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1、Unit 7 Problem Facing Cities实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesIn this unit, you willObjectives listen to a passage about traffic jams and the actions to take; read two articles about the problems facing cities; enlarge your vocabulary related to cities; get some tips

2、about participle; read and write instructions.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesListening and SpeakingText AGrammar TipsText BComprehensive ExercisesPractical Reading and WritingWarm-up实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesHousing in the US

3、Classroom ActivityBackground Information The United States is a restless, mobile nation. Statistics show throughout their lifetime, most Americans will move around 14 times. Generally speaking, the house of an American is small when he is young and again when he is elderly; usually for financial or

4、home maintenance. But it might be very large while he is in his prime. 实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesBackground InformationClassroom ActivityAmericans housing can be roughly divided into three types: apartment buildings, town/country houses and mobile homes.The co

5、sts of housing are terribly high, nearly 30% to 50% of a familys income.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesA. Pair WorkWork out a short dialogue based on any of the following situations.Background InformationClassroom Activity1. Li Ping usually goes to work by bus and

6、is often stuck in traffic. Zhu Li tells her that bicycling would be a better choice because it is good for health and often saves people time, especially during the morning rush hours. After the talk, Li Ping agrees to try bicycling the next morning.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Proble

7、ms Facing CitiesBackground Information2. Xiao Zhang is newly married. He and his wife earn 5,000 yuan a month, but an average three-bedroom apartment in the city now costs about 600,000 yuan. The couple are talking about their daily expenses and the money they can save, and about the prospects of bu

8、ying a three-bedroom apartment within ten years. Both are worried.3. Julie loves all the facilities the city provides: shops, supermarkets, bars, restaurants, cinemas, libraries, the subway, so on and so forth. But city life, with all its problems of traffic, housing and pollution, does not have muc

9、h appeal to Jessica. Each girl tries to convince the other but neither succeeds.Classroom Activity实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesB. Group WorkDevelop a story together beginning with the sentences given below. Each of you should contribute at least two sentences so

10、that finally there will be a complete story. Background InformationAriel wants to move to the suburbs where housing costs less and the air is fresher. Michelle laughs at her decision, saying that the daily journey into and out of the city will .Classroom Activity实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案

11、Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesC. PresentationMake a three-minute presentation in answer to either of the following questions.Background InformationWere you ever stuck in traffic? How did you respond, waiting patiently or grinding your teeth and cursing?2. Can you list some other problems people who l

12、ive or work in the city have to face on a daily basis?Classroom Activity实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesListen to the passage and supply the missing words or phrases. There is no doubt that traffic congestion has become a growing worry for the (1) of most urban area

13、s. Many major roads are regularly choked with traffic(2) . The limited transport capacity (3) largely to the vexing problem. How can we solve this headache?SpeakingListeningI. Listeningresidents_in rush hours _contributes_实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesSpeakingList

14、ening The existing (4) mainly aim at creating metro bus systems and (5) major roads. Widening the existing roads can solve traffic snarlups (6) . Soaring car ownership (7) the chronic problem, so we must sharply reduce the heavy reliance on cars and drive a shift to mass (8) . We can create a system

15、 of customized bus routes and (9) the development of subway, trolleys and light rail. The effective (10) of these solutions will enable urban areas to enjoy a smooth traffic flow.solutions to traffic jams _broadening_on some level _compounds_transportation_combination_highlight_实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版

16、）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesDiscuss with your partner the following questions based on the information from the passage you have just heard.II. SpeakingSpeakingListening1. What problem is becoming more and more serious in urban areas?Traffic congestion.Hints 实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第

17、4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesSpeakingListening2. How does the problem affect our life?Many major roads are regularly choked with traffic in rush hours.Hints 3. What should we do to solve the problem?The existing solutions to traffic jams mainly aim at creating metro bus systems and broa

18、deningmajor roads. Also we must sharply reduce the heavy reliance on cars and drive a shift to the mass transportation. We can create a system of customized bus routes and highlight the development of subway, trolleys and light rail.Hints 实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing C

19、itiesthat is joined to the outside wall of a building on an upper level 阳台ComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Studysuburb n.an area on the edge of a large town or city where people who work in the town or city often live 市郊，郊区the largest political division of a state in the US,

20、 or a political division of the UK or Ireland, forming the largest unit of local government (美国)县；(英国)郡county n.balcony n.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Studyoverlook v. provide a view of, especially from ab

