motorbike/motorcycle ferry tram helicopter

Match the verbs with the means of transport

get on a bus/train/tram/bicycle/ motorbike /ferry/plane get off get into bicycle/motorbike get out of train/taxi/bus ride plane/helicopter drive taxi/helicopter take off land

The plane takes off/lands at three o’clock The plane takes off/lands at three o’clock. The pilot landed his plane safely.

Which country do they stand for? Australia

Sydney Opera Canberra

Kangaroo Koala bear Duck –billed platypus

Main idea of the passage What’s the passage about? A. a train ride to Sydney B.taking the train to Australia C. travelling to the central part of Australia D.a child visiting her grandmother

Learning to learn: Reading in English is one of the fastest ways of improving your English.When you read,the most important thing to do is to understand the main ideas.Look at photos,titles and the first sentences of each new paragraph.These usually contain some or all of the main ideas.

Match the main idea of each paragraph of the passage A.How I spent the time on the train B.Why is the train called the Ghan? C.The use of camels D.What happened to the camels. E.The scenery along the railway F.Information about the writer and her train ride.

Because the government built a railway line. Answer the questions : 1.Was her destination on the coast of Austrlia? No, in the middle of the country. 2. How long did it take them to get there? Two days and nights. 3. How did she spend time on the train? . She enjoyed the views outside the train, talked to other passengers, read books and listened to the cassettes 4. Why did they stop using camels to deliver goods? Because the government built a railway line.

Part 1 ( Para. 1) I had my first long-distance ride Who When Where What How Alice Thompson recently destination: Alice Springs Her first ride on a long-distance train by train

Part 2 ( Para. 2-3) the wonderful train and the scenery Food Scenery(What did the writer see) First hundred kms After that suddenly great abandoned farm fields, soil desert

Part 3 ( Para. 4-6) the introduction,use,training and shooting of camels Put the following sentences in the right order , adding in the time signals. Camels were trained to carry supplies back from the central part. Camels were shot because of the new railway line built by the government. They brought camels from Afghanistan. Australians needed a way to the central country. They tried riding horses, but failed. For many years 4 In 1925 5 A hundred and fifty years ago 3 A long time ago 1 First 2 First, then, at last/ in the end

Pre-reading: Words learning:Classify the following words into groups and check their Chinese meanings. abandoned cassette colourful desert diamonds distance experts passengers products recently scenery shine shoot supply soil train Adjectives: Adverbs: Verbs: Nouns: abandoned(被遗弃的) colourful(多彩的) recently (近来) shine(照耀，发光) shoot(射击) supply(补给，提供) train(训练) cassette(盒式磁带) desert(沙漠) diamonds(钻石) distance(距离) experts(专家) passengers(旅客) products(产品) scenery(风景) supply(补给，供应品) soil(土壤) train(火车)

Pre-reading: Words learning:Underline the following words, classify the following words into groups and check their Chinese meanings. abandoned cassette desert diamonds distance experts passengers products recently scenery shine shoot supply soil train Adjectives: Adverbs: Verbs: Nouns: abandoned(被遗弃的) recently (近来) shine(照耀，发光) shoot(射击) supply(补给，提供) train(训练) cassette(盒式磁带) desert(沙漠) diamonds(钻石) distance(距离) experts(专家) passengers(旅客) products(产品) scenery(风景) supply(补给，供应品) soil(土壤) train(火车)

1 get on上车 2 get off 下车 3 more than 超过 4 meals cooked by experts 由专家做的饭 5 abandoned farms废弃的农场 6 trained camels训练好的骆驼 7 look out of the window向窗外看8at midnight在午夜 9 try doing 尝试做 try to do 尽力做 10 be short for 是的缩写 区分 be short of缺少 11 much better 好得多 12not any more=no more 不再 not any longer =no longer 13 pass a law 通过一项法律 14 allow… to do 允许做 allow doing 15 in/during the 1920s=in/during the 1920’s 20世纪20年代 in sb’s twenties 在sb20多岁时

1 get on上车 2 get off 下车 3 more than 超过 4 meals cooked by experts 由专家做的饭 5 abandoned farms废弃的农场 6 trained camels训练好的骆驼 7 look out of the window向窗外看8at midnight在午夜 9 try doing 尝试做 try to do 尽力做 10 be short for 是的缩写 区分 be short of缺少 11 much better 好得多 12not any more=no more 不再 not any longer =no longer 13 pass a law 通过一项法律 14 allow… to do 允许做 allow doing 15 in/during the 1920s=in/during the 1920’s 20世纪20年代 in sb’s twenties 在sb20多岁时

