Section B 2aSelf Check How does he get to school? He rides the bike.How long does it take?10 minutes.It takes How do they get to school?They take a taxi.How does she get to school?She takes a bus.I ride the bicycle.I walk to school.I take the car.It takes me about 10 minutes. It takes me 20 minutes. It takes me about 5 minutes.ride a biketake a boattake a trainwalktake a bus take a subwayA :How do you get to school ?B :I ride my bike.Learn new wordsmany det. & pron. 许多许多between prep. 介于介于之间之间between and 在在和和之间之间year n. 年；年；岁afraid adj. 害怕；畏惧害怕；畏惧like prep. 像；怎么像；怎么样leave v. 离开离开dream n. 梦想；睡梦梦想；睡梦 v. 做梦做梦true adj. 真的；符合事真的；符合事实的的come true 实现；成；成为现实 rivervillagecross the rivervillagerbridgecross the bridgeboattake the boatropeway2a Look at the picture and title below. Guess what the passage is about.Grossing the River to School Grossing the River to School How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for the students in a village in, it is difficult. There is a very big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang, crosses the river every school day. But he is not afraid. “I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher. Hes like a father to me.” Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is really their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true?2b Read1. How do the students in the village go to school? _2. Why do they go to school like this? _ 3. Does the boy like the school? Why? _ 4. What is the villages dream? Do you think their dream can come true? How? _ Ask and answer the questions about 2b.By ropeway.Because there is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats.Yes, he does. Because he loves to play with his classmates and he loves his teacher.To have a bridge is their dream. I think so. People may raise lots of money to help them.Complete the sentences with words from 2b.1. For the students in the village, it is _ to get to the school. 2. They have to cross a very _ river between their school and the village.3. They cannot go by boat because the river runs too _.4. It is not easy to cross the river on a ropeway, but the boy is not _.5. The students and villagers want have a bridge. Can their dream come _?difficultbigquicklyafraidtrue3a Read the e-mail from your pen pal Tom in the US. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Hi there, How are you? Thank 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 school? Tom kilometers get totakes walkboring leaveget toleavewalkkilometerstakesboringRead 3a and answer the questions.1. How does Tom get to school?2. How long does it take?3. How far is it from his home to school?By bus.About 40 minutes.About 20 kilometers.Who How How long How farTom Make a job interview in your group. Ask how he/she gets to school, how long it takes him/her to get from home to school, andhow far it is from his/her home to school.Who lives farthest?PracticeSelf Check1.Use the words in the boxes to form as many expressions as possible.take, walk, ridebus, train, bike,plane, subway,boattake a bus, by bus _2. Look at the chart below. Write at least five questions. Then answer the questions with the information in the chart.Who WhereHowHow farHow longTonyfrom home to schoolby bike7 km10 minutesMaryfrom home to the libraryby bus15 km40 minutesHow does Tony to school from home? He gets to school by bike.Translate and write them down.1. 林峰家离学校大约林峰家离学校大约20千米。千米。2. 从你家到学校有多远？从你家到学校有多远？ 3千米。千米。Lin Fengs home is about 20 kilometers from school.How far is it from your home to school?Its three kilometers.3. 你家离学校有多远？你家离学校有多远？ _ _ is it _ your home _ school?4. 乘公交车兜风从来不会无聊，因为我总乘公交车兜风从来不会无聊，因为我总 是与同学们交谈。是与同学们交谈。 The _ _ bus ride is never _because I always _ to my classmates. How far from to bus ride boring talkHomeworkWritingWrite an e-mail to Tom and tell him how you get to school. Use the following questions to 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. How is your trip to school?