Word competition
Read each of the following word correctly, and
you’ll get one point.
uniform
nearby
push
fail
surprised
report
traffic
note
escape
try
route
station
suddenly
happily
Task 1: Review the words by matching
their meanings.
1. police uniform
2. nearby
3. traffic lights
4. route
5. push
6. fail
7. escape
a.run away
b.clothes for the police
c. not far away
d. use your hands to make
something move forward
e. red, orange and green
lights on the road
f. a way from one place
to another
g. Try but cannot do something
Task 2: Recall the story by discuss the
following questions:
1.How many characters are the in the play?
Who are they?
the twins
Susan
three robbers
the policeman
2. What do you think of the twins?
brave, clever, smart, lucky
3. Why do we call it a lucky escape?
Paul brings a knife.
The traffic lights turn red.
The twins leave the back door open.
Task 3:With the help of the pictures, tell one student
from other school about the story briefly. Discuss it with
your partner, then tell it one picture by another.
ring
drive
see
meet
jump
push
open
Task 4 Read part 1 carefully and then have a
reading competition.
Lines
Main events
Line 1 – Line 11
The twins go to help
Susan, but the three
robbers catch them.
Line 12 – Line 25
the twins try to escape.
Line 26 – Line 35
The twins see the
robbers in the police
station
Task 5 Learn to use the phrases “drive to…” and
“out of…”
How do you go to school every day?
walk to school, run to school, take a
bus to school take a taxi to school ...
How can I go to Shanghai?
take a plane to… =go there by air/plane
take a ship to…=go there by sea/by ship
How can I go to Hong Kong Disneyland?
What other verbs can you use before “out of ”? Look at
The pictures and discuss it in pairs.
get out of….
run out of…..
look out of…..
walk out of…
jump out of…
take ….out of….
push … out of…
house
forest
window
drawer (抽屉）
Van
Task 6 Read part two carefully and role play it.
Task 7 Learn to use “try to do …”, “fail to do”
and “work”
try to do sth =try one’s best to do sth
Discuss the following problems,
use “try to do” to solve them
1. If a robber catches you, what will you try to do?
2. If you are too fat, what will you try to do?
3. If you are too thin, what will you try to do?
4. If you like a girl, what will you try to do?
5. If you find that a girl can’t find her parents,
what will you try to do?
What are you trying to do these days?
Sb/sth fail(s)
Sb fail (in) sth
Sb fail to do sth
e.g. I work hard, but I failed.
I failed in the exam.
I failed to pass the exam.
Liu Xiang failed in the 2008 Olympic Games.
Chinese football team fails in/to win the match.
Talk in pairs about something you fail to do.
Work vi. 奏效，行得通
My watch doesn't work
My computer catches a virus (病毒).
It doesn't work.
I have got a cough, so buy some medicine, but three days
has passed, I am still coughing, so the medicine_______.
A guessing game, every time I feel unhappy, I’d like to
eat one thing, I will tell one of you what it is, but you
should guess by asking “Does _________ work?”
Task 8 Read Part 3 carefully and role play it.
Task 9 Learn to use “stop” ”surprised” and “lucky”
stop doing sth means not do that thing any more
stop to do sth stop and do that thing.
to talk
On my way to school, I ________________(talk)
with him.
talking (talk).
The teacher is coming, so the students stop _________
be surprised to do sth
I am surprised to hear that Hu Jingtao is coming.
I am surprised to hear/know ______________________ .
Luck—lucky—unlucky
What is your lucky number? What is your unlucky number?
Task 9 Brainstorming：
If someone follows you on your way
home at night，what will you do？
Danger is never far away from you.
Please look after yourself carefully.
Homework
oral homework: read the
whole play and try to
role play it without your
English books.
Written homework:
Organize your note
about the words learned
today.