Unit3 How do you get to school? SectionB 2a-2c

How do they get to school? by boat /bəʊt/ n.小船

How do they get to school? cross the river /krɔs/ v.越过，横过 /’rivə(r)/ n.河，江

/’vɪlɪdʒ/ Is it easy for them to get to school? No, it isn’t. It’s difficult for them to get to school. Where do they live? They live in the village. /’vɪlɪdʒ/ n.村庄，村镇

Pre-reading(读前) What is the students’ dream? Prediction(预测)

While-reading(读中) Step1 Skimming(略读) Read the article quickly and answer the question. Q1:What’s the students’ dream? To have a bridge. /brɪdʒ/ n.桥 Reading strategy(策略): Skim to find the main idea.

Read the article again and answer the questions. Step2 Scanning(寻读) Read the article again and answer the questions. Q1:How do they get to school? They go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. /'rəʊpweɪ/ n.索道 Q2:How old is Liangliang? He is 11 years old. Q3:Is he afraid? /ə'freɪd/ adj.害怕的 No, he isn’t. Reading strategy: Scan to find the key words(关键词).

Step2 Intensive reading(精读) Read paragraph1 and answer the question. Q2: Why do they go to school like this? · They live in one small village. ·There is a very big river between their school and the village. /bɪ’twi:n/ prep. 在…之间 · There is no bridge. · The river runs too quickly for boats. 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 one small village in China, it’s 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. Reading strategy： Read slowly for details(细节).

Step2 Intensive reading(精读) Read paragraph2 and answer the question. Q5.Why isn’t Liangliang afraid? A.He loves to play with his classmates. B.He loves his teacher. C.He thinks it’s interesting. 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. He’s like a father to me ” Reading strategy： Read slowly for details(细节).

Step2 Intensive reading(精读) Read paragraph3 and answer the following questions. Q6.Do you think their dream can come true? Why or why not? 实现，成为现实 Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream come true?

Discussion(讨论) How can their dream come true? 1.What can we do? 2.What can our government do? /ˈgʌvərnmənt/n. 政府 3.What can they do? (the villagers)

Reading aloud Listen to the tape and read after it.

Crossing the River to School Post-reading(读后) Rewriting(改写) Complete the passage without looking at your own books. Crossing the River to School Maybe(也许) it’s easy for us to go to school every day, but it’s _________ for the students in one small ______ in China. There is a big river ______ their school ______ the village. The river runs ______ and there is no bridge. So the students go on a ropeway to ______ the river to school. Students are not ______ , because they love their teachers and like to play with their classmates. Their dream is to have a ______ . I think their dream can come true. difficult village between and quickly cross afraid bridge

Retelling(复述) 1.Look at the pictures on the white board and number 1-4. 2.Try to retell the article. Reading strategy: It is useful to have some pictures in your mind to help you retell something.

Summary (总结) New phrases and expressions（新的短语和表达） cross the river 过河 between… and … 在……和……之间 go on a ropeway 乘索道 an 11-year-old boy 一个11岁的男孩 come true 实现；成为现实 Reading skills (阅读技巧) Prediction（预测） Skimming（略读） Find the main idea. （找主旨大意） Scanning（寻读） Find the key words.（找关键词） Intensive reading（精读） Attention to the details. （注重细节）

Dear Miss Zhou, After today’s class, I want to say something to you. It’s the first time I know that there are some students who are quite different from me. We are in the same country, under the same sky, but we are so different. When I sleep in my warm bed, they are walking in the mountains to their school; when I go to school in my father’s car, they are on a ropeway. Now I feel so lucky about my life, I will learn from the village students and study harder. By the way, I really want to help them, what can I do for them, can you tell me? Your student, Zhang Lili

Homework Write a letter to the village students and tell them the way you get to school and what you want to do for them. Dear Liangliang, I read your stories and want to be your friend. ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Your friend,

Goodbye!