课程内容

  《Language in use.》
Revision
How do you often travel?
-How do you often travel?
-I usually travel by plane.It is the fastest.
How about you?
-I often go by car.It is the most comfortable
way to travel.
-...
Language practice
1.It's the most comfortable way,but it's also the most
expensive.
2.He lives the farthest from school.
3.It is the fastest and the second cheapest.
4.The more information,the better.
1.Complete the sentences with the correct form of the
words in brackets.
1.This bus takes the longest(long)time because it is the
slowest(slow).
2.The new train travels the fastest(fast)of all the trains
in the world.
3.The cheapest(cheap)way to get there is by coatch.
4.I am in a hurry.What is the fastest(fast)way to get
there？
5.The fastest way to travel is by plane,but usually it
is also the most expensive(expensive).
2.Complete the conversation with the sentences in the box.
a)By plane,but you have to go to the airport by taxi and
that takes time too.
b)The cheapest way is going by coach,but it is not very
comfortable.
c)The most comfortable way is going by train,but it takes
more time than going by plane.
d)There are three ways:by plane,by train and by coach.
C:How can I get to Beijing from here?
TG:d
C:Which is the fastest way?
TG:a
C:Which is the cheapest way?
TG:b
C:Which way is the most comfortable?
TG:c
C:Customer  TG:Tourist guide
3.Complete the conversation with the correct form of
the words in the box.
cheap  close  expensive
good    much  slow
A:What's the(1)best way to go to Qingdao?
B：We can take a plane,but that's(2)expensive.
We can also take a train.It's(3)slower,but it's not so
expensive.The coach is the(4)cheapest way to go,but it
takes the(5)most time.
A:So how should we go?
B:I think the best way is by train because the train
station is the(6)closest to our home.
Learning to learn
Remember:It is easier to learn words and expressions
by putting them in groups with a title,for example,
Travelling:take a bus/plane/taxi/train,by bus/plane/
taxi/train,bus stop/airport/taxi stand/train station.
4.Complete the word map.

 Work in pairs
5.Choose a plance you would like to visit.Ask and
answer the questions about the ways by which you can
get there.
1.What's the cheapest way to get there?
2.What's the most expensive way to get there?
3.What's the fastest way to get there?
4.What's the most comfortable way to get there?
5.What's the safest way to get there?
Complete the email with the words in the box.
book  choice  cost   travel  trip
FROM:Sally
TO:Tony
SUBJECT:Journey to China
Hi Tony,
My family is planning a journey to China in the
summer.
We want to visit Beijing first.Do you think we
should(1)book the plane tickets early?After Beijing
,we want to visit Xi'an and Hangzhou,and maybe somewhere
else.How can we(2)travel form Beijing to Xi'an,by train
or by plane?The(3)cost is not so important,but the time is.
After Xi'an,we want to go to Hangzhou.Is it better to go
to Shanghai first,or can we go from Xi'an to Hangzhou
directly?And after Hangzhou what's the best(4)choice?Can we
make a short(5)trip to Suzhou?What do you think?
Thanks for your help.
Sally
Listen and match the cities with the information.

8.Listen again and answer the questions.
1.Which city has the largest population?
  London.
2.Which cities have the oldest universities in the
world?
  Oxford and Cambridge.
3.Which city is the nearest to London?
  Cambridge.
4.What are the popular places for sightseeing in London?
  Big Ben,Buckingham Palace,Tower Bridge
Around the world
the Trans-Siberian Railway
西伯利亚铁路（是世界最长横跨整个亚洲的铁路）

Around the world
The longest railway
The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway in
the world.You can go from Moscow,the capital of Russia,
to Vladivostok(海参崴）on the east coast.It is not the
fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok,but it
is the most interesting and also the most comfortable way.
Read and answer.
1.Which is the longest railway in the world?
  The Trans-Siberian.
2.How is the Trans-Siberian Railway?
  It isn't the fastest way to travel from Moscow to Vladivostok,
but it's the most interesting and it's also the comfortable
way to travel.
Module  task:
  Making a holiday plan for a family trip to a city in China
Work in groups
9.Make a holiday plan for a pamily trip to a city in China.
Find a map of China.Choose a city to visit,and decide on the
best way to get there.
Make a list of things to do there.
Present your plan to the class,and make notes about other
groups' plans.
I am planning a trip to the Forbidden City in Beijing.I want
to go there by car,I think this is the most comfortable way
to travel but also the most expensive...

