Review the word that we have leant yesterday.(2mins) driver/ motorist cyclist 1.the person who is driving a car 2.the person who is riding a bicycle 4. someone who travels on foot 5.someone whose job is driving a lorry pedestrian lorry driver Step1 Review

Traffic jam Step2 Pre-reading ride a bicycle

is the largest city of Netherlands Amsterdam Do you know which city is called the “City of Bicycles”?

Step3 While-reading (20mins) Task1 Fast reading (3 min) Skim the text and choose the answer. 1 This passage is a/an ______ A. advertisement B. article( 文章） in the newspaper C. speech( 演讲 ) 2 What’s the main idea of this passage ? A. Bicycles in Amsterdam. B. There is less traffic in Amsterdam now. C. People like the white bicycles in Amsterdam.

T F F T Task 2 Scan the text and choose which one is true (T) or false (F).Please underline the information sentences. 4 Both locals and tourists have been using the white bikes. (Line 3 ) (Line 15) (Line 19) (Line 23-24) 1 There are a lot of places to park bikes in Amsterdam. 2 People hope to save energy, reduce pollution, so the “white bike” plan succeeded. 3 The new “white bike” is actually white.

Amsterdam is called the “City of Bicycles” because it is ____ and therefore is _________ for bikes. In the city center, there are ____ of places for bicycle ____ and most streets have a bicycle ____. In the 1960s, a group of ____ fans had an idea of the “white bike ”. They painted bikes white and allowed people to use them. But the ______took all the bikes within weeks. More than thirty years later, with the help of computer ____, the “white bicycle ”is back in town. To take a bicycle, you need to ____ a special card. In this way, people can enjoy the _______ of cycling in Amsterdam for many years. cycling Task3 Summary: Fill in the blanks.(8mins) flatconvenient plenty path parking thieves chip insert benefits

Voice your opinions (15mins) Step 4 Post-reading: Discuss in your group on the following questions and write down your answers. 1) Do you think we should learn from Amsterdam? Why? 2)What can we do to improve the present traffic situation in China? And what will happen to traffic in China in the future? 2)What can we do to improve the present traffic situation in China? And what will happen to traffic in China in the future? Useful Expression: In my opinion, we should… We can use … instead of … Use our legs as much as possible. We had better … In the future, it will be … We can … to improve the present situation.

Debate I (don’t) agree with you, I think, Personally, in my opinion, expensive, pollution, fees, steal, accident, traffic jam Step 4 Post-reading: Bicycles are better than cars. Cars are better than bicycles. cost environment energy/time convenience health safty parking

Step 5 Conclusion (1mins) With the development of the society, more and more cars come into our life. Cars do bring us convenience and at the same time they cause many problems. Especially, with the 2008 Olympic Games drawing near, as a Chinese,we should protect our environment and learn from Amsterdam.

Step 6 Homework (1min) 1 Use the reading strategies to do fast reading on EW 25q 5b. 2 Please surf the Internet to get more information about Amsterdam. ( )