By Zhou Ling Changxing ExperimentalMiddle School

1.--- How did I get to your school?--- You got to our school by car,

You took a car to your school.

2. ---- How far do I live from your school?

--- You live eight kilometers from your school.

Jiapu Middle School8 kilometers

My home

How far do you live from school?

I live …miles from school.

How do you get to school?

I get to school by …/ I take a …to school.

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walk

ride the bike

take the bus

take the car

take the train

take the subway

take the boat

take the ship

It depends on where you live / are.

means of transportation( 交通方式 ) ways of getting to school ( 上学方式 )

( 取决于 )

How far do you live from school?

I live …miles from school.

How do you get to school?

I get to school by …/ I take a …to school.

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walk

ride the bike

take the bus

take the car

take the train

take the subway

take the boat

take the ship

many a small number of 少量，很少

Bikes and buses are the most popular ways of getting to school.

( 最受欢迎的 )

Kaishandao( 开山岛）

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boat

ship

They are different from us.

Taking a boat must be fun

（一定）

Hongshanhu( 洪山湖）

Taking a boat must be a lot more fun than taking a bus.

( 更有趣 ) ( 比 )

Kaishandao

( 开山岛）

Kaishandao and Hongshanhu are places where

( 有着很多河流湖泊的地方 )

China is a place where there are many .

中国是一个有着很多河流的地方。

rivers

there are many rivers and lakes.

Green High School

400 students

(180)

(100)

(50)

(40)

(30)

At Green High School,______students ride the biketo school.most

most

many

some

other

a small number of

不确定数量

How do students get to Green High School ？

At Green High School, most students ______________to school.

Many students .

Some students ,

Other students ,

A small number of students .

ride bikes

walk to school

take cars to school

take buses to school

take subways to school

North America

in other parts of the world

JapanChina

In North America most students go to school on the school bus .Some students also walk or ride bikes to school .

In other parts of the world, things are different.

In Japan, most students take trains to school, although others also walk or ride their bikes.

In China, it depends on where you are. In big cities, students usually ride bikes to school or take buses. And in places where there are rivers and lakes, like Hongshanhu and Kaishandao, students usually go to school by boat. That must be a lot more fun than taking a bus !

Fast reading for a main idea, not for details.

（快速阅读，掌握文章大意 )

_____________________________________________

What’s the passage’s main idea (title 标题 )?

What’s the passage’s main idea (title 标题 )?

A: How do students in North America get to school?

B: How do students in Japan get to school?

C: How do students in China get to school?

D: How do students around the world get to school? 在全世界

How do students around the world get to school?

country most students others

North America

Japan

China

in big cities in places where there are rivers and lakes

go to school on the school bus

walk or

ride bikes

take trains to school

walk orride bikes

ride bikes

take buses go to school by boat

(Careful Reading for details 仔细阅读找细节 )

（ depend on ）

1. In North America, not all students take the bus to school.

( T )

2. Other parts of the world are different from the United States. ( T )

3. In Japan, the three most popular ways of getting to school are bus, train and bike. ( F )

4. In China, bikes and buses are the most popular means of transportation. ( F )

5. Students in Hongshanhu and Kaishandao have to take a boat to get to school. ( T )

walking

In China, it depends on where you are.

Task3:

Task4Task4: : fill in the blanksfill in the blanks

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schoolschool busbus walkwalk

differentdifferent trainstrains

dependsdepends onon

bikesbikes

wherewhere llakesakes

byby boatboat mustmust bebe

Taking a boat must be a lot more fun than taking a bus.

Groupwork

How do people get to Shanghai?

I think most… many… some… other… a small number of… no…

EXPO

Homework

1.Finish the article.

2.Remember the new words and phrases.