Unit 3
How do you get to school?
Section B
Period 1
Do you know these places?
bus stop
bus
station
train
station
subway
station
1a Match the words with the pictures.
b
1.
bus stop
a
2. a train station
b
3. c bus station
c
4. d subway station
d
1b Suppose you use two kinds of
transportation to get to school. Tell
your partner how you get to school.
A: How do you get to school?
B: Well, I ride my bike to the subway
station. Then I take the subway.
1c Listen and check (√) that things that
Mary wants to know.
Mary wants to know…
____ where Bob lives.
____
√ how far he lives from his grandparents’
home.
√ how he gets to his grandparents’ home.
____
____
√ how long it takes to get to his grandparents’
home.
____ what he thinks of the trip.
Listen again. How does Bob get to his
1d
grandparent’ home? Check (√)1 or 2.
√
1
2
1e
Talk about how Bob gets to his
grandparents’ home.
A: How does Bob get to his grandparents’
home?
B: He goes to the train station.
A: Then, he takes a train.
B: Finally, he takes a bus from the train
station to their home.
2a Look at the picture and title below.
Guess what the passage is about.
It’s about how the children cross
a river to get to school.
2b Read the passage and answer the
questions.
1. How do the students in the village go to school?
2. Why do they go to school like this?
3. Does the boy like his school? Why?
4. What is the villagers’ dream? Do you think
their dream can come true? How?
1. How do the students in the village go to
school?
They go on a ropeway to cross
the river to school.
2. Why do they go to school like this?
There is no bridge, and the river
runs too quickly for boats.
3. Does the boy like his school? Why?
Yes, he does. He loves to play
with his classmates. He loves his
teacher.
4. What is the villagers’ dream? Do you
think their dream can come true? How?
Their dream is to have a bridge. I
think their dream can come true.
Maybe the government can build a
bridge for them.
2c Read the passage again. Complete
the sentences with words from the
passage.
1. For the students in the village, it is ________
difficult
to get to school.
2. They have to cross a very _________
river
big
between their school and the village.
3. They cannot go by boat because the river
quickly
runs too _________.
4. It is not to cross the river on a ropeway, but
the boy is not ________.
afraid
5. The students and villagers want to have a
bridge. Can their dream come ______?
true
How do they get to school?
1. For many students, it is easy to get to school.
对于许多学生来说，上学很容易。
1) many adj.＆ pron. 许多
表示“多”的意思，可用many, much, a
lot of, lots of 等。但是many, much常用于否
定句和疑问句，而a lot of等则常用于肯定句。
例如：
I haven’t seen many English films. 多数英文
电影我没看过。（many修饰可数名词复数，
表许多）
There is much water in the bottle.
瓶子里有许多水。（much修饰不可数名
词，表量或程度。）
The boy had a lot of pocket money.
这男孩有许多零花钱。
You have lots of time to finish the work.
你有充裕的时间来完成这项工作。
注：lots of＝a lot of 后面接可数名词和
不可数名词均可，接可数名词时谓语用复
数，接不可数名词时，谓语用单数。
China is a wonderful place and there is
A to see and enjoy.
_____
A. a lot of
B. many
C. much
D. many more
2) It is + adj. (for sb.) to do sth.
（对某人来说）干某事是……
例如：
It is interesting for me to play computer
games.
对我来说玩电脑游戏很有趣。
— It’s very important ___
B us to make a
plan before a new term.
— Yes. You must try to make it carefully.
A. of
B. for
C. to
2. There is a very big river between their
school and the village.
在他们的学校和乡村之间有一条大河。
between… and… 在……和……之间
例如：
Can you tell me the difference between
Lucy and Lily?
你能告诉我露西和莉莉之间的不同吗？
— Guess, how much does it cost?
— I think it costs _____
B 15 and 20 dollars.
A. from
B. between
C. among
D. with
3. There is no bridge and the river runs too
quickly for boats.
（河上）完全没有桥梁，而且河水湍急，不
宜小船摆渡。
1) 此句是英语否定结构的一种。当no 用于
构成否定句，主要用于名词之前，强调否定
其后的名词，表现“完全不；根本没有。”
例如：
There are no computers in that small
mountain village.
在那个小山村里根本就没有电脑。
There is no milk in the fridge.
冰箱里没有牛奶。
2) run 表示“跑，奔；液体的流动”，在不
同语境中分别有不同的用法和含义。例如：
I run back to my room and get my bag.
我奔回房间拿自己的提包。
The river runs into the sea.
这条河流入大海。
I have a bad headache and my nose runs a
lot. 我头痛得很厉害,而且我的鼻涕很多。
4. One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang, crosses
the river every school day.
亮亮，一个11岁男孩，每天过河上学。
1）11-year-old 构成一个复合形容词，修饰
名词boy。请注意其中的year之后没有复数
词尾-s。这一构词结构较为常见。例如：
a four-day trip 一个四天的旅行
a 30-page book 一本30页的书
a three-room house 一个三间屋的房子
2）cross 作动词用，“穿过，越过”的意思
。主要表示在物体表面上横穿。如横过
马路、过桥、过河等，与go across同义。
例如:
Be careful when you cross the street.
