Module 1
Travel Unit 2
You’re sitting in my seat. Welcome
back to school. Have you travelled by train? Lead in 动身;出发 点（头）（表示赞同） 眼泪;泪珠 往;向;朝……方向 香烟 虽然;尽管 下（火车、公共汽车等） set off nod tear towards cigarette though get off New words Presentation Difficult words： unable push jeans jacket interest stronger passengers brave disappear 不能 推 牛仔裤 夹克衫 兴趣 更大的, 更强的 乘客 勇敢的 消失 Choose the best answer. 1.How old was Lin? He was 16 years old.
b) He was 26 years old. c)
He was 10 years old.
d) He was older than his brother. 2. What was it like on the train? It was almost empty.
b)
It was full of people and bags. c)
There were few people. d)
There were a number of empty seats. 3. The man sitting in Lin’s seat _____________. a) was bigger and stronger than Lin
b) was very brave c) needed the seat more than Lin d) was more interesting than the other passengers
4. What did the man with glasses do? a) He looked out of the window.
b) He shouted at Lin. c) He told the young man to move.
d) He disappeared down the train.
5. The young man in Lin’s seat would get off the train at
_______.
a) Beijing
b) the next stop
c) Lin’s village
d) Hangzhou
6. How long would Lin stay on the train?
a)10 minutes.
b) One day.
c) 12 hours.
d) More than seven hours.
7. What did the young man sitting in Lin’s seat do in the
end?
a) He gave up the seat.
b) He found another seat for Lin.
c) He shouted at the man with glasses.
d) He looked at Lin’s ticket. l. Lin often dreamed about the train… dream about /of
做梦，梦见 e.g. － What did you dream about?
－I dreamed (that) I was flying into the moon. I dreamed of seeing her last night. Language Points 2. …to set off soon. set off :动身，出发 e.g. It’s getting late－time to set off .天晚了——该出发了。
They set off in search of the lost child.
他们出发去寻找那个丢失了的孩子。 set about doing sth. 开始做某事 e.g. we set about cleaning up the mess. 3. …leaving his village and his home for the last 16 years. ……他将离开他生活了16年的家乡。 4. With tears in his eyes, Jin pushed Lin away. 金眼中充满泪水，把林推到了一边。
with+名词+介词短语 在句中作状语 e.g. With a book in his hand, he ran out of the room.
With the help of her teacher, she passed the exam. 5. He pushed past them towards his seat. 他挤过人群朝他的位置走去。
towards 朝，向 （介词） e.g. They saw her walking towards the bank.
将近，大约
He is towards sixty. 6. …while the man looked out of the window.
……然而那个人却朝窗外看去。 look out of 向外看look out 当心 look over 检查身体
look for 寻找 7. The other people watched with interest.
其他人都饶有兴趣地看着。 with interest : 带着兴趣 （interest 为名词） e.g. The audience are watching the movie with interest.
I have no interest in politics.
My son is showing an interest in music. be interested in 对……感兴趣
Are you interested in football?
Almost all the children are interested in the
interesting cartoons. 8. Lin looked at the other passengers for help.
林向其他的乘客求救。
e.g. If you are lost in a strange city, you can ask a
policeman for help.
9. Finally a man wearing glasses spoke in a loud voice.
最后一位戴眼镜的人大声讲。
wearing 现在分词作定语相当于Finally a man who was wearing glasses spoke …
10. Even if
it’s only 10 minutes, you should move. 即使只有十分钟，你也应该移动。
even if :即使，虽然，尽管＝even though
e.g.
Even if we could afford it, we wouldn’t go abroad for our holidays.
even as :正当，恰在……时候
Even as I was phoning her, she was leaving the room.
我在给她打电话的时候，她正要离开房间。
1.Fill in the blanks
The train to Beijing! Lin often _______________ the train, and about __________________. Now it was in front of him, to ________ soon. He looked at his brother.
“Don’t forget ____________________, little brother,” Jin said. “And watch your bags carefully.”
Lin nodded, ________________. This was his first long trip by train _______________________, leaving his village and his home _____________________.
dreamed about going to the capital set off where you come from unable to speak at the start of his new life for the last 16 years Practice
He held Jin ____________. _____________ in his eyes, Jin _______________. “Go, brother. Write to us ___________ you get there, OK?”
