Talk about your journey by car train

Talk about your journey by car / train / plane.

He went to stay with his family in the UK. Why is travel so difficult in winter? We flew direct to Hong Kong. We took a tour by coach to the Summer Palace.

Then we took a boat to Lantau Island went to Disneyland. This is Seat 12 A, but you should be in Car 9. This is Car 8.

冠词英语中的冠词有三种, 一种是定冠词 the, 另一种是不定冠词a / an，还有一种是零冠词。一、不定冠词的用法： an, a是不定冠词, 仅用在单数可数名词前面, 表示“一”的意义, 但不强调数目。

a用在以辅音（指辅音音素）开头的词前, an用在以元音（指元素音素）开头的词前, 如：a boy, an hour, a university, an elephant。 1. 表示人或事物的某一类。 A plane is a machine that can fly. 2. 表示某一类人或事物中的任何一个。 This is an apple.

3. 泛指某人或某物但不具体说明何人何物。 A man is waiting for you there. 4. 表示“一个”的意思。 My father will be back in a week. 5. 有时也表示“每”的意思。 We have three meals a day.

二、定冠词的基本用法：定冠词the与指示代词this，that同源，有“这（那）个”的意思，与名词连用，表示某个或某些特定的人或东西。 1. 特指某(些)人或某(些)事物。 Pass me the apple, please. 2. 指谈话双方都知道的人或事物。 Where is the teacher?

3. 复述上文提过的人或事物。 I have a beautiful wallet, but the wallet was stolen yesterday. 4. 世界上独一无二的事物等（月亮、地球、天空、宇宙）。 The sun rises in the east. The earth goes round the sun. 5. 用在方位名词前。 in the south, in the west, in the north, in the east

6. 用在序数词或形容词最高级前。 The first thing I want to say is to listen carefully in class. He is the tallest one in our class. 7. 表示两者间“较……的一个”时用定冠词。 He is the taller of the two boys. 8. 用在单数可数名词前表示一类人或事物。 The horse is a useful animal.

9. 定冠词用在形容词前, 表示一类人或东西。 the rich, the poor, the deaf, the wounded 10. 用在姓氏的复数形式前表示一家人或这一姓的夫妇二人。 The Browns went to Beijing last Sunday. 11. 在西洋乐器前加the。 the piano, the violin

12. 在习惯性短语中。 in the morning, in the afternoon 13. 在人或物后有限定性的后置定语。 The man standing by the gate is Tom’s father. 14. 在世纪，年代名词前用冠词。 in the 1980 s或in the 1980’s in the nineteenth century

三、零冠词： 1. 在物质名词，抽象名词前不用冠词。 The desk is made of wood. 2. 专有名词前不加冠词。 China, Beijing, Mary 3. 名词前有物主代词、指示代词、定代词、名词所有格修饰时不用冠词。 this, my, that, those, these, Tom’s

4. 月份, 星期, 季节前不用冠词。 Sunday March summer winter 5. 在表示一类人或事物的复数名词前不用冠词。 My mother and father are school teachers.

6. 在breakfast, lunch, supper三餐前不用冠词。如这些词前有形容词修饰可用不定冠词。 I have breakfast at seven every day. I had a good lunch yesterday. 7. 在球类，棋类名词前不用冠词。 He often plays football after school.

1. Complete the conversation with a, an, the or zero article where necessary. A: I’m really looking forward to the (1)______ summer holiday. We’re taking (2)______ trip to (3)______ a / Paris!

B: How wonderful! It’s (4)______ an interesting and beautiful city. How long will (5)_____ flight take? the A: The flight takes about (6)_____ hour. an When we arrive, we will get to our / The hotel by (7)_____ bus. (8)_____ hotel is the right in (9)_____ centre of (10)______ the city, so we can visit all the famous places.

B: Are you planning to visit (11)______ / Louvre Museum? A: Yes, we are.

2. Underline the correct words. 1. Children have to go to school / the school when they are six years old. 2. I’m a teacher at school / the school on the corner. 3. He’s got a lovely garden. Flowers / The flowers in it are really beautiful. 4. Make sure you get to the airport in time / in the time for your plane.

5. – How many CDs have you got? – Only few / a few. 6. That’s most / the most interesting news I’ve heard for a long time. 7. How long have Whites / the Whites lived here?

3. Complete the sentences with the words in the box. fight landed ready seat station tour 1. She had an important meeting that afternoon, so she had to take an earlier_______. fight 2. Please take your ____. seat

3. Sam went with Jane to the railway ____ to see her off. station 4. It is wonderful to _______ the streets tour of the city. 5. Flight KA 846 from Hong Kong _______ five minutes ago. landed ready 6. “Please have your tickets ______, ” said the ticket officer.

