unit 6 travel
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Unit 6 Travel. 1. 2. 3. 4. Warm up. Part I. Part II. Part III. Contents. Warm up. Brainstorming: Means of Transport What’s your favorite means of transport and why?. Warm up. Tricycle. motercycle. Plane. Bicycle. Means of Transport. Train. Ship. Car. Bus. Boat. Subway. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Contents
Warm up1
Part I2
Part II3
Part III4
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Warm up
Brainstorming: Means of Transport
What’s your favorite means of transport and why?
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Warm up
Means of Transport
Plane
Bus Car
Cab/Taxi
Train
Subway
Coach
Ship Boat
Bicycle
motercycle
Tricycle
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Part I Section A
Dialogue 2 Where is the platform for York? The train now standing at platform 1 is for
Leeds.
Dialogue 3 Pharmacy: a retail shop where medicine and other articles are sold.
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Part I Section A
Stick out your hand. Stick out: to be further out than something
else or come through a hole; to push something further out than something else or through a hole
His ears stick out. Don't stick your arm out of the car window.
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Part I: Section A
Dialogue 4
I’d like to enquire about flights to Paris.
ask, inquire
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Part I: Section A
Dialogue 5 I’ve just received my invoice for my trip to
Mombasa.
If you look at the brochure, you’ll see that they charge a supplement for a single cabin.
an itemized statement of money owed for goods shipped or services rendered; 发票
a port city in southern Kenya
[’brəuʃuə] a small book; booklet
small room on a ship or boat where people sleep
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Part I: Section A
Dialogue 6
This compartment’s crowded. In the tube
【美】卧车包房;【英】(客车车厢内设有面对面坐位的)隔间
subway, underground
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Part I: Section A
Piccadilly is a famous/major street in central London, running from Hyde Park Corner in the west to Piccadilly Circus ( 圆形广场) in the east
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Part I: Section A
Keys: Exercise 1
Dialogue Type of Transport Destination
2 Train York
3 Taxi /Cab Nearest pharmacy
4 Plane Paris
5 ship Mombasa
6 Tube/subway/undergound Piccadilly
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Part I: Section B
New words: Announcement 1
at 12:00 hours: at twelve hundred hours the 19.00 train: the nineteen hundred train
boarding card/pass 登机牌
refreshment: snacks and drinks served as a light meal 茶点
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Part I: Section B
proceed [prə’si:d; proʊ’si:d]: go on; (formal) to move or travel in a particular direction
We still want to proceed with the sale. Passengers for Rome should proceed to Gate
32 for boarding.
block capitals:印刷体大写字母
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Announcement 2
We are now cruising at an altitude of 36,000 feet.
You are all on a block visa.
E.g. (British English) The theatre gives discounts for block bookings (= a
large number of tickets bought at the same time).
[’æltitju:d] height
[kru:z] to travel at a steady speed
a quantity of something or an amount of time that is considered as a single unit (东西的)一批;一组
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Part I: Section B
take-off n. the moment at which an aircraft leaves the ground and starts to fly Opposite landing
Your chief steward will tell you about landing-card formalities.
E.G. to go through all the formalities necessary in order to get a gun licence
fortnight n. two weeks
[C, usu. pl.] a thing that you must do as a formal or official
part of a legal process, a social situation, etc. 正式手续
[’stjuəd] an attendant on an airplane
landing card n. 登陆卡 ; 登陆证
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Part I: Section B
Announcement 4
buffet: 英 [’bʌfit] 美 [bə’fe] n. a meal set out on a buffet (counter) at which guests help themselves
E.G. the buffet car
industrial action: action that workers take, especially stopping work, to protest to their employers about something (罢工、怠工等)劳工行动
lager [’lɑ:ɡə] n. a general term for beer made with bottom fermenting yeast
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Keys to Section B
Announcement 1 New York, BA701, 10.30, Delayed till 12.00 Announcement 2 BA989, 0437L, 14 days Announcement 3 York, 19.00, platform 4, Cancelled York, 20.00, platform 6, Departure time: 21.00 Announcement 4 22.00 to 23.30 Tea, Coffe, Cold sandwiches
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Part II Oral Practice
Exercise 1 (2) : You arrive at John F. Ennedy Airport in NY an
hour ago on flight CA167 from Bj. Your luggage has not arrived. You go to the “Baggage Claims” desk and ask about your luggage.
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For reference
A: Excuse me. I’ve waited more than one hour for my luggage/ baggage
B: If you want to make a claim for lost luggage, you’ll have to fill in this form. It won’t take a minute. Do you mind if I ask you some questions? Then you’ll just have to sign the form.
A: Not at all. Please do. B: OK. May I ask for your full name, sir? /What’s your name please?
A:… B: Thank you, sir. And where have you flown in from? A: … B: The flight number? A: … B: What did you luggage look like? A: … B: How can I contact you in …? A: … B: Do you have a contact phone number? A: … B: Thank you. We’ll contact you as soon as …. Oh yes. One more
thing. Your signature, please. Just here…. Thank you.