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My First Ride on a Train. My First Ride on a Train.
Koala Bear
Kangaroo
Sydney Opera House
by air
by sea
Which part of Australia did the writer travel to?
The central part of Australia.
• 1. It is the 61. It is the 6thth large country in the world, but has large country in the world, but has a relatively small population. a relatively small population.
• 2.There are 19,731,984 people living there.2.There are 19,731,984 people living there.
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• 1. 1. Try to find out the main idea of each Try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.paragraph.
• Para 1:Para 1:• Para 2:Para 2:• Para 3:Para 3:• Para 4:Para 4:• Para 5:Para 5:• Para 6:Para 6:
I had my first ride on a long distance train
The scenery along the railway
How I spent the time in the train
Why is the train called Ghan?Things about the camels
The fate of the camels nowadays
Read the passage quickly and silently, judge T or F and correct the error:
1. Alice got on in Alice Springs,and got off in Sydney.( )
2. The scenery of the whole journey is very colorful.
( )
3. On the train,Alice still studied. ( )
4. They used camels instead of horses because horses are
not good at traveling a long distance. ( )
5.The government built a new railway line in 1925.( )
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F
T
T
F
Name:Come from:
Age:Things she did
recently:The first few hundred
KM:After that:
Day:Night:
A long time ago:150 years ago:Until the 1920s:
Alice Thompson Sydney,Australia
18First ride/Ghan train;got on in/got off i
nColourful/ fields/ soil/ dark red
Sat and looked out of /talked to/read and listened to
Watched sky/the stars shone like
Needed a way to/tried riding /but didn’t like
Brought camels/Afghanistan/better thanBuilt/railway line/didn’t need/any more
Desert /sun shone/ no wind/ no clouds/saw abandoned farms
1.Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago? 1.Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?
2.Was her destination on the coast of Australia? 2.Was her destination on the coast of Australia?
3.Was the scenery the same during the whole 3.Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? journey?
4.Did she study while she was on the train? 4.Did she study while she was on the train?
5.Did the Australians use horses to travel to the 5.Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country? central part of the country?
6.Do they still use camels to deliver goods? 6.Do they still use camels to deliver goods?
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• 1. No . She travelled on the train recently.1. No . She travelled on the train recently.
• 2. No, it was Alice Springs in the central 2. No, it was Alice Springs in the central part of Australia.part of Australia.
• 3. No, at the first there were fields , then it 3. No, at the first there were fields , then it was desert.was desert.
• 4. Yes, she studied Chinese.4. Yes, she studied Chinese.
• 5. Yes , at first , but the horses didn’t like 5. Yes , at first , but the horses didn’t like the hot weather.the hot weather.
• 6. No, they use the train now.6. No, they use the train now.
Fill in the blanks: Recently I had my first ride on a __________ train with my friends, We ____ two days on the train.For the
first few hundreds kilometers of the journey,the _____ was very colorful, suddenly ,we saw __________ farms.During the day,I sat and looked out of the window,and talked to the other _________. I listed to my Chinese _______.At midnight, the stars shone like ______ .Why was the train called Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country.They tried________
horses, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.They brought camels from__________.Camels are
much better than horses for _______a long distance.Then the government built a new ________ line, so they didn’t
need the camels any more.
long-distance
spent
scenery
abandoned
passengers cassettes
diamonds
riding
Afghanistan
traveling
railway
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What’s passage about?
The writer travelled on a train taking him to Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia.
Say sth. about your travel:
When:
Where:
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How did you go there:
What did you do and
see:
What’s your feeling:
Homework:
1.Write a summary of the passage.
2.Write a composition about your trip.