Review the word that we have leant yesterday .(2mins)driver/ motorist cyclist1.the person who is driving a car2.the person who is riding a bicycle4. someone who travels on foot5.someone whose job is driving a lorrypedestrianlorry driverStep1 ReviewTraffic jam Step2 Pre-reading ride a bicycleis the largest city of Netherlands AmsterdamDo you know which city is called the “City of Bicycles”?Step3 While-reading (20mins)Task1 Fast reading (3 min)Skim the text and choose the answer .1 This passage is a/an ______A. advertisement B. article( 文章） in the newspaperC. speech( 演讲 )2 What’s the main idea of this passage ?A. Bicycles in Amsterdam.B. There is less traffic in Amsterdam now.C. People like the white bicycles in Amsterdam.TFF TTask 2 Scan the text and choose which one is true (T) or false (F) .Please underline the information sentences. 4 Both locals and tourists have been using the white bikes. (Line 3 )(Line 15)(Line 19)(Line 23-24)1 There are a lot of places to park bikes in Amsterdam. 2 People hope to save energy, reduce pollution , so the “white bike” plan succeeded. 3 The new “white bike” is actually white. Amsterdam is called the “City of Bicycles” because it is ____ and therefore is _________ for bikes. In the city center, there are ____ of places for bicycle ____ and most streets have a bicycle ____ . In the 1960s, a group of ____ fans had an idea of the “white bike ”. They painted bikes white and allowed people to use them. But the ______took all the bikes within weeks. More than thirty years later, with the help of computer ____, the “white bicycle ”is back in town. To take a bicycle, you need to ____ a special card. In this way, people can enjoy the __...
