Traffic_JamCulture_corner课件.ppt

* Traffic Jam MODULE 2 Cultural Corner Cultural corner Understand the meaning of the passage 2. Describing traffic jams correctly. 1. Give advice or information to visitors to your hometown 2. Improve the abilities in reading speaking. Do you know about the cities? Is Beijing the only city with traffic problems? Does the traffic problem occur only in developing countries? What about the developed countries? What’s your opinion? Look at pictures Look at the questions before read the text 1. What is a congestions charge? 2. Is Beijing the only city with traffic problems? 3. Where does the worst problem occur? 4. Can you give some names of the cities where the worst problems occur except the cities the passage mentioned? 5. Which city is now the USA’s most congested city? Discuss the questions in pairs while you are reading Pre-reading Look at the questions before reading the text 6. What did the Mayor of London introduce according to the passage? 7. How can they solve the problems 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? Discuss the questions in pairs while you are reading A. not only in Beijing but in US as well. B. anywhere in the world Choose the best answer 1. People can get stuck in a traffic jam ______. C. in the outside space D. Both A and B New York Fast Reading Choose the best answer 2. 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 live in London have to pay. C. It is a tax for cars enter London. D. Both A and C. Choose the best answer 3. 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