Module3CulturalCornerTeachingAims:•1.Learnandgraspthefollowingimportantusefulnewwordsandexpressions.•2.Developthereadingability.AndfindoutthedifferencesbetweentheMaglevandtheordinarytrains,andtheadvantagesoftheMaglev.•3)Developthewritingability.•maglevn.&adj.磁力悬浮火车(的)•magneticallyadv.有磁力地,有魅力地•levitatev.(使)轻轻浮起,(使)飘浮空中•magnetn.磁体,磁铁•premiern.总理•chancellorn.长官,大臣NewwordsTrainshavechangedalotsinceitwasborn.Let’stakelookatit’shistory.Readthepassageandanswerthequestions.1Whatarethemaindifferencesbetweenamagneticallylevitatedtrainandanordinarytrain?Itisfaster,lessnoisyanduseslessenergy.2WhataretheadvantagesoftravellingonaMaglevtrain?Youtravelveryquicklyandquietly.Thetrainuseslessenergy.1.Travellingataspeedofover400kilometersperhour,thetraincancompletethe30-kilometerjourneyineightminutes.列车以每小时400公里的速度行驶,八分钟就能完成这段30公里的旅程。Travellingataspeedofover400kilometersperhour是现在分词短语在句子中作状语。2.TheTransrapidMaglevistheworld’sfirsthigh-speedtrainusingmagneticlevitatedtechnology.TheTransrapidMaglev是世界上第一列用磁悬浮技术的高速列车。usingmagneticlevitatedtechnology是现在分词作定语。3.ataspeedof…以…速度(后加具体数字)汽车以每小时60公里的速度行驶。Thebusgoesataspeedof60kilometersanhour.拓展:atlowspeedathighspeedatfull/topspeedwithall/greatspeed低速高速全速很快地•4.trackn.轨迹,车辙,跟踪,航迹,足迹,路,磁轨,途径•vt.循路而行,追踪,通过,用纤拉•vi.追踪,留下足迹,走•Wefollowedhistracksthroughthesnow.•我们跟着雪地上他留下的脚印下。•Thetrainlefttheranoffthetrack.•火车出轨了。Groupwork•Describethefirsttimeyoutraveledalongdistancetoyourclassmate.Example:IfirsttraveledalongdistancebytrainwhenIwassixyearsold.IwentwithmyparentsfromShanghaitoBeijing.Payattentionto:Who,when,where,what,why&howThinkofatouristspotwhereyoumadeatrip.Makenoteson:howtogettherewhatyoudidtherethingsthathappenedtoyouwhenyouwerethereTrytofindphotographs,postcards,mapsandsouvenirstosupportyourreportHomework