UNIT 4

car taxi

busminibus

subwaytrain

bike/ bicycle motorbike

truckjeep

plane

boat ship

How do you get to …?

take the subway take the bus

take a taxitake a minibus

take the plane

take the ship take a car

take the train

How do you get to …?

walk

How do you get to …?

ride one’s/a bike

ride a motorbike

A: How do you get to school?

walk

ride a bike

take a bus

take a car

take the subway

take the train

B:

to school.

How does he/she get to …?

He/She takes the subway/...rides his/her bike.walks.

Pairwork:

A: How does your… get to

work?

B: He/She …. (to work)

Look at the picture

1. __________ 2. __________ 3. __________ 4. ___________ 5. __________ 6.___________7. ___________

ride a bike take the bustake the train walk take a taxiride a motorbike

Find out all the transportation in the pictures and fill in the following blanks

take the subway

1 Bob 2. Mary 3. Paul 4. Yang Lan 5. John

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Bob

Mary

PaulYang Lan

John

A: How does Bob get to

school?

B: He takes the train .

Period 2

How do you get to school?How does … get to work?

walk

He usually walks to school.

= He goes to school on foot.

ride a bike

My father rides a bike to work every day.

=My father goes to work by bike every day.

take a bus

Mr. Li often takes a bus to work.

= Mr. Li often goes to work by bus.

take the train

I’m taking the train to Shanghai.

=I’m going to Shanghai by train.

Mary usually takes the subway to work.

=Mary usually goes to work by subway.

take the ship

We usually take the ship to the Three Gorges.

= We usually go to the Three Gorges by ship.

take a boat

Sometimes she takes a boat to school.

= Sometimes she goes to school by boat.

take the plane

I have to take the plane to Greece.=I have to go to Greece by

plane.=I have to fly to Greece.

take a car

In the evening Mr. Smith takes a car home. =In the evening Mr. Smith goes

home by car.=In the evening Mr. Smith drives home.

Pairwork:

A: How do you get to…?

B: I take/ride ….

I get to school by ….

Summary :

take/ride the/a … to + 地点 = go to + 地点 by …e.g. He often takes the subway to work.

= He often goes to work by subway.

注意 : 当 home,here, there 作地点时 , to不要 .

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20 minutes

---It takes me 20 minutes

---How long does it take()

( you to get from home to school ?

to go to school by bike.

---It takes me 10 minutes

10 minutes

---How long does it take()

( you

to get from home to school ?

to go to school by bus.

a. 10 minuts b. 15 minutes c. 25 minutes d. 30 minutes e. 35 minutes f. 40 minutes

g. 50 minutes h. 55minutes

How long does it take?

It takes - - -.

Listen and match

a

a. 10 minutes b. 15 minutes c. 25 minutes d. 30 minutes e. 35 minutes f. 40 minutes

g. 50 minutes h. 55minutes

e c

PAIRWORK

A: How do you get to school?B: Well, I usually walk but sometimes I take the bus. A: How long does it take ?B: It takes about 25 minutes to walk and 10 minutes by bus.

10 kilometers

---How far is it from your home to school?

---(It’s) about 10 kilometers.

---(It’s) about… kilometers.

---How far is it from your home to school?

A: How do you get to school?

B: Well, I usually take a bus but sometimes I take the subway.

A: How far is it from your home to school?

B: About 10 kilometers.

A: How long does it take?

B: It takes 10 minutes by bus and 5 minutes by the subway.

Home to school: 10 kilometerstake a bus 10 minutestake the subway 5minutes

40 minutes/2 miles

15 minutes/4 miles

35 minutes/8 miles

25 minutes/3 miles

50 minutes/9 miles30 minutes/

3 miles

How do you get to school?How far is it from your home to school?How long does it take?

30 kilometerstrain 20 minutescar 10 minutes

Read and fill in the form

How

How long

How far

First take a bike

and then take a bus.

35 minutes

About 10 kilometers

Task1:

Task3:Make a surveyTask3:Make a survey

Who How How long

How far

Peter On foot

Who lives farthest?

Homework:Write a report about Task3.

Period 3

1.Revision.

Revise all the words of different transportation.

2.Discuss and find the right answers in activity 1a.

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Task1: Ask and answer

You’re at Aojiang.Suppose you want to go to Longgang ,Shanghai.Use two or more kinds of transportation you like.

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Task2.1.Listening.Activity2a,2b.2.After checking the answers,repeat the conversations,especiallythe useful sentences.

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Task3:Groupwork.

假设给学生五天的假期 , 以小组为单位 , 让他们讨论选择何种交通工具去何地如何度假 ,让他们摆出各自的方案 , 然后选择最合理的方案 .

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Period 4

1.Revision

Subway entrance

She takes the subway to get to school.

How does Mary get to school?

She goes to school by subway.

How does Bob get to school?

How does Jim get to work?

He rides a bike to work.

He goes to work by bike.

Jim

Show a map of the world to discuss. Different people in different places use different means of transportation.

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2. Discussion:

Task1.Reading.

Read activity 3a,and underline the new words and useful expressions .Read again and tell true or faulse.

Task2:writingStudy the chart and complete the article (activity3b).Then write an article to tell how the students get to your school(activity3c). Share some of theirarticles with the class.

Task3: Role play.(Self-check).

Let the students find out the new words and solve them by themselves.Then act out the conversation.

smooth

What do you

think of the

traffic ?

heavy traffic

rush hours

• Sometimes it’s faster to walk than taking buses or cars.