Lesson 1 On Your Bike 商丘市第三高级中学 张敏

population 750,000 600,000 bicycles ＞80 percent City of Bicycles

First reading ˇ ② thieves ③ computerchips ① history First use (appearance)of white bikes ② Why, how thieves Disappearance of white bikes ③ Why, how computerchips history Return of “white” bikes ① ˇ

Second reading White bikes ﹨ actions purposes result ∣ ∕ ﹨ ∕ changes who

1960s 30 years later Persons Solutions Purposes Taking actions Who came up with this idea?_____ Persons What did people do 30 years later? 1) with a computer chip, have to _________________________; 2) are an unusual design ____________________; 3) are parked at _______________; people have to take them to ______ ____________. Solutions Purposes What were their hopes? 1) save energy 2) ______________ 3) ______________ What did they do? 1) painted bicycles white, placed them ______________ around Amsterdam; 2) ________________ to take them and use them for short journeys; 3) wherever sb. finished a journey they _________________________; Taking actions What was the result? _____________________ within weeks. The result → problems

What help Amsterdam become the city of bicycles? (at least 5 factors) Third reading What help Amsterdam become the city of bicycles? (at least 5 factors) Technology Road condition (flat) Government (facilities) Public concerns (the idea of environment protection) Initiators (fans)

China: 600,000,000 bikes The Kingdom of Bicycles (自行车王国) in the 1980s

The number of bikes in our city is decreasing.

Discussion What has prevent our city Shangqiu from becoming a city of bicycles? … road conditions? facilities? According to our discussion there are …factors that prevent our city from becoming a city of bicycles. Firstly …; Secondly …; Thirdly ….

Homework Write a short passeage to tell the other people around you how to make Shangqiu a city of bicycles.

Thank you!