the number of cars, human’s activities, the development of society
Effects: personal
angry,
stress out, tired
Effects: social
traffic accident, global warming and climate change, deaths and cancer by air pollution