新外研八年级M4Unit 1 He lives the farthest from school

Module 4 Planes, ships and trainsUnit 1 He lives the farthest from school.1.happen的用法作为动词，意为“发生;碰巧”。

主要有以下用法：(1)What happens/happened to sb.? 意为“某人怎么了?”其同义句有What’s wrong/up with sb.?;What’s the matter/trouble with sb.?Betty,you looked unhappy just now.What happened to you?贝蒂，你刚才看起来很不开心。

发生什么事了？(2)Sb.happens/happened to do sth.意为“某人碰巧做某事”，可与“It happens/happened + that从句”相互转换。

翻译：刚才在我回家的路上，我正好碰到了我的一个朋友。

I happened to meet a friend of mine on my way home just now. = It happened that I met a friend of mine on my way home just now.（3）拓展：辨析happen & take place2.accident的用法(1)作为可数名词，意为“交通事故；意外事件”。

A car accident happened to the old granny a moment ago.就在不久前，那位老奶奶遭遇了车祸。

（2）常见固定搭配：① traffic accident “交通事故”Every year many traffic accidents happen because the drivers drive so carelessly.每年由于驾驶人开车太过于粗心，导致了很多交通事故的发生。

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Look at the pictures, and say something about the pictures.
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My father goes to work by bus.
bike
Most of our classmates go to school by bike. It’s very cheap.
Complete the sentences with the
correct form of the words in the box.
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1. The m__o_st_c_o_m__fo_r_ta_b_leway to go to school is by taxi.
2. The _m_o_s_t_m_o_d_e_r_n___ train in the world is Shanghai airport train.
3. I saw a(n) __a_c_c_id_e_n_t__ on my way to school yesterday.
4. I do not take the bus to school because it is usually very___c_r_o_w_d_e_d___.
Unit1 He lives the farthest from school.
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How do you often go to school?

Unit 1 He lives the farthest from school课型Listening and speaking教学目标Knowledge:To understand the conversation with superlatives and adverbsTo ask and answer questions about transportation and travelKey vocabulary: road, accident, except, far, far from, crowded, all thetimeKey structures: It’s the most comfortable way …He lives the farthest from school …教学重点(1) 通过谈论贝蒂及朋友上学的不同方式学习使用形容词和副词的最高级的用法(2) 谈论各种交通方式教学难点掌握形容词和副词最高级形式，及交通工具和交通方式的描述教学方法PWP Communicative教学用具Multi-Media (or Tape recorder, OHP)教学过程Listening and vocabulary ,Preparation* Ask the students how they get to school and list their answers on the board. * Ask for other ways to tra vel and list those too. Ask who has travelled those ways. * Put the students in pairs to ask and answer how they like to travel or-to visit family at the Spring Festival. Remind them they can use the ways on the board. * Elicit adjectives they know to describe different means of travel.1. Match the words in the box with the pictures.* Ask the students to look at the pictures. Tell them to describe them in pairs. * Elicit what they can see.* Tell them to match the words with the pictures.2. Listen and match the words in the box with the pictures in Activity 1. You need to use one word more than once.* Read through the list of words and ask the students to repeat them after you. Make sure they understand them all.* Ask the students to listen to the recording and listen for the words the first time.* Play the recording again. Ask them to match the words with the pictures, and then check answers with their partners.* Play the recording once more for them to check.* Elicit answers from the whole class.3. Listen and read.* Put the students in groups of 3-4 to talk about problems travelling to school. * Elicit their ideas.* Elicit and teach the key vocabulary: road, crowded, accident, etc.* Play the recording. Ask the students to find out the problems and different ways of travelling to school talked about in the conversation.* Play the recording again for them to check.* Elicit answers from the whole class.Now complete the table.* Tell the students to look at the table first.* Play the recording once more while the students read and underline the key information.* Ask them to complete the table on their own, and then check answers with then; partners.* Elicit answers in full sentences from the whole class.4. Com plete the sentences with the correct form of the words in the box.* Read through the words in the box. Ask the students to repeat them chorally and individually.* Ask the students to read thro ugh the sentences first, and then complete them with the correct form of the words in the box on their own.* Ask them to check answers with a partner.* Elicit full sentences from the whole class.5. Complete the sentences with the words or expression in the box.* Read throu gh the words and expression in the box. Ask the students to repeat them chorally and individually.* Ask them to read and complete the sentences on their own.* Elicit full sentences from the whole class.Pronunciatio n and speaking6. Listen and underline the words the speaker stresses.* Ask the students to read through the conversations in pairs.* Tell them to think about which words they think are the important ones and should be stressed.* Decide together. Nominate some students to share their ideas.* Tell the students to listen and check which words are stressed.* Elicit the stressed words.* Ask the students to practise the conversations and exaggerate the stresse d words for the meaning.Now work in pairs. Listen again and repeat.* Play the recording again for the students to listen for the stressed words. * Play the recording once more and pause for the students to repeat chorally and individually.* Have the students ask and answer in pairs.7. Work in pairs. Ask and answer questions about the ways of go ing to school. Use the words in the box to help you.* R ead through the words in the box. Ask the students to repeat them chorally andindividually.* Ask the students to read through the model conversatio n and think about different ways of going to school.* Have the students ask and answer in pairs.* Elicit some conversations from the class.Extension* Tell the student s to mingle and ask their classmates how they travel to school, if they like it and why.* Put the students in groups of six to share what they found out and do a survey. * Ask them to list the students in their groups who travel the same way under the headings "by bike", "by bus", "on foot", etc.* Number the students 1-6 and rearrange the groups by number, (e.g. Ask the students who are No. l to form a new group together.) Then do the same survey as before. * Ask them to pool the information they've got and draw a graph. Then write some sentences about the results, (e.g. In my survey, five people come to school by bus.) * Nominate a few students to share their survey results.。

外研版英语八（上）Module 4 Plays, ships, and trains知识点详解Unit 1He lives the farthest from school.★(A3).【知识点再现】I was late for school today. 今天我上学迟到了。

『知识点1』be late for意为“迟到”。

late是形容词，意为“迟到的”如：We’ll be late for work. 我们上班要迟到了。

Tony was late for the meeting yesterday afternoon. 托尼昨天下午开会迟到了。

★(A3).【知识点再现】What happened? 发生了什么事？『知识点2』happen是不及物动词，它的用法常见的有如下几种情况：①表示“某地（某时）发生了什么事”，常用“sth.+ happen +地点/时间”这一结构来表达，此时主语应是事物。

如：The story happened in 2003. 这个故事发生在2003年。

An accident happened in that street. 那条街上发生了一起事故。

②表示“某人出了某事（常指不好的事）”，要用“sth.+ happen+to sb.”这一结构来表达。

提问时常用“What happen(s)/happened to sb.？”句型。

如：What happened to you? 你怎么啦？A car accident happened to her this morning. 今天上午她发生了交通事故。

③表示“某人碰巧做某事”，要用“sb.+ happen+ to do sth.”这一结构来表达。

如：I happened to meet a friend of mine in the street yesterday. 昨天我碰巧在街上遇到了我的一个朋友。

④happen表示“碰巧或恰巧发生某事”时，还可用“It happens / happened that...”这一结构来表达。