江苏省常州市西夏墅中学高中英语Unit4PublictransportReading1课件牛津译林版选修.ppt

1、Reading 1,Unit,4,The first underground in the world,Unit 4,课件描述：,本节课是阅读教学的第一课时，其目的是帮助学生获取有关世界上第一条地铁的信息并学会使用阅读旅游手册的相关技巧。,The first underground in the world.,What is used for?,a tourist brochure,When Who How Why,(dates),(famous people),(events),(reasons),The main ideas of the four parts,Part 1 reasons

2、 why the first underground in the world was developed. Part 2 developments of the first underground before World War . Part 3 some unusual uses of the first underground during World War . Part 4 expansion and popularity of the first underground system,Paragraph 1,Paragraph 2-4,Paragraph 5,Paragraph

3、6-7,This traffic problem led to ,In 1854, 1863 1938,Many underground stations functioned as ,System was enlarged, more lines were added ,reasons why the first underground in the world was developed,Trains,Only went to outer city limits( building railway tracks would have damaged ), were used to conv

4、ey people,Unfortunately, caused unbelievable traffic jams,Development of the LU system,The British government gave approval for the construction ,The initial tunnels were opened and were just beneath the surface of ground,The next section of the underground system was opened,linked up , provided , d

5、ug .,The digging was postponed because of the lack of money,Development of the LU system,A public organization was created,Many new stations were constructed,More people traveled on the underground , so the system was enlarged and more lines were added,The last line was added in honour of ,Who made

6、great contributions to improving the system?,Charles Yerkes,What did he do?,Undertook improving the system by obtaining ownership of many different lines and setting up the Underground Electric Railways of London.,Why did he do so?,Travelling on these lines was not convenient, though, as each line w

7、as possessed by a different company, many were far from each other.,Having seen the situation,Which of the followings is NOT the unusual use of the underground system during the Second World War?,A. Bomb shelter. B. An anti-aircraft centre. C. A hospital. D. Meeting rooms for the government administ

8、ration.,airplane factory,After the Second World War , more people traveled on the underground, so the system was _ and more lines were_. This included the Victoria Line which linked with other lines at almost every station. This helped made the system more _.,It means many of the lines are linked at

9、 many stations. Thus, it is very convenient for riders to go to different places.,added,user-friendly,enlarged,The last line added was the Jubilee Line in 1977, _ the twenty-fifth anniversary Elisabeth II becoming the queen.,in honour of,Now, the London underground system is very _.,The London underground system is working to transport millions of people,three million people travel on underground every day,includes twelve lines and goes twenty-six miles out of central London,popular,Consolidation,News conference about the first underground in the world,Discu