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Unit 3 Travelling in Garden City 花园城市的交通

Look and learn

a double-decker bus, a fare-box, an air-conditioner

Look and read  Buses
看一看,读一读 共公汽车

In the past, many people liked travelling by bus.
过去,多数人喜欢乘公交车出行。
All passengers had to buy tickets.
所有乘客必须买票。
There was a bus-conductor in each bus.
每辆车上有一名售票员。
He collected money from the passengers and put the money in a bag.
他从乘客手中收钱然后放入包中。
Passengers do not buy tickets now.
现在乘客不必买票了。
They put their money in a fare-box instead.
取而代之的是他们把钱放进投币箱中。
In the past, their were only single-decker buses.
过去只有单层公交车。
None of them with a double-decker bus.
没有一个是双层的。
In the past, travelling by bus was not very comfortable.
在过去乘公交车旅行不太舒服。
There were no air-conditioners in the buses.
车内没有空调。
Nowadays, most buses have air-conditioners.
现在,多数公交车有空调。
Most of the bus-drivers are men, but some of them are women.
大多数公交车司机是男的,但也有一些是女的。
However, in the past, none of the bus-drivers were women.
然而,过去,没有一名公交司机是女的。
All of them were men.
他们都是男的。

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Look and say
看一看,说一说

What will travelling in our city be like in 10 years' time?
十年后我们城市的交通将会是什么样?
Perhaps there will be more roads.
也许会有更多的路。
Perhaps there will be fewer traffic jams.
也许交通阻塞会很少。
Perhaps we won't travel by ferry any longer.
也许我们不再乘渡船了。
Perhaps more people will travel by taxi.
也许更多的人乘出租车出行。

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perhaps any longer
more/fewer
some of none of
all of most of
In... years' time
In the past, Nowadays,
will will be will not/won't