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1、Module 3 My First Ride On a TrainModule 3 My First Ride On a TrGet on/off Get on/off Get intoGet out ofGet intoGet out ofTalk about the questions listed below by working in pairs1.Do you know how many people live there?2. Do you know the name of the capital city?3. Where do you think most of the peo

2、ple live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?4. What do you think the central part of the country is like?5. What Australian animals do you know about?About 20 millionCanberraOn the east/southeast coastDesertKoala bear,duck-billed platypus, kangarooTalk about the questions listeTalk

3、something about AustraliaTalk something about AustraliaModule-3-My-First-Ride-on-a-Train-課件-優(yōu)質(zhì)公開課Module-3-My-First-Ride-on-a-Train-課件-優(yōu)質(zhì)公開課Module-3-My-First-Ride-on-a-Train-課件-優(yōu)質(zhì)公開課Module-3-My-First-Ride-on-a-Train-課件-優(yōu)質(zhì)公開課Australia AustraliaSydney (奧運會）kangaroo尖峰石陣地大、人少(20 million)Canberra(堪培拉)首都Va

4、riable climate?Koala bearDuck-billed platypus （鴨嘴獸）Sydney Opera HousedesertAustralia AustraliCheck the meaning of these words.abandonedcamelscassettedesertdiamondsdistanceexpertfamous governmentfieldsCheck the meaning of these wormealmidnightpassengersrecentlysceneryshineshootsoilsupplyproductsmealm

5、idnightpassengersrecentlyPlease read the passage quickly and try to find out appropriate information to fill in the two forms below.Who whenwherewhatwhyhow food sceneryFirst hundred kmsAfter that suddenlyAlice and a friend18 years oldSydneyA ridetravelOn a trainVery colorful; fields; dark soil Deser

6、t; sunshine; no wind and no cloudsA place from another time; abandoned farmsPlease read the passage quicklMy First Ride on a Train My name is Alice Thompson. I come from, Australia and Im 18 years old. Recently I had a ride on a long-distance train. And what a ride! A friend and I travelled on the f

7、amous Ghan train. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometers away. We spend two days and nights on the train.My First Ride on a Train My naAlice ThompsonSydneyAlice Springs2 days and nightsAlice ThompsonSydneyAlice SpriTh

8、e train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometers of the journey, the scenery was very colorful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that ,it was desert. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in

9、 the sky. Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were build more than a hundred years ago. The train was wonderful and thfieldfood(Expert) soilwonderfuldesertSunfarmsfieldfood(Expert) soilwonderfuThe train was comfortable and the people were nice. During the

10、 day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes ( Im studying Chinese at school). One night, at about midnight , I watched the night sky for about an hour. The star shone like diamonds. The train was comfortable an

11、d During the dayAt nighttalkingreadingwatchingstarsDuring the dayAt nighttWhy is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needes a way to travel to the middle of the country. They tried riding horse, but the horse didnt like the hot weather and sand. A hundred and fifty years ago, the

12、y brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.Why is the train called the GhGhanAfghanistan GhanAfghanistan Camels were much better than horse for travelling a long distance. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other prod

13、ucts.Camels were much better than hFood Wool . Food Wool . The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government build a new railway line, so they didnt need the camels any more. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem. In 1935

14、, the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.The Afghans and their camels dThe 1920sThe 1920sRead the passage again carefully and answer the questions1.Did Alice travel on the train along time ago ?2.Was her destination on the coast of Australia?3.Was the scenery the same during the whole journ

15、ey?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 good?No, she traveled on the train recently.No, it was Alice Springs in the center of Australia.No, at first there were fields, then it w

16、as desert.Yes, she studied Chinese .Yes, at first , but the horse didnt like the hot weather.No, they use the train now.Read the passage again carefulRetell the passageAlice ThompsonSydneyAlice Springs2 days and nightsRetell the passageAlice Thompsfieldfood(Expert) soilwonderfuldesertSunfarmsfieldfood(Expert) soilwonderfuDuring the dayAt nig