21、ove 俯视，鸟瞰an area of water smaller than a lake, often artificially made 池塘pond n.toll n.a small amount of money that you have to pay to use a road, cross a bridge, etc. (道路、桥梁等的)通行费toll road收费公路beltway n.a main road that goes around the edge of a town, allowing traffic to avoid the town center 环城公路实用

22、综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study(车辆等)驶入jam n.a long line of vehicles that are not moving, or are moving very slowly; a dense crowd of people 拥挤，堵塞发生，进行go onpull intoa short private road which leads from a

23、public road to a house 车道driveway n.与达成协议；妥协，让步come to terms with实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Studybeat v.take action before sth. happens 避开，躲避或抵消的影响把拉向一边pull asiderun into遭遇；陷入(困境等)the buildings of a coll

24、ege or university and the land that surrounds them 校园campus n.energetic physical exercises, often performed with a group of people to music, which make the heart, lungs and muscles stronger and increase the amount of oxygen in the blood 有氧健身运动aerobics n.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Pr

25、oblems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Studygym n.a large room with weights for lifting, horizontal bars and other equipment for exercising the body and increasing strength 体育馆irritable adj. becoming annoyed very easily 易怒的，暴躁的by nature 生来，出于天性easily annoyed by

26、 someones mistakes or because you have to wait 不耐烦的，急躁的impatient adj.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Studysignal v. municate silently and non-verbally by gestures or signs 发信号，以信号表示或通知a gesture, action or sou

27、nd that is used to convey information or instruction 信号；标志bypass v.avoid sth. by going around it 绕道，迂回come from behind another vehicle or person and move in front of them 超车；赶上，追上overtake v.in line成一直线；挨次，依次实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and Expr

28、essionsVocabulary BuildingText Studysoul n.the spiritual part of a person which some people believe continues to exist in some form after their body has died, or the part of a person which is not physical and experiences deep feelings and emotions 灵魂；心灵takeout adj. (of a meal) cooked and bought at a

29、 shop or restaurant but taken somewhere else, often home, to be eaten (饭菜)外卖的在前面，在前方in front housekeeper n.a person, especially a woman, whose job is to organize another persons house and deal with cooking, cleaning, etc. 女管家 实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehe

30、nsionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Studysuffering n. serious physical or mental pain 痛苦，受难cause liquid, air or gas to move from one place to another by means of a piece of equipment designed for the purpose 用泵抽运；用泵打气such a piece of equipment for forcing liquid, air or gas into or out

31、of sth. 泵；唧筒pump v. n.heartbreaking adj. causing extreme sadness 令人心碎的实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText StudyFairfax County:a county in the state of Virginia, U.S.A. 费尔法克斯县Proper Namesthe Dulles Toll Road:an 8-

32、lane (4 lanes in each direction) highway approximately 14 miles in length, extending from the Capital Beltway and providing access to the DullesInternational Airport 杜勒斯收费公路实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Stu

33、dythe Capital Beltway: (华盛顿特区附近的)首都环城路Proper Namesthe University of Marylandone of Americas most renowned universities, located in College Park, Maryland, near Washington D.C. 马里兰大学实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary Building

34、Text Study1 Amy Collins lives in the quiet country suburbs ofwestern Fairfax County. Her house has a big garden, issurrounded by grass and trees, and has a huge balcony that overlooks a beautiful pond.2 But she rarely enjoys them. Her commutes have robbed her life of them.Amys Decision实用综合教程（第二版）实用综

35、合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study3 Each morning she has to spend at least an hour and 15 minutes on her way to work, first struggling on the Dulles Toll Road what she calls her “daily disaster” then the Capital Beltway

36、. The jam often gets so bad that she has to call her secretary from her car. “I cant bear it any more,” she would say. “Anything going on?” When she reaches the University of Maryland where she works as an executive, she is often in a bad mood.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Fac

37、ing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study4 And when she finally pulls into her short driveway atthe end of the day, there is no time left to battle the weeds in her garden. “I have no life. No life at all,” she would say. The only strength she has is to switch on the

38、television set.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study5 Amys trouble reflects a reality many Americans have to face: if you want to have the kind of home and job you desire, you have to come to terms with the d

39、aily trouble of traveling into and inside the city.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study6 Amy has tried every means to beat the rush. She used to pull aside the bed covers in the dark of winter to be on the r

40、oad by 6 a.m., but it wasnt early enough to avoid running into morning jams on the Beltway.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study7 She tried entering the city later and staying at her office until early evenin

41、g, or remaining on campus after work to swim and do aerobics at the university gym. But too often there would be an accident and she wouldnt pull into the driveway until 8 p.m.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText

