北师大版高中一年级 (上 )

Unit 9

Unit 9 lesson 33

On Your Bike

ferry

Describe the pictures in the words learned in the unit

hovercraft

lorry

Traffic jam

1. Do you use a bicycle? When?

2. What are the advantages of bicycles over cars?

What do you know about Netherlands?

What is Netherlands famous for ?

Today’s story is about Netherlands.

Netherlands is a developed country , But in its capital there are more bikes than cars . Is it true?

bicycle lane

The Netherlands has the highest

proportion of bicycles in the

world – 14 million bicycles

between 15 million people!

Read the text .Are these statements true (T) or false (F)1.Using a computer chip is to make the

bike run faster.

2. Now in Amsterdam not all the bicycles are painted white.

3. In Amsterdam riding a bicycle is not very convenient. You can not find a bicycle anywhere.

F

T

F

4. In Amsterdam cars are allowed in the city centre5. In order to reduce pollution and save energy, cycling fans had another idea of using a computer card 30 years later.6. Over 10 years people have been

enjoying the benefits of cycling in Amsterdam.

T

T

F

Read the text again and answer these questions.

1.Why Amsterdam is called the “City of Bicycles”?

2. Why did the first “white bikes” scheme fail?

Because there are plenty of places to park bikes and most streets in the city centre have a bicycle lane.

Thieves stole the bikes.

3. What effects have the white bikes had?

4. Do you think the ‘white bikes’ would be good for your town or city? Say why.

There is less traffic in central Amsterdam.

1.thank to 由于，因为，后面只能跟短语。 Thanks to the efforts by Dr. Smith, I

can walk around again now.

David kicked the ball into his own

goal. It was thanks to his stupidity

that we won the game.

Thanks to

由于史密斯医生的努力，我现在又能走路了。

thanks to

大卫把球踢到他们自己的球门里去了，我们赢球要感谢他的糊涂。

2. work 起作用，行得通The problem was that it didn’t work– thieves took all the bicycles within weeks.

The plan just won’t work.

但是这个办法行不通——几周内，所有的自行车都被小偷偷走了。

这个计划是行不通的。

work

work

work (机器、器官等 ) 运转，活动

The machine works smoothly.

My brain doesn’t seem to be working well today.

works

机器运转正常。working

我的脑子今天好像不大灵活。

• a repeated or continuous activity that started in the past and hasn’t been finished.

I’ve been going everywhere by bike for the last two months.

• an activity from the recent past which has consequences in the present.

We use the Present Continuous to talk about：

’ve been going

Grammar:

The Present Perfect Continuous is formed in this way: Subject + have/has + been+ ing

You’ve been studying very hard.

Has Steve been complaining about it?

We haven’t been waiting for you long.haven’t been waiting

Has been complaining

’ve been studying

He’s been doing his science project all night. (that’s why he’s so sleepy now.)

’s been doing

I’ve been sitting in a traffic jam for hours.

1. I’ve ______ going everywhere by bike.

2. I _______ been using the car for the

last two months.

3.Have you _____ watching Eurosport?

4.What have been _____?

5. _____you ______ cycling in the rain?

Use the dialogues in Exercise 4 to complete the table.

been

haven’t

been

doing

Have been

Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous.

a). We’re so tired. We _________(cycle)

in the forest all morning.

b). Why was he arrested? ___ he ______

(sell) stolen cars again?

’ve been cycling

Has been

selling

d). The kids are very good today. They

_________ (play) quietly for two hours.have been playing

c). I don’t want him to give us a lift. He

________(not drive) for a long time.hasn’t been driving

Student A Questions:

a. You’re tanned. Have you been sunbathing?No, I haven’t. I’ve been using the su

nbed at my club.

b. Your eyes are red. Have you been crying? No , I haven’t. I’ve been sleeping

badly for the last few days.

c. You look healthy. Have you been working out in the gym?No, I haven’t. I’ve been jogging a lot recently.

Student B Questions:

a. You look tired. Have you been

sleeping all right?

No, I haven’t. I’ve been sleeping too little.

b. You’re fit. Have you been

cycling a lot?

No I haven’t. I’ve been swimming every night.

c. You look angry, Have you

been arguing with someone?

No, I haven’t. I’ve been waiting for Mary for an hour.

d. you’re late. Have you been

waiting for the bus?No, I haven’t. I’ve been trying go to catch a taxi.

That’s all