 Step 4　Answering

Get the students to answer the Activity 2.Then check with them together.

T: Read through the questions as the students follow. Make sure the students understand the questions.

T: Ask students to do the activity in pairs. Asking and answering. Then get them to check with a partner.

S: Which of the vehicles travel on road?

S: Taxi, bicycles, motorbikes and buses travel on roads.

S: Which of them travel on rails?

S: Trams and trains-travel on rails.

S: Which of them travels on water?

S: Ferries travel on water.

S: Which of them travel in the air?

S: Helicopters and planes travel in the air.

S: Which of them can you use to travel a long distance?

S: You can use a plane or a train to travel a long distance.

Step 5 Practice

Match the verbs with the means of transport. Get the students to do Activity 3.

1. Read through the verbs and have the class repeat them after you.

get on　get off　get into　get out (of) ride　drive　take off　land 

2. Ask students to do the activity individually. They can check with a partner.

3. Call back the answers from the class.

Suggested answers: 

get on: bus/train/tram/bicycle/motorbike/ferry/plane

get off: bus/train/tram/bicycle/motorbike/ferry/plane

get into: taxi/helicopter

ride: bicycle/motorbike

drive: train/taxi/bus

take off: plane/helicopter

land: plane/helicopter

 Step 6 Speaking

1. Get the students to describe the first time you travelled a long distance.

2. Put the students into groups of four to ask and answer about their journeys.

S: I first traveled a long distance by train when I was seven years old. I went with my parents from Nanjing to Beijing.

S: I first traveled a long distance by train when I was twelve years old. I went with my classmates and my teacher from my hometown to Beijing.

Then tell the students the following:

I first traveled a long distance by train last year.

I went to Harbin with my husband and my son. Last Spring Festival, I went there to see the icy city-Harbin. There are a lot of wonderful statues, carved out of snow. I hope you will go there in the future.

 Step 7 Discussion

T: We can make a trip in many ways. But what do you have to consider before you decide the