牛津高中英语模块7 Unit4教案
T: what do the two pictures above tell us?
S: Terrible accidents happened.
T: Every day we go to school and come back home by bus, by bike or on foot. We should know how to protect ourselves form the road accidents. Today we will learn a passage which tells us something about the traffic accidents and road safety.
First, let’s discuss the following questions:
1. What should you pay attention to when you go to school by bike?
2. What do you need to do to avoid accidents on your way to school on foot?
3. If you are a bus driver, what do you think you should or shouldn’t do when you drive students to their school?
4. What are the possible reasons for the traffic accident? What do you think should be done to avoid a traffic accident?
Discuss them in your groups and write your group answers down, then report them to the class.
Step 2: Part A
1. Reading
Now we are going to read an article entitled Traffic Accidents and Road Safety. From the title, what information do you think the reading passage will give us? (It will mainly talk about two things: the causes of traffic accidents and how to be safe on the road.)
Now read the article carefully and find answers to first four questions in Part B.
Answers
1 Traffic accidents involving vehicles are mainly caused by drivers who make incorrect actions, such as not paying attention while driving, being impatient in a traffic jam, speaking on a mobile phone while driving, drinking alcohol, speeding and so on.
2 Accidents involving bicycles are usually caused because cyclists are not paying attention to the cars around them, or carrying a passenger. Sometimes accidents occur with bicycles when the brakes on their bicycles do not work properly or their bicycles do not use