关于subway, subway train 和subway station 在美国,subway 表示“地铁”这一地下交通系 统或交通手段,常用 take the subway 或 go by subway 来表达“乘坐地铁”,但不说 take a subway 或 go by a / the subway。在英国,“地 铁”称作 the underground, 谈及 subways,不 是表示“地铁”,而是表示“地下通道”。例
Pair Work
Hey, Jane? Is this your new bike?
Yes, I ride it to school every day.
10 kilometers 20 minutes
15 minutes
Language points
1. It + takes sb + some time + to do sth 表示做某事花了某人多少时间。如: It took me half a day to do my homework. 做作业花了我半天时间。
A: How do you get to school?
B: I take the subway.
take the subway take the bus take the train ride a bike
walk
How does Mary get to school?
She _t_a_k_e_s__t_h_e_s_u__b_w_a__y.
3. by bus, ride my bike 和 take the subway 均表示“乘坐某种交通工具”。
1) “by + 表示交通工具的单数名词”在句 中作方式状语, 名词前不需加任何限定词。 如: My sister goes to work by boat every day. 我姐姐每天乘船去上班。