上车 通过一项法律 下车 超过 允许做 由专家做的饭 20世纪20年代 废弃的农场 在sb20多岁时 训练好的骆驼 向窗外看 在午夜 尝试做 尽力做 是的缩写 缺少 好得多 不再

1) Translate the following Chinese sentences into English 1) Translate the following Chinese sentences into English. 2)Find out sentences which can replace the sentences in English

1最近，我第一次乘坐了长途火车。一次多奇妙的行程呀 2 我们从悉尼上车，在4000多公里以外澳大利亚中部的斯普林斯下车 3 we ate delicious meals which were cooked by experts.(find a sentence which is similar in meaning) 4 we saw abandoned farms built over a hundred years ago. 5 During the day，I sat and looked out of the window, sometimes talking to other passengers. 6 一天晚上，大约在午夜，我看了一个小时的夜间天空7 他们尝试骑马 8 Ghan是阿富汗的缩写 9 直到20世纪20年代阿富汗人和他们的骆驼还在做着这样的工作 10 In 1925, a law permitting people to shoot animals if problems appeared was passed.

Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. 1最近，我第一次乘坐了长途火车。一次多奇妙的行程 2 我们从悉尼上车，在4000多公里以外澳大利亚中部的斯普林斯下车 3 we ate delicious meals which were cooked by experts 4 we saw abandoned farms built over a hundred years ago. 5 During the day，I sat and looked out of the window, sometimes talking to other passengers. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance 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 ate meals cooked by experts. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago. During the day, I sat and looked out of the window,and sometimes talked to other passengers

Ghan is short for Afghanistan 6一天晚上，大约在午夜，我看了一个小时的夜间天空 7他们尝试骑马 8 Ghan是阿富汗的缩写 9 直到20世纪20年代阿富汗人和他们的骆驼还在做着这样的工作 10 In 1925, a law permitting people to shoot animals if problems appeared was passed One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. They tried riding horses Ghan is short for Afghanistan They and their camels did this until the 1920s. They passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem.

Homework Find the sentences which contain the –ed form in the passage. Write a compostion --- my best journey of my life(100words)

Cultural corner

the Fastest Train in the World Maglev

Read the passage and answer the questions: 1. What are the main differences between a magnetically levitated train and an ordinary train? It is faster, less noisy and uses less energy than the ordinary train. 2. What are the advantages of traveling on a Maglev train? You can travel very comfortably and quickly on it and it can save more energy for us.

1 Traveling at a speed of over 400 kilometres per hour, the train can complete the 30-kilometre journey in eight minutes. 2 On November 12, 2003, the Maglev reached a speed of 501 kilomeres per hour. 3 The Transrapid Maglev is the world’s first high-speed train using magnetic levitation technology. 4 downtown Shanghai上海市中心 vacuum 真空 magnet 磁铁 rail 轨道 Premier 总理 chancellor总理 attend the opening ceremony参加开幕式 track 轨道take the train to… 乘坐去…的火车

cooked by experts 和 abandoned 属于过去分词（短语）做定语，分别修饰 meals 和farms,表被动和完成. 我买了几张破椅子。 没有人参加上星期举行的会议。 trained camels 受过训练的骆驼 I bought some broken chairs. Nobody attended the meeting held last week.

Be short for: 是------的缩写。 Be short of:缺乏-------- 1. TV 是 Television 的缩写。 2.这个村子缺水。 TV is short for Television The village is short of water.

not…any more= no more.表示动作的不再重复出现 not…any longer=no longer.表示动作的不再延续 1.我爸爸戒烟了。 2.他们不再打网球了。 3.他不再是老师了. 4.格林一家不再住在北京了. My father doesn’t smoke any more. They play tennis no more. He is no longer a teacher. The Greens don’t live in Beijing any longer.

Try doing sth:试着做某事 Try to do sth:努力,试图做某事。 e.g.他试着敲了敲门. He tried knocking at the door. 杰克努力想解出这道数学题. Jack tried to work out the maths problem.