1. Lesson 1
On Your Bike
商丘市第三高级中学 张敏

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

4. 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

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

6. 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

7. 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)

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

9. The number of bikes in our city is decreasing.

10. 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 ….

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

12. Thank you!