1、Traffic JamMODULE 2Cultural CornerCultural corner1.Understand the meaning of the passage2.Describing traffic jams correctly.1.Give advice or information to visitors to your hometown2.Improve the abilities in reading&speaking.Do you know about the cities?Is Beijing the only city with traffic problems
2、?Does the traffic problem occur only in developing countries?What about the developed countries?Whats your opinion?Look at picturesLook at the questions before read the text1.What is a congestions charge?2.Is Beijing the only city with traffic problems?3.Where does the worst problem occur?4.Can you
3、give some names of the cities where the worst problems occur except the cities the passage mentioned?5.Which city is now the USAs most congested city?Pre-readingLook at the questions before reading the text6.What did the Mayor of London introduce according to the passage?7.How can they solve the pro
4、blems according to the passage?8.Did Londoners agree with the idea to pay the charge for cars coming into city centre?Why?9.Were the cars coming into central London reduced?What did more people use to get to work?10.Who think the charge should be increased?Why?A.not only in Beijing but in US as well
5、.B.anywhere in the world Choose the best answer1.People can get stuck in a traffic jam _.C.in the outside spaceD.Both A and B New YorkFast ReadingChoose the best answer2.What is the congestion charge?A.It is a tax for vehicles coming into the central city in London B.It is only tax the people who li
6、ve in London have to pay.C.It is a tax for cars enter London.D.Both A and C.Choose the best answer3.Most of the people in London_.A.are willing to accept the idea to pay some money for coming into central city B.agree with the idea of congestion charge to solve the traffic problems C.dont want to pa
7、y money when they enter the central London D.though that the fee is expensiveChoose the best answer4.Which statement is true according to the passage?A.The charge is helpful to reduce the number of the cars coming into central city.B.A survey carried out at the eng of 2003 showed the cars coming int
8、o central London reduced.C.More people used public transport or bicycles to get to work.D.all of aboveChoose the best answer5.Who thinks the charge should be much higher?A.The people who plan to increase the charge.B.The people who are rich businessmen and work in the central city.C.The people who w
9、ant to park their cars out of the city center.D.all of aboveLets read the passage again and learn the passage carefully.The London Congestion ChargeReadingThe possible answers to the questions1.What is a congestions charge?2.Is Beijing the only city with traffic problems?3.Where does the worst probl
10、ems occur?No,Beijing isnt only the city with traffic problems.The worst problems occur in cities which are growing fast.It is a tax for cars entering the city centre.Post-reading 4.Can you give some names of the cities where the worst problems occur except the cities the passage mentioned?5.Which ci
11、ty is now the USAs most congested city?The worst problems can occur in any cities all over the world,such as Hong Kong,Singapore,Macau,Tokyo.Los Angeles is now the USAs most congested city.6.What did the Mayor of London introduce according to the passage?7.How can they solve the problems according t
12、o the passage?The Mayor of London introduced a congestion charge.They can charge a tax for cars entering the city centre,and every car has to pay 5 a day.8.Did Londoners agree with the idea to pay the charge for cars coming into city centre?Why?9.Was the cars coming into central London reduced?What
13、did more people use to get to work?No,they didnt.They thought the congestion charge is expensive,and limits their freedom.Yes,they was.More people use public transport and bicycles to get to work.10.Who think the charge should be increased?Why?The rich businessmen think the charge should be increase
14、d because they can easily afford it,and they think this would keep even more cars out of central London and the road would be nearly empty.The best way to see my hometown is to take a minibus or to go around by bike.And if you want to go to the Northeast Tiger Zoo,youd better take a taxi.1.Which is
15、the best way to see your hometown?Speaking practice The best time to use public transport is from 9:30 in the morning to 3:30 in the afternoon.There isnt much traffic jam during the period,and the traffic often better than other hours.2.When is the best time to use public transport?Yes,they are very
16、 cheap,just 1 or 2 yuan every time you get on the bus.You can simply raise your hand on a street,and a taxi will appear in front of you.3.Are the bus cheap?4.How can I get a taxi?Yes,you can see the signs of the underground stops which tell you where it can take you to go in the bigger streets.5.Is
17、the underground easy to use?6.Do public transport services operate at night?Most of them operate until 10:00 or 10:30 pm.Giving adviceYou should Make sure you Its a good idea to You should take a taxi if you want to go to the Northeast Tiger Zoo.Make sure you know the time when the traffic is better
18、.Its a good idea to go there by bike.Module FileGiving adviceWhy not?Why dont you?Youd better Why not go there by bus?Its very convenience.Why dont you go around by bike?Youd better take underground to get there.Its faster than the other public transport.In this unit,we learned how to give advice,and how to talk about the traffic.When we give advice,we should use-Why not/Why dont you?/Make sure you/You should/Its a good idea to/Youd better Summary1.Talking about the traffic in your town,and giving advice to visitors about the public traffic.2.Finish the exercise of this unit.HOMEWORK
