lesson 1 on your bike lesson 1 on your bike. they are cycling
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Lesson 1
On Your Bike
Lesson 1
On Your Bike
They are cycling.
traffic jam
1. Do you use a bicycle? When?
2. Which one do you like, a bicycle or
a car? Why?
3. What are the advantages of bicycles
over cars?
4. Today’s story is about Netherland.
What do you know about Netherland?
What is Netherland famous for ?
bicycle lane
Do you know?
The Netherlands has the highest
proportion of bicycles in the world –
14 million bicycles among 15 million
people!
Read the text. Are these
statements true (T) or false (F)?
1. Using a computer chip is to stop
bikes from being stolen.
2. Now in Amsterdam all the bicycles
are painted white.
T
F
3. In Amsterdam riding a bicycle is
very convenient. You can find a
bicycle anywhere.
4. Over 30 years people have been
enjoying the benefits of cycling in
Amsterdam.
5. In Amsterdam no car is allowed in
the city centre and only bicycles
are.
F
T
F
6. In order to reduce pollution and
save energy, cycling fans had
another idea of using a computer
card 30 years later.
7. Almost every one buys bicycle in
Amsterdam.
F
F
1. Why Amsterdam is called the “City
of Bicycles”?
Because there are plenty of places to
park bikes and most streets in the
city centre have a bicycle lane.
Read the text again and answer
these questions.
2. Why did the first “white bikes” plan
fail?
Thieves stole the bikes.
3. What effects have the white bikes
had?
There is less traffic in central
Amsterdam.
• 1.right now 3. be anxious for sth.
• 2. differ from sb. in sth./ be different from sb. in sth. 4. risk doing sth. 5. turn up 6. get across
• 7.go through with 8. in turn 10. be worth waiting
• 9. to one’s amazemment
• 11 look down upon 12. back out
• 13. take up doing sth. 14. come up with
• 15. date back to 16. do trade with/ trade with
• 17. be impressed by / impress sb. with sth./ impress sth. on sb. 18. stand by 19. break out
• 20 break down 21. on one’s way to
• 22. in preparation for/ prepare for sth.
Review the words & phrases from the songs Leaving on the Jet Plane• 打包 pack • 所有的行李都打包好了.• All my bags are packed.• 天亮了.• The dawn is breaking.• 吹响号角• blowing the horn• 孤独的• lonesome
• 让某人失望 • let sb. down= disappoint sb.
• 玩耍• play around
• 想起…… • think of
在路上,启程• be on one’s way
• 独自离开• leave alone
Find out the English phrases for the following Chinese.
• 享受着骑自行车的益处• 对自行车很方便• 在城市的中心• 把阿姆斯特丹称做“自
行车之城”• 在20世纪60年代• 一群自行车迷• 节约能源
enjoy the benefits of cycling be convenient for bikes
in the city centre
call Amsterdam the “City of Bicycles” in the 1960s
a group of cycling fanssave energy
• 减少污染• 提供免费公共交通工
具• 把数百辆自行车漆成
白色• 把他们放在许多临近
的街区• 短途旅行• 完成一个旅行• 在几周内
reduce pollution
provide free public transport
paint hundreds of bikes white
place them in lots of neighbourhoods a short journey
finish a journeywithin weeks
• 30多年以后• 用一个电脑芯片来记
录它的每一个行动• 插入一张特别的卡设计独特 , 颜色鲜艳• 特殊停放地• 在阿姆斯特丹中心• 当地人和旅行者• 多亏
more than 30years laterwith a computer chip to record its every move
insert a special cardan unusual design with bright coloursspecial parking place
in central Amsterdamlocals and touriststhanks to
1. work 起作用 ,行得通The plan just won’t work.
这个计划将行不通。 药物奏效了。
The medicine have worked.
work (机器、器官等 ) 运转 ,活动The machine works smoothly.
My brain doesn’t seem to be working
well today.
3. thanks 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.
a repeated or continuous activity
that started in the past and hasn’t been
finished.
Grammar
We use the Present Perfect Continuous
to talk about:
e.g. I’ve been going everywhere by
bike for the last two months.
an activity from the recent past whic
h has consequences in the present.
He’s been doing his science project al
l night. (that’s why he’s so sleepy now.)
The Present Perfect Continuous is fo
rmed 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.
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.
Use the dialogues in Exercise 4 to
complete the table.
been
haven’t
3. Have you ____ watching Euro
sport?
4. What have been _____?
5. _____ you ____ cycling in the rain?
been
doing
Have been
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
Put the verbs in brackets in the
Present Perfect Continuous.
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
Exercise8• 1. A small boy has been fighting, as a consequence,
he has a black eye.• 2. A dog has been eating a bone, therefore, it has
looked happy.• 3.A boy has been getting the ball out of the pond,
and then is coming out of it in the park, all wet.• 4. A woman has been swimming a lot, then she has
healthy-looking skin.• 5 A woman has been jogging in the park, then she
is walking now out of the park, sweating.
Exercise9
• 1. She has been swimming.
• 2. He has been exercising.
• 3. He has been eating chocolates.
• 4. He has been painting.
Grammar Practice
1. You want to find out why someone
is late.
a) What have you been
doing? b) What have
you done?
a) What have you been doing?
Which sentence, a or b fits each
situation best?
2. You want to talk about your success
in your golf training programme.
a) I’ve been running toda
y. b) I’ve played fo
r six hours today.
b) I’ve played for six hours today.
3. You want to complain about your
garage.
a) They’ve been repairing my car
for over a week.
b) They’ve repaired my car.
a) They’ve been repairing my car
for over a week.
Mike: At last! Where ____________
(be)? I ________________ (wait)
for an hour.
have you been
have been waiting
Put the verbs in brackets in the Present
Perfect or Present Perfect Continuous.
Helen: Sorry, I _____________ (talk)
to an old friend. I ___________
(not see) her for years. And
imagine, we met in the middle
of the street, just like that.
Mike: What ___ she __________(do)
since you last saw her?
’ve been talking
haven’t seen
has been doing
Helen: She ______________ (work) as
a telephone operator in a hotel
but she wants to change her job.
She ___________________ (not
get on ) well with her boss
recently.
’s been working
hasn’t been getting on
Mike: Our company is looking for an
operator. (8) ___________
(have) any interesting offers
yet?
Has she had
Helen: I don’t think so. She __________
_______ (not look) for a long
time. She just _____________
(start).
Mike: Then tell her about this offer.
She’ll appreciate it.
hasn’t been
looking
has just started
Language in UseLanguage in Use
Work in pairs. Act out dialogues
using the cues.
Student A Questions:
b. Your English is good. Have you be
en doing lots of exercises?
No, I haven’t. I’ve been practising
using it a lot.
c. Your eyes are red. Have you been
crying?
No, I haven’t. I’ve been sleeping
badly for the last few days.
d. 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 to
catch a taxi.
Homework
Finish Exercises 8-9 on P37.Finish Exercises 8-9 on P37.
Language points
1. paint… (color) 染上某种颜色 He has decided to paint the ceiling
light blue, which can make the roo
m look nice and cool.
Fences are always painted white.