1、Unit 9 Wheels,Lesson 1 On your bike,ferry,Lesson 1 On Your Bike,hovercraft,lorry,traffic jam,1. Do you use a bicycle? When? 2. Which one do you like, a bicycle or a car? Why? 3. What are the advantages of bicycles over cars?,4. Todays story is about Netherland. What do you know about Netherland? Wha
2、t is Netherland famous for ?,bicycle lane,Do you know? The Netherlands has the highest proportion of bicycles in the world 14 million bicycles among 15 million people!,Read the text. Are these statements true (T) or false (F)?,1. Using a computer chip is to stop bikes from being stolen. 2. Now in Am
3、sterdam all the bicycles are painted white.,T,F,3. In Amsterdam riding a bicycle is very convenient. You can find a bicycle anywhere. 4. Over 40 years people have been enjoying the benefits of cycling in Amsterdam. 5. In Amsterdam no car is allowed in the city centre and only bicycles are.,F,F,F,6.
4、In order to reduce pollution and save energy, cycling fans had another idea of using a computer card 20 years later. 7. Almost every one buys bicycle in Amsterdam.,F,F,1. Why Amsterdam is called the “City of Bicycles”? Because there are plenty of places to park bikes and most streets in the city cen
5、tre have a bicycle lane.,Read the text again and answer these questions.,2. Why did the first “white bikes” plan fail? Thieves stole the bikes. 3. What effects have the white bikes had? There is less traffic in central Amsterdam.,Langue points,1. paint (color) 染上某种颜色He has decided to paint the ceili
6、ng light blue, which can make the room look nice and cool. 他决定把天花板涂成淡蓝色,这会使屋子看起来很清爽。,Fences are always painted white. 篱笆经常被刷成白色的。 2. thank to 由于, 因为(后面只能跟短语)Thanks to the efforts by Dr. Smith, I can walk around again now. 由于史密斯医生的努力,我现在又能走路了。,David kicked the ball into his own goal. It was thanks to
7、 his stupidity that we won the game. 大卫把球踢到他们自己的球门里去了, 我们赢球要感谢他的糊涂。,3. work 起作用,行得通The problem was that it didnt work - thieves took all the bicycles within weeks. 但是这个办法行不通-几周内,所有的自行车都被小偷偷走了。The plan just wont work. 这个计划是行不通的。,The medicine have worked. 药物奏效了。 work (机器、器官等) 运转,活动 The machine works s
8、moothly. 机器运转正常。 My brain doesnt seem to be working well today. 我的脑子今天好像不大灵活。,a repeated or continuous activity that started in the past and hasnt been finished.,Grammar,We use the Present Perfect Continuous to talk about:,e.g. Ive been going everywhere by bike for the last two months.,an activity f
9、rom the recent past which has consequences in the present.Hes been doing his science project all night. (thats why hes so sleepy now.) The Present Perfect Continuous is formed in this way: Subject + have/has + been+ ing,Youve been studying very hard. Has Steve been complaining about it? We havent be
10、en waiting for you long.,Ive been sitting in a traffic jam for hours. 1. Ive _ going everywhere by bike. 2. I _ been using the car for the last two months.,Use the dialogues in Exercise 4 to complete the table.,been,havent,3. Have you _ watching Euro sport? 4. What have been _? 5. _ you _ cycling in
11、 the rain?,been,doing,a). Were so tired. We _ (cycle) in the forest all morning. b). Why was he arrested? _ he _ _ (sell) stolen cars again?,ve been cycling,Has,been,selling,Put the verbs in brackets in the Present Perfect Continuous.,d). The kids are very good today. They _ (play) quietly for two h
12、ours.,have been playing,c). I dont want him to give us a lift. He _ (not drive) for a long time.,hasnt been driving,Language in Use,Work in pairs. Act out dialogues using the cues.,Student A Questions:,b. Your English is good. Have you been doing lots of exercises? No, I havent. Ive been practising
13、using it a lot.,c. Your eyes are red. Have you been crying? No, I havent. Ive been sleeping badly for the last few days. d. You look healthy. Have you beenworking out in the gym? No, I havent. Ive been jogging a lot recently.,Student B Questions:,You look tired. Have you beensleeping all right? No,
14、I havent. Ive been sleeping too little.,b. Youre fit. Have you been cycling a lot? No, I havent. Ive been swimming every night. c. You look angry. Have you been arguing with someone? No, I havent. Ive been waiting for Mary for an hour.,d. Youre late. Have you been waiting for the bus? No, I havent. Ive been trying to catch a taxi.,Homework,Finish Exercises 8-9 on P37.,Thank you!,Thanks for attending!,
