How do you get to school?
Unit 3
Section B (1a-2c)
It takes me about 35 minutes to walk to school.
It takes me about 20 minutes to go to school by bus.
home
Middle School
35 minutes
20 minutes
How long does it take?
20
40
8
16
4
8
It takes her ______ minutes to walk, ________ minutes
by subway, and about _______ minutes by bus.
forty
sixteen
eight
Conversation:
A: How do you get to school?
B:I usually walk but sometimes I take the bus.
A: How long does it take?
B: It takes me about 25 minutes to walk and 10 minutes by bus.
What are they?
bus stop
bus station
subway station
train station
Match the words with the picture.
1. ___ bus stop 3. ___ bus station
2. ___ train station 4. ___ subway station
b
a
d
c
1a
A: How do you get to school?
B: Well, I ride my bike to the subway station.
Then I take the subway.
1b
Tell your partner how you get to school. Imagine you use two types of transportation.
bike
car
bus
train
plane
subway
Listen and check (√) the things that Mary wants to know?
Mary wants to know…
_ where Bob lives.
_ how far he lives from his grandparents’
home.
_ how he gets to his grandparents’ home.
_ how long it takes to get to his
grandparent’s home.
_ what he thinks of the trip.
√
√
1c
√
2
Listen again. How does Bob get to his grandparents’ home? Check (√) 1 or 2.
1d
√
1
1d Listen again.
He usually takes the train. And then he takes a bus from the train station to their home.
How does Bob get to his grandparents’ home? Check ( ) 1 or 2.
Mary: I love your home, Bob. It’s so big!
Bob: Thanks, Mary. My grandparents’ home is very big, too.
Mary: Where do they live?
Bob: Very far from my home.
Mary: Oh, how far?
Bob: It’s about 500 kilometers from here.
Mary: Wow! That’s far.
Bob: Yes, it is. So I go there and see my grandparents only one
or two times a year.
Mary: How do you get there?
Bob: I usually take the train.
Mary: How long does it take?
Bob: It takes about six hours. And then I take a bus from the
train station to their home.
Mary: Wow. That’s a long trip.
Role-play
Mary: I love your home, Bob. It’s so big!
Bob: ______, Mary. My grandparents’ home is very big, _____.
Mary: Where do they live?
Bob: Very far ________ my home.
Mary: Oh, how _________?
Bob: It’s __________500 kilometers from here.
Mary: Wow! That’s far.
Bob: Yes, it is. So I go there and see my grandparents only
____________.
Mary: ________________?
Bob: I usually _______________.
Mary: ________________?
Bob: It takes about six hours. And ___ I take a bus from _____
____________________ to their home.
Mary: Wow. That’s a long trip.
Role-play
…what they think of the trip.
think of 认为
e.g. What does Bob think of the trip?
鲍勃认为旅行怎么样?
What do/does sb. think of …?
某人觉得……怎么样?
= How do/does sb. like…?
Language points
boat
n.小船
river
n. 河;江
bridge
n.桥
village
n.村庄; 村镇
villager
n.村民
ropeway
n.索道
New words
dream
n. 梦想;睡梦
v. 做梦
between prep.
介于……之间
100 分
leave
v.离开
afraid
adj.害怕;畏惧
many = lots of
adj.&pron. 许多
cross
v.横过;越过
2a
Look at the picture and title below. Guess what the passage is about.
Crossing the River to School
How do students go to school?
2b
Read the passage and answer the questions.
Fast reading
How does Liang ling go to school every day?
____________________________________________________________________
He goes on a ropeway to cross the river to school.
读文章,回答问题
Read paragraph 1 to answer the question.
阅读第一段回答问题。
2. Why do they go to school by ropeway?
There is no bridge, and the river runs too quickly for boats.
Careful reading仔细阅读
读文章,回答问题
Read paragraph 2 to answer the question.
阅读第二段回答问题。
3. Does the boy like his school? Why?
Careful reading仔细阅读
Yes, he does. He loves to play with his classmates. He loves his teacher.
读文章,回答问题
Careful reading仔细阅读
Their dream is to have a bridge.
Read paragraph 3 to answer the question.
4. What is the villagers’ dream?
5.Do you think their dream can come true?
6.Can we help them?
7.What can we do for them?
Yes, I do.Maybe the government can build a bridge for them.
Yes,we can.
We can give our pocket money(零花钱)to them.
读文章,回答问题
1. For the students in the village, it is _______ to get to the school.
2. They have to cross a very ___ river between their school and the village.
3. They cannot go by boat because the
river runs too _______.
2c
Read the passage again. Complete the sentences with the words from the passage.
difficult
big
quickly
读文章,回答问题
4. It is not easy to cross the river on a ropeway, but the boy is not _______.
5. The students and villagers want to have a bridge. Can their dream come ____?
afraid
true
读文章,回答问题
Their dream can come true if people all around the world help them.
1. There is a very big river between their
school and the village.
Between … and … 在……与……之间
between 是个介词,表示在两者之间。
e.g. Mary is between Jane and Linda in
the line.
在队伍中,玛丽在简和琳达之间。
Language points
2. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school.
cross 横过; 穿越(马路、河等)
e.g. Look careful before you cross the
road.
过马路前要细心看!
3. But he is not afraid.
afraid adj. 害怕;恐惧
(1) be afraid …… 害怕的
e.g. The girl is very afraid.
小女孩很害怕。
(2) be afraid of … 害怕 ……
e.g. My sister is afraid of snakes.
我妹妹害怕蛇。
4. He’s like a father to me.
like “像”。作介词,不是动词。
e.g. The fish looks like a big boat.
那条鱼看起来像条船 。(介词)
Jane likes history very much.
简很喜欢历史。 (动词)
5.我有一个11岁的哥哥。
误:I have an 11?years?old brother.
正:I have an 11?year?old brother.
【错误揭示】由“数词+名词+(形容词)”构成的复合形容词时,名词只能用单数形式。
6.在冬季玩雪是很有趣的。
误:It is interesting play with snow in winter.
正:It is interesting to play with snow in winter.
【错误揭示】It's+形容词(+for sb.)+to do sth.意为“(对某人来说)做某事是……的”。在英语中,动词不定式作主语时,要将真正的主语(动词不定式)放在后面。
根据句意及提示写单词。
1.For students in a (村子)in Yunnan,it is difficult to get to school.
2.I have (许多)photos,how about you?
3.Some students in our class go to school by (小船).
4.The little girl is (害怕)of dogs.
5.What's your (梦想),James?
课堂检测
village
many
boat
afraid
dream
二、用所给词的适当形式填空。
1.The two (bridge)are too old.The people here want two new ones.
2.It's easy (write)a story in English.
3. (thank)for your help and I know how to do it.
4.A lot of (village)are working in the field.
5.The boat on the river runs very (quick).
bridges
to write
Thanks
villagers
quickly
空白演示
Speaker name and title here