新目标 八年级( 上 ) Unit 4

Unit 4How do you get to school?

Self Check

Make a survey

— How far do you live from school?— I live 10 miles from school.— How do you go to school every day?— I go to school …— How long does it take you to get to school?— It takes …

Ask your classmates and find some one who…

Review

Write their names in the chart on page 82. Who is the winner?

Find someone who … Name

lives 10 miles from school Tina Ge

walks to school

takes a bus to school

takes more than an hour to get to school

rides a bike to school

takes the subway to school

takes less than 10 minutes to get to school

Self Check

Fill in each blank with the correct word

given. Change the form of the word if

necessary. Then make your own

sentence with each word.

ride take live think of get to

①

1. How do you _________ school in the morning?

2. What do you _________ the transportation in your town?

3. When it rains I _______ a taxi.

4. How far do you ______ from the bus station?

5. I like to _____ my bike on the weekend.

get to

think of

take

live

ride

② Role play. Student B is an American

in your town. He needs help from

Student A. Write the conversation

and then act it out.

A: Can I help you?

B: Yes, please. I need to see my friend.

She’s ill in the hospital. I have a map

but it’s in Chinese, and I only speak

English. How do I get there?

A: Don’t worry. Let me look at your

map. OK, first _______________.

Next __________. Then_________.

B: How far is it from here?

A: It’s about ________.

B: How long ________?

A: About ________.

B: OK, thank you so much!

A: You’re welcome. If you have a

problem, you can _____________.

1.People in big cities often go to work by

_______( 地铁 ).

2.Do you take a ______ ( 火车 ) to school?

3.It’s about ______ (40) miles from Jim’s

house to school.

4.There are more than five ________ ( 百 )

people on the playground.

5.I spend 15 ________ ( 分钟 ) reading

English words every day.

Words

subway

trainforty

hundred

minutes

6. It ______ ( 花费 ) me half an hour to get

to school by bus.

7. His home is not very _____ ( 远 ) from

school, so he walks there.

8. It’s about 200 __________ ( 公里 ) from

Hangzhou to Shanghai.

9. Do you take a ______ ( 洗澡 ) in the

morning or evening.

takes

far

kilometers

shower

10. After having a _______ ( 快的 )

breakfast, he goes to work.

11. Helen always get to school ______ ( 早 ),

usually at 6:50.

12. We walk half a ______ ( 英里 ) every

day.13. When he arrived the bus _______ ( 车站 ), the bus had already gone.

14. In ______ ( 北部 )American, kids go to

school on the school bus.

quick

early

mile

station

North

15. In other _____ ( 地区 ) of Wenzhou, it

will be sunny.

16. Everyone has to _______ ( 依靠 ) on

himself.

17. There are many ______ ( 河 ) in South

China.

18. I think taking a _____ ( 小船 ) to school

is very funny.

parts

depend

rivers

boat

19. He _____ ( 一定 ) be at home, because

his light is on.

20. It’s good for us to eat ______ ( 更多的 )

vegetables and fruits.

21. He’s funnier _______ ( 比 ) his twin

brother.

22. Who takes the ______ ( 汽车 ) to school

in our class.

must

more

than

car

23. Some students come to my ______

( 镇 ) to go sightseeing.

24. My friend is ____ ( 生病的 ) in the

hospital.

25. I don’t ______ ( 非常 ) care for

television.

town

ill

much

1.乘地铁2.坐火车3.坐公交车4.步行5.到达学校6.吃一顿快速的早餐7.动身前往8.早班车9.在北美洲10.在世界其他地方

take the subway/ by subway

take the train/ by train

take the bus/ by bus

on foot

get to school

have a quick breakfast

leave for

the early bus

in North America

in other parts of the world

Phrases

11. 依赖 , 依靠12. 更有趣13. 不是全部的学生14. 其他学生15. 一小部分16. 生病住院17. 非常感谢18. 火车站19. 公共汽车站20. 公共汽车站台21.10 分钟的路程

depend on

a lot more fun

not all students

other students

a small number of

be ill in the hospital

Thank you so much.

train station

bus station

bus stop

10 minutes’ walk

by

subway

by

bus

by

train

by

car

by

taxi

by

plane / air

by

ship / sea

by

bike

on

foot

take the subway 乘地铁take the bus 乘公交车take the train 乘火车take the car 坐小汽车take a taxi to… 乘出租车去… ..

take a plane 乘飞机take a ship 乘轮船ride a bike 骑自行车walk 走路

1. How do you get to school?

Sentences

2. 某人花……时间做某事

3. 要花多长时间？

4. 从他家到学校有多远？

离学校 10 公里远

How long does it take?

It takes / took sb some time to do sth.

How far is it from his home to school?

10 kilometers (away) from school

5. 那肯定比坐公交车更有趣得多。That must be a lot more fun than taking a bus.

