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Lesson56 Part Ⅰ

Lesson 56

Part Ⅰ  Warming-up Exercises

Phonetics: Homonyms

1.a.it's                              b. its

2.a.through                        b. threw

3.a.sail                               b. sale

4. a. sum                            b. some

5. a. knew                          b. new

6.a.tail                               b. tale

7.a.flu                               b. flew

8.a.by                                b. buy

9.a.plane                            b. plain

10.a.whether                       b. weather

11.a.reel                             b. real

12.a.Wales                         b. whales

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Lesson56 Part Ⅱ SeaOr Air

Lesson 56

Part Ⅱ                         Sea Or Air

 

Exercises:

1.____Julia is taking a trip to Canada with her husband.

2.____Julia's husband insists on flying but Julia prefers to travel by sea.

3.____Julia doesn't like flying because there are too many air crashes every year.

4.____Susan thinks that air transport is safer than road transport.

5.____Julia prefers to go by sea because she can relax on a ship.

6.____Julia has never travelled far in a rough sea.

7.____Julia once sailed down the River Thames on a sightseeing tour and she enjoyed very much her trip on the luxury¹ liner² the Queen Elizabeth Ⅱ.

Lesson56 Part Ⅲ Trains ， Trains, Trains

Lesson 56

Part Ⅲ                  Trains，Trains, Trains

 

Exercises:

Ⅰ.1.For more than two hundred years people have been using trains. There are trains to carry ____,trains to carry ____and trains to carry ____.There are ____trains, ____trains, trains that go ____the ground, trains that go ____mountains.

2.The train that runs on tracks through huge tunnels under the noise and traffic of the city is called ____.

3.The train that hangs from a rail high above the streets is called ____.

Ⅱ.1.How does a train go through mountains?

2.How does a train travel over water?

3.How many miles does a train cover going across the Australian continent?

4.What were the trains like which were used to carry important people years ago?

5.What are some of the functions of freight³ trains?

 

 

1 luxury   

n.难得享受到的愉悦；奢侈，奢华的生活

参考例句：

• He invited me to his suite. The luxury takes your breath away.他请我到他的套房里去，那豪华的气派真会令你吃惊。
• The government has imposed strict reins on the import of luxury goods.政府对奢侈品的进口有严格的控制手段。

2 liner   

n.班船，定期班机

参考例句：

• They sailed to America in a large liner.他们乘坐一艘大客轮航行到美国。
• The liner flew straight to Nanjing.客机径直飞往南京。

3 freight   

n.货物，货运；vt.运送（货物）看，装货于

参考例句：

• Tons of freight were flown into this airport every day.每天有许多吨货物被空运到这个机场。
• There is ten yuan in the bill for freight.发票中包括运费十元。