Unit 1 Past and present

Comic strip &Welcome to the unit

3. How does your father/mother go to

work?

1. Where did you go during this winter

holiday? How did you go there?

Why?

Free Talk

2. How do you and your friend go to

school?

Do you know the name of

these following pictures?

coach

bus

double-decker

train

underground

light rail

taxi

plane

1. It is a kind of bus, but it can carry

more people than a usual bus because

of its two floors. ( )

2. It’s faster and more expensive than bus,

if you are in a hurry, you prefer it. ( )

double-decker

taxi

3. There are many of them. Each one

has wheels and takes you to many

places in and around your city. ( )

4. It has provided transport service for

people living in Beijing since 2002.

( )

bus

light rail

5. It is the fastest way of traveling and

was introduced to Beijing in 1958.

( )

6. Thousands of people travel to work

on it every day, it is faster than a bus

but not expensive. ( )

plane

underground

7. It is a kind of bus, but it is used for

carrying passenger( 乘客 ) over long

distances( 距离 ). ( )

8. It is the safest way of traveling. It

travels on the railway and has several

carriages( 车厢 ). ( )

coach

train

Make a short dialogue:

A: When did people begin to use buses in Beijing? B: People began to use them in 1935 . Buses have been in use since 1935.

Listen and answer

1. Where was Hobo’s food?

2. What did Eddie do with the food? Why?

3. What does Hobo think of Eddie now?

It was in the bowl an hour ago.

Eddie ate Hobo’s food.

Because he was hungry.

He thinks Eddie is bad now.

Listen to the tape again, then fill in the blanks with proper words.

Hobo p__ some food in his b___ and went

away. When he c____ back, the food

wasn’t there any m___ . So he asked

Eddie, “ Have you s____ my food?” Eddie

told him, “ I have just e____ it. ” Hobo

became very a_____.

ut owl

ame

ore

een

aten

ngry

He thought Eddie was k___ in the past,

but now he is very b___. He doesn’t

want to p___ with him any more.

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ad

lay

Put the following into English:

1) 一小时之前

2) 和某人一起玩

3) 不再……

an hour ago

play with sb.

not…any more

4) 我很饿。我想吃一些食物。

5) Jim 变了很多。他现在学习很努力。Jim has changed a lot. He works very

hard now.

I’m hungry. I want to eat some food.

1. He is working at _______.( 目前 )

2. I have never traveled by

____________. ( 地铁 )

3. We have known each other _____ ( 自从 )

we were born.

present

underground

since

Fill in the blanks:

4. I can’t remember the ____ (time before

the present).

5. You _____________( 已经改变了 ), you

wanted to play with me.

have changed

past

Homework

1. Remember the words and

expressions in this lesson.

2. Preview the reading

part.