Zhou Minghua

2aLook at the picture and title below. Guess what the passage is about.

Crossing the River to School

看图片与标题，猜文章是关于什么内容

It is about how students go to school.

river

cross the river

village

villager

How do we usually cross the river?

boat bridge

a ropeway

The river runs too quickly for boats.

The villagers don’t have much money.They don’t have a bridge.

take

There is a very big river between their school and the village.

It’s difficult for the students in one small village to get to school.

=go on

Liangliang

one 11-year-old boy

his classmates

It is their dream to have a bridge.

2bRead the passage and answer

the questions.

How does Liang liang 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 come true? Why or why not?

They go on a ropeway to cross the river to school.

Because there is a big river between their school and the village. There’s no bridge and the river runs too quickly for boats.

Yes, he does. He loves to play with his classmates,heloves his his teacher.

Their dream is to have a bridge. Yes. I think so. Many kind people will help them.

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

_______.

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 come _____?

2c Read the passage again. Complete the

sentences with the words from the

passage.difficult

big

quickly

afraid

true

Listen to the passage and pay attention to the pronunciation

between … and … 在……与……之间 between 是个介词，表示在两者之 间。如： Mary is between Jane and Linda

There is a park between the library

and the post office.

One 11-year-old boy, Liangliang, crosses the

river every school day.

11-year-old 构成一个复合形容词，修饰名词boy 。请注意其中的 year 之后没有复数词尾 -s 。这一构词结构较为常见。例如：

a four-day trip 一个四天的旅行 a 30-page book 一本 30 页的书 a three-room house 一个三间屋的房子

be afraid to do sth. 害怕做某事 be afraid of sth. / sb. 怕某事 / 某人 be afraid of doing sth 怕做某事 Are you afraid of snakes? I’m afraid to speak in front of other people. He’s afraid of speaking in public.

注意： 1. afraid 是表语形容词 2. I am afraid 有时指 I am sorry 。 I'm afraid we can't come.

afraid adj. 害怕的；畏惧的

leave v. 离开 Please turn off the light when you leave.

The train will leave in a second.

“leave for + ” “ ”地点 表示 动身去某地 He is leaving for Shanghai tomorrow.

“leave+ 地点 + for + 地点”表示“离开某地去某地” Why are you leaving Shanghai for Beijing?

How is your uncle leaving Wenling for Hangzhou?

What can we students do to help their

dream come true?

If they have a bridge, they can leave the village. They will have more chances to

get a job. Then they can make more money.

They will have better lives.they can do something for their

hometown.

At the same time,

Can you guess: What will happen if they have a bridge?

一、用括号内单词的适当形式填空。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. All the _________ (village) want to have a nice

bridge.

5. It takes six hours to get to his _____________

(grandparents) home.

6. Can this dream _____ (come) true? come

to get

crosses

quickly

villagers

grandparents’

二、选词填空。

1.There’s a shop _______ our school and the park.

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, come true, by boat, on a ropeway, between

between

by boat

on a ropeway

think of

come true

1. 细读每个问题，确定每句话的意思。2. 带着问题读短文，在短文中寻找相关信息，确定问题回答的依据。

3. 找到答题依据后，再根据问题是一般疑问句还是特殊疑问句来确定如何回答。

4. 最后，再读一遍课文，检查一下答案的正确性。