Unit 4

How do you get to school?

Section B 3a-4

Learning goals

• In the other parts of the world, how do students get to school?

• Listen, read and retell the article.

Review

• How do you get to school?

• How long does it take?

• How far is it from your home to school?

Guess and imagine

• In the other parts of the world, how do students get to school?

• Maybe students take the bus to school.

take the train

ride a bike

walk

……

Listen: How do students around the world get to school?

• Listen to the tape and find out how students in North America get to school.

In North America, most students go to school on the school bus. Some students also walk or ride bikes to school.

Read the article and fill the chart

Places How do students get to school?

North America ?

Japan ?

China (It depend on where you

are)

?

?

Read the article and fill the chart

Places How do students get to school?

North America Most students…on the school bus

Some students walk or ride bikes…

Japan Most students take trains…

Although others walk or ride their bikes…

China (It depend on

where you are)

In big cities, students ride bikes or take buses…

In places where there are rivers and lakes, students…by boat

Write “T” or “F”

T

T

F

1. In North American, not all students

take the bus to school.

2. Other parts of the world are

different from the United States.

3. In Japan, the three most popular

ways of getting to school are

bus ,train and bike.

4. In China, bikes and buses are the

most popular means of

transportation.

5. Students in Hongshanhu and

Kaishandao have to take a boat

to get to school.

F

T

3b Look at the chat. Then complete

the article.

How do students get to Garden High School?

Bus walking Bike Subway Car

Number of students

40 100 175 30 50

At Garden High School, most students

_____________ to school.

Many students _____________.Some

students______.

Other students ___________. A small

number of students

_______________________.

ride their bikes

drive

take the bus

walk to school

take the subway to school

Survey in our class: how do you get to school?

walking bike Motorbike bus car taxi

number

4 Writing

According to the results of survey, write a newspaper article. Tell how students in our class get to school.

此句的意思是“在北美，并非所有的学生都乘公共汽车去上学”。不定代词all, everyone, everything 等与否定词 not

连用时，通常表示部分否定。例如：Not everyone likes this book.

并非每个人都喜欢这本书。