Unit 16
How do you come to work?
職場攻略/辦公日常
English for the workplace/Communication in workplace
BRAIN STORM
Share your ideas with your teacher and try to make sentences.
How do you come to work? What mode of transportation do you use?
VOCABULARY
Repeat these sentences after your teacher.
1. traffic (n.) 交通
The traffic in Los Angeles is so bad.
洛杉磯的交通太差了。
2. almost (adv.) 幾乎
I was almost late to work yesterday.
昨天我上班快遲到了。
3. late (adj.) 晚
I hate coming late to work.
我討厭上班遲到。
4. drove (v.) 開車
I drove for 2 hours just to come early.
我開車早了兩個小時。
5. motorcycle (n.) 摩托車
I will not use my motorcycle. The road is slippery.
我不會用我的摩托車。這條路很滑。
6. hour (n.) 小時
It took us five hours to finish the job.
我們花了五個小時才完成這項工作。
7. far (adj.) 遠
My home is far from the main road.
我家離主要道路很遠。
8. live (v.) 住
I live near the bus station.
我住在汽車站附近。
Dialogue
Read the dialogue aloud with your teacher.
There was so much traffic this morning! I was almost late.
今天早上交通太擁擠了！我幾乎遲到了。
So, you drove here?
你開車來這裡？
Yes, I usually take the subway, but today I drove.
是的，我通常坐地鐵，但今天我開車。
How long does it take you to get here?
你到這兒要多久？
I live far from here. If I drive and there‘s no traffic, I get here in 40 minutes and if I take the subway, I get here in an hour.
我住得離這兒很遠。如果我開車， 沒有交通， 我 40 分鐘內到達這裡， 如果我坐地鐵， 我得到 一小時後在這裡。
How long does it take if you’re stuck in a traffic jam?
堵車要多久？
It can take over an hour. How do you get to work?
可能需要一個多小時。你怎麼去上班？
I live close, so I usually walk. It’s a 20-minute walk.
我住得很近，所以我通常走路。步行20分鐘即可到達。
Do you walk to work every day?
你每天步行去上班嗎？
No, not on hot days, I ride my motorcycle instead.
不， 不是在炎熱的日子里， 我騎摩托車代替。
Let's Practice
Make it right.
A : _________.
B : It can take over an hour.
1.How long does it take if you’re stuck in a traffic jam?
2.How long does it take if you’re stuck in a traffic jar?
A : Do you walk to work every day?
B : ________.
1.No, not on hot days.
2.Yes, sometimes.
So, you _____ here?
1.weather
2.warm
Do you walk to work _________?
1.every day
2.often
Do every day? you walk work to
_________________________________
How here? long get to does you take it
________________________________________________
DISCUSSION
Make a conversation with your teacher.
1.How does it feel to get struck in traffic? Tell your teacher how you dealt with that emotion.
