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Module 3 My First Ride on a Train

Reading and Vocabulary

课前预习

Part 1 预习单词，掌握基本意思，完成句子。

1. I watched the train until it disappeared in the distance(距离).

2. They must have new markets for their products.

3. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed

people to shoot(射杀) the animals if

they were a

problem.

4. The match was abandoned(取消) as a result of bad weather.

5. He is an expert (专家) in cooking good cheap meals.

6. This city has built a new stadium for the Olympic Games recently.

7. I have trained (训练) my dog to fetch my slippers.

8. One of the serious problems we face is that vast areas of land have become desert, so we should

pay particular attention to the environmental protection.

9. They worked the whole night, only with a break at midnight .

Useful expression (有用的词汇与表达)

从课文中找出下列短语，翻译。

a way to do sth. 做某事的方法

try doing sth.

试着做某事

be short for „„的缩写

in the middle of

在„„中间

look like 看起来像

at midnight

在午夜

pass a law 通过一条法律

allow sb. to do 允许某人做某事

look out of the window向窗外看

until the 1920s/1920’s直到20世纪20年代

课堂展示

Do a presentation about Australia.

自主学习

Step 1. Fast reading

Part 1 预习课文，掌握文章大意。

What’s the passage about?

A. a train to Sydney

B. taking the train to Australia

C. traveling to the central part of Australia

D. a child visiting her grandmother

Part 2 预习课文，掌握每段的段落大意，完成连线。并完成P22 练习2，P24 练习4.

Para 1: a.The scenery along the railway

Para 2: b.I had my first ride on a long distance train

Para 3: c.Things about the camels

Para 4: d.The fate of the camels nowadays

Para 5: e.Why is the train called Ghan?

Para 6: f.How I spent the time in the train

1-b 2-a 3-f 4-e 5-c 6-d

Part 3请根据课文判断下列句子的正误。正确的在其前面的括号中填入T，错误的在其前面的括号中填入F。

1. It was the first time that Alice had her ride on a long-distance train.( T )

2. Alice Springs is in the east of Australia. (F )

3. The train is called the Ghan because of horses from Afghanistan. (F )

4. The train was comfortable, but the food cooked by experts was bad. (F )

5. In the 1920s, people used camels to carry food and other supplies. (T )

6. Alice talked to other passengers, read books, listened to music and so on. (F )

Step 1. Careful reading

Part 1 Read the passage carefully, and answer the following questions.

1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?

No, she traveled on the train recently.

2. Was her destination on the coast of Australia?

No, it was Alice Springs in the center of Australia.

3. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey?

No, at first there were fields, then it was desert.

4. Did she study while she was on the train? Yes, she studied Chinese.

5. Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country?

Yes, at first, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather.

6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods?

No, they use the train now.

Part 2 Read the passage again, fill in the blanks.

Read the

first

paragraph: Alice, an __________ girl, ___________ Sydney, Australia.

Recently, ___________ a friend she had her first ____ on a ____________ train.

They spent two days and nights on the _______ Ghan train.

Read the

second

paragraph:

The meals ______ by experts were great and the _______ was very ________.

They first saw fields ____ dark red soil, and then the _____.

There were even some _________ farms ____ more than a hundred years ago.

Read the

third

paragraph: During the day, she ___ by the window, ____________ it, reading books or

_______ to some cassettes. _______, she watched the stars ______ like diamonds.

Read the last

three

paragraphs: The reason _____the train is called the Ghan is that ______ camels from

Afghanistan ____ once _______ carry food and other supplies. ___________, a

new railway line was built and the camels _______needed _________. 答案见课件

巩固与练习

Talk about your travelling experience.

课堂小结 (疑惑问题)

Language points(知识精讲)

1. Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?

特殊疑问词 + do you think +

陈述句结构

适用于以上插入语的常用动词还有think, believe, suppose, imagine, guess, say, consider,

suggest等。

1. How many books do you think there are in our school library?你认为我们学校图书馆里有多少书？

2. Where do you think they should go? 你认为他们应该去哪？

3. 你认为他多大了? How old do you think he is?

4. 你认为谁在踢足球? Who do you think is playing football.

3. We ate great meals cooked by experts!

（过去分词短语做后置定语）

The boy injured (=who was injured) in the accident was taken to hospital.

Most of the goods made (=which are made) in the factory are exported.

The window broken(=which was broken ) in the storm has now been repaired.