Lesson+33+Life+on+Wheels 冀教版八年级上册英语

Lesson33

LifeonWheelsFromthepasttothepresent,ourlifekeepschangingin

clothes,food,housesandtransportation.Howmanywayscanyouthinkoftousewheels?1.学会有关交通发展史相关的词汇，获取交通的发展史相关信息。2.运用相关的语言表达方式，能给同伴介绍交通的发展史。LearningObjectivesNewwordswingpullcartskateboardablepowerappearmachinespacespaceshipimagineenvironmentCn.

翅膀v.

拖；拉Cn.手推车Cn.滑板adj.

能，能够（用作情态动词）v.驱动；推动

n.能量；力量v.出现；呈现Cn.机器；机械n.太空；空间n.宇宙飞船v.想象；想到n.环境beableto能够disappear消失push推inspace在太空befrombeabletothousandsofyearstwohundredyearsbefullofPhrases来自于能够几千年两百年充满

Howdoweuse(wheels/transportation)?Manyyearsago,people(invented/made)manyhelpfulvehicles,suchastrainsandcars.Thiswasthe(beginning/starting)ofmodemtransportation.It'smucheasierforpeopleto(go/travel)now.Buttokeep(healthy/fine),weshouldwalkorridebicycles.ListenandcircleReadingReadthelessonandfillintheblanks.Thefirstletterisgiven.ThisisJeremy’sreportont_____________.CarsmaketheU.S.anationonw__________.Nowpeoplecaneventraveltospaceins___________.4.Ridingabikeisgoodforourhealthandthee___________.paceshipsnvironmentReadthelessonandfillintheblanks.Thefirstletterisgiven.ransportationheelsHello!Thisismyreport___transportation.Longagohorses_____carts,butnoweverything________havewheels,enginesor______.Inthe1700speople_______thesteamengine.Thensteam__________powerboatsandcars.Withengines,boatscangoveryfastandtheroads__________cars.Over100yearsago,peoplebegantomakeflying_________.Nowpeoplecaneventravelto_______inspaceships.ButIlikethebikebest.It’sgoodformyhealthandforthe____________.onpulledseemstowingsinventedwasabletoarefullofmachinesspaceenvironmentFillintheblanksandtrytoretell.Languagepoints1.Everythingseemstohavewheels,enginesorwings.一切好像都有发动机、轮子或者翅膀。+adj.seemv.好像；似乎+that从句todoTom

似乎是一个聪明的男孩。Tomseemstobeacleverboy.Tomseemsclever.

ItseemsthatTomisclever.2.Thensteamwasabletopowerboatsandcars.之后蒸汽机能给船和汽车提供动力。able

adj.(能)够

beabletodo能够做某事

e.g.He____________swimafterafewdays’practice.注意：beableto有人称、时态和数的变化，可以用于各种时态

can只用于现在时和过去时。否定形式为benotableto=beunabletoto

Jim

____________swimwhenhewas5.

Thetwins__________playthepianonow.willbeableto

wasnotabletoareabletodisabledadj.残疾的3.Nowpeoplecaneventraveltospaceinspaceships.现在人们甚至能乘宇宙飞船去太空旅行。spaceUn.太空spaceUn.空间

（不可数名词）e.g.Thethreeastronuantswillspendtendaysinspace.e.g.Thattabletakesuptoomuchspace/room.inspace

在宇宙，在太空

spacestation

太空站4.Canyouimaginefuturetransportation?你能想象未来的交通方式吗？imagine

v.想像，想到。

imagine+n我很难想象没有水的生活。e.g.Icanhardlyimaginelifewithoutwater.imagine+doing你能想象居住在月球上么？e.g.Canyouimaginelivingonthemoon？拓展：imaginationn.想象力imaginativeadj.富于想象的，有创造力的5.Boatshavebeenaroundorthousandsofyears.

“船已经存在了好几千年。”本句中使用了现在完成时，表示（船存在的）状态的延续。具体数字+hundredthousandmillionbillion+名词复数笼统概念+hundredsthousandsmillionsbillions+名词复数单数复数+of6.…andnowtheroadsarefullofcars.......现在路上全是汽车。befullof

装满，充满（强调状态）e.g.Whenhelookedatherhiseyeswerefulloftears.拓展：befilledwith装满......（强调动作）与befullof是近义词组。e.g.Mylifeisfilledwithhappiness.Grammar1.Everythingseemtobegettingfaster,too.()2.Over100yearsago,peoplebegan

tomakeflyingmachine.()3.Iliketogoeverywherebybikeinmycity.()做宾语做宾语做宾语Exercise:Iamtrying______(use)somenewwordsSummary1.

在19世纪80年代2.seemtobe/seemtodo...

3.befullof4.thousandsof5.imaginedoingsth.6.beableto7.bealwaysdoingsth.8.begoodfor

inthe1880s

似乎是...../似乎做.....

装满，充满许多，成千上万想象做某事能；能够总是做某事.对……有好处Readthepassageandlabelthebicycle.Bicyclemeans“twowheels”.ThefirstbicyclewasprobablycreatedinGermanyin1816.Itwasheavyandhadwoodenwheels.Atfirst,thebicyclehadtwowheelsbutnopedals.Peoplepusheditalongwiththeirfeet.In1938,amanintheU.K.inventedpedals.Themodernbicyclewasinventedin1876inEngland.By1900,bicycleshadtyresfilledwithair.Air-filledtyresmadebicyclesmorecomfortabletoride.Today'sbicycleslookthesameasbicyclesfromthe1900s,butthey