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UNIT 8 GREEN LIVING
Lesson 3 “White Bikes” on the Road
Warming up
Are there any shared bikes in your neighbourhood or around your school What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of them
Advantages
Convenient
saving energy
reducing pollution
providing public transport
making “the last-mile distance” easy
Disadvantages
causing parking problems
causing accidents on the road
Task 1
Amsterdam is called "the City of Bicycles". Why is it a good city for cycling Read the first paragraph and take notes about the reasons.
Task 2
Where did the idea of “white bikes” start What happened to it soon after, and what is the situation now Read the rest of the text. Make notes in the table.
Development of “White Bikes”
In the 1960s In 1999 Now
Understanding Development of Events
The development of events talks about how one event followed another to create a certain situation
· Find the starting point of the events.
· Find out when and where the events developed.
· Find out what problems developed and what the consequences of the development were.
Skill Builder
Task 3
Group Work Introduce “white bikes” in Amsterdam with the help of the flow chart.
Task 4
Complete the summary with the information you have learnt.
People in Amsterdam have been 1 cycling for years. They are particularly lucky because the city is very flat and therefore 2 cycling.
Back in the 1960s, a group of cycling fans 3 an idea of using free shared bikes. They believed that this would help to 4 5 and 6 . However shortly after setting up the new system, there was a serious problem as all the bikes 7 . In 1999, the bike-sharing idea returned to Amsterdam. This time they were 8 a computer 9 10 the efforts of many people, the idea of “shared bikes” has now pedalled its way around the world.
Homework
① therefore adv.因此,所以,因而
A fish is a cold-blooded animal and therefore is very sensitive to water temperature.
鱼是冷血动物,因此对水温非常敏感。
② plenty of大量的,充足的,相当多的。可接可数名词复数或不可数名词。
We always keep plenty of spare paper, in case we run out.
我们总是备有足够的纸张,以防用完。
词汇学习
③ bicycle path自行车道
path n.[C]小路,小径;路线,道路;成功的途径
winding path 蜿蜒的小路
the path to success 成功之道
④ be/become popular with/among为…….喜欢,受……欢迎
The mobile phone is fashionable and convenient to carry, so it is very popular with the young.
这款手机时尚、携带方便,深受年轻人欢迎。
⑤ in the 1960s 在20世纪60年代
⑥ come up with 想出,提出(计划、想法等)
⑦ thief n.[C]小偷,窃贼
Theft /n.[U、C]偷窗,盗商罪
⑧ a matter of weeks 只有几周之多
a matter of hours/minutes, etc.
只有几个小时/几分钟等之多,不多于几小时/几分钟等
a matter of inches/metres, etc.
只有几英寸/几米等之多,不多于几英寸/几米等
Within a mater of days, she was back at work.
仅仅几天后,她又回去上班了。
⑨ computer tracking system 计算机跟踪系统
⑩ thanks to幸亏
enable vt.使成为可能;使能够
enable…to do sth.使…….能做某事
In a word, good listening can really enable us to get closer to each other.
总之,善于倾听确实能使我们彼此要加亲近。
1. There is no light in Smith's room. T , he can't beat home.
2. Rainforests are being cut down and burned at such a surprising speed that they will d from the earth in the future.
3. In this city, drivers searching for (停放) spots lead to 30 percent of all downtown jams.
单词记忆练习
4.(2020·河北沧洲检测)After lunch,my father and I wandered around the (小径), enjoying the spring sun yesterday.
5.(2020·江苏徐州模考)Guizhou Province, ranked by Lonely Planet among the top 10 regions to visit in 2020, has become a promising travel (目的地).
参考答案:
1. There 2. disappear 3. parking
4. path 5. destination
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