1、Get on/off Get intoGet out ofTalk about the questions listed below by working in pairs1.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 think the central pa
2、rt of the country is like?5.What Australian animals do you know about?About 20 millionCanberraOn the east/southeast coastDesertKoala bear,duck-billed platypus,kangarooTalk something about AustraliaAustralia AustraliaSydney(奥运会）kangaroo尖峰石阵地大、人少(20 million)Canberra(堪培拉)首都Variable climate?Koala bearDu
3、ck-billed platypus （鸭嘴兽）Sydney Opera HousedesertCheck the meaning of these words.abandonedcamelscassettedesertdiamondsdistanceexpertfamous governmentfieldsmealmidnightpassengersrecentlysceneryshineshootsoilsupplyproductsproductsPlease read the passage quickly and try to find out appropriate informat
4、ion to fill in the two forms below.Who whenwherewhatwhyhow food sceneryFirst hundred kmsAfter that suddenlyAlice and a friend18 years oldSydneyA ridetravