1、ModUlO 3 ReadingMy First Ride on a Train澳大利亞聯(lián)邦(The Commonwealth of Australia)Pre-readi ngcamels駱駝cassette錄音帶desert沙漠diamond鉆石expert專家midnight半夜produc t產(chǎn)品scenery風(fēng)景sho ot射殺soil土壤Journey旅程train訓(xùn)練Key Wordsabandoned被遺棄的abandonedcamels cassettedesert diamondexpert midnightproduct sceneryshoot soil journey

2、trainLearning AimsTo master key words and sentences, thenthe students can retell the key sentences inour books To foster the students,reading skills throughthe practice to skimming and scanning To know Australian culture and scenery, andhave an enthusiasm for nature 的R棄帶遺駝音漠石家夜品景殺壤程練被駱錄沙鉆專半產(chǎn)風(fēng)射土旅訓(xùn)Ski

3、mming and ScanningWhile reading, you must find outWhat is the passage about?The main idea of eachparagraph.taking the train to Australia traveling to thecentral part of Australia a child visiting herSkimmiI | atraigrandmotherTry to find out the main idea of eachparagraph.、scenery along the railwayI

4、spent the time in the train is the train called Ghan?7 had my first ride on a long distance trainThe fate of the camels nowadaysThings about the camelsHow to get the main idea of aparagraph The key words or topic sentences for themain idea of a paragraph always appear atthe beginning or the end of a

5、 paragraph 段落主旨大意的關(guān)鍵詞或主題句往往出現(xiàn)在 段落的開頭或結(jié)尾處Para 1:Para 5:ParCareful reading and discussionAnswer the following questions1. 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 wholejourney?4. Did she study while she was on

6、 the train?5. Did the Australians use horses to travel to thecentral part of the country?6. D0 they still use camels to deliver goods?Careful reading and discussion1 Did Alice travel on the trainalong time ago?No She travelled on the train recentlyRecently I had my first ride on a long distance trai

7、n,(paral, Iine3)2.Was her destination on the coast of Australia?No, it was Alice Springs in the central part ofAustralia We got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle ofAustralia.(paral, Iine7)3. Was the scenery the same during the wholejourney?No, at the first there were fields，then it wasdesert

8、 There were fields and soil was dark red Afterthat, it was desert. (para2, line5)4. Did she study while she was on the train?Yes, she studied Chinese I read books and listened to my Chinese_ cassettes.(para3, Iine4)_八 _ 、5. Did the Australians use horses to travel tothe central part of the country?Y

9、es , at first, but the horses didnt like the hotweatherThey tried riding horse, but the horses didnt likethe hot weather and sand. (para4, Iine3 5)6. D0 they still use camels to deliver goods?No, they use the train now Then the government built a new railway line, sothey didnt need the camels any mo

10、re. (Para6,line2-4)5XPost-readingX-Fill in the blanksRecently I had my first ride on a long distance trainwith my friends, We spent two days on the train.For thefirst few hundreds kilometers of the journey,thescenerYwasvery colorful, suddenly5we saw abandoned farms.Duringthe day,I sat and looked out

11、 of the window,and talked tothe other passengers . I listened to my Chinese cassettes.Atmidnight, the stars shone like diamonds .Along time ago,Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of thecountry. They tried riding horses, but the horses didntlike the hot weather and sand.They brought cam

12、elsfrom Afghanistan .Camels are much better than horses fortraveling a long distance.Then the government built a newrailway line, so they didn*t_need the camels any more._TranslationRecently I had my first ride on a long-distaneetrain. And what a ride! (paral)We saw abandoned farms which were builtm

13、ore than a hundred years ago ( (para 2)Ghan is short for Afghanistan ( (para4)Camels were much better than horses fortravelling a long distance In 1925, they passed a law which allowed peopleto shoot the animals if they were a problem (para6)Key sentencesTranslationRecently I had my first ride on a

14、long-distance train. And what a ride! (paral)不久前我第一次坐長途汽車。 多奇妙的 浪程！We saw abandoned farms which werebuilt more than a hundred years ago.(para 2)我們看到建于100多年前現(xiàn)已廢棄的農(nóng) 場Ghan is short for Afghanistan (para4)甘是阿富汗的縮寫Camels were much better than horsesfor travelling a long distance在長途跋涉中，駱駝遠(yuǎn)勝于馬In 1925, they

15、 passed a law which allowedpeople to shoot the animals if they werea problem ( (para6)1925年，他們通過法律規(guī)定如果駱駝?wù)兄?麻煩，人們可以射殺這種動物Remember these sentencesRecently I had my first ride on a long-distaneetrain. And what a ride! (paral)We saw abandoned farms which were builtmore than a hundred years ago (para 2)Ghan is short for Afghanistan ( (para4): Camels were much better than horses fortravelling a long distanceIn 1925, they passed a law which allowed peopleto shoot the animals if the