人教版七年级英语下册第三单元Section B 第4课时

Unit 3 How do you get to school?R 七年级下册

Section B 第4课时(2a-3b)

2a

Look at these pictures.Guess what they are doing.

These pictures is about that children who are in the poverty-stricken area are in the way to school. 这些照片是关于贫困山区孩子的上学之路。 It is very hard.Maybe you’ll ask: Why it is so difficult for them to go to school? Let’s read the next passage to find answers.

2b

Read the passage and answer the questions.

Crossing the River to Shool

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? Because there is a big river their school and the village. There’s no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats.

3. Does the boy like this school? Why?Yes, he does. He loves to play with his classmates. He loves his teacher. 4. What’s the villagers’ dream? Do you think their dream can come true? Why or why not? Their dream is to have a bridge. Yes. I think so. Many kind people will help them.

2c. Read the passage again. Complete the

sentences with the words from the passage.

1. For the students in the village, it is difficult _______ to get to the school.

2. They have to cross a very big ___ river between their school and the village.

3. They cannot go by boat because thequickly river runs too _______. 4. It is not easy 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 ____?

3a. Read the e-mail from your pen pal Tom in the US. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.

kilometers get to takes walk

boringleave

Hi there, How are you? Thank you for your last get to e-mail. You want to know how I _____ leave my school, right? Well, I usually ______ home at about 8:00 and _____ walk to the bus stop.

The school bus usually comes at about 8:15. My school is about 20 _________ kilometers from my home. It _____ takes about 40 minutes to get there by bus. The bus ride is never boring because I always talk to my _______ classmates. What about you? How do you

get to school?Tom

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?

Language points1.afraid的用法 (1)afraid作形容词时，意为“害怕的”,通 常作表语，放在be动词后。有两种固定用 法 be afraid of(doing)sth 害怕(做)某事 如：I afraid of the dark.