• 九年级下册外研版• Module1 Travel • Unit2You are sitting in my seat.

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Describe these picturesUnit 2 You are sitting in my seat.Unit 2 You are sitting in my seat.

• Have you ever met such a situation?

• How do you feel about taking the

train?

• How about the environment on the

train?

• Are there so many people?

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Listen and answer Listen and answer

It happens on a train.

He is going to Beijing.

Yes, he does.

1. What does the story happen?

2. Where is Lin going?

3. Does Lin have the right ticket?

Read and number Read and number

… his first long trip by train …

… leaving his village and his home …

… sitting in Lin’s seat.

Slowly the young man stood up …

This young man has the right tickets …

With tears in his eyes …

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1.Lin often dreamed about the _____,

and about going to the _______.

2. Lin ________, _______ to speak.

3. Lin looked at the other __________

for help.

4. I am _______ ____ before you.

5. It’s ______ hours away from her.

Listen again and fill in the blanks. Listen again and fill in the blanks. train

capital

nodded unable

passengers

getting off

seven

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Choose the best answerChoose the best answer

1. How old was Lin?

A. 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?

A. 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 _____.

A. at Beijing

B. at the next stop

C. at Lin’s village

D. at 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 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.

Talk about these questionsTalk about these questions

1. How does Lin feel about this trip? Why?

Do you think you will ever have the

same feelings about a trip?

He feels unhappy and sad. He is angry

with the person who takes his seat.

If I meet such a man in my trip,

I will also be very angry.

2. Was Lin right to ask the young man

to move?

I think he was right to do so because

the young man’s ticket was in another

car and he was tall and strong and

besides he was impolite.

3. What do you think of the young man’s

behaviour?

4. What do you usually do if you see

someone standing on a bus or a train?

Bad and impolite.

If someone standing on a bus or a train

is old, ill or pregnant, I will let them take

my seat.

5. Can you think of ways to make travel

by bus, train or plane better?

Make some suggestions about: the

season, the time of day, the number

of seats, booking tickets…

Language points

1. Now it was in front of him, to set

off soon. 火车现在就在他前面 , 马上就要开了。

这里的 set off 表示“出发，起程，动 身”。例如：

They wanted to set off early in order

to get there on time.

他们想早点出发，以便准时能到达那里。

2. Lin nodded, unable to speak.

林点点头，说不出话来。 unable to speak 是一个形容词短语， 说明点头时的状态。 unable 表示“不能的，不会的”。 be unable to do 表示“不能做某事”。 例如 : Many passengers were unable to

reach the lifeboats.

许多乘客无法够到救生艇。

3. He held Jin in his arms. 他拥抱着金。 in one’s arms 意为“在……怀中”，

注意 arm 要用复数形式。如： She has a big dictionary in her arms.

她怀里抱着一本大词典。

4. I’ve got a long way to go. 我要坐很长时间的火车。 have a long way to go 通常表示“（为 达 到某个目标）仍有许多事要 做”。 例如： Li Lin has still got a long way to go before she becomes a successful teacher. 要成为一名成功的教师 , 李林仍有许多 路要走。

Write about something that happened

during a trip you have made.

Write about something that happened

during a trip you have made.

1. Say when and where you were going.

Last summer I was coming back from my

holidays in Jilin.

I was travelling by train.

2. Say how you were travelling.

I lost my ticket and bag.

I was travelling with my parents.

3. Say what happened before you left.

4. Say who was travelling with you.

5. Say what happened.

The guard told me to leave the train.

My father showed the guard the

ticket and explained what happened.

6. Say how the story finished.

A: Where have you been?

B: I have been to Jilin.

A: When did you go there?

B: I went there last summer vacation.

A: What happened before you left?

B: I lost my ticket and bag.

Sample dialogue:Sample dialogue:

A: Who was traveling with you?

B: I was traveling with my parents.

A: What happened on the train?

B: The guard told me to leave the train.

A: What happened in the end?

B: My father showed the guard their

tickets and explained what happened.

QuizQuiz

1. I think that _____ century will bring

us more hopes.

A. twenty-one B. twentieth-first

C. twenty-first D. twentieth-one

2. About _____ of the workers in the

clothes factory are women.

A. third fifths B. third fifth

C. three fifths D. three fifth

3. _____ people were hurt in the train

accident.

A. Hundred B. Hundred of

C. Hundreds of D. Hundreds

4. On that day, _____ people came to the

square and celebrated.

A. thousand of B. thousand

C. thousands D. thousands of

5. He has a _______ daughter.

A. two years old B. two-year-old

C. two-year old D. two year’s old

6. Where are the students? Are they in

_______?

A. the Room 406 B. Room 406

C. the 406 Room D. 406 Room

1. Learn the new words by heart.

2. Retell the story in your own words.

3. Finish off the workbook exercises

11-13.

HomeworkHomework