Unit 1 Lesson 3

Obeying traffic rules

At home, Peter is telling his mum about Tom’s accident. Act out it in pairs.

On which side of the road do you drive?Do you have to wear a helmet when riding a bicycle?Can you carry any people when riding a bicycleCan people under 18 get a driving licence?Can people people over 60 drive cars?Do you have to wear a safety belt in a car?------

Discover the traffic rules in your city. Use the question cues.

Work in your groups. Discuss the traffic problems in your city. What do you think is the most serious problem? How can you solve it? Use the word, phrase and picture cues.

Model:

A: The traffic in our town is terrible.

B: Yes, I agree with you. There are too many cars and the street are too narrow.I think we must widen the streets.

car park, traffic accident, park on the road, zebra crossing, overpass, viaduct, policeman, traffic jam 

Work in your groups. Discuss the traffic problems in your city. What do you think is the most serious problem? How can you solve it? Use the word, phrase and picture cues.

car park, traffic accident, park on the road, zebra crossing, overpass, viaduct, policeman, traffic jam 

Work in your groups. Discuss the traffic problems in your city. What do you think is the most serious problem? How can you solve it? Use the word, phrase and picture cues.

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Listen to the tape and look at the passage.Choose the best answer:

1. Tim is 17 years old. He is _____A. under 18B. over 18C. under 16

2. He found ________.A. interesting something.B. new anythingC. something special 3. People in Britain drive ___ the left-hand

side of the road. A. at B. inC. on

B

C

C

They wanted to find out more interesting things about China.

His British friends also found (find) it very interesting.

Compare: find : find out:

找到，发现了解，打听，弄清楚

Fill the blanks with “find” or “find out”1. I want to _______ about the traffic in Shanghai.2. How did you ________ the way to the park?3. It too me a lot of time to _______ the book.4. Could you ________ Mr. Li’s address for me?

findfind out

find out

find

have to = must

do not have to = needn’t

1. I ________ walk fast because I am already late.2. _____ I leave early now?3. He ______ sing very well.4. ____ they _____ come to school early tomorrow? No, they ______.

Fill the blank with the following words with their proper forms.

have to, can, need, may

have toMay

canDo have to

needn’t

1. In China and Britain, some traffic are not the same.

2. People in China drive on the left-hand side of the road.

3. Passengers in a car also have to wear seat belts in Britain.

4. In Britain, the moped riders needn’t wear helmets.

5. People over 60 cannot drive cars in Britain.

Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are ture or false.

T

F

T

F

F

People in China drive on the right-hand side of the road.

In Britain, the moped riders have to wear helmets.

People over 60 can drive cars in Britain.

A: Anything new?B: Yes. For example. People in Britain drive _______________________ the road.A: Really? People in China must drive on the right-hand side of the road.B: And in Britain moped riders have to _____________.A: Yes? But in ________ only motorcycle riders must wear helmets.B: In Britain even people ________ can drive. A: Oh, people under 18 and over 60 ________drive in China. Did you wear the safety belts in a car in Britain?B: Both _____________________ must wear the safety belts. A: In China both driver and _______________________________ have to wear safety belts.B: Our British friends want to find out ____________________ about China. So they want to come to China.---

Complete the following dialogue according to the passage you have just read and then practice in pairs.

on the left-hand side of

wear helmets China

over 60 cannot

driver and passengers passenger in the front of the seat

more interesting things

A: Li Jin’ classmate B: Li Jin