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1、Unit-1,Teaching Aim,Reading I,Reading II,Extended Activities,Automobiles,Teaching Aim,Teaching Aim,Unit 9 Automobiles,1. Cognitive Information（认知信息）： Automobiles in the Future Components of an Automobile 2 Language Focus（内容重点）, Key Words： . cease, prediction, institute, brake, accelerator, lateral,
2、steer, lane, sensor, radar, tow, motorway, attachment, swing, fume, fraction, combustion, battery; . merge, craftsmanship, legendary, luxurious, limousine, stall, falter, workforce, voluntary, retirement, buyouts, hand-crafted, craft, grill, ornament Phrases： . fit with, in convoy, go off, on ones o
3、wn, lie idle, get round, charge up; . be renowned for, come up with, be composed of Word Study： operate, view, diminish, balance, charge,Teaching Aim,Teaching Aim,Unit 9 Automobiles, Useful Structures： as ., so too . at its peak, . at sb.s request Grammar： Direct and Indirect speech （3） Questions 3
4、Communicative Skills（交际技能） Expressions： Travel by Car Reading： Car Ads Basic Writing： E-mails,Background Information,Reading I,Reading I,Unit 9 Automobiles,Pre-reading,Text,New Words and Expressions,Exercises,Post-reading,Pre-reading,Pre-reading,Unit 9 Automobiles,Pre-reading I,Pre-reading II,. Brai
5、nstorming: Work with your partner and write out words or expressions about automobiles.,Pre-reading-I,Pre-reading I,Unit 9 Automobiles,Vehicles of Various Makes: van, jeep, , , , , Repair & Maintenance oiling, breakdown, , , , Driving: to brake, to change gear, , ,Pre-reading-II,Pre-reading II,Unit
6、9 Automobiles,. Pair-work: Discuss the following questions with your partner.,1. Do you know any world-famous brands of motor cars? What are they? 2. How has our life changed since the invention of motor cars? 3. Are you enthusiastic about cars? What do you think cars have brought us? Or what do you
7、 think owning a car will change our life? 4. Do you think you will buy a car if you can afford it? Why or why not? 5. Do you think Chinese households should be encouraged to own private cars?,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Cars: On a Road to Nowhere,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9
8、Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Text-1,Text,Unit 9 Automobiles,Background Information,Background Inform
9、ation,1. Overview of automobile industry Automobile industry became the worlds largest form of manufacturing by the middle of the twentieth century, making more money and employing more people than any other industry. In the United States, the automobile industry changed how business was conducted a
10、nd how Americans lived; automobiles were more popular in America than anywhere else in the world. The automobile industry is dominated by relatively few large corporations, each of which typically contains many brand names and marques.,Unit 9 Automobiles,Background Information,Background Information
11、,The biggest of these by annual production are General Motors, Toyota and Ford Motor Company. In 2005, 67 million automobiles （cars and light trucks） were produced worldwide. Although the locations of the headquarters of the major volume producers of automobiles are confined to a relatively small nu
12、mber of countries, their manufacturing facilities are distributed in many other countries around the world. Reasons for the selection of manufacturing locations may include labor costs, political quotas for local content in certain markets and import tariffs.,Unit 9 Automobiles,Background Informatio
13、n,Background Information,2. Benefits and costs of automobile ownership The existence of the automobile allows a mechanical support for freedom of choice by allowing transportation at the sole discretion of the occupants. Too, an automobile can provide the transportation need of several persons in re
14、lative comfort in many types of weather. Compared to other popular modes of passenger transportation, especially buses, the automobile has a relatively high cost per-person kilometer traveled. Nevertheless the demand for automobiles remains high, suggesting that its advantages, such as on-demand and
15、 door-to-door travel, are highly prized, despite recent increases in fuel costs, and not easily substituted by cheaper alternative modes of transport.,Unit 9 Automobiles,Background Information,Background Information,There are many benefits to owning an automobile; however these will differ, by many
16、factors, in regard to location and culture. One general benefit is availability of use which, when coupled with public support via infrastructure, can allow almost unlimited movement and transportation. There are a number of reasons for the high cost of car transport： The typical private car spends most of its lifetime idle and for some vehicles, depreciation is