4. Complete the sentences with the expressions in the box. As long as forward to because of full of looking make yourself comfortable 1. They will not arrive on time because of ______ the bad weather. 2. Everyone in China is looking forward _______ to ____ seeing their family members during the Spring Festival.

3. Lie down on your bed and make yourself comfortable ____________. full of 4. The journey was _______ exciting experiences. As long as 5. ______ you can come by six, I will be here.

5. Listen and complete the notes. London to Sydney 12 London – Hong Kong: ____ hour(s) 9 Hong Kong - Sydney: ____ hour(s) From airport to centre of Hong Kong: 1 ____ hour(s) 1199 Price of flight: ￡____ 1247 Price of flight and hotel: ￡____

Sydney to London 24 Sydney – London: ____ hour(s) 1119 Price of flight: ￡____ Price of flight and hotel near airport: 17 ￡____ From airport to centre of Sydney: 20 _____ kilometers

6. Work in pairs. Look at the notes you have made in Activity 5. Talk about: ● ● Which flight takes a longer time? Which is more expensive?

7. Read the passage and complete the table. Advantage of Concorde fast speed short time of journey ● Disadvantage of Concorde ● ● noisy bad for the environment hurt people’s ears

8. Read the passage again and answer the questions. 1. How many passengers could Concorde carry? It could carry one hundred passengers. 2. Why do many people think Concorde was one of the greatest planes? Because it flew faster than the speed of sound.

3. How many hours did Concorde take to fly from London or Pairs to New York? It took people from London or Pairs to New York in just over three hours.

9. Work in pairs. Talk about your recent travel experience. Say: ● ● ● how you travelled how long the journey took how you felt about it Now write a passage about your experience.

查尔斯·奥古斯都·林德伯格（Charles Augustus Lindbergh，又译林白， 1902年 2月4日－1974年 8月 26日）是一位著名美国飞查尔斯·奥古斯都·林德伯格行员、作家、发明家、探险家与社会活动家。

他于1927年驾驶单引擎飞机圣路易斯精神号（Spirit of St. Louis. ），从纽约市罗斯福飞行场横跨大西洋飞至巴黎巴黎－勒布尔热机场，成为历史上首位成功完成单人不着陆飞行横跨大西洋的人，并因此获赠荣誉勋章。美国圣地亚哥林德伯格国际机场即以他的名字命名。

Read the passage and answer the questions: 1. Who was the first pilot to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean? Charles Lindbergh was the first pilot to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean. 2. When was his plane completed? It was completed in April, 1927.

3. What was the plane like? It was three metres high and weighed 975 kilos. 4. Where did he take off in May 1927? He took off from New York. 5. How long did he fly? He flew for about thirty-three hours.

10. Work in groups. Find a news story about a good deep and turn it into a short play. Decide: ● ● ● the characters the place and time the plot Now write the play.

11. Decide who will play each character. 12. Act out the play to the whole class.

1. Lee Min-ho is ____ actor from South Korea. He sang ____ Chinese pop song on the 2014 CCTV New Year’s Gala. (2014连云港) A. the；an B. /; the C. an；a D. a; /

2. Let’s take ______ photo! Everyone, cheese! (2014河北) A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 3. –Look! There is a monkey eating ____ apple in the tree. –En, ____ monkey is very cute. (2014达州) A. a; a B. a; the C. an; an D. an; the

4. –Have you seen ____ film Where are We Going, Dad? –Yes, it’s ____ interesting film! (2014扬州) A. a; the B. the; an C. a; an D. the; the

5. –How was _______dinner at Mike’s house? –It was great. Mike’s mum is _______ wonderful cook. (2014黔西南州) A. a; the B. the; a C. the; the D. a; an

6. –What _______ heavy rain it was! –Yes, but I love _______ air after it rains. It smells so fresh. (2014河南) A. the; a B. a; the C. the; the D. a; a

7. Join is _______ famous singer. She has a lot of fans. (2014重庆) A. a B. an C. the D. / 8. I think English is ______ useful language, and it’s also ______ important language. (2014宜宾) A. an, a B. a, an C. an, the D. a, the

9. My cousin went abroad at _____ age of eighteen. (2014杭州) A. a B. an C. the D. 不填 10. – Why did you laugh just now？ – Ted wanted to tell us ______ very funny story, but he forgot ______ ending himself. (2014呼和浩特) A. a; an B. the; the C. the; a D. a; the

Write the play in Activity 10.