Unit 6 Go with Transportation!Lesson 32 Trains Go Faster!冀教版八年級上冊冀教版八年級上冊How exciting the passengers were!It was fun to take a train. n. 乘客Today we will read about the history of trains. Trains werent always as they are today. New trains are faster than old ones. Lesson 32 Trains Go Faster! In the 1700s, many scientists worked on steam engines. In the 1760s, a scientist in England found a way to put steam engines and wheels together. A new type of transportation: the steam train In 1804, the first train engine was born in England. It travelled only about fifteen kilometres in two hours. The Rocket was the most famous early engine. Do you know what a railway is? A railway is the special road that trains travel on. During the 1830s, countries all over the world started to build railways. n. 鐵路鐵路People built many train stations to help passengers get on and off the trains easily. 上、下車上、下車Early trains were slow by todays standards. Todays high-speed trains can travel at about 300 kilometers per hour. 1.When was the first railway born?2. Why did people build train stations?In 1804. People built them to help passengers get on and off the trains easily. Lets Do It! Ex. 1. Group work:The history of trains.Discuss in groups. Try to think about which events are the most important ones. Then use short sentences to explain. 1263541760s-Scientists invented the steam engine. 1804-The railway was born. 1825-1830s-Now-Future-railway station speed passenger get on and off be born 1.The first railway _ in England. 2.Today, high-speed trains can have a top _ of 500 kilometres an hour.3.I went to the new _ last Sunday. Its bright and beautiful. Its easy for _ to _ the train. was bornspeedrailway stationpassengersget on and off Over two thousand years ago, Chinese people invented kites. Kites can fly like birds, but they cant take people up into the sky. Hundreds of years later, the Wright brothers made the first successful experiment. A machine carrying a man rose into the sky using its own energy. It was the first plane. Inventors went on to improve planes. Two engineers, Frank Whittle of the U.K. and Hans Von Ohain of Germany, developed the jet plane during the late 1930s. What is the short passage mainly about?The history of planes.Homework 1. Finish writing the history of trains. 2. Do the exercises of Learning English. 3. Preview Lesson 33.Trains have changed our life!Imagine what the future transportation is like. Have fun!