Introduction

（8 minutes）

1. The whole

class work.

2. The whole

class work.

3. Group work.

4. The whole

class work.

5. The whole

class work.

1. Focus their attention on the teacher.

2. Students read the

passage about their

experiences of getting lost.

3. Students make a

survey in groups.

4. Students report the results of the survey.

5. Students observe the picture and make a guess.

1. Greet the students and

make them ready for

learning. 

2. The teacher asks the

students to report the

homework. Let the

students read the passage

about their experiences

of getting lost.

3. The teacher lets the

students make a survey in groups:

(1) How do you usually go to school?

(2) Why do you go to school by/on …?

4. The teacher lets the

students from different

groups report the results

of the survey.

5. The teacher makes a

summary and leads to the new lesson: Most of us go to school by bike, and Kangkang, Michael, Jane and Darren also like riding bikes to school. Now let’s look at the picture of 1a and guess: what are they talking about?

Presentation

(10minutes)

1. The whole

class work.

2. The whole

  class work.

3. The whole

class work.

4. Individual

work.

5. The whole

class work.

6. Individual

work.

1. Students check the guess.

2. Students watch the flash and underline the new words.

3. Students tell the new words, and then learn and grasp the new words with the help of the teacher.

4. Students read the

sentences of 1b and

understand the general ideas.

5. Students listen to the recording and mark T or F.

6. Students check the answers.

1. The teacher plays the

flash of 1a. Ask the

students to watch the

flash to know about the

general meaning of the

conversation, and then

check the guess.

2. The teacher plays the flash again and asks the students to underline the new words.

3. The teacher asks two

students to tell the new words.

Teach the new words

passenger and pollution

by showing the pictures

of the passengers and the

environmental pollution.

Teach the new word

anywhere by showing the

word everywhere.

Teach the word crazy by

showing the word mad.

4. The teacher lets the students read the sentences of 1b and understand the general ideas.

5. The teacher plays the

recording of 1a and lets the students listen carefully, and then mark T or F.

6. The teacher asks two

students to tell the

answers.

Consolidation

(10 minutes)

1. The whole

class work.

2. The whole

class work.

3. Group work.

4. The whole

class work.

5. Individual

work.

6. The whole

class work.

7. Group work.

1. Students read the

conversation after the recording sentence by sentence.

2. Students try to follow

the speed, paying

attention to the

pronunciation and

intonation.

3. Students discuss in

groups to find out the difficult points and sum up the main

points.

4. Students underline in their books and make some notes.

5. Students write down three advantages of cycling.

6. Volunteers tell their answers.

7. Students act out the conversation of 1a in groups of 4.

1. The teacher plays the

recording sentence by

sentence.

2. The teacher plays the

recording without

stopping.

3. The teacher asks the

students to learn in groups

to find out the difficult points

in the conversation. At last let

then sum up the main points

of the conversation.

4. The teacher makes a

summary to explain the key points and difficult points to the students:

(1) get/ be used to (doing) sth.

(2) be afraid of (doing) sth.

(3) If people obey the traffic rules, there will be fewer accidents.  条件状语从句。

(4) air pollution

(5) It’s + adj.+ to do sth.

5. The teacher asks the students to read 1a and write down three advantages of cycling. Encourage them to add their own ideas.

6. The teacher lets two students tell their answers. Finish 1c.

7. The teacher asks the students to act out the conversation of 1a in groups of 4.

Practice

(10 minutes)

1. Group work.

2. Individual

work.

3. Individual

work.

4. The whole

class work.

5. The whole

class work.

6. The whole

class work.

7. The whole

class work.

1. Students discuss the advantages and

disadvantages of riding bikes in groups.

2. Students report their results of discussion.

3. Students read the

sentences of 2.

4. Students listen to the recording and fill in the blanks.

5. Students listen again and check their answers.

6. Students check the

answers with the

teacher.

7. Students talk about the reasons why more people in China use bicycles.

1. The teacher asks the students to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of riding bikes in groups. Teach the new word disagree by comparing with the word agree.

(1) Offer the expressions:

(2) Cycling can …

(3) It’s easy to …

(4) I agree/ disagree with you. I think…

2. The teacher asks four students from different groups to report their results of discussion.

3. The teacher asks the students to read the sentences of 2.

4. The teacher plays the

recording of 2 sentence by sentence. Ask the students to listen and fill in the blanks.

5. The teacher plays the

recording of 2 without

stopping.

Ask the students to listen

again and check their

answers.

6. The teacher lets two or 

three students tell their

answers.

7. The teacher lets the

students talk about the

reasons for more people

in China using bicycles.

Let them know about

more advantages of using

bicycles. Tell the students that we should have less waste and learn to protect our environment.

Production

(7minutes)

1. The whole

class work.

2. The whole

class work and

group work.

3. The whole

class work.

4. The whole

class work.

5. The whole

class work.

6. The whole

class work.

7. Individual

work

1. Students observe the

pictures of 3 a carefully.

2. Students talk about the

pictures in groups and

complete the sentences.

3. Students tell their

answers.

4. Students report the story to the whole class.

5. Students learn to have the sense of safety.

6. Students summarize

Section A with the

teacher.

7. Students finish the

homework after class.

1. The teacher asks the

students to observe the

pictures of 3 a carefully and

understand the meanings

based on the given words.

2. The teacher asks the

students to talk about the

pictures in groups and

complete the sentences.

Teach the new word rider

by adding –(e)r behind

the word ride.

3. The teacher asks three

students to tell their

answers.

4. The teacher asks the

students from different

groups to report the story

to the whole class.  

5. The teacher shows the

pictures of some traffic

accidents. Tell them that

they must be careful on

the way to school and on

their way home, and the

safety must come first.

6. The teacher shows the

summary to the students.

7. The teacher assigns

homework:

(1) Review the summary

after class.

(2) Ask the students to

give some advice on how to prevent traffic accidents.

(3) Search the Internet for 

some traffic rules to 

prepare for Section B.

Teaching Reflection

The students realize the terrible results of the traffic accidents.  Now they know that it’s very important to follow the traffic rules. And they know about the advantages of cycling. They can understand the usage of adverbial clauses of condition briefly.