MODULE 3 Hello ! Good morning,my dear students.

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Tips: I first travelled a long distance by ___ when I was _____________. I went with _________ from _______ to _______. Question ： When talking about experience, what factors should you pay attention to?

澳大利亚是大洋洲最大的国家，位于太平洋 南海岸，国土面积 760 万平方千米，人口大约 2000 万，大多数居民居住在东或东南部部地 区，濒临海洋。 首都堪培拉是一座美丽的城市。 悉尼是全国最大的城市，有许多名胜，悉尼 歌剧院闻名于世。 澳大利亚的中心部分多是沙漠地带。 澳大利亚的动物种类繁多，树袋熊、袋鼠是该国典型的代表动物。 简 介

About 20 million. Canberra. On the east/southeast coast. Desert. Koala bear, kangaroo...

Not long ago Not long ago( ), I had a wonderful trip to Hainan. It’s not an area of dry land ( ), because it’s surrounded by sea. There you can always enjoy the beautiful sunshine, green trees and blue water( ). On the beaches, you can’t find any valuable stones( ), but you can always touch the soft sand instead. On my way back, I made friends with some of the people traveling on the train( ). Recently desert scenery diamonds passengers Recently clouds passengers desert scenery meal diamonds

Topic sentences: Paragraph 1: Paragraph 2: Paragraph 3: Paragraph 4: Paragraph 5: Paragraph 6: Recently I had my first ride on a long distance train. The train was wonderful and the food was great. The train was comfortable and the people were nice. Why is the train called Ghan? Camels are much faster than horses for a long distance. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.

1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago? 2. Was her destination on the coast of Australia? 3. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? 4. Did she study while she was on the train? 5. Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country? part of the country? 6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods? No,she travelled on the train recently. No,it was Alice Springs in the centre of Australia. No,at first there were fields,then it was desert. Yes,she studied Chinese. Yes,at first,but the horses didn`t like the hot weather. No,they use the train now. Read the passage again carefully and answer the questions.

Please read the passage carefully and try to find out appropriate information to fill in the following form: whowhenwherewhatWhyhow Alice and a friend 18 years old Sydney a ride travel on a train

A. Railways were built and camels are no longer used. B. Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. C. Australians trained camels to do the transportation. D. They tried using horses to carry food and other supplies.

Post-Reading Do exercises according to the passage for further understanding. 1.The writer thinks highly of all but_____during his trip. A.food the service on the train C.the scenery D. the people B.

Post-Reading Do exercises according to the passage for further understanding. 2. Which of the following is true? A. Australians traveled to Afghanistan a lot in the 19th century. The police shot the camels with the permission of the government. C.The Afghanistan government passed a law to shoot trained animals. D.The writer used to travel long dista nces on trains alone. B.

Post-Reading Do exercises according to the passage for further understanding. 3.Austeralians used to travel on camels for _______. Business B. tour C.farming D.animal training A.

Post-Reading Do exercises according to the passage for further understanding. 4. In general, the writer ______. A. showed no interest in his trip by train B. thinks his ride was interesing but too long enjoyed his ride on the train D. disliked the way the camels were treated in Australia C.

5. The writer talked a lot about camels in his writing, because______ A. Camels played an important part in his traveling B. He was planning to travel on a camels C. Readers are often interested in animals The writer wanted to explain why the train was called Ghan Post-Reading Do exercises according to the passage for further understanding. D.

1.What sort of people do you think travel on the Ghan train? 2. What kind of towns and villages do you think the train passed? 3. Do you agree with the government to allow killing camels?Why?

Try to find out some pictures or Try to find out some pictures or other information about your first trip, either by train or by air, and get ready to tell that experience using the words and expressions learnt today.

Shoot vt Shoot sb/sth Shoot at sb/sth Eg: He shot at the bird with his gun, but he didn`t shoot it. Supply vt 供给；供应 Supply sth to/for sb Supply sb with sth 把某物提供给某人 Eg: Our school supplies water to/for us. Our school supplies us with water. 我们的学校把水供应给我们。 射击；射中 shot(p.)----shot(p.p) 射中或（用枪）打死某人或某物 强调动作的结果 朝向某人或某物开枪射击 强调动作的过程（未必射中）