Check (√)the places near your home. Tell your partner
where they are.
2a
clothes store post office
bookstore school
supermarket bank
There is a bank near my home.
To get to there,I should go along the RenMing Road
and turn right at the first crossing.
Then go straight to the intersection,the bank is on my
right.
It is between the fruit store and the police station.
It is across from the park.
PAIRWORK
There is a supermarket near my home.To get to there,
I should go along the RenMing Road till the first
crossing.
Then I go across the road,then turn right. The
supermarket is on the left.
It is on the 4th floor of a shopping mall.
PAIRWORK
Read the passages. Match each passage with a map.
Anna
There is a zoo in my neighborhood.
I l i k e t o s p e n d t i m e t h e r e o n
w e e k e n d s . I l o v e t o w a t c h t h e
m o n k e y s c l i m b i n g a r o u n d . T h e
m o n k e y s s o m e t i m e s f i g h t . T h e y
l o o k l i k e m y f r i e n d s a n d m e w h e n
we fight!
T o g e t t h e r e , I u s u a l l y w a l k o u t
a n d t u r n r i g h t o n B r i d g e R o a d .
T h e n I w a l k a l o n g B r i d g e R o a d .
The zoo is on the right.
2b
John
I l i v e n e a r a s u p e r m a r k e t . M y
p a r e n t s u s u a l l y s h o p t h e r e .
T h e r e i s a b i g p a r k a c r o s s
from the supermarket. I often
exercise at the park because I
love the clean air and sunshine.
T h e b e s t t h i n g s i n l i f e a r e
free!
T o g e t t o t h e p a r k , y o u j u s t
have to cross Center Street.
Lisa
I live in a noisy neighborhood.
There is a post office between
my house and a clothes store.
But my favorite place is the
library. It is very quiet and I
enjoy reading there. When I
read books, time goes quickly!
You can get to the library easily.
Just go down North Road and
turn left. It is across from the
park.
Read the passage again and answer the questions.
2c
1. What does Anna like doing in the zoo?
2. Does Anna think monkeys are like people? Why?
Yes,she does. Anna thinks that when the monkeys fight,they
look like her friends and her when they fight.
She likes watching the monkeys climbing around in
the zoo.
3. What does John like to do at the park?
4. John thinks the best things do not need money. Do you think so,too?
5. How does Lisa get to the library from her home?
He likes to exercise at the park.
Yes.I think so.
Lisa walks to the library.She goes down North Road and then
turns left.The library is across from the park.
Look at the map of Cindy’s neighborhood and fill in the
blanks.
3a
My house is across from a on Long Street. I usually
go shopping at a near my house. It is between
a and the .On weekends, I like to play
in the .To get there, I go along Long Street and turn left on
North Street. It is on the right, next to a .
library
supermarket
police station library
park
hotel
Draw a map of your neighborhood and write about it.
These questions may help you.
3b
1. Where do you live?
2. What is your favorite place in your
neighborhood? Why?
3. How do you get there from your home?
1 Complete the passage with the words in the box.
I am very busy on school days.But I have some
.time on weekends.I like to spend time
with my grandparents on sundays. My grandma
makes the foods I like.And I playing
Chinese chess with my grandpa.He's very good
at it! We also like to sit and talk.We sometimes
watch the neighbors' cats the trees. It's
relaxing to weekends like this.I love my
gandparents!
Self Check
free
enjoy
climbing
spend
spend free climb enjoy
2 Write five sentences about your school using there is /are.
There are some trees in my school.
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There is a teaching building in our school.
There are many students in our school.
There is a dining hall in our school.
There are several gardens in our school.
There is a playground in our school.
3 Imagine you are one of the people in the picture on page 46. A
person asks you how to get to the supermarket or library. Write a
conversation.
请你给远方的笔友写一封信,介绍一下你的邻近环境。
Dear Lisa,
I want to talk to you about my neighborhood. _________________________________
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Yours,
Li Yang