Module One: Travel

Unit One: The flight was late.

Which of these forms of transport do you like most / least? (use most/least often)

Why do you like travelling by ...?

I like travelling by ... because ...

Listening Text:

1.airplane 飞机2.departure lounge 候机室3.what form of transport 什么样的交通方式

airline departure lounge late

Listen to the tape carefully, please.

Answer the questions:

They are going to take an airplane.

1.What form of transport are they going to take?

2.What has happened?

3.What do they have to do?The flight is three hours late.

They have to return to the departure lounge and wait

Flight number: __________

From ________ to _________

Leave: _______ New time: _______

Arrive: _______ New time: ______

Flight takes: _______ hours

Time difference: ________ hours

Listen again and complete the table:

CA938

London Beijing

20:30 23:30

14:30 17:30

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I: Listen and read after the tape. Then read in three groups:II:Listen again and complete the chart.

Person Holiday place

Holiday activity

Form of transport

Betty Beijing

Daming

Lingling

Tony

sightseeing bus,taxi,coachHong kong

Landau Island plane, boat

Henan province

doesn't say train

UK family visit plane

1. How was your holiday? Not bad.

假期过得怎么样？ 不错。2. The trip back was very long.

回来的旅途花的时间太长了。3. be full of 充满 = be filled with

4. for over six hours 六个多小时= more than

5. fly back 乘飞机回来 = go back by plane / air

6. It's the busiest season in China because of Spring Festival.

它是中国最繁忙的季节了，因为要过春节。7. have quite a good time 玩得很高兴8. go sightseeing 观光9.take a tour by coach to the Summer Palace

坐公共汽车去颐和园10. go for a walk 去散步11. better get back to work 最好回去工作

had better do sth. 最好 做某事not 不要

12. at the end of the term 在期末at the start of 在 ... 开始时

13. There are plenty of fun things to do this term. 这学期有许多有趣的事要做。14. the school leavers' party 学校毕业晚会15. We'll have a great time.

我们将玩得很开心 / 过得很愉快。

... the trip back was very long.Better get back to work.plenty of fun thingsWe'll have a great time!

1.W hen do you think the conversation

takes place?

2.Did Lingling generally enjoy her

holiday?

When they get back to school after winter holidays.

Yes, she did.

3. Why is travel "so difficult in winter?

4.What are Daming, Lingling and Betty looking forward to this term?

Because it's the busiest seaso in China.

The school trip, the school leavers' party, a visit to the theatre and a trip to Los Angeles.

Activety 7: complete the sentences:1.Lingling had a good holiday although

_________________________.

2.Tony is flying back tomorrow because

___________________.

3.There are exams at the end of the term,

so Daming is ________________________.

4.Because there will be plenty of fun things

to do, they ___________________.

the trip back was very long

the flights were late

going to get back to work

will have a great time

Activity 8: 1.work in groups of three.2.listen and repeat.

Activity 9:Say this conversation:1.First read it by yourselves,2.Then listen to the tape and check.

Talk about your holiday and this term:

1.What you did:2.Talk about the trip:3.Say what you're looking forward to this term: