Daily report

Talking :1. Does your family have a car?2. If so, what kind of car is it?3. How often do you travel in it?4. If not, What car would you like to have? Why?

motorway

New words and phrases:

Speed limit

Traffic cone

Zebra crossing

traffic jam

addicted to: He is addicted to smoking. have an addiction to have effect on take action

Students tell what they can see on the pictures of the text.

a Toyota car, the number plate, traffic jam, tax disk, double yellow lines, a key, an arrowhead

Look at the title and caption:Is the writer optimistic or pessimistic about the traffic?

Performing What are they complaining about?

traffic

Number of cars:

Increase in the last ten years:

Number of road deaths:

Number of deaths caused by air pollution:

Proportion of children suffering from asthma:

Get some information about the traffic in Britain from the text to fill in the table.

25 millionthe number of cars has gone up by30%

over 3000 people

25,000

one in seven

Give some advice about how to solve these problems.

Read the advice from Jenny and fill in the table.

advantage of using your legs:

advantage of using public transport:

advantage of sharing cars:

saves money, keeps you fit, helps you live longer, cuts the risk of heart disease by 50%

relax, read a book, talk to someone, maybe meet the love of your life

much cheaper, kinder to the environment

Listen to the text and answer the questions:

1. Why do people make excuses? 2. Dose Jenny think the adverts on TV are true?3. According to Jenny, what are the ways of making streets safer? 4. Did the writer decide to give up his car, after getting these suggestions? 1. Because they want to continue using their cars.2. No, she doesn’t.3. Ask for a speed limit, a zebra crossing or a pedestrian area.4. No, he didn’t

Since so many people are _______ to cars, Jenny Trowe gives six pieces of ______ about how to ______ cars: 1. Use your legs for ____ journeys. 2. Use public transport so that there will be ____ cars on the road. 3. Think before you go, “Do you really need to make that journey?” 4. Share cars ____ others. 5. Don’t believe the adverts. Most of them are not ____. 6. Take action. Don’t just sit around and ________. The advice sounds ______, however, it is difficult for those who have a deep addiction to cars.

addicted advice

give up shortless

withtrue

complainsimple

Homework:

1. Go over the text. 2. Finish off workbook exercise 1 and 2 on page 84.

Thank you very much!