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e the question first. Step 2: buying tickets Now you have decided to go to Beijing and then Dalian by train, and you are going to buy the tickets for the fastest train. Work in pairs, with one person selling tickets and the other as the person who wants to buy the tickets. The student who is going to buy the tickets should ask the ticket seller some questions to decide which train should be taken. Remember to choose the fastest train within the budget. Do you still remember how much money can be spent on the tickets for you all? Work in pairs to make up a dialogue. Some of you will be asked to present your dialogue to the whole class. Sample answers S1: Do you have trains that go from Nanjing to Beijing and trains that go from Beijing to Dalian? S2: Yes, we do. S1: Is the train from Beijing to Dalian a fast train? We want to get to Dalian as quickly as possible. S2: Let’s see. There are two trains from Beijing to Dalian. Train T225 leaves Beijing at 18:00 and arrives at Dalian at 6:00 the next morning. Train T81 leaves at 21:21 and arrives at 6:58. S1: There isn’t much difference between the two arrival times. But we should choose a proper train to go from Nanjing to Beijing, so it will be convenient for us to catch one of the two trains to Dalian. Which one do you suggest we take? S2: There are trains to go from Nanjing to Beijing. The fastest line is T66. S1: How long does it take to get to Beijing on that train? S2: Nearly 11 hours. That’s 10 hours 54 minutes. But the arrival time is at 9:24 in the morning. Since the departure time of the two trains to Dalian is at 18:00 and 21:21, you will stay in Beijing for about or more than 9 hours. S1: What about the arrival times of the other three trains? S2: You can take either 1426 or K102. They arrive at Beijing at 14:34 and 14:10. And you’ll have enough time to change the train there. S1: Good! How much does it cost to buy a hard sleeper ticket? S2: 216 yuan one ticket for 1426 and 265 yuan for K102. As to Dalian, 257 yuan for T225 and 222 yuan for T81. S1: Hm… I can spend at most 2,200 yuan on the tickets. So I’ll buy 3 hard sleeper tickets of 1426 to Beijing and 6 of T225 to Dalian. Now plete the notes below the timetable. Answers Tickets From Nanjing to Beijing Train No.: 1426 From Beijing to Dalian Train No.: T225 Total travel time: 27 hr 26 min Total cost for two families: 2,190 yuan Skills building 3: giving reasons for your choices Boys and girls, you are asked to write an to explain the reason why you have made the decision. Do you know what you should explain and how to explain your decisions? Now read the guidelines in this part. Step 3: writing an to your uncle 1. First discuss what you should write in the according to the information gathered in steps 1 and 2. You can write an outline to anize your reasons in the to help you write it well. You can take the following as an example. What to write the decision: travel by train the reasons: why to travel by train。 to help solve city traffic problem