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Unit 4 The first underground in the world Reading 2 Teaching aims: After this class, students will be able to 1. further understanding of the text. 2. understand and use the words and phrases: distinction, plex, distant, choke, accelerate. 3. be placed under the authority of? , link up, permit. 4. help students analyze the following sentences: 1) However, most trains into London only went to the outer city limits, because building railway tracks into the city would have damaged many old buildings. 2) Having seen the situation, a wealthy American businessman, Charles Yerkes, undertook improving the system by obtaining ownership of the many different lines and setting up the Underground Electric Railways of London, in 1902. 5. apply the target language to practical use and in certain contexts. Teaching procedures: Step 1 A brief revision of the text Try to help students to recall the information of the London Underground in the world in the following aspects: introduction, reasons, development,