北师大版教案Unit 9 Wheels Lesson 4 Car culture.docx

Objectives 北师大版教案 Unit 9 Wheels Lesson 4 Car Culture To practise making notes of the important from a reading text. To practice using collocations. To talk about traffic and traffic problems. Pre-reading Show some pictures of cars. Ⅰ. Answer the questions about cars. Tell the class. Does your family have a car? If so, what kind of car is it? How often do you travel in it? What car would you like to have? Why? Example We’ve got a Toyota. My dad uses it for work. I don’t travel much in it. But I very much. It makes us comfortable. Ⅱ. Check the meaning of these traffic words in a dictionary. accident（交通）意外, air pollution 空气污染, carbon monoxide 一氧化碳, highrway 高速公路, construction works 施工工程, speed limit 速度限制, pavement 人行道, traffic jam 交通堵塞, crossroads 十字路口 Reading: Read the article and make notes in your notebook. Use the Reading Strategies to help you.Then complete it. Traffic in Britain Number of cars: 25million Increase in the last ten years: 30% Amount of TV advertising: 1/4 Proportion of short car journeys: 25% under 2 miles Chemicals produced by cars: carbon monoxide Health effects of air pollution: 25,000 deaths p.a., types of cancer caused by traffic pollution Number of road deaths: over 3,000 per year Advantages of buses over cars: 40 people travel in 1 bus, you can relax on a bus Advantages of sharing a car: cheaper and kinder to environment Advantages of physical exercise: saves money, keeps you fit and helps you live longer, cuts the risk of heart disease Ways of making streets safer: speed limit, pedestrian area Post-reading Read the text again and answer these questions: 1.What are the A10, the M11 and the M25? Roads. What effect does traffic have on people? 第 1 页 共 3 页 Makes them angry and stressed. Why do people make excuses? Because they want to continue using their cars. What does Jenny Trowe think about car adverts on TV? They present an untrue picture of driving and cars. How does she think we should change our lifestyles? We should take action by wr