【正文】 Crossing the River to School How do students go to school? ? How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students, it is easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a very big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a rope way to across the river to school. Why do they go to school like this? Because there is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. One 11yearold boy, Liangliang, crosses the river every day. But he is not afraid. “I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher. He’s like a father to me.” 1. How old is Liangliang? 2. Does the boy like his school? Why? He is 11 years old. Yes, he does. Because he loves to play with his classmates and he loves his teacher. be like a father Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream e true? 1. What is the villagers’ dream? To have a bridge in the village. difficult big river too quickly not afraid love 2b Read the passage and answer the questions. How does Liang ling go to school every day? ___________________________________________ He goes on a ropeway to cross the river to school. 1. How do the students in the village go to school? 2. Why do they go to school like this? 3. Does the boy like this school? Why? 4. What’s the villagers’ dream? Do you think their dream can e true? Why or why not? 1. They go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. 2. Because there is a big river their school and the village. There’s no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. 3. Yes, he does. He loves to play with his classmates. He loves his teacher. 4. Their dream is to have a bridge. Yes. I think so. Many kind people will help them. Crossing the River to School How do you get to school? Do you walk or ride a bike? Do you go by bus or by train? For many students ,it is easy to get to school. But for the students in one small village in China, it is difficult. There is a very big river between their school and the village. There is no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. One 11yearold boy, Liangliang, crosses the river every school day. But he is not afraid. “ I love to play with my classmates. And I love my teacher. He’s like a father to me.” Many of the students and villagers never leave the village. It is their dream to have a bridge. Can their dream e true? 1. For the students in the village, it is _______ to get to the school. 2. They have to cross a very ___ river between their school and the village. 3. They cannot go by boat because the river runs too _______. 2c Read the passage again. Complete the sentences with the words from the passage. difficult big quickly 4. It is not easy to cross the river on a ropeway, but the boy is not _______. 5. The students and villagers want to have a bridge. Can their dream e ____? afraid true 1. …what they think of the trip. think of 認為 . What does Bob think of the trip? 鮑勃認為旅行怎么樣？ What do/does sb. think of …? 某人覺得 …… 怎么樣？ = How do/does sb. like…? 2. There is a very big river between their school and the village. Between … and … 在 …… 與 …… 之間 between 是個介詞，表示在兩者之間。 . Mary is between Jane and Linda in the line. 在隊伍中，瑪麗在簡和琳達之間。 3. So these students go on a ropeway to cross the river to school. cross 橫過 。 穿越 (馬路、河等 ) . Look careful before you cross the road. 過馬路前要細心看！ 4. But he is not afraid. afraid adj. 害怕；恐懼 (1) be afraid …… 害怕的 . The girl is very afraid. 小女孩很害怕。 (2) be afraid of … 害怕 …… . My sister is afraid of snakes. 我妹妹害怕蛇。 5. He’s like a father to me. like “像 ”。作介詞，不是動詞。 . The fish looks like a big boat. 那條魚看起來像條船 。 （介詞） Jane likes history very much. 簡很喜歡歷史。 （動詞） I. Complete the sentences. 1. Is it easy for them ______ (get) to school? 2. The river runs too _______ (quick) for boats. 3. His brother _______ (cross) the river on a ropeway every day. 4. Can this dream _____ (e) true? e to get crosses quickly 5. All the _________ (village) want to have a nice bridge. 6. It takes six hours to get to his _____________ (grandparents) home. villagers grandparents’ II. Fill in the blanks. 1. There’s a shop _______ our school and the park. think of e true by boat on a ropeway between between 2. The students in Kaishandao goes to school _______. 3. — How do they cross the big river? — They go ____________. 4. What do you ________ the new violin? 5. His parents’ dream is to have a big house. They think it can _________ soon. think of on a ropeway by boat e true Section B 3a—Self Check Read the from your pen pal Tom in the US. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box. Hi there, How are you? Thank for your last . You want to know how I _______ school, right? Well, I usually ________ my home at about 8:00 and ________ to the bus stop. The school bus usually es at about 8:15. My school is about 20 _________ from my home. It _________ about 40 minutes to get there by bus. The bus ride is never _________ because I always talk to my classmates. What about you? How do you get school? Tom kilometers get to takes walk