42、Study8 She also experimented with the subway. But that meant she had to make three changes and the journey could stretch to two and a half hours.9 Cheerful by nature, she became ever more irritable as a commute that took only 45 minutes when she started the job in 1998 grew longer.实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（

43、第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study10 And she grew ever more impatient with other drivers those who would overtake her car suddenly, who wouldnt signal before switching lanes, who would bypass jams by speeding along the shou

44、lders.11 Then she became one of those drivers, refusing to wait in line to exit the Toll Road onto the Beltway and instead moving along the queue to cut in front. “Deep in my soul I know cutting is evil and shouldnt be done,” she says. “But the commutes have cost me too much time and I just cannot c

45、oncentrate on my job.”实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study12 Time is one problem; then there is the money. Tootired to cook, Amy and her husband, who also commutes to his job as a computer security expert, o

46、rder takeout dinners about four times a week. Too tired to pick them up half the time, they have to call takeout taxies and in this way spend more money. Too tired to clean their four-bedroom, three bathroom home, Amy hires a housekeeper. Recently, she read a newspaper article about the expense of c

47、ommuting and auto maintenance and thought about the gas she was pumping into her car each week. She did the math. “I am only bringing home a really small amount of money.”实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionWords and ExpressionsVocabulary BuildingText Study

48、13 Sometimes Amy thinks the shortage of roads andbridges has caused her suffering. Sometimes she takes the other side of this familiar Washington debate: commuters have only themselves to blame for living so far from work. She is often puzzled.14 What she is sure about is that her lifestyle must bec

49、hanged. So she has made the decision: quitting her job at the University of Maryland.15 “It is really heartbreaking because I like working thereso much.”实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesActive Wordsv. (1) 支撑；负担，承担 The ice is too thin to bear your weight. (2) 忍受，容忍 I

50、cant bear Grant; he is so rude! (3) 结(果实)；生(孩子) She has borne him two sons. (4) 具有，带有；显示 The girl bears a remarkable resemblance to her father.ComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsbear实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary

51、BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsn. 熊Brown bears are very much a part of the Alaska scene.Her mom bought her a teddy bear as a birthday gift.bear . in mind 记住(某事)You must always bear your fathers advice in mind.bear on/upon 与有关系，对有影响How does this bear upon the problem under discussion?bear实用综合

52、教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsv. (1) 到达，达到 When does the train reach London? (2) 伸手(取某物)；把(某物)递给；够到，触到 Please reach that book for me. (3) 联系 Ive been trying all day to reach him on the telephone, but he se

53、ems to have disappeared.reach实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsn. (手、活动、心力等所及的)范围 I like to have a dictionary within my reach when I am writing.reach实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Fac

54、ing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsn. (1) 开关，电闸 The light is not on; you must have pressed the wrong switch.(2) 转变，转换 After several switches of direction I found myself in front of the post office.v. 转变，转换 The lights switched from red to green.switch实用综合教程（第二版）实

55、用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsswitch on/off 打开/关闭 Please switch off the electricity; Ill check the desk lamp.switch实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary Building

56、Text StudyWords and Expressionsv. (1) (接连地)打，击 The boy was beaten to death. (2) (心脏等)跳动 Her heart was beating with joy. (3) 打败，战胜 We beat them at football yesterday. (4) 避开，躲避；抵消的影响 She stayed at her office till early evening so as to beat the heavy traffic.beat实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案U

57、nit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsn. (1) (有规律的)敲打或跳动；节拍 The beat of the drum can be heard far away. (2) 日常所经过的路线；(警察的)巡逻路线 The policeman was on his beat.beat实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabul

58、ary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsbeat around/about the bush 旁敲侧击，转弯抹角Dont beat around the bush get to the point!beat sb./sth. down 使某人降价；杀价He wanted 100 yuan for the shirt but I beat him down to 50 yuan.beat up 痛打，狠揍He was badly beaten up by a group of young guys he didnt know.beat实用综合教程（第

59、二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsv. (1) 冲，奔 She rushed out of the room in tears. (2) 急速运送 She is badly hurt we must rush her to hospital. (3) 催促，使仓促行动 I must think things over, so please dont rush me.rush实用综合教程（第

60、二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Problems Facing CitiesComprehensionVocabulary BuildingText StudyWords and Expressionsn. (1) 匆忙；繁忙；急促的动作 I dont like the rush of city life. (2) (感情等的)一阵激动 She slapped him across the face in a sudden rush of anger.rush实用综合教程（第二版）实用综合教程（第二版）第第4 4册电子教案册电子教案Unit 7 Prob