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Unit 1 The Changing World
On the Fast Track
Reading · Section B (1a-1f)
省级优质课 / 公开课课件
课时 45 分钟
Unit 1 · Reading
Learning Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you will be able to:
1. predict the main idea from the title and pictures;
2. scan for key information and complete tasks;
3. understand and retell the passage On the Fast Track;
4. talk about international cooperation that brings changes.
Unit 1 · Reading
Pre-reading · 1a
Discuss and Share
Does your hometown have a train system?
How does it benefit local lives?
Think about: convenience · speed · jobs · travel · business
Page 6 · 1a · Pair work
Pre-reading · 1b
Look, Predict and Check
Look at the title and the picture. What is the text probably about?
Making predictions:
• The title and pictures can help you guess what the text is about.
Predict:
1. What is the text probably about?
2. What does “on the fast track” mean?
3. Where do you think this place is?
Page 6 · 1b · Prediction strategy
Pre-reading · The Picture
Look at the Photo
What can you see in the picture?
• A fast train on a new railway
• The train passes through railway
• People travel quickly and comfortably
Guess: Where is the railway?
Who helped build it?
Page 6 · Picture prediction
While-reading · Fast Reading
On the Fast Track
Read the passage quickly and check your prediction.
Reading tip:
• Read the title and the first sentence of each paragraph first.
• Don't stop at new words.
Find the answers to:
1. What is the text mainly about?
2. Where is the railway?
3. Who helped build the new railway?
Page 6 · Fast reading · 5 minutes
While-reading · Check
Answers to Fast Reading
1. What is the text mainly about?
The new Mombasa-Nairobi railway built with China's help and how it has changed local people's lives.
2. Where is the railway?
Between Mombasa and Nairobi, Kenya.
3. Who helped build the new railway?
China. / The Chinese friends.
Click to show each answer
While-reading · 1c
Match the Numbers with the Information
Tip: Scan for numbers (2017, 1901, 480, 10, about 4, over 2 million) and read the sentences around them.
Page 7 · 1c
2017
1901
over 2 million
480
10
about 4
While-reading · 1d
Read Again and Answer
1d Read the passage again and answer the five questions.
Questions:
1. What type of writing is the text?
2. What was the problem with the old railway?
3. How have local Kenyans benefited from the new railway?
4. Why is it important to make food transport easier?
5. What does “on the fast track” mean?
Page 7 · 1d
While-reading · 1d
Check the Answers
Click to check each answer.
1. It is a news report / a feature article.
2. The old trains were very slow. It took 10 hours to get to Nairobi from Mombasa. The only transport links were rough roads and an old railway line built in 1901.
3. A government worker said people have become rich; a businessman said it is convenient and doesn't cost much; a supermarket manager said food transport is much easier now.
4. Because people now have more fresh food to eat.
5. It means the railway is fast / things are developing quickly.
Click to show each answer
While-reading · 1e
Complete the Table
Page 7 · 1e
opened
The old railway was built in 1901 and was very slow.
It has cut the travel time to about 4 hours.
More than 2 million people use it every year.
people have become rich
convenient, doesn't cost much;
food now takes only two or three trains.
The railway shows how different countries can work together to build a better world.
Post-reading · 1f
Discuss the Questions
Work in groups and discuss:
1. Have you seen or heard of any similar changes in the world over the last several years? Where was it and what happened?
2. In what other ways can China work together with other countries to build a better world?
Page 7 · 1f · Group discussion · 6 minutes
Language Focus
Words & Expressions
railway · transport link · benefit · convenient
make business deals with ease · on the fast track
cut the travel time · more than two million people
Useful sentence:
• The railway shows how different countries can work together to build a better world.
Language focus
Retelling
Retell the Passage
Retell the passage with the help of the key words:
• opened in 2017 · old railway in 1901 · very slow
• cut travel time to about 4 hours · 2 million people
• government worker · businessman · supermarket manager
• food transport · two or three trains
• work together · build a better world
Retelling · 4 minutes
Summary
What We Learned
Prediction strategy:
• The title and pictures can help you guess what the text is about.
Main idea:
• The new Mombasa-Nairobi railway built with China's help has changed local people's lives.
Key phrase:
• on the fast track = rapid development
Summary
Homework
After Class
1. Retell the passage to your partner in the next class.
2. Finish the vocabulary exercises 2a-2c on Page 8.
3. Think about one more example of international cooperation and be ready to share.
Homework
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Reading · On the Fast Track
Unit 1 · The Changing World
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