1、Lesson 32 Trains Go Faster!,THINK ABOUT IT,How do you usually travel to other cities?Talk about your first time taking a train.,In the 1700s, many scientists worked on steam engines. In the 1760s, a scientist in England found a way to put steam engines and wheels together. Soon people had a new type
2、 of transportation: the steam train.,In 1804, the first train engine was born in England. It travelled only about fifteen kilometres in two hours. In 1825, the first passenger railway opened. The Rocket was the most famous early engine.,During the 1830s, countries all over the world started to build
3、 railways. Fifty years later many countries had railways. People built many train stations to help passengers get on and off the trains easily.,Early trains were slow by todays standards. The Rocket had a top speed of only 45 kilometres per hour. Todays high-speed trains can travel at about 300 kilo
4、metres per hour. The fastest trains can go about 500 kilometres an hour.Maybe trains will have no wheels in the future. Maybe they will ride on air. That would be amazing!,1. Where was the first train engine built?2. When did the first passenger railway open?3. How fast do todays trains go?4. What m
5、ight future trains be like?,Read the lesson and answer the questions.,In England,In 1825.,Todays high-speed trains can travel at about 300 kilometres per hour. The fastest trains can go about 500 kilometres an hour.,Maybe trains will have no wheels and ride on the air in the future.,1. In the 1700s,
6、 many scientists worked on steam engines.18世纪，许多科学家致力于发明蒸汽机。,在18世纪,in the 1700s,in the 1760s,在18世纪60年代,1760年-1769年,1990s,20世纪90年代,1990年-1999年,That teacher worked on in the office until ten oclock last night. 昨晚那位老师在办公室工作到十点。 The scientists are still working on inventing new methods of reaching outer
7、 space. 科学家们仍致力于发明到达外层空间的新方法。,work on 从事于; 继续工作，致力于,In the 1760s, a scientist in England found a way to put steam engines and wheels together.在18世纪60年代，一位科学家发明了一种把蒸汽机和轮子组合在一起的方法。,the+后两位为整数的年份+s 或s的意思是“.世纪年代”。,The famous scientist was born in the 1820s. 这位著名的科学家出生于19世纪20年代。 1820s 读作 eighteen twentie
8、s 1700s 读作 seventeen hundreds,way 方式，方法,+ 不定式（作后置定语）, + of介词短语（作后置定语）,Another way of making new friends is to join a club. 另一种交朋友的办法就是参加俱乐部。 He had a strange way of talking. 他说话的方式怪怪的。 He has thought of a new way to deal with that problem. 他已经想好了一种解决那个问题的新方法。,组成整体，拼在一起,1. puttogether,He is trying to
9、 put a team together for next season. 他正在努力为下一个赛季组建一支球队。 He took it apart little by little, and put it back together again. 他把它一点一点地拆开，然后再组合起来。,3. In 1804, the first train engine was born in England.1804年，第一辆火车机车在英格兰诞生了。,born 是bear的过去分词，,be born + 不同的介词（表出生的时间或地点）,出生, be 通常只用was或were,I was born in B
10、aoding, Hebei Province. 我生于河北省保定市。,in, on, into,My brother was born on June 5 in 1988. 我的弟弟生于1988年6月5号。 He was born in a workers family. 他出生在一个工人家庭。 In 1867, Madam Curie was born into a teachers family. 1867年居里夫人出生在一个教师家庭。,People built many train stations to help passengers get on and off the trains
11、 easily.人们修建了很多的火车站来帮助乘客们方便地上下火车。,to help passengers 不定式短语，在本 句中作目的状语，表示修建火车站的 目的是帮助乘客。,不定式作目的状语是不定式的一个重要功 能，在英语中很常见,He came here to borrow my bike. 他到这里来借我的自行车。 I got up early to do morning exercises. 为了做早操我起得很早。 I started early to get there before eight. 为了在八点以前赶到那里，我很早就动身了。,get on and off the tra
12、in 上下火车,get on 上车 get off 下车,Lets get off the bus at the next bus stop. 我们在下一站下公共汽车吧。,Lets get on the car.,Lets get in/into the car.,Lets get off the car.,Lets get out of the car.,注意：上/下小汽车 则说成 : get in/into the car get out of the car.,get in/into 用于上小汽车,get on 用于上公共汽车、火车、船只和飞机,get out of 用于下小汽车,get
13、 off 用于下公共汽车、火车、船只和飞机,Pay the driver when you get on. 请在上车时付钱给司机。 You can get off the bus when it stops at the next station. 汽车停在下一站时，你就可以下车了。,speed 名词,速度,常用结构：at high/low speed 以高速/低速at a speed of以的速度,He drove off at high speed. 他驱车飞驰而去。 His car was running at full speed. 他的车全速行驶。,He was so worried
14、 about his son that he drove to the hospital at a speed of 120 kilometres per hour. 他特别担心儿子以至于每小时120千米的速度开往 医院。,speed 动词,加速,常用结构：speed up（加速 ）slow down （减速 ）,Wed better speed up if we want to get there in time. 如果我们想准时到达那里，我们最好加快速度。 Please slow down! You are driving too fast. 请减速！你开得太快了！,per 每(尤指数量、
15、价格、时间）,one apple per child 每个孩子一个苹果。 The fruit costs 50 pence per kilo. 这些水果每千克50便士。 He can get $ 100 per hour. 他每小时能得到100美元。,5.,Listen to the dialogues and tick the correct information.,1. In 1804 in 1825 in 1830 2. 30 kilometres an hour 45 kilometres an hour54 kilometres an hour 3. seven seventeen
16、 seventy 4. 50 kilometres an hour 500 metres an hour500 kilometres an hour,Complete the dialogues with the correct forms of the words in the box.,railway station speed passenger,Tom: Hello John. How are you doing? John: Hi Tom. Im doing well. Have you been to our new_ _? Tom: Not yet. How about you?
17、,railway,station,Tom: I went there last month. Its bright and beautiful. Its easy for_to get on and off the train. It was exciting. The train went really fast. It can reach a top _of 500 kilometres an hour. Tom: Thats really fast! I hope to ride it soon.,passengers,speed,Read the passage and answer
18、the questions.,Over two thousand years ago, Chinese people invented kites. Kites can fly like birds, but they cant take people up into the sky. Hundreds of years later, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment.,A machine carrying a man rose into the sky using its own energy. It was the first plane. Inventors went on to improve planes. Two engineers, Frank Whittle of the U.K. and Hans Von Ohain of Germany, developed the jet plane during the late 1930s.,Who invented kites?Can kites take people up into the sky?Where was Frank Whittle from?,
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