Period 2

Free Talk How do you get to school?

How do you get to school?I ______to school.

take the subway

take the bus

take a taxi

take the plane

take a car

take the train

How do you get to Beijing?I ______to Beijing.

walk

How do you get to school?I ______ to school.

ride one’s/a bike

How does he get to work?

= Yao Ming gets to work by bike every day.

Yao Ming rides a bike to work every day.

bike = bicycle

Liu Yifei often takes a car to work.

=Liu Yifei often gets to work by car.

car

How does she get to work?

Han Geng often takes the bus to work.

= Han Geng often gets to work by bus.

bus

Han Geng

How does he get to work?

Liu Xiang usually takes the subway to work.

= Liu Xiang usually gets to work by subway.

Liu Xiang

How does he get to work?

= Zhou Bichang usually gets to school on foot.

Zhou Bichang usually walks to school.

walk

Zhou Bichang

How does he get to work?

你学会了吗？ride a bike by bike 骑自行车 walks on foot 走路、步行take the subway by subway 乘坐地铁take the train by train 乘坐火车take a car by car 乘坐小车take the plane by plane 乘坐飞机take the bus by bus 乘坐公车take a boat by boat 乘坐船

Game time

32 40 41 50 60 32 40 41 50 60

forty-six fifty-eight sixty-one 46 58 61

考考你的记忆力 !

2a

84 105 99 200 72 6184 105 99 200 72 61 84 105 99 200 72 6184 105 99 200 72 61

Listen and repeat. Then write the correct number next to the word.

sixty-one ____

ninety-nine ___

seventy-two ___

one hundred and five ___

eighty-four ___

two hundred ___

72

99

105

200

61

84

2b Listen and complete the chart.

How? How long? (minutes)

How far? (kilometers)

Tom

Jane

2c Listen again. Check your answers in 2b.

220

1 hour 30 minutes 60

walk

take the bus

Can you read?

35 minutes 55 minutes

30 minutes40 minutes

39 minutes 50 minutes

10 minutes

15 minutes

25 minutes

分钟

How do I usually get to school?

How long does it take?

+ walktake the bus

It takes ten minutes.

It takes thirty minutes.

30+10 = 40It takes forty minutes.

Leave home Go to school

6:45 a.m. 7:15 a.m.

6:45 a.m. 6:50 a.m.

-- How long does it take?-- It takes…

6:45 a.m. 6:55 a.m.

My house

school

6:45 a.m. 7:00 a.m.

10 minutes25 minutes 8 minutes

How long does it take you to school?It takes me 10 minutes to get to school by bus.

20 minutes 2 hours 12 minutes

How long does it take you to school?It takes me 10 minutes to get to school by bus.

2d Student A is Jane and Student B is Tom. Use the information in 2b to make conversations.

A: How do you get to school? B: I …A: How long does it take …? B: It takes …A: How far is it from … to …?B: It’s about …

PairworkMake a conversation about how you get to school.

A: How do you get to school?B: Well, I usually walk but sometimes I take the bus.A: How long does it take?B: It takes about 25 minutes to walk and 10 minutes by bus.

Read this conversation and answer the questions.

1. How does Jane get to school?

2. How does Lisa get to scholl?

3. How far is it from Lisa's home to school?

4. How long does it take Jane to get to school?

1. How does Jane get to school?

2. How does Lisa get to scholl?

3. How far is it from Lisa's home to school?

4. How long does it take Jane to get to school?

She gets to school by bike.

She gets to school by bus.

About 10 kilometers.

About 15 minutes by bike.

2e Pairwork

Role-play the conversation.

Lisa: Hey, Jane. Is this your new bike?Jane: Yes. I ride it to school every day. How do you get to school?Lisa: I usually take the bus. Jane: How far is it from your home to school?

Lisa: I’m not sure… about 10 kilometers? The bus ride takes about 20 minutes. How long does it take you to get to school?Jane: About 15 minutes by bike. It’s good exercise.Lisa: Yeah. Well, have a good day at school.Jane: You, too.