新目标英语八年级下unit1_Whats_the_matter__Section_A_3a.pptVIP

Unit1 What’s the matter? Period Three (Section A 3a-3c) Bus Driver and Passengers Save an Old Man It comes from a newspaper, Because it is a piece of news. 3a read the passage. Do you think it comes from a newspaper or a book? How do you know? At 9:00 a.m. yesterday, bus No.26 was going along Zhonghua Road when the driver saw an old man lying on the side of the road. A woman next to him was shouting for help. The bus driver, 24-year-old Wang Ping, stopped the bus without thinking twice. He got off and asked the woman what happened. She said that the man had a heart problem and should go to the hospital. Mr. Wang knew he had to act quickly. He told the passengers that he must take the man to the hospital. He expected most or all of the passengers to get off and wait for the next bus. But to his surprise, they all agreed to go with him. Some passengers helped Mr. Wang to move the man onto the bus. Thanks to Mr. Wang and the passengers, the doctors saved the man in time. “It’s said that many people don’t want to help others because they don’t want any trouble,” says one passenger. “But the driver didn’t think about himself. He only thought about saving a life.” 1. _______ Wang Ping was the driver of bus No.26 at 9:00 a.m. yesterday. 2. _______ Bus No. 26 hit an old man on Xhonghua Road. 3. _______ The old man had a heart problem and needed to go to the hospital right away. 4. _______ The passagers on the bus did not want to go to the hospital, so only Wang Ping went with the woman and old man. 5. _______ Some passagers helped to get the old man onto the bus. 6. _______ The old man got to the hospital in time. Read the passage again and check the things that happened in the story. √ √ √ √ （过去式hit，现在分词:hitting） 3b Discuss the questions with a partner. 1.Why was Wang Ping surprised that passengers agreed to go to the hospital with him? 2.Did the passengers think Wang Ping did the right thing? How do you know? Because h