Work in pairs
Choose the best plan.
Use your notes to compare the different plans,and decide which
one is best.
I think the trip to Shanghai by train is better because the journey
is shorter and there are a lot of interesting places to visit in
Shanghai.
Grammar
形容词和副词的最高级
  当我们需要对三个或三个以上的人或事物进行比较，来表达最高、最快、最远等
意义的时候骂我们可以用形容词和副词的最高级来表达。如：
  最高级的表达有两种方式：一种是在词尾加-est，另一种是在词前加most。其
变化用下表表示：

以上是符合规律的形容词或副词的变化形式，还有些不符合规律、有特殊的变化形式，
即不规则变化。如：
far-farther-farthest
good/well-better-best
bad/badly/ill-worse-worst
many/much-more-most
little-less-least
形容词和副词的最高级的用法
 当对三者或三者以上的事物进行比较时，通常会用到形容词或副词的最高级。
此时，形容词或副词的最高级前通常加定冠词the；当最高级前有物主代词、
指示代词或名词所有格修饰时，则其前不加the.
一、最高级的句式结构：
the+形容词/副词最高级+表示范围的短语（如of all,the three,in the
world等）。如：
The Ostrich runs the most quickly of all the birds.
鸵鸟在所有鸟类中跑得最快。
She is the tallest girl in her class.
她是班上最高的女孩。
二、最高级的特殊用法：
1.“one of the+形容词最高级+复数名词”表示“最...之一”。如：
William Shakespeare is one of the most famous writers in England.
威廉• 莎士比亚是英国最著名的作家之一。
Soccer is one of the most watched sports in America.
足球在美国是观众最多的运动项目之一。
2.“the+序数词+形容词最高级+单数可数名词”表示“第几...”。如：
The Yellow River is the second longest river in China.
黄河是中国第二长河。
Shanghai Tower is the first tallest building in China.
上海中心大厦是中国第一高楼。
3.“形容词/副词比较级+than+any other+单数可数名词”也可以
表达最高级意义，表示“比其他任何...都...”。如：
Jim is cleverer than any other boy of his age.
吉姆比同龄的任何男孩都聪明。
I like the Chinese new year better than any other festival.
我喜欢中国新年比喜欢其他任何节目更甚。
Exercise
Fill in the blanks in the correct form of the words.
1.Tony lives farthest(far)from the school in his class.
2.Going by bus is the best(good)way to get to school.
3.I think going by bicycle is the most dangerous(danger)
way of all.
4.Lingling's home is the closest(close)to school.
5.Daming has the fastest(fast)journey by bicycle.
6.The box is the heaviest(heavy)of all.
7.Of all the boys,Li Tao runs fastest(fast).
8.David is the strongest(strong)in the class.
9.Who is the oldest(old)of you three,Eric?
10.Which is the most interesting(interesting)way to travel,
by car,by plane or by train?
11.The Amazon is the second longest(long)river in the world.
12.Of all the students,Linda does her homework most carefully
(carefully).
13.Beijing,the capital of China,is one of the biggest(big)
cities in the world.
Join sentences.
1.farthest,he,school,bus,Tom,takes,usually,lives,from,so,a
  Tom lives farthest from school,so he usually takes a bus.
2.in,the,fastest,world,train,the,Shanghai-Pudong,the,Express,is
  Is the Shanghai-Pudong Express the fastest train in the world?
3.about,the,takes,hour,car,half,journey,an,by
  The journey takes about half an hour by car.
4.islands,we,take,to,can,the,ferry,the
  Can we take the ferry to the islans?
5.cheapest,taking,way,to,a,is,the,bus,travel00
  Taking a bus is the cheapest way to travel.

Rewrite sentences.
1.I go to school by bus.(改为同义句)
  I take a/the bus to school.
2.Li Ming gets to school by bike every day.(对画线部分提问)
  How does Li Ming get to school every day?
3.John is taller than any other boy in his class.
(改为同义句)
  John is the tallest boy in his class.
4.Dogs are popular pets in my country.(改为最高级)
  Dogs are the most popular pets in my country.
5.She is the tallest in her class.(同义句转换)
  She is taller than any other student in her class.
6.He is going to Beijing by train.(对画线部分提问)
  How is he going to Beijing?
9.dance,she,best,our,in,school(.)(连词成句)
  She dances best in our school.
10.It is about 30 miles from his school to the town.(对画线部分提问)
   How far is it from his school to the town?

Homework
Write a short passage about the journey from Beijing to Jinan.