Unit 4 How do you get to school?一、交通方式的询问： How do you get to school?二、对于交通方式的回答:注意点：并不是所有都用take, 也并不是所有都用by,注意四个方面① 步行特殊的： walk = go ..on foot ,② By car , by bike = drive a / my car , ride a / my bike③ By +交通工具无冠词， 但 ride a bike/ drive a car/ take a bus 等必须有冠词a/ the.④ 除了介词by +交通工具外，还可以用on/ in +交通工具，on a bus, in a car , on my bike ….三、对于路程多久的提问： How long does it take ?回答：It takes me 30 minutes.(重点句型)重/难点辨析：花费 take , spend, pay ,costIt takes sb time/ money to do sth. （有时态变化,过去式took,）Sb spend time/ money on sth/ in doing sth.Sb pay money for sth物 cost sb time/ money.四、对于路程有多远的提问：How far is it from his home to school?回答： It’s about 10 kilometers (away) from his home to school.重点、难点辨析： be far from, away from, from ..to .far from, 离…远 My school is far from my home.具体路程+away from, My school is 10 kilometers away from my home.From …to, 从…到…It’s 10 kilometers (away) from my school to my home.A +be +路程距离+B, My school is 10 kilometers from my home.五、宾语从句: 疑问语序变为陈述语序 （引导词+主语+谓语）（重、难点）Thomas wants to know where Nina lives.Thomas wants to know how long it takes to get to school .Thomas wants to know how far from school she lives.六、语法讲解——how 引导的特殊疑问句1、how引导的特殊疑问句提问交通方式。
2、how far 用来提问距离，意为“多远”。
其答语分为两种情况：①用长度单位表示eg: —— How far is it from your home to the bus stop ?——It’s five kilometers.②用时间表示eg: —— How far is the park from the shop ?——It’s ten minutes’ w alk.3、how long 用来提问时间，意为“多久”。
eg:—— How long have you been in America?—— For two years.七、其它重要语言点1. take v 搭乘（某种交通工具）take the subway to ...=go to ...by subway 乘地铁去......(1) He takes the subway to work every day .=He goes to work by every day.他们每天乘地铁上班。
*take 花费某事花费多少时间。
(2) The subway ride usually takes about 30 minutes.乘地铁通常用大约30分钟。
* It takes sb. some time to do sth. =sb. spends some time (in) doing stb.某人用（花费）多少时间做某事。
(3) It took him about two hours to finish the work yesterday.昨天他用了大约两个多小时完成了这项工作。
= I spent about two hours finishing the work yesterday.* It takes some time to do sth.做某事用多少时间(4) It takes twenty minutes to walk to school.步行上学需要二十分钟。
2. minute n 分钟in a minute 一会儿用于一般将来时(1) It'll take them ten minutes to walk there. 走着去那里他们要用十分钟。
(2) He'll come back in a minute. 他一会儿就回来。
3. far adj 远的far from 离…远(1) My house is far from the hospital .= My house isn't near to the hospital.我家离医院很远。
(2) How far is it from Shanghai to Beijing. ? 从上海到北京多远？(3) Is it far from here? 离这儿远吗？4. kilometer 千米，公里(1) It's about ten kilometers from the cinema to my house.电影院离我家大约十公理。
How far is it from the cinema to your house? 你家离电影多远？(2) His house is five kilometers away from school..他家离学校五公里。
5. quick adj - quickly 快的(1) My good friends usually have a quick lunch at school because they want to have some timeto play football on the playground .我的好朋友在学校通常匆匆吃过午饭因为他们想有一些时间去操场踢足球。
(2) Every morning he has a quick breakfast and then goes to school..每天早晨他匆匆吃过早饭然后去上学。
(3) He spoken so quickly that I couldn't hear you clearly.他说话太快我不能听清楚。
6. station n 车站at the bus stop =at the bus station 在汽车站at the railway station =at the trainstation 在火车站(1) Who are children waiting for at the bus station? 孩子们在车站等谁呢？(2) I'll meet my uncle at the train station tomorrow..我明天去为车站去接我叔叔。
7. stop doing sth. 停止正在做事stop to do sth. 停下来做某事(1) The students stopped talking when the teacher came into the classroom.。
老师走进教室学生停止说话。
(2) He stopped to have a look at the blackboard after he wrote down the new words.他写下生词后停下来看黑板。
(3) They stopped to have a rest after a long walk. 长时间行走他们停下来休息一会儿。
8. early adj 早的提旱的adv(1) His father goes to work early every day .他的父亲每天很早就去上班啊。
(2) Sleeping early and getting up early is good our health.早睡旱起对我们的健康有益啊。
9. transportation n 公共交通，运输(1) What do think of the transportation in England? 你认为英国的交通如何？(2) How do you like water and land transportation ? 你认为水陆运输如何？10. north adj 北部的北方的in the north of…在…北in North America 在北美州to the north of…在…北on the north of …在…北在某一整体内部用in; 在某一整体的外部用to; 挨着某一不整体用on(1) Beijing is in the north of China. 北京在我国的北部。
(2) Korea is on the northeast of China. 韩国在我国的东北部。
(3) In North America ,not all the students take the bus to school .在北美州不是所有的学生都乘汽车上学。
11. part n 地方区域(1) Most parts of the books are very interesting. 大部分书都很有意思。
(2) His uncle traveled to many other parts of the world last year.去年他叔叔去了世界各地旅游。
12. depend -depended v. 依靠依赖depend on 视…而定,决定于,依赖于(1) Good health depends on good food ,exercise and getting enough sleep.良好的身体依赖一于好的食品和充足的睡眼。
(2) He depends on his writing for his incoming..他靠写作来收入。