Module 3 My First Ride on a Train

What country are we going to talk about?

澳大利亚联邦（ The Commonwealth of Australia ）

Answer these questions: 1. Do you know the name of the capital city? Canberra 2. Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast? On the east coast and the southeast coast 3. What do you think the central part of the country is like? Desert 4. What Australian animals do you know about? Kangarookoala bearduck-billed platypusdingo

Try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.  Para 1:  Para 2:  Para 3:  Para 4:  Para 5:  Para 6: I had my first ride on a long distance train The scenery along the railway How I spent the time in the train Why is the train called Ghan? Things about the camels The fate of the camels nowadays

Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 She tells She describes She explains A. the origin of the Ghan train and the means of transport for traveling a long distance in the past. B. when and where their travel took place. C.the scenery all the journey.

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1. Alice got on in Alice Springs, and got off in Sydney. ( ) F 3. She sometimes talked to other passengers. ( ) 2. The writer had this trip alone ( ) 4.The writer prepared meals for herself when she was on the train. ( ) F F T

1. How long did she spend on the train? A. One day. B. Two days. C. One day and night. D. Two days and nights. 2. 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

1.Alice Thompson made her first ____________ train ride at the age of _____. 2. They saw fields, soil, desert and ___________ farms which were built over 100 years ago. 3. I listened to my Chinese ________. 4. A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some ______ from Afghanistan. Ghan is _____ for Afghanistan. long-distance 18 abandoned cassettes camelsshort

1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago? 3. When did they pass a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem? No, Recently Alice travelled on a long-distance train Where did Australians bring some camels from? Afghanistan

Say sth. about your travel: When: Where: With whom: How did you go there: What did you do and see: What’s your feeling:

1.Write a summary of the passage. 2.Write a composition about your trip..