过马路时要小心。
辨析 cross, across与through
(1) across是介词，有“横跨，横穿，穿越
”之意。 例如：
The Great Green Wall is across the
northwest of China.
绿色长城横跨中国西北。
(2) through是介词，“在……之中，透过”
的意思，主要表示从物体内部穿过。如
穿过森林、隧洞等。例如：
The two friends were walking through
the forest.
这两个朋友正沿着森林走。
练习：
1. We must ________ the road very
cross
carefully.
2. Before going _________ the road, you
across
should look left first and then right.
3. The stream winds _________ the
through
village.
through
4. The tiger is jumping _______ the
burning ring.
Cross
5. ________ the street and you can get to
the hotel.
5. But he is not afraid. 但是他不害怕。
afraid adj. 害怕的；畏惧的
Are you afraid of snakes?
你怕蛇吗?
Children feel afraid when they are at home
alone.
孩子独自自己在家, 感到害怕。
I’m afraid to speak in front of other people.
我害怕在其他人面前发言。
be afraid to do sth. 害怕做某事
afraid of sth. / sb. 怕某事/某人
afraid of v -ing 怕做某事
注意：1. afraid是表语形容词
2. I am afraid有时指I am sorry。
I'm afraid we can't come.
很抱歉，我们不能来。
1. 她不害怕在公众场合说英语。(be afraid,
in public)
She isn’t afraid to speak English in public.
___________________________________
2. — Can you stay here longer?
— _______.
I have to be back tomorrow.
B
A. No, thank you
B. I’m afraid not
C. It doesn’t matter D. I’d love to
6. He’s like a father to me.
对于我来说，他像一个父亲。
like prep. 像
The baby is like his mother.
= The baby looks like his mother.
这个小婴儿长得像他妈妈。
What is … like？ ……怎么样？
What is the weather like today？
今天的天气怎么样？
like v. 喜欢
My younger brother likes strawberries
very much.
我的小弟弟非常喜欢吃草莓。
It is too hot. I like to swim today.
今天太热了，我想去游泳。
I _____ my mother and I _____ her very
much.
A. like, like
D
B. am like, likes
C. look like, am like
D. am like, like
解析：句意为“我像我的妈妈，并且我
非常喜欢她。”前一个like为介词，用be
like / look like作谓语，后一个like为动词，
主语为非单数第三人称，用原形作谓语。
7. Many of the students and villagers never
leave the village.
许多学生和村民从未离开过村庄。
leave v. 离开
Please turn off the light when you leave.
走时请关灯。
The train will leave in a second.
列车马上要开了。
“leave for + 地点”表示“动身去某地”
He will leave for Shanghai tomorrow.
明天他将出发去上海。
“leave+ 地点 + for + 地点”表示“离开
某地去某地”
Why are you leaving Shanghai for
Beijing?
你为什么要离开上海去北京？
Group work
James Bond’s New Task
This time, Mr. Bond has a new
task: catch an alien
Please make a plan
for him. You can choose
at least three transportation tools.
Then you should fill in the chart, and tell us
how Bond gets there, how far it is and how
long it takes.
James Bond’s Plan
How
How long
How far
subway
50 minutes
100 kilometers
Finally your group should write a plan
report with ...
• First, he takes the subway. It takes 50
minutes to London.
• Then he …
• Next, he …
• Finally, he …
• He catches the alien at last!
疑问副词how及其构成的复合疑问词
1. how可以对交通方式或健康状况进行提
问。
2. how long询问时间或物体的长度。
3. how far询问距离。
4. how often询问频率。
我们学过的how构成的疑问词组还有:
1. how much: 对不可数名词的数量或价
格进行提问。
2. how many: 询问可数名词的数量。
3. how old: 询问某人的年龄。
汉译英。
1. 你到这儿用了多长时间？
How long did it take you to get here?
___________
2. 你姐姐怎样去那座城市的？
_________
did your sister go to that city?
How
3. 他家离上班地点有多远？
How far
____________
is it from his home to his
workplace?
4. 你妈妈今天感觉怎么样？
How
__________
is your mother today?
5. 你的学校多久举行一次运动会？
_________
How often does your school have a sports
meeting?
【2011•扬州】—______ did you sleep last night?
—Only five hours. I stayed up late to do my
homework.
A. How soon
B. How often
C. How long
D. How much
答案：C
【解析】how long 指时间或长度，意为“多
长”； how soon 指时间“多久，多快”，常
用于将来时；how often 指频率，“多久一
次”；how much 指金钱“多少”。根据答
语应为“多长”。
【2011乌鲁木齐】 _____ is it from your home
to school?
A. How far
B. How long
C. How soon
D. How often
【答案】A
【解析】句意为“从你家到学校有多远” How
far “多远”； How long “多长，多长（时
间）”；How soon“多久”， How often“多
久一次”
根据提示完成下面的句子。
get
1. How ______
to school
does Bob _______(get)
every day?
2. It took him two days _______
to finish(finish)
reading the book.
3. — How do you usually go to work?
by train
— I usually go to work _________.(train)
4. We are going to be late for the movie. Please
be ______.
quick (quick)
Homework
Do the other exercises in this part.