1. Module 7 Improving our lives
高二牛津（下）
Module 7 Improving our lives
Unit 4 Public transport

2. 牛津高中英语课堂教学课件
Module 7
Improving our lives
星悦课件创作室

3. Unit 4 Public transport The second period Reading(1)
Guangde No.3 Middle School: Gao Bo

4. Review of different means of transportation
Steam train

5. bus

6. ship

7. coach

8. underground

9. maglev

10. aeroplane

11. Lead-in
Among all these means of transportation mentioned above, which can you take in our city?
In recent years, Nanjing has got a new means of transportation, do you know what it is?
Do you know something about the first underground in the world?

12. Skimming(1) Skim the text and find the general idea of the passage.
This article is a tourist brochure about how the London Underground developed.

13. Skimming(2) In 1863 2. Why was the Victorian time important?
1. When was the first underground system opened?
In 1863
2. Why was the Victorian time important?
Because it linked with other lines at almost every station, making the system more user-friendly.
3. What did Charles Holden do?
He is the architect that designed many of the stations between 1918 and Many of the stations are still in use today.

14. Scanning Why was an underground system first developed in London?
Most railway tracks did not go into the London city centre, so buses were required. This increased traffic on the road. The underground system transported more people without increasing traffic on the road.

15. 2. What was the London Underground like in 1863?
The carriages did not have windows and were pulled by steam engines through narrow tunnels.

16. 3. What did Charles Yerkes do to improve the underground?
He bought many of the different lines and set up the Underground Group.

17. 4. meeting rooms for the government administration.
4. What are some of the different things that the underground has functioned as?
It has functioned as
1. a bomb shelter
2. an aeroplane factory,
3. anti-aircraft centre
4. meeting rooms for the government administration.

18. More lines were added because more people traveled on the underground.
5. What happened to the London Underground after World War Ⅱ?
More lines were added because more people traveled on the underground.

19. 6. What does it mean when the brochure says that the underground system is user-friendly?
It means that many of the lines are linked at many stations. Therefore, it is very convenient for riders to go to different places in the city from any station.

20. Structure analyzing Part paragraphs Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4

21. The main ideas of the four parts
Part 1: reasons why the first underground in the world was developed.
Part 2: developments of the first underground before World War Ⅱ.
Part 3: some unusual uses of the first underground during World War Ⅱ.
Part 4: expansion and popularity of the first underground system

22. Development of the LU system before World War II
dates
event
1854
1863
1868
1884
An underground railway was decided to be built
The first tunnels were opened
The next section of the underground system was opened
The underground service was provided in the middle of the city

23. Development of the LU system before World War II
1933
After 1945
1977
A public organization was created
London transport was expanded
More people traveled on the underground and more lines were added
The last line was added

24. Reading strategy: Reading a tourist brochure
Key facts of a tourist brochure
1. History of a certain place or an item, including its dates and years
2. Some important people concerned
3. Interesting facts
4. Persuasive and interesting language

25. DISCUSSION
What is your impression of the London underground? Please use your own words to give a description.
Old
User-friendly
Complex
Convenient …

26. Blank-filling
While I went sighting in London, I visited the London _____________. Like most tourists, I was very interested in it as it is the ___________ system in the world. It is also very ___________. I was told that the first part of the underground system opened in __________ and it took people from the ___________ of London to the city _________. The tunnels under the ground were very narrow compared to the last line that was constructed in __________. When __________ first ran in these tunnels, there was lots of _________ and ___________. I think it must have been horrible and damp down there! When I come back, I’ll show you the brochure and the album of photos I took there.
underground
oldest
complex
1863
boundary
centre
1977
carriages
noise
smoke

27. Another problem was that there were a dozen _________ lines, which were not linked. This made the system not _____________ , but now the different lines have been ___________. The union of the different lines makes traveling on the London Underground much more ______________. I bought a ticket at a _________ and rode the underground three times. It was quite good. Even the stations built in the 1920s were quite ___________. Another interesting thing was that the tunnels were used for all sorts of things during ________________, such as a_______________ and an anti-aircraft center.
different
user-friendly
joined
convenient
discount
modern
World War II
bomb shelter

28. Role-play
Suppose you are a guide. Now you are leading a tourist group to Nanjing City. Please combine the knowledge of our hometown you have already known with the language skills we learned today to give the tourist a short speech.

29. Homework Remember the new words learnt in this period.
Unit Revision: Period 2.

30. Good staying with you!
Thank you
The end !