Read the pictures and guess which country it is.

Capital: Canberra

the City Of Sydney

Sydney Opera House

desert

My First Ride on a Train Ghan The

What is the text about? fast- reading: A a train ride to Sydney B taking the train to Sydney C traveling to the central part of Australia D a child visiting her grandmother

Paragraph 6 Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 A.the origin of the Ghan train B.an introduction to the trip C.the experience on the train

careful-reading: Judge the following sentences T or F. 1.Alice had her first ride on the famous Ghan train with her parents. 2.Alice Springs lies in the middle of Australia. Part 1:

Choose the best answer: The sentence “And what a ride!”in the first paragraph means that_____. A.the writer enjoyed the long journey B. the writer was made too tired from the long journey C. that was a long and dangerous journey D. he had nothing to see but desert

careful-reading: Judge the following sentences T or F. 1.Alice had her first ride on the famous Ghan train with her parents. 2.Alice Springs lies in the middle of Australia. Part 1: Fa friend T

Choose the best answer: The sentence “And what a ride!”in the first paragraph means that_____. A.the writer enjoyed the long journey B. the writer was made too tired from the long journey C. that was a long and dangerous journey D. he had nothing to see but desert

careful-reading: Part 2: Answer the following questions: 1.Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? 2.Did she study while she was in the train?

1.Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? No, at first there were fields, and then it was desert. 2.Did she study while she was on the train? Yes, she studied Chinese.

careful-reading: Part 3 Finish the following questions: 1.Why is the train called the Ghan? 2.Australians used camels instead of horses,because_____. A.horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand B.they bought some camels from Afghanistan C.camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance D.both A and C

3.Australians used to travel on camels for _____. A.business B. tour C. farming D. animal training 4.The writer talks a lot about camels, because_____. A.camels are of great use in travelling and quite helpful for man B.she was planning to travel in a camel with her friend soon C.readers are often interested in stories about animals D.the writer wanted to explain why the train was called Ghan

1.Why is the train called the Ghan? Because Australians tried riding horses to travel to the middle of Australia, but the horses didn’t like the weather and sand. So they brought some camels from Afghanistan.Ghan is short for Afghanistan.

2.Australians used camels instead of horses,because_____. A.horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand B.they bought some camels from Afghanistan C.camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance D.both A and C

3.Australians used to travel on camels for _____. A.business B. tour C. farming D. animal training 4.The writer talks a lot about camels, because_____. A.camels are of great use in travelling and quite helpful for man B.she was planning to travel in a camel with her friend soon C.readers are often interested in stories about animals D.the writer wanted to explain why the train was called Ghan

Read the passage again carefully and fill in the blanks. Alice Thompson made her first long-distance train ride at the age of _____. She got on in _______ and got off in Alice Springs. They ate meals cooked by _______. They saw fields, soil, desert and _____________ farms which were built over 100 years ago. On the train, Alice talked to other ___________ and studied Chinese. She watched the night sky and found stars, which shone like__________. Why is the train called the Ghan? It is short for _____________. The Afghans trained the ________ to carry food and supplies. They did this until _________, when the ____________ built a new railway line. 18 Sydney experts abandoned passengers diamonds Afghanistan camels the 1920s government Consolidation:

Discussion In 1925,the Australian government passed a law allowing people to shoot camels if they were a problem. What do you think of that ?

Homework: Write your opinion about it within 30 words.