1. Introduction and speaking
Module 3 My First Ride on a Train
Introduction and speaking

2. get on
get off
ride
motorbike

3. get off
get on
land
ferry

4. get on
get off
tram

5. get on
get off
drive
train

6. get on
get off
take off
plane

7. get on
get off
drive
bus

8. get into
get out of
land
helicopter

9. get on
get off
ride
bike

10. get into
get out of
drive
taxi

11. ride: something without steering wheel
drive: something with steering wheel
take off: something can fly
land: something which travel in the air or sea

12. Answer the questions.
1 Which of the vehicles in activity 1 travel on
roads?
Taxis, bicycles, motorbikes and buses travel on roads.
2 Which of them travel on rails?
Trams and trains travel on rails.
3 Which of them travels on water?
Ferries travel on water.

13. 4 Which of them travel in the air?
Helicopters and planes travel in the air.
5 Which of them can you use to travel a long distance?
You can use a plane or a train to travel a long distance.

14. Describe the first time you traveled a long distance.
Where did you go?
How old were you then ?
Who did you go with

15. Speaking e.g. I first traveled a long distance
by train when I was six years old.
I went with my parents from
Shanghai to Beijing.

16. Listening

17. Everyday English Interviewer Mary Lennon Tell me… Oh yes!
Is that right? Not at all!
Oh, I see Absolutely!
Goodness! Definitely!

18. 学英语报社教研部
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高中英语
第一册
MODULE 3
My first ride on a train

19. My First Ride on
a Train
The
Ghan

20. Australia beach Kangaroo Alice Springs the map of Australia Koala Bear
Look at the pictures . Do you know what and where they show us?
Australia
the map of
Australia
beach
Koala Bear
Sydney Opera House
Kangaroo
Alice Springs

21. Discuss 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?

22. My First Ride on a Train What is the passage about?
a train ride to Sydney
taking the train to Australia
traveling to the central part of Australia
a child visiting her grandmother

23. Main idea of each paragraph
Name:
Age:
Part 1:(para 1):
_____________________
Time taken:
para.1
A brief introduction of the first ride
Destination:
The first few hundred km:
para.2
Things I saw along the journey
Part 2:(para2-3):
____________________
After that:
During the day:
para.3
Things I did on the train
At about midnight:
para.4
The reason why the train is called Ghan
A long time ago:
150 years ago:
Part 3:(para4-6):
____________________
para.5
The reason why camels were brought in
Until the 1920s:
The fate of the camels nowadays
para.6
In 1925:

24. Answer questions and summarize the text
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?
6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods?
Recently Alice travelled on a long-distance train.
Her destination was the central part of Australia.
The scenery was not the same during the whole journey.
She read books and listened to her Chinese cassettes while she was on the train.
The Australians used camels to travel to the central part of the country.
They don’t use camels to deliver goods now.

25. 2.Ghan is short for Afghanistan.
Paraphrase the following sentences.
1.What a ride ！
2.Ghan is short for Afghanistan.
3.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.

26. Not long ago, I had a wonderful trip to Hainan
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.

27. Discussion
1.In 1925,government passed a law allowing people to shoot camels if they were a problem. What do you think of that ?
2. What sort of people do you think travel on the Ghan train? Why?

28. Homework: 1.Finish writing the reading note on the next page.
2.Write your first travel experience, using this passage as an example. .

29. Homework Write a reading note
阅读格式卡
Title_____________________
Module _________ Date___________
General idea：
Words & Phrases:
BS:
BS=beautiful sentences

30. Thank you very much for your time and attention!