1、1.abandoned 9.product 2.camel 10.scenery3.cassette 11.shoot4.desert 12.soil5.diamond 6.distance 7.expert 8.midnightCheck the these wordsDescribe the first time you traveled a long distance.How old were you?Where did you go?Who did you go with?Did you traveled a long distance?Try to describe the firs
2、t time you travelled a long distance.Tips:I first travelled a long distance by _ when I was _.I went with _ from _ to _.Q:When talking about experience,what factors should you pay attention to?who,when,where,what,why&howLook at the pictures collected by our classmates.Do you know what and where they
3、 show us.AustraliaSydney Opera Housethe map of Australiathe national flagKangarooMy First Ride on a train GhanGhanTheTheWhats 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 grandmotherFast readingmatch the
4、paragraphs and their main ideas.Para 1:Para 2:Para 3:Para 4:Para 5:Para 6:b.What the author did on the traina.Food on the train and the scenery out side the trainf.Why the train is called the ghane.What camels did in the pastc.How the Afghans dealt with the camelsd.The authors first ride on a long-d
5、istance train1.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 us
6、e camels to deliver goods?Read the passage again carefully and answer the questionsRecently 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
7、was on the train.The Australians used camels to travel to the central part of the country.They dont use camels to deliver goods now.(Paragraph 1,Line 3)(Paragraph 1,Line 7)(Paragraph 2,Line 3)(Paragraph 3,Line 4)(Paragraph 4,Line 6)(Paragraph 6,Line 2)1.Alice got on in Alice Springs,and got off in S
8、ydney.()F 3.She sometimes talked to other passengers.()2.The writer had this trip alone ()4.The writer prepared meals for herself when she was on the train.()FFTRead 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 _
9、 and got off in Alice Springs.They ate meals cooked by _.They saw fields,soil,desert and _ farmswhich 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_.zxxk zxxk zxxk zxxk zxxk Why is the train called th
10、e 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.18SydneyexpertsabandonedpassengersdiamondsAfghanistancamelsthe 1920sgovernmentWho1.friendWhere2.middleDistanceFood3.expertsScenery4.colorful 5.desert 6.abandonedActivities7.other passengers 8.Chinese cassettesOrigin of the trains name9.tried riding 10.some camels 11.is short for12.a new railway line
