P A R T Ⅰ P R E V I E W 1. Key Points
Talk about your trip to school and how do you get to school. 2. Sentences (1) You want to know how I get to school? (2) Thanks for your last e-mail. (3) My school is about 20 kilometers from my home. (4) It takes about 40 minutes to get there by bus. 3. Words and Expressions
(1) read, e-mail, kilometers, boring, left (2) read e-mail(读电子邮件), pen pal(笔友), get to(到达), thanks for sth.(感谢某事), bus stop(公交站), talk to ...(和……聊天), how far(多远), how long(多久), as many as possible(尽可能多) P A R T Ⅱ T E X T kilometers get to takes walk boring leave Hi, there,
How are you? Thank you for your last e-mail.
You want to know how I _____ school, right? Well, I usually _____ my home at about 8:00 and _____ to the bus stop. The school bus usually comes at about 8:15. My school is about 20 __________ from my home. It _____ about 40 minutes to get there by bus. The bus ride is never ______ because I always talk to my classmates.
What about you? How do you get to school?
Tom get to walk leave boring kilometers takes 3b. Write an e-mail to Tom and tell him how you get to school. These question may help you. 1. When do you leave home? 2. How do you get to school? 3. How far is it from your home to school? 4. How long does it take you to get to school? 5. Do you like your trip to school? Dear Tom,
How are you? Thank you for your last e-mail.
I know how you get to school. Now let me tell you how I get to school.
I usually leave home at half past seven. First, I walk to the subway station. Then I take the subway to school. My school is about ten kilometers from my home. It usually takes me about half an hour to get to school. I usually meets many friends. So my trip is interesting , too. Yours, Alex Self Check 1. Use the words in the boxes to form as many expressions as possible.
Transportation v. take, walk , ride, drive bus, train, car, bike, plane, subway, boat
prep. by Verb Phrases Prepositional Phrases take the train by train take the plane by plane take the subway by subway take a bus by bus take a boat by boat take/drive a car by car ride a bike by bike Who Where How How far How long Tony from home to school by bike 5 km 20 minutes Mary from home to the library by bus 15 km 40 minutes Self Check 2. Look at the chart below. Write at least five questions. Then answer the questions with the information in the chart. 1. How far is it from Tony’s home to school?
_______________________________________ 2. How long does it take Tony to get to school?
_______________________________________ 3. How does Mary get to school?
_______________________________________ 4. How far is it from Mary’s home to the library?
_______________________________________ 5. How long does it take Mary to get to the library?
_______________________________________ It’s five kilometers. It takes about twenty minutes. She often gets to the library by bus. It’s about fifteen kilometers. It takes about forty minutes. 1. Thanks for your last e-mail.
感谢你发的邮件。
thanks for (doing) sth.感谢（做）某事
2. want to sth.想要做某事
P A R T Ⅲ R E V I E W 3. ride n.旅程；旅行
v. 乘；骑；驾
bus ride汽车旅程
train ride火车旅程
subway ride地铁旅程
My bus ride is very boring.
我的公共汽车旅程很无聊。 P A R T Ⅳ H O M E W O R K
Your grandparents are live far from yours. But now your grandma is ill, she needs someone to take care of her. Your mother is planning to go to see your grandma. Can you imagine and describe the routine? The way and transportation are key points. ◇Just be yourself, the best one.