6. … 怎么样What …think of… = how…like …

一、根据句意和首字母完成单词1 、 There are about n teachers in our school. 2 、 Thirty m is half an hour.3 、 It usually t me 20 minutes to walk to school.4 、 Fifty and fifty is one h .5 、 Can you wait for me at the subway s .6 、 Children d on their parents for food.7 、 Please help me with this math p .8 、 English names are d from Chinese names.9 、 Don’t w . Let me help you.10 、 I think bikes are the most popular means of

t in China.11 、 Beijing is in the n of China.12 、 Be q , or we’ll be late.13 、 There are some boats on the r .

ninetyminutes

takeshundred

stationdepend

problemdifferent

worry

transportationnorth

quickriver

二、用所给词的正确形式填空1 、 He usually (ride) a bike to school?2 、 He has a breakfast and goes to

school (quick).3 、 (read) in the sun is bad for your eyes. 4 、 There (be) a lot of people in the museum.5 、 How long does it take (walk) to school? 6 、 Taking a boat must be a lot (much) fun than taking a bus. 7 、 He is ill and he needs (see) a doctor.8 、 It’s necessary for me (wash) my clothes. 9 、 Please tell him (come) to the hospital.10 、 How Bob (get) to school every day?

quickrides

quickly Reading

are

to wash

to walk more

to see

to come does get

15.Other parts of the world are __________ (difference) from the United States.16.There are three most popular ways of ________ (get ) to school.17.I want to know how ________ (get) to school. 18.Students in Hongshanhu have to ______ (take ) a boat __________ (get) to school.

11.His mother ________ (buy ) him a beautiful watch last week.12. Let’s ______ (have ) a look at our photos on the Great Wall.13. Look! The girls ___________ (play) games there.14.Taking a boat must be a lot more fun than ______ (take ) a bus.

have

are playingtaking

bought

different

getting

to gettake

to get

1. It takes about fifty minutes to get to the factory. ( 画线提问 )

2. My home is about 2 kilometers from school? ( 画线提问 )

3. We often walk to school.( 同义句 )

4. Let’s go fishing on Sunday. ( 同义句 )

How long does it take to get to the factory?

How far is your home from school?

We often go to school on foot.

Why don’t you go fishing on Sunday?

Why not go fishing on Sunday?

三、句型转换

5. They lived here for about five years? ( 画线提问 )

6. Other parts of the world are different from the USA. ( 改同义句 )

7. It was snowing. But it was not very cold.

( 合为一句 )

8. They went to Beijing by train.( 改同义句 )

9. Maria had a quick breakfast and went to school. ( 改同义句 )

How long did they live here?

Other parts of the world are not the same as the USA.

It was not very cold although it was snowing.

They took a train to Beijing.

Maria had her breakfast quickly and went to school.

10. What do you think of the transportation? ( 同义句 )

____ do you _____ the transportation.

11. A number of boys are playing football over there.

( 同义句 )

___ ____ ___ boys are playing football over there.

12. He goes to school by bike. ( 同义句 )

He goes to school _____ ________ _____.

13. The students in the mountains go to school on foot.

( 画线提问 )

_________ _________ go to school on foot?

How like

A lot of

on the/his bike

Which students

1. Jim 的家离学校有 10 千米远。Jim’s home is 10 kilometers from school.

It’s 10 kilometers from Jim’s home to school.

2. 他乘早班车去上学。He takes the early bus to school.

3. 从地铁站到学校要花费 30 分钟时间。It takes 30 minutes from the subway station to school.

4. 他住的离地铁站有多远？How far does he live from the subway station?

四、句子大练兵

5. 在我们班，并不是所有的学生都骑自行车去上学。

6. 那肯定比乘火车要有趣得多。

7. 在中国，自行车和公共汽车是最受欢迎的交通工具。

8. 这取决与你喜欢什么。

9. 如果你有什么困难，你可以找警察帮忙。

Not all students ride bikes to school in our class.

That must be a lot more fun than taking a train.

In China, bikes and buses are the most popular means of transportation.

It depends on what you like.

If you have problems, you can ask the policemen for help.

10. 我不知道他怎么看待我的英语。I don’t know what he thinks of my English.

11. 别着急，还有点时间。

12. 他看起来很焦急，因为他妈妈生病住院了。Don’t worry, there is a little time.

He looks worried, because his mother

is ill in hospital.

Homework Writing

How do students get to school?Ways of traveling Numbers of students

walking 20

bike 10

Bus 5

Subway 3

Train 5

Car 1

参考句型：They think walking is good for their health.

They live near the school.

They like riding very much.

Their houses are not very far from the school.

Five… and another five….

They live far from the school.

His father likes driving.

Different students have different ways to get to school.

除了正确表达出表格内容外，能设想选择这种交通方式的理由。