Unit 9 WheelsLesson 4 Car

Culture

get stuck in traffic jams

feel stressed out

What happened?

What’s your feeling about this?

ChinaLondon

New York

Aucland

Traffic jam in the world

You’re both lucky. It took

me two hours! You don’t

have to use the M25.

Oh really? It took me over

an hour. There was an

accident on the M11.

This morning it took me forty

minutes to get to work. More road

construction works on the A10!

construction works

Culture corner:

There are 4 classifications of British road system.

M roads are motorways which go long-distance and are free of pedestrian traffic,

A roads are major routes that go from city to city,

B roads are minor roads that usually go from towns, villages to cities,

unclassified roads which are small roads that are usually country lanes.

M roads ---- blue

A roads ---- green

B roads ---- orange

Anger and stress are nothing compared to the real costs of the motor car.

angrystressed out tired

deaths pollution weather

Traffic in Britain

Read the article and make the

choice quickly . Use the Reading

Strategies to help you.

1. How many cars are there in Britain: ____ A.25 million B. 40 million

2. How much has the number of cars on the roads increased in Britain in the last ten years?: ____

A. 10% B. 30%

3. How many people die in road accidents in Britain every year?

A. 3000 B. 7000 4. How many deaths are caused by air pollution per

year? A. 10,000 B. 25,000 5. How much of carbon monoxide is produced by cars

in London? A. 79% C. 99%

What is the main idea of the first part?

a.accidents caused by cars

b. problems caused by cars

c. pollution caused by cars

Problems caused by cars

•• •• • • •

getting stuck in traffic jams

arriving at work or school stressed out

too many cars on the road

too many deaths caused by road accidents

some types of cancer are related to traffic pollution

serious air pollution

global warming and climate change

• What excuses do people make for using cars?

• What excuses do British people make for carrying on using cars?

• What advice does Jenny Trowe give about how to give up cars?

• What advice can you think of to reduce the use of cars?

“The buses are terrible.”

“The trains are always late!”

“I haven’t got time to walk.”

People are addicted to cars!

can’t stop doing sth.

1. Use _______.

2. Use ____________.

3. ______ before you go.

4. ______ cars.

5. Don’t ________________!

6. ________ somehow!

your legs

public transport

Think

Share

believe advertisements

Take action

Advice about how to give up cars:

Reasons for advice:

Advantages of walking:

Advantages of buses over cars:

What to think before going:

Advantages of sharing a car:

Reasons for not believing advertisements:

Actions we can take to make streets safer:

save money, keep fit, live longer, cut the risk of heart disease

reduce the number of cars, relax, read…, talk…

go to nearby shops, whether…need to make that journey

cheaper & kinder to the environment

not true, not attractive, road…not empty, be stuck in a traffic jam

talk to neighbours, write to the papers, go to the city government, ask for a speed limit, ask for a pedestrian area

Reading for inference:

What’s the writer’s attitude towards cars?

Traffic in Britain

In the last ten years, the number of cars on the roads in Britain has gone up by 30%.

There are now 25 million cars in Britain.

Over 3,000 people die every year in road accidents in Britain.

Car engines produce 99% of all carbon monoxidein the atmosphere.

25,000 deaths per year are caused by air pollution.

The average global temperature is about 0.5 degrees centigrade higher than it was 100 years ago.

30%

25 million

Over 3000

99%

25,000

0.5 degrees

Use your legs.

Use public transport.

Think before you go.

Share cars.

Don’t believe advertisements!

Take action somehow!

Personal

Social

Get stuck in traffic jams, arrive stressed outToo many cars, too many deaths, cancer, air pollution, climate change

Save money, keep fit

Save the number of cars, relax

Go to nearby shops

Cheaper & kinder

Not true, be stuck in a traffic jam

Talk…, write…, go to…, ask for…

Problems

Advice

Writer’s attitude

Reasons

Traffic

accident, global warming, air pollution, carbon monoxide,

traffic jam, stressed out, highway, tired, speed limit,

pedestrian area, complain, angry, construction works

Traffic

Influence

Road Feeling & behaviour

traffic jam

air pollution carbon

monoxide

construction works

accident

stressed out

angrycomplain

tired

highway

speed limit

pavement crossroad

s

Global warmin

g

pedestrian

I’m sorry I must finish this article.

I’ve got to pick up my daughter

from school at four o’clock. Then

I’ve got to drive to Sainsbury’s to do

the shopping. After that I have to take

my son to a party. And tomorrow we’re

driving over to see my mother. The

traffic’s going to be awful, but what can

we do?

I’m sorry I must finish this article.

I’ve got to 1) pick up my daughter

from school at four o’clock. Then

I’ve got to 2) drive to Sainsbury’s to

do the shopping. After that I have to

3) take my son to a party. And

tomorrow we’re 4) driving over to

see my mother. The traffic’s going to

be awful, but what can we do?

Homework:

1. Finish Ex 2,3 and 4 on page 84(language power)

2. Find at least two pieces of information about cars and problems caused by cars in China from the following:

- number of cars in China

- number of deaths caused by road accidents in China

- increase rate of cars in China per year

- things the Chinese government is doing to reduce carbon monoxide in the atmosphere

Thank you!