外研必修(bìxiū)一moduleculturalCornerTheMaglevtheFastestTrainintheWorldTrainStoryelectriclocomotive电气(diànqì)机车/high-speedrail高速铁路(ɡāosùtiělù)Maglev磁悬浮列车MeaningofallkindstrainsSpeedofallkindstrainsSpeedofallkindstrains250km/hLanguagepoints1.Whatarethemaindifferencesbetweenamagneticallylevitatedtrainandanordinarytrain?First,ittravelsinavacuumbetweentwomagnets.Second,therearenorailsandnonoise.Third,theytravelveryfastandtheyuselessenergy.2.WhataretheadvantagesoftravellingonaMaglevtrain?2.ThefastestspeedoftheMaglevis___________perhour.3.TheMaglevtravelsin_____________betweentwomagnets.4.Whoattendedtheopeningceremonyofthetrainservice?5.IfyoutakeaMaglevtrainin2004,youneed_______________tocover1002km.Culturalcorner–3.intensiveReadingDoTrueorfalsequestionsLanguagePoints1.Travellingataspeedofover400kilometresperhour,thetraincancompletethe30kilometrejourneyineightminutes.以每小时超过400公里的速度前进，磁悬浮火车在8分钟以内可以(kěyǐ)行使30公里。ataspeedof以……的速度前进（后加具体数字）汽车以每小时60公里的速度行驶。Thebusgoesataspeedof60kilometersanhour.OnNovember12,2003,themaglev________________502kilometresperhour.OnNovember12,2003,themaglevcan_________________502kilometresperhour.2.辨析attend,join,takepartin1)attend:指出席、参加某一活动,强调出席者不起积极作用,主要指参加会议、上学(shàngxué)、参加典礼、听演讲等。2)join:指参加某一团体或组织,成为其中一员,指参加活动时一般用joinin。3)takepartin:指参加活动(huódòng),并在其中起积极作用。1)Hedidn’t______schoolyesterday.2)Whendidyou____theCommunistParty?3)Everyfouryears,athletesfromdifferentcountries__________theOlympicGames.4)Please___us__singing,willyou?3.Therearenorailsandnonoise.这种列车(lièchē)不需要铁轨，也没有噪音。Thereis/areno+名词andno+名词no+名词orno+名词be动词由后面的名词来决定单复数。eg:月球上没有风也没有空气。4.OnNovember12,2oo3,theMaglevreachaspeedof501kilometersperhouronthetrackbetweenLongyangStationandPudong,anewworldrecordspeedforatrain.2003年11月12日，磁悬浮列车在龙羊与浦东之间行使达到501公里(ɡōnɡlǐ)的时速，创下火车速度新纪录。3.TheTransrapidMaglevistheworld’sfirsthigh-speedtrainusingmagneticlevitatedtechnology.usingmagneticlevitatedtechnology是现在分词作定语。比较(bǐjiào)：Travellingataspeedofover400kilometersperhour,the