TEENS 初三20-21学年第40期总第658期教案

王珊

 

 

Ship gets stuck in Suez Canal (P4)

 

 

I. Warm up

  Look at the picture:

 

 What can you see in the picture?

 What do you know about the canal?

 

 

II. Pre-reading

Look at the title and predict. What are we going to read about?

 

 

     

III. While reading

Part I 

 

Read Paragraph 1 and answer the questions below.

1. What is the value of the goods that flow through the Suez Canal every hour?

Four hundred million dollars (about 2.6 billion yuan).

 

2. Why does the writer tell us the value of the goods that flow through the Suez Canal?

To stress the fact that the canal is one of the most important parts of the global shipping network.

 

Part II

Read Paragraph 2 and learn more about the accident.

 

Part III

Read Paragraph 3 and answer the question.

1. Which of the following statements describes the Suez Canal correctly?

A. It is a 7,000-km-long waterway.

B. It connects the Mediterranean and Red seas.

C. The Egyptians started to build it in 1869.

D. It is the center of our global shipping network.

B

 

2. How do shipping companies benefit from using the canal?

  a. They can move goods with larger ships.

  b. They can move goods faster.

  c. It shortens the voyage distance between Europe and Asia.

  d. It costs them less money to ship goods.

  A. abc    B. acd    C. bcd    D. abd

C

 

Part IV

Read Paragraph 4 and answer the question.

 

What will happen if the canal is blocked for a long time?

If the canal is blocked for a long time, there might be shortages of some goods, which could cause their prices to go up.

 

 

IV. Post-reading

This story is written to tell us that the canal is____.

A. weak                 

B. out of date

C. creative        

D. important

D

 

Further thinking

Do you know any other canals or straits that also play important roles in global trade?

 

 

V. Words in use

Complete the sentences using the given words and phrases.

get stuck in     due to   play a role in     allow… to..   as well as

 

1. She _________ my favorite movie.

2. The road is closed ________ bad weather.

3. They________ the mud, so they gave up the chase.

4. Her parents are strict with her, so they don’t _____ her _____ stay out late at night.

5. She doesn’t play ________ her sister.

 

plays a role in

due to

got stuck in

allow ... to

as well as

 

Language Points

I.

 全球贸易

 更短的航程

 航海

 集装箱货运

 汽车配件

上升

 

 

II.

The canal is one of the most important parts of the global shipping network that all of us depend on.

 

长难句辨析：

That 在这里引导的是限制性定语从句，指代的内容是前面所讲的 “global shipping network” 。

 

If the canal is blocked for a long time, there might be shortages of these goods, which could cause their prices to go up.

 

长难句辨析：

which 在这里引导的是非限制性定语从句，指代的内容是前面所讲的 “there might be shortages of these goods” 这一句所描述的整个情况。