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Lesson 3 “WHITE BIKES ON THE ROAD”
UNIT 8 Green Living
1.People in Amsterdam (enjoy) the benefits of cycling for years.
2.The idea began about 50 years ago, and was first (know) as "white bikes".
3. Amsterdam is a good city for cycling it's flat and therefore
for bikes.
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have been enjoying
known
because
convenient
4.There are also (大量的) places for bicycle parking and most streets in the city centre have a bicycle path.
5. (由于)its convenience for bicycles, Amsterdam has very (流行)cyclists ---an (amaze)38% of all trips are made by bike.
plenty of
Because of
popular with
amazing
become
1.In 1960s, a group of cycling fans (提出)an idea.
2. They believed that would be better for everybody cars weren't allowed in the city centre and only bicycles were.
3. They were (hope) that this would help to save (能源), reduce (污染) and provide free (公共交通).
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the
came up with
it
if
hopeful
energy
pollution
public transport
4. Anyone (allow) to take them and use them short journeys.
5. People would leave the bike in the place they finished their journey, (以至于) someone else could then take it and use it from there.
6. Soon after, however, problems (出现) and the "white bikes" all (消失).
was allowed
for
so that
where
came up
disappeared
1.以......而闻名
2. 大量
3. 由于
4.受欢迎
5.提出
6.被允许做某事
7.出现
1. be known as
2. a plenty of
3. because of
4. be popular with
5. come up with
6. be allowed to do sth.
7. come up
Phrases
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1. The designer says he ______________ the idea after watching people get wet on streets in Russia.
2. He _______________ the best singer in the country. (know)
3. There are ___________ storybooks for the children. (许多)
4. There is always a person who lives in the bottom of the heart but __________ in life. (appear)
came up with
was known as
plenty of
disappears
1. (take) a bicycle, you had to put in a special card.
2. The new “white bikes” were actually white painted
bright colours.
3.The bikes (park) at special (park) places.
4. Thus people wanted to use them had to take them to
special parking place near their (目的地) and leave them there.
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To take
not
but
in
were parked
parking
who
another
destination
1. (由于,幸亏)the ideas and efforts of many people, like the cycling fans of the 1960s and those enabled the return of "white bikes", you can now enjoy clean air and easy transport in (center) Amsterdam.
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Thanks to
who
central
1.不是...而是...
2. 幸亏,由于
3. 用某物来做...
1. not ...but ...
2. thanks to
3. use sth. for sth.
Phrases
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1. ____________your help , we accomplished the task ahead of time.
2. They left early _____________they could catch the early bus.
Thanks to
so that
1. In China, cities have their own "white bike"
(计划).
2. Both the locals and (游客) like to use (share) bikes bike-sharing is a cheap and easy way (save) energy, reduce air and noise pollution, and enjoy the benefits of exercise in cities.
3. However, problems can also develop, the theft of bikes and parking issues.
4. (fortune), people are trying different ways of solving those problems.
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more and more
programmes
tourists
shared
because
to save
like
Fortunately
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1. A _________ (globe) environmental meeting is going to be held here.
2. __________, the fire was discovered soon after it had started.
global
Fortunately
enjoy…for years _______________________
be first known as… _______________________
be convenient for… _______________________
come up with an idea _______________________
thanks to the ideas and efforts of…_______________________
try different ways of doing… _______________________
多年来一直享受……
最初被称为……
便于……
提出了一个想法
由于这个创意以及众多……的努力
尝试不同的方法来做某事
Advantages Disadvantages
convenient saving money reducing pollution providing public transport making “the last-mile distance” easy .... causing parking problems
causing accidents on the road
....
Discuss about the shared bikes in groups.
Express Yourself
Work in groups.
What are the similarities and differences between “white bikes” in Amsterdam and shared bikes in your city/town
“white bikes” in Amsterdam
“white bikes” in China
Introduce “white bikes” in Amsterdam with
the help of the flow chart.
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“White bikes” in the 1960s
purposes
actions
results
The return of “white bikes” in 1999
actions
results
Today...
Influence in the world
Amsterdam:the city of Bicycles
Homework