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Unit 1
The Changing World
Section B (1a~1f)
Unit 1 The Changing World
Section B 1a-1d
Engagement
What is called SGR?
Learning objectives
1. 能根据标题、图片预判课文内容,理解数字作用,读懂蒙内铁路给各方带来的好处;
2.能说出蒙内铁路项目的价值,明白这条铁路体现出的中非友好合作;
3. 能简单说说家乡/身边交通发展带来的变化,分享自己的看法;
4. 能识记重点词汇和短语。
Exploration
1. What is the text probably about?
Tip:
The title and pictures can help us to predict.
Maybe it’s about fast railway transport, high-speed trains or something that develops fast.
A. expository(说明文)
B. practical(应用文)
C. narrative(记叙文)
D. argumentative(议论文)
2. What type of writing is the text?
Exploration
What does “ On the Fast Track” mean?
Exploration
Let's read and find the answer.
In 2017, the new 480-kilometre Mombasa-Nairobi railway was opened. Before then, the only transport links between Mombasa, Kenya’s main port, and Nairobi, Kenya’s capital, were rough roads and an old railway line built in 1901. The old trains were slow. It took 10 hours to get to Nairobi from Mombasa by train.
Exploration
Read and answer the questions
Q1: When was the Mombasa-Nairobi railway opened?
Q2: How long is it?
Q3: What’s the capital city of Kenya?
Q4: What were the old transport links(交通方式) between Mombasa and Nairobi?
Q5: How many hours did people spend taking the old train from Mombasa to Nairobi?
肯尼亚的主要港口
肯尼亚的首都
480 kilometres.
形容词,480千米长的
However, the new railway, built with China’s help, has already cut the travel time between Mombasa and Nairobi to about four hours for passengers. Now, more than two million people use it every year.
Exploration
Read and answer the questions
Q6: How many people take the new railway every year?
Q7: How many hours does the new railway cut down(减少,缩短) for the trip between Mombasa and Nairobi?
About six hours.(旧线路10小时,新线路4小时,缩短6小时)
cut ...to 减少到/至
built 过去分词作后置定语,被建成的
Scan Para 1–2 and match the numbers with the information.
about 4 10 480 1901 2017 over 2 million
1. _______: the year the new railway was opened
2. _______: the year the old railway line was
built
3.____________ : the number of people who use
the new train every year
4. _______: the length of the Mombasa-Nairobi
railway in kilometres
5. _______: the hours it used to take to reach
Nairobi from Mombasa by train
6.________ :the hours it takes to reach Nairobi
from Mombasa now by train
2017
1901
over 2 million
480
10
about 4
about 4 10 480 1901 2017 over 2 million
Look at the following numbers:
Why does the writer use a lot of numbers?
Because numbers are more powerful than words and they can make the article more believable.
Elaboration
Local Kenyans have benefited a lot from the new railway. A government worker said, “I’m very happy with the new railway built by our Chinese friends. Many changes have taken place in the town over the last few years, and the people who live here have become rich.”
Exploration
benefit ...from... 从......获益
Q8:Why does the government worker use “friends” here?
Read and answer the questions
To show close relationships between Kenya and China and express thanks to China’s help with building the new railway.
A businessman said, “My experience of using the train since 2017 has been good. It is very convenient and doesn’t cost much money. I am able to get to places on time and make business deals with ease.” The railway has also made the transport of food easier. Food used to take hundreds of lorries to carry between the two cities, but now it takes only two or three trains,” said a supermarket manager. As a result, people now have more fresh food to eat.
Exploration
便利;方便
花费,主语为物或事
能够
准时
达成商业交易
轻松的;轻而易举地
上百辆货车
经理
Read and answer the questions
Q9:What does the businessman think of the new railway?
Q10:Why can people eat more fresh food now?
He thinks it is good, convenient and cheap, and helps him get to places on time and make business deals easily.
Because the railway makes food transport much easier
Although China and Kenya are far away from each other, the railway shows different countries can work together to build a better world.
Read and answer the questions
离...远;
What can we learn from the story of the railway between China and Kenya? (Please write at least two points.)
eg:
1. Countries far away from each other can help and work with one another.
2. Great changes can be brought by hard work and international cooperation.
3. Convenient transportation makes people’s lives much better.
Elaboration
What does “ On the Fast Track” mean?
It means the speedy/fast new train route(路线).
It means the fast railway in Kenya.
It means the partnership between Kenya and China is growing fast.
Elaboration
It means fast local development in Kenya with fast transport.
It means ...
a 480-kilometre railway 一条480公里的铁路
before then 在那之前
transport links 交通线路
with one's help 在某人的帮助下
cut … to … 把……缩减至……
more than 2 million 两百多万
benefit … from … 从……中获益
over the last few years =
over the last several years 在过去几年里
9. 物+cost +钱 某物花费多少钱
10. be able to do … 能够做某事
Summary
on time 准时
make business deals with ease 轻松达成商业交易
hundreds of lorries 数百辆卡车
as a result 因此;结果
be far away from … 离……很远
the number of … + 单数谓语 ……的数量
the length of … ……的长度
similar changes 相似的变化
Summary
Language points
1. Before then, the only transport links between Mombasa and Nairobi were rough roads and an old railway line.
在那之前,蒙巴萨和内罗毕之间唯一的交通连接是崎岖的公路和一条旧铁路线。
transport v.运输,运送;n. 交通运输,运输工具
public transport 公共交通
transport...from...to... 把……从……运到……
transportation (n.) 运输,交通(美式常用,与transport同义)
Trucks transport fresh fruit from one city to another.
卡车把新鲜水果从一个城市运送到另一个城市。
The new railway has made the transport of products easier.
这条新建铁路让产品运输变得更加容易。
2. I am able to get to places on time and make business deals with ease.
我能准时到达各地,轻松地达成商业交易。
deal n.交易,协议 ;v. 处理,应对
deal with 处理,应对
a great deal of 大量的(+不可数名词)
make a deal 达成协议/做交易
1. We need to deal with this problem immediately.
2. The project needs a great deal of time and energy.
这个项目需要大量的时间和精力。
3. We made a good deal with the local businessman.
我们和当地商人做成了一笔不错的生意。
In 2017, the new Mombasa-Nairobi railway was______ (open). Since then, the new railway ________ (cut) the travel time from 10 hours to about 4 hours.
______ China’s help, the railway _________ (bring) many changes to Kenya. Local people ________ (become) richer. The train is convenient, helping business people arrive ______ time and make more business deals. Food transport is ______ (easy), so people have more fresh food.
It shows countries can work together ______ (build) a better world.
Evaluation
opened
has cut
With
has brought
has become
on
easier
to build
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