Unit 1 Section B 1a-1f & Vocabulary in Use 2a-2c Reading and thinking学案 2026-2027学年人教版九年级英语上册

Unit 1 Reading and thinking
阅读与思维探究学案

The Changing World 变化中的世界
Name 姓名 __________  Class 班级 __________  Date 日期 __________

Textbook focus 教材范围  Section B 1a–1f, pp. 6–7; Vocabulary in Use 2a–2c, p. 8.
Time and outcome 课时与成果  Two 40-minute lessons.  Explain how the writer supports a claim, then connect transport and environmental change.

Lesson 1 Predict and check 第一课时 预测与核验

5 min • Look at the title and train picture on textbook p. 6. What may “On the Fast Track” mean? Write your prediction. Read the text to check it.

My prediction: ____________________  After reading: ____________________

On the Fast Track 迈上快车道

Textbook text 教材原文 • Section B 1b, p. 6. Read the figures as information reported in this textbook.

(1) 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 very slow. It took 10 hours to get to Nairobi from Mombasa by train.

(2) 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.

(3) 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.’ 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.

(4) Although China and Kenya are far away from each other, the railway shows how different countries can work together to build a better world.

Word help 词语帮助: port 港口; benefit 受益; lorry 卡车; with ease 轻松地.

Lesson 1 Evidence and structure 第一课时 证据与结构

1 Read numbers as evidence 解读数字证据

7 min • Complete the fact record from 1c. Add units. Then choose the two figures that best show the change in journey time.

 

The journey is about ______ hours shorter. Why is a before-and-after comparison stronger than “The train is fast”? __________________________

2 Trace the voices 追踪不同人物的声音

10 min • In paragraph 3, what does each speaker help the reader understand? Write one supporting detail for each.

 

Which voice connects transport most directly with what people eat? Why?

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3 Map the writer’s choices 分析作者的安排

8 min • Give each paragraph a job. Explain how paragraph 3 supports the final paragraph.

Paragraph 1: __________________  Paragraph 2: __________________
Paragraph 3: __________________  Paragraph 4: __________________

Choose the best description and give evidence: a personal diary / an informative report / a railway timetable. What does the writer want readers to understand?

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Lesson 1 Reason beyond details 第一课时 超越细节寻找

4 Read the title again 重读标题

5 min • Explain the title at two levels: the train journey and the development of local life. Use two details from different paragraphs.

Literally 字面上: __________________________________________________
More broadly 引申义: ______________________________________________

5 Evaluate a claim 判断观点的依据

5 min • A reader says, “The new railway has solved every problem in Kenya.” Is that claim fully supported? Write a fairer claim and identify one thing the text does not tell us.

A fairer claim: ___________________________________________________
Evidence: _______________________________________________________
A question still open: ______________________________________________

Language support 语言支架: The text shows that … / This suggests … / It does not tell us whether … / We would need … to find out.

Independent transfer 独立迁移

Optional after class • Write a 60-word explanation for a younger student: “How can a railway change everyday life?” Use one number, one person’s experience and one link between action and result. Do not copy a whole paragraph.

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Success check 成功标准

I have used accurate evidence; explained a cause-and-effect link; distinguished the writer’s message from a claim that goes beyond the text.

My strongest piece of evidence is __________ because __________.