Lin ______________the train. There were people and bags everywhere. He _______________________ his seat. in his arms With tears pushed Lin away as soon as jumped onto pushed past them towards was wearing
jeans a smart jacket was smoking Six pairs of eyes looked out of a nervous smile with interest turn to
A young man was sitting in Lin’s seat. He __________ _______ and _______________, and _____________ a cigarette.
What should he do? _______________ looked at Lin, while the man _____________ the window.
“Sir, you’re sitting in my seat,” Lin said, with ___________________. The other people watched _______________.
The man didn’t __________ look at Lin, but just looked out of the window.
“Excuse me. I have a ticket _________________the seat_________________!” Lin said _________________.
“I also have a ticket with that number－though ________________. Besides, I was here first,”said the man, ________________________. Though he was sitting, he looked very tall and strong. with the number of you’re sitting in in a stronger voice in another car it is without moving his head for help I’m not moving wearing glasses the right ticket have got a long way to go To the last stop am getting off Hangzhou was far away
Lin looked at the other passengers _________.
“But…” He started to say. “But what?” The man
turned and looked at Lin. “__________________.”
Finally a man ________________ spoke in a loud
voice.
“This young man has _______________ for
that seat.
You should move.”
Lin felt brave. “See?
Please move. I_______________________.”
“How long?” the young man asked.
“_________________, Beijing.”
“I_______________ before you. Then you can
have my seat.”
“Where is that?” asked Lin.
“Hangzhou.”
Lin thought _______________________.
“It’s __________________________,” the man with glasses said. “_________ it’s only 10 minutes, you should move.”
Slowly the young man ___________, dropped his
cigarette on the floor, and _________________________. seven hours away from here Even if stood up disappeared down the train set off
get off
besides
start to
at the start of
hear from
be good for
refuse to
take…around…
though 1. _________he had a cold, he went to work as
usual. 2. John ________ in the morning and arrived there in the afternoon. 3. We three also passed the exam __________ Mike. 4. The old woman hasn’t ________________ her son
for a long time. 5. You can’t ___________the bus until it has stopped. 6. He is kind-hearted, and he never ______________
help others. Though
set off besides heard from get off refuses to 2. Complete these sentences with the correct form of the words or phrases in the box. 7. The guide __________ us___________ the London Zoo. 8. I left home_____________ the year and came back home
at the end of the year. 9. You should eat more vegetables because they ____________ your health. 10. After the teacher’s explanation, he ____________
understand the question. took around at the start of are good for started to 3. According to the Chinese meanings, complete the English
sentences with proper words. 1. 眼中含着泪，他离开了家乡。 ______ _______ _____ his eyes, he left his hometown. 2. 那位母亲怀里抱着她的孩子。 That mother ______ her child ____ ________ ______. 3. 你昨晚梦见什么了？ What did you _________ __________ last night? With
tears
in held
in dream
about
her
arms 4. 这部戏剧大约九点钟结束。 The play ________ ________ around 9 o’clock. 5. 你决定好我们晚餐吃什么了吗？ Have you ________ ________ _______ ________ about what we should eat for dinner? 6. 你能帮我一下吗？ Can you _________ me _______ _________? 7. 他们已经向成功迈出了第一步。 They have taken _______ _______ _______towards
success. 8. 我过去每天抽四十支香烟。 I used to _______ __________ __________ a day. was
over
made
up
your
mind
give
a
hand the
first
step
smoke
forty
cigarettes 4. 单项选择 1) Shark is getting old and can’t jump as _____ as he did.
A. high B. higher C. highest 2) —Can you tell me ______? —I think it’s his.
A. where he lives
B. where does he live
C. whose this dictionary is 3) I’ve got ______ “A” in my history test.
A. a
B. an
C. the 4) Shanghai is ______ city.
A. so a beautiful
B. very a beautiful
C. quite a beautiful 5) ______ the students in our school ______ over two thousand.
A. The number of; is
B. The number of; are
C. A number of; is Homework Write a passage about how often your family members travel. There is no such thing as a great talent without great will-power. 没有伟大的意志力，便没有雄才大略.