1、Module 3Reading and Vocabularyabandonedcamelcassettedesertdiamondexpertmidnightadj.被遗弃的n.骆驼n.录音带n.沙漠n.钻石n.专家n.半夜New WordsproductsceneryshootsoiljourneytrainNew Wordsn.产品n.风景，景色vt.射杀n.土壤n.旅程vt.训练Look at the pictures and discuss them.Do you know what and where they show us.AustraliaSydney Opera Houset
2、he map of Australiathe national flagAlice SpringsbeachKangaroo5.What Australian animals do you know about?1.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 people live,in the central part of the country or on the coast?4.What do you
3、think the central part of the country is like?AustraliaMore than 20 millionCanberraOn the east coast and the southeast coastDesertKangarookoala bearduck-billed platypusdingoKangaroo,koala bear,duck-billed platpus,dingo,possumetc.袋鼠树熊扁嘴兽澳洲野狗，负鼠ReadingListen to the tape.Pay attention to the pronunciat
4、ion and intonationTo get general ideasWhats the passage about?A.a train ride to SydneyB.taking the train to AustraliaC.traveling to the central part of Australia D.a child visiting her grandmotherReading Comprehension IFast readingParagraph 6 Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5
5、A.the origin of the Ghan train and the means of transport for traveling a long distance in the pastB.when and where their travel took placeC.the scenery all the journeyReading Comprehension IIShe tellsShe describesShe explainsMatchFast readingTo get detailed informationTrue or False.1.It was the fir
6、st time that Alice had her ride on a long-distance train.2.Alice Springs is in the east of Australia.3.The train is called the Ghan because of horses from Afghanistan.4.The train was comfortable,but the food cooked by experts was bad.5.In the 1920s,people used camels to carry food and other supplies
7、.6.Alice talked to other passengers,read books,listened to music and so on.Careful reading Reading Comprehension IIIAnswer the following questions.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?Readi
8、ng Comprehension IVNo,she traveled on the train recently.No,it was Alice Springs in the center of Australia.No,at first there were fields,then it was desert.Careful reading4.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 th
9、ey still use camels to deliver goods?Yes,she studied Chinese.Yes,at first,but the horses didnt like the hot weather.No,they use the train now.Read the passage again carefully and fill in the gap Alice Thompson made her first long-distance train ride at the age of _.She got on in _ and got off in Ali
10、ce 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
11、 the _ to carry food and supplies.They did this until _,when the _ built a new railway line.18SydneyexpertsabandonedpassengersdiamondsAfghanistancamelsthe 1920sgovernmentRetell the passage:Alices First Ride on a TrainAlice comes from Sydney,Australia and she is 18 years old.Recently shehad her first
12、 ride on a long distance train.She and a friend travelled on thefamous Ghan train For the first few hundred kmsthe scenerycolourfulfields soils reddesert shine no wind no cloudsmore than4000 kmsaway2 days&nightsAfter thatSuddenlylook likefrom another timemore than 100 years agocomfortable nice during the day sitlook out of sometimes talk to readlisten to one night at about midnightwatch shine diamondsget onget offIn the middle ofwonderfulgreat cooked by experts
