1.　　　 Ask the students to make a survey: ask your grandparents about the old transportation. When they are in a hurry, what did they do? Did they think of the modern transportation today? What do they think of the life today?

Remember to make a report to the class.

4.　　　 Would someone like to ride in the Danny’s wheel? Why?

Step4. Read the text and check the answers. Then let the students read it loudly in class. After a while, ask the students read the text in roles.

Step5. Let the students act he dialogue out. They can take a circle for Danny’s wheel.

Step6. Ask some students to make sentences with the following phrases:

At that time, need to, present, you’d better not.

At that time, I was a little girl.

You need to wear warm clothes in cold winter.

Present your invention to the class.

You’d better say it again.

Step7. Come to “PROJECT”.

3.　　　 What’s Danny’s invention?

2.　　　 When did Henry Ford open a car factory?

1.　　　 How did people get to another city before people invented plane?

2.　　　 Imagine what types of transportation will be like from one hundred years now.

Teaching Difficult Points:

Let the students think and be creative.

Teaching preparation: pictures

Teaching Aids: audiotape, flashcards, pictures

Type of lesson: new lesson

Teaching Procedure:

Step1. Let the students talk about something about the planes and the cars. What do they know about the planes and the cars? If they know, let them say their details.

Step2. Ask the students to talk about the picture in the text. What do they think about this?

Step3. Let’s listen to the tape and answer the following questions:

1.　　　 Learn about the Danny wheels.

2.　　　 Describe one type of transportation in the future.

Teaching Important Points:

1.　　　 Learn the history of the cars.

2.　　　 Go on the next reading in the student book.

Summary:

The students know little about the train history. The teacher should arrange much information about it. Show them more pictures and let them know more. Encourage them to imagine the future transportation. Stimulate them to work hard and make their mind to make contribution to the world