内容正文:
1. How do you go to school every day?
2. How do you travel from Shanghai to Beijing/Japan/
Bangkok/…?
Different kinds of transportation:
bus
tram
underground
car
ferry
taxi
minibus / van
bicycle
light rail
maglev
bullet train
plane
1. In the past, how did people travel from Pudong to Puxi?
2. At present, how do people travel from Pudong to Puxi?
Listen and think
Let’s listen to a passage about travelling by bus in Garden City.
BUSES
Many people like travelling by bus. In the past, all passengers had to buy tickets from a bus conductor. He or she collected money from the passengers and put it in a bag. Nowadays, on many buses passengers do not have to buy tickets from a bus conductor. They put their money in a fare box or use a public transportation card instead.
In the past, there were only single-decker buses. Nowadays, some buses are double-decker buses. In the past, there were no air-conditioned buses. Nowadays, most of them are air-conditioned.
In the past, none of the bus drivers were women. All of them were men. Nowadays, some of the bus drivers are women, but most of them are still men.
some
none
Answer true/false
In the past, all of the buses had fare boxes.
In the past, some of the buses were air-conditioned.
Nowadays, none of the buses are double-decker buses.
Nowadays, some of the bus drivers are women.
F
F
F
T
none
People put money in a fare box or use a public transportation card.
Where did passengers get their tickets on the bus in the past?
Do passengers have to buy tickets from a bus conductor on many buses nowadays?
What do people do instead?
From a bus conductor.
No, they don’t.
Answer
What kind of buses were there in Garden City in the past?
What kinds of buses can we see in Garden City nowadays?
Were there any air-conditioned buses in Garden City in the past?
Only single-decker buses.
Single-decker buses and double-decker buses.
No, there weren’t.
Were there any women bus drivers in Garden Cit