talk about your journey by car / train / plane
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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
and went to Disneyland.
This is Seat 12A, 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 universit
y, 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 1980s 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.
A: I’m really looking forward to
(1)______ summer holiday. We’re
taking (2)______ trip to (3)______
Paris!
the
a
1. Complete the conversation with
a,
an, the or zero article where
necessary.
/
B: How wonderful! It’s (4)______
interesting and beautiful city. How
long will (5)_____ flight take?
A: The flight takes about (6)_____ hour.
When we arrive, we will get to our
hotel by (7)_____ bus. (8)_____ hotel is
right in (9)_____ centre of (10)______
city, so we can visit all the famous
places.
an
the
an
/ The
the the
B: Are you planning to visit (11)______
Louvre Museum?
A: Yes, we are.
/
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.
2. Underline the correct words.
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_______.
2. Please take your ________.
fight
seat
3. Sam went with Jane to the railway
________ to see her off.
4. It is wonderful to _______ the streets
of the city.
5. Flight KA846 from Hong Kong
_______ five minutes ago.
6. “Please have your tickets ______,”
said the ticket officer.
station
tour
landedready
4. Complete the sentences with
the expressions in the box.
As long as because of full of looking
forward to make yourself comfortable
1. They will not arrive on time
____________ the bad weather.
2. Everyone in China is ______________
____ seeing their family members
during the Spring Festival.
because of
looking forward
to
3. Lie down on your bed and
________________________.
4. The journey was _______ exciting
experiences.
5. ____________ you can come by six,
I will be here.
make yourself comfortable
full of
As long as
London to Sydney
London – Hong Kong: ________ hour(s)
Hong Kong - Sydney: ________ hour(s)
From airport to centre of Hong Kong: _
_______ hour(s)
Price of flight: ￡ ________
Price of flight and hotel: ￡ ________
5. Listen and complete the notes.
129
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1199
1247
Sydney to London
Sydney – London: ________ hour(s)
Price of flight: ￡ ________
Price of flight and hotel near airport:
￡ ________
From airport to centre of Sydney: ____
_ kilometers
24
1119
17
20
●Which flight takes a longer time?
●Which is more expensive?
6. Work in pairs. Look at the notes
you have made in Activity 5. Talk
about:
7. Read the passage and
complete the table.
Advantage of
Concorde
Disadvantage of
Concorde
● fast speed ●
short time
of journey
● noisy
● bad for the
environment
● hurt people’s ears
1. How many passengers could
Concorde carry?
It could carry one hundred
passengers.
Because it flew faster than the speed
of sound.
8. Read the passage again and
answer the questions.
2. Why do many people think Concorde
was one of the greatest planes?
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 Lin
dbergh ，又译林白， 1902
年 2 月 4 日－ 1974 年 8 月26 日）是一位著名美国飞行员、作家、发明家、探险家与社会活动家。
查尔斯 · 奥古斯都 · 林德伯格
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。
1. Who was the first pilot to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean?
It was completed in April, 1927.
2. When was his plane completed?
Charles Lindbergh was the first pilot
to fly alone across the Atlantic Ocean.
Read the passage and answer the
questions:
3. What was the plane like?
He flew for about thirty-three hours.
It was three metres high and weighed
975 kilos.
4. Where did he take off in May 1927?
5. How long did he fly?
He took off from New York.
●the characters
●the place and time
●the plot
10. Work in groups. Find a news story
about a good deep and turn it into
a short play. Decide:
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.
