Unit12 TRAVEL

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Unit 12 Travel

Class time: 2 periods

Teaching class:

Teaching content: text 1; text 2

Teaching aims:

By the end of this unit you will be able to:

1.

know something about travel.

2.

find

the

solution

to

the

problem

of

what

to

take

and

how

to

take

it

before

traveling abroad.

3.

get to know some famous tourist spots in the U.S.

4.

familiarize

yourself

with

some

common

means

you

choose

to

travel

around

USA.

Teaching focus and important points:

1. Word Pretest

2. Reading comprehension about the text

A “Travel

around USA

”

3. V

ocabulary Building

4. Cloze

5. Section C “Fast Reading”

Difficult points:

1. It is always a nuisance…you need in America.

Paraphrase:

It

is

always

a

burden

to

take

too

many

things

with

you

when

you

are

traveling outside. And if necessary, you can buy what you need in American.

2. Once again, the clear message is shop around.

Paraphrase:

Again,

the

clear

message

is

obtained

by

asking

and

comparing

different

prices offered by different companies.

Teaching procedures and methodology:

Warm-up exercises:

Lead-in Questions of the Unit:

Have you ever travel outside LanZhou city? To where?

How did you prepare for you travelling? What is your luggage?

Section A: Travel around the USA

I. Background information:

Traveling in the United States can be both a fascinating and rewarding experience, but

living and traveling in the USA can be expensive. However, with the right knowledge

and

a

certain

bit

of

travel

savvy

you

can

make

your

way

across

the

USA

on

a

tight

budget.

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Avoid Tourist traps!

Many of the popular tourist attractions in the USA have accumulated arrays of tourist

businesses around them. Some of those businesses sell inferior merchandise at inflated

prices. We call them

street

vendors

and

restaurants

surrounding

it.

Often,

it

is

best

to

avoid

such

establishments

including the restaurants

and shops

in

most airports.

When

you visit

a

tourist sight, it is usually wiser to buy your food and souvenirs a bit further away from

the attraction.

Getting around with cheap air travel

Flying is the most common means of traveling long distances in the USA. Nearly every

US airline offers tickets at reduced prices on most flights, but you must know how to

find

the

bargains.

The

lowest

fares

are

normally

offered

on

advance-purchase,

round-trip tickets that include a Saturday night stay. Always try to purchase your ticket

at least three weeks in advance and always include a Saturday night in your round trip

itinerary. Even if you only need a one-way ticket, it can often be cheaper to purchase a

round trip ticket that includes a weekend stay. You can always throw away the unused

portion of the ticket.

I

suggest

you

check

more

than

one

source

for

any

airline

ticket.

If

you

have

some

flexibility

in

your

itinerary,

test

a

few

different

options

for

dates

of

travel

to

find

the

lowest rate.

Bus travel is an inexpensive alternative

Bus travel is the cheapest means of transportation across the USA and bus stations are

more

common

than

airports.

However,

the

bus

may

not

be

the

most

economical

alternative when you consider that cross-country bus travel takes several days and that

you must provide your own meals and lodging. Greyhound Bus Company operates the

only truly transcontinental bus service in the USA. They offer unlimited-travel passes in

seven

to

sixty-day

increments.

Special

reduced

fares

are

available

for

students

and

international travelers. You should carefully consider the trade-off between bus and air

travel. Airplanes are much faster, but the bus lets you see the country as you travel.

Train travel is very limited in the USA

As a rule, rail travel in America is expensive, unreliable and inconvenient. You should

not consider it as a primary travel option. However, if you plan a lot of travel between

major

cities,

trains

can

be

an

economical

means

of

transportation.

Amtrak,

the

only

major American passenger rail line, offers a thirty day pass for unlimited rail travel in

any part of the United States. Depending on the season, USA Rail passes costs between

three hundred and five hundred fifty dollars. This may seem expensive, but if you plan

on a lot of travel in a short time, it can be much cheaper than multiple airplane or bus