1. 冀教版　八年级上册
Lesson 36
Clean Cars

2. Talk together! What is it? It’s Danny’s presentation, Flying Donuts.
How does it fly?
Danny puts on an old backpack. He gets on a chair and jumps down.

3. Jenny has to think of an invention and present it to the class
Jenny has to think of an invention and present it to the class. She would like to invent a clean car.

4. We can see so many cars. They are bad for our environment.
What should people do?
People should walk or pedal more often. At the same time, new kinds of fuel should be used in the future.

5. What types of fuel will people use many years from now on?
Maybe water, sun or wind energy.

6. Listen and Tick Jenny and Li Ming talked about different types of
transportation over the next ____ years.
one hundred one thousand one million
2. Jenny would like to invent a ________
hoverboard clean car backpack
3. Li Ming travelled across the city by ____.
bus bike train

7. Read and Answer
1. Does Jenny’s presentation go well at first?
2.What does Li Ming think about cars?
3. What did Li Ming do today?
4. What’s Li Ming’s idea about
clean cars in the future?

8. Keys:
1. No, it doesn’t.
2. He thinks cars are bad for the environment.
3. He rode across the city. He pedalled for more than an hour.
4. In the future, cars will probably
use water or sun energy.

9. Read More and choose the best chice.
Modern transportation is very important in our lives. Years ago people had to move heavy goods from one place to another by hand. Today, modern transportation including ships, planes, trains, and automobiles(汽车) helps us a lot.
However, every coins has two sides. Modern transportation has some problems. With more cars on the road, there have been more traffic jams and accidents. And it causes heavy air pollution.
Here in China, scientists are working on developing modern fuel that produces less pollution. We can also help reduce air pollution from automobiles by only driving when it is necessary and using public transportation if possible.
Read More and choose the best chice.

10. Read More and choose the best chice.
Exercises:
The underline word means ______.
develop B. make … less C. cause
2. By saying “every coins has two sides”,
the writer means ______.
modern transportation is like coins
B. modern transportation has advantages and disadvantages.
C. every coin has more than one side
3. We can help reduce air pollution by_____.
A.Making fewer cars B.using public transportation
More C.carrying goods by hand
Read More and choose the best chice.

11. Group Work I Talk with your partners and fill in the table. car/bus
Trans--
portation
car/bus
bicycle
plane
train
ship
Advan-tages
Disad-vantages

12. Group Work II
Introduce your family’s favourite type of transportation and tell some advantages or disadvantages of it.
My Family’s Favourite Transportation
___________________________________________

13. Homework
Finish the exercises in Activity Book and Learning English.
2. Learn words and useful expressions of
this lesson by heart.
3. Go over the whole unit.

14. See you and have fun!

15. Language points present v. 呈现 present …to … 把 …… 呈现给……
presentation n. 介绍，陈述
jump down 跳下

16. Language points
2. think of 想起，记起
think about 考虑关于……
think over 仔细考虑

17. Language points 3. be bad for 对……有坏处 pedal v. 踏……的踏板；骑自行车 n. 踏板
过去式 ____________
现在分词 ____________
pedalled
pedalling

18. Language points
4. from now on 从现在开始
energy 能量 (不可数名词)

19. Language points across the city 穿越城市 across the street 穿越街道
through the window 穿过窗户
though 从(空间位置)穿过
more than 超过