Unit 6 Transportation
1. Master the key words and structures; 2. Learn some world-famous express companies and some typical shipping labels; 3. Learn the five modes of transport ( rail, water, road, pipeline, air) and their advantages and disadvantages; 4. Get knowledge of how to complete the FedEx International air Teaching waybill; objectives 5. Master some terms in transportation; 6. Practice listening and speaking ability of asking about delivery arrangements. 1. Vocabulary adapt, advantageous, bulky, characterize, commodity, delivery, economical, favorably, give way to, lie in, maintenance, namely, optional, perishables, recipient, transportation, volume, waybill Teaching 2. Structure Focuses ①…what matters the most… eg: Speed of transportation is not what matters the most. ②…, which is… eg: Thus repeated handling and transshipment can be avoided, which is an advantage of transport by road. 3. Skills How to send mails by China Post 1. Warming-up 2. Study of Reading A 3. Study of Reading B Teaching 4. Study of Listening & Speaking Procedure 5. Study of Writing 6. Mini-project 7. Language Lab 8. Self-study Room Time Allotment 8 Periods
Warming-up
Task 1 Match the following express company logos with their names. Objective: Ss can identify some world-famous express companies. Steps:
1. Ss read warming-up task 1.
2. Go through logos 1-4 with Ss.
3. Get Ss to match the logos with their company names. 4. Give the key.
Background information
Express Mail Service (EMS) (全球邮政特快专递业务) is an international express postal service offered by postal-administration members of the Universal Postal Union (UPU), a specialized agency of the UN, which created the EMS Cooperative in 1998 to promote the harmonization and development of postal services worldwide.
United Parcel Service, Inc. (国际联合包裹运输公司), commonly referred to as UPS, is one of the world’s largest package delivery companies.
FedEx Corporation (联邦国际快递) is a logistics services company based in the United States. Its current slogan is “The World on Time”.
China Railway Express Co., Ltd. (中铁快运) is a logistics services company in China.
Task 2 Use one or two sentences to describe the meaning of the following shipping labels.
Objective: Ss can identify some typical shipping labels. Steps:
1. Ss read warming-up Task 2
2. Get Ss to do the task individually before they discuss their answers with
others.
3. Ask some Ss to present their work. 4. Give the key.
Study of Reading A Objectives:
1. Grasp the main idea
2. Master some language points
3. Get to know the mode of transporting goods and their advantages and disadvantages Steps:
1. Structure of Reading A----How Do We Transport Our Goods
Ask the students to talk about the title before reading the text. Ss can tell several way of transportation and then ask them to think about the advantages and disadvantages of each mode of transportation to help students understand the text. After that, ask Ss to skim the text with Task 1, next, ask several students to share their answers; finally, the Ts give some explanation to Ss.
2. Language Points Paragraph 1
①be characterized by: to have the character or qualities of
. This book is characterized by colorful pictures.
Paragraph 2
①lie in: (of ideas, qualities, problems, etc.) to exist or be found . The problem lies in deciding when to expand the business.
②compare favorably with: to be better in nature or quality in relation to another
. Your spoken English compare favorably with your sister’s.
Paragraph 3
①in relation to: connected with or compared with something. . Women’s earnings are still low in relation to men’s. ②what matters the most: what is the most important
. What matters the most is the way you look at your life.
Paragraph 4
①advantage n.
advantageous adj. ②deliver v.
delivery n. . free delivery Paragraph 5
①economic adj. of or relating to the production, development and management of material wealth, as of a country, household or business enterprise; of or relating to an economy
. economical adj. not spending more money than necessary ②maintain v. maintenance n.
Paragraph 6
① give way to: to be replaced by
. Excitement gave way to fear as she stepped on the stage. ②the key to… . the key to success
Study of Reading B
In this section, at first, T should ask Ss to learn the new words and expressions by themselves as well as the text, and then T makes some supplement. Ask Ss to do the exercises after class and give them reference answer.
Listening & Speaking
In this section, there are six tasks in total. Ss are asked to listen twice for each task. After listening, Ts should check the answers before giving Ss the correct ones. While listening, Ts should give explanation to the key points and some difficult statements.
Writing------Letter of Complaint
Objective: Master how to write a letter of complaint in a right form Steps:
Ts teach Ss how to write a letter of complaint and give Ss some samples. Ask Ss to write a letter of complaint after class and ask them to hand in their homework.
Requirements:
A letter of complaint requests compensation for defective or damaged goods or for poor services. It usually consists of the following parts: 1. Background: describing the situation; 2. Problem: explaining cause and effect;
3. Solution: stating exactly what you want to be done about the problem 4. Warning: stating actions to take if the problem is not solved 5. Closing: ending with a wish to solve the problem.
Tip: For a letter of complaint to be effective, it should be short, clear, friendly and packed with necessary.
Mini-project
This project asks Ss to solve a problem, which is sending an urgent document to a teacher in London. It helps Ss develop problem-solving and research skills. Ss search online and select a suitable express service. They should compare different services and decide which offers the best value. In order to complete it successfully, Ss should use the knowledge and skills they’ve learned from other activities in the unit. The tips on Ss’ books give some famous companies in the line. Ss can log on their websites and then make a decision.
Steps:
1. Grouping. Divide the class into groups.
2. Defining the project. Go through the project with the class and clarify requirements.
3. Timing & cooperation. Give Ss the deadline for completion and guidelines on working together. Ss discuss to decide who will log on which website and hen compare the services of different companies.
4. Presentation. Ss present their evidence for completion. In this project, they need to give an oral presentation about the service they choose in class.
Language Lab
This section is about the exercises of the whole unit, ask Ss to do it after class first and then check their answers and give explanations to common errors they make.
Self-study Room---- Attributive Clauses(定语从句)
Ask Ss how much they know about attributive clauses first and then Ts give explanation and provide some exercises to help Ss understand attributive clauses and master how to use it.
在英语复合名中充当定语的句子称作定语从名。定语从句所修饰的词称作先行词，先行词可以是名词、代词和动名词。定语从句由关联词引导，关联词（也称引导词）通常是关系代词和关系副词，它们不仅起到连接的作用，而且也在从句中充当一定的成分。
1．定语从句的引导词 引导词 语法成分 指人 指物 指人或物 关系 主语 Who Which that 代词 宾语 定语 Who/whom Whose Which whose That / 关系 状语 时间 地点 原因 副词 when Where(in/at/on…which) Why 2. 限制性定语从句（Restrictive Attributive Clause）和非限制性定语从句（Non-restrictive Attributive Clause） 1)限制性定语从句是先行词不可缺少的部分，缺少限制性定语从句会使整个句子意义不完整或含糊不清。
. That is the factory that we want to visit.
Those who want to attend the concert must book the tickets online. 2)非限制性定语从句往往用逗号与主句分开，是对先行词的补充说明，即使去掉也不影响整个句子意思的完整性。
. They went to Shenzhen International Convention Center, where they saw a lot of new hi-tech products.
The message was left by Mr. Johnson, who was here a moment ago.
新职业英语职业综合英语1unit6transportation电子教案
