Book1 Module 3 My First Ride on a Train 普通高中课程标准实验教科书 ( 必修 1) 深圳外国语学校 钟玉茜 Period1 Reading

Describe the first time you travelled a long distance. (say how old you were, where you went and who you went with.) Brainstorming Q: When talking about experience, what factors should you pay attention to? who when wherewhat why & how

Introduction I How do people go to their destinations?

Can you name the means of transport? motorbike 1 ferry 2

tram 5 train 6

bicycle helicopter 78

9 taxi

Introduction II 2. Match the means of transportation with the help of the pictures on Page 21. Travel on roads Travel on rails Travel on water Travel in the air tram, train motorbike, bus, taxi, bike, truck plane, helicopter ferry, ship Travel long distances plane, train, ship

get on get off bus, train, tram, bicycle, motorbike, ferry, plane taxi, helicopter get into get out (of)

What is Australia famous for? Sydney Opera House

The Great Barrier Reef

KOALA

Kangaroo

Duckbill mammals

Dingo

dark red soil and fields

1.Do you know how many people live there? 2. Do you know its capital? 3.Where do you think most people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast ？ Pre-read ing Answer these questions about Australia. About 20 million. Canberra. On the east/southeast coast.

Matching the words and the phrases 1.an area of land where it is always dry 2.valuable stones 3.people who travel on a train, bus or plane 4.you find this on beaches 5.white or grey things made of water in the sky 6. where plants grow diamonds passengers sand desert clouds soil/field/farm

Text reading a.Reading for information

Understand the Gist What is the passage about? _____ A. a train ride to Sydney B. taking the train to Australia C. travelling to the central part of Australia D. a child visiting her grandmother C

ID information Name Age Birthplace Ticket information Route Distance Time Alice Thompson 18 years old Sydney from Sydney to Alice Springs more than four thousand kilometers away two days and nights

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.

Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 large fields and dark red soil desert without wind and clouds abandoned farms

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 railway to deliver goods instead of the camel.

Decide whether the following statements are true or false. 1.The writer had this trip alone. 2.The writer prepared meals for himself when he was on the train. 3. The Australians used horses to travel to the central part of the country because they liked the hot weather. 4. The government didn’t build the new railway until the 1920s. with a friend ate great meals cooked by experts camels T

Text reading b.Reading for appreciation

what kind of people may travel on the Ghan train? why? ( Job, nationalities, purposes )

Text reading c.Reading for language consolidation

Summary - consolidation Recently I had my first ride on a ___________ train with my friends, We ____ two days on the train. The train was __________. We got on in Sydney, and________ in Alice Springs, right in the ______ of Australia, more than four thousand kilometers _____. We ate great meals ______ by experts. The scenery was first_______, and then we saw _________ farms. Why was the train called Ghan? A long time ago, Australians tried______ horses, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand. They brought _______ from Afghanistan. Camels are ______ better than horses for _________a long distance. Then, the government has built a new_______. So they didn’t need the camels any more. long-distance got off spent comfortable middle awaycooked abandoned colorful riding camels much travelling railway

Post Reading Role Play  Try to made a dialogue between Alice and her friend during their trip to Alice Springs.

 Homework: Write a short passage (100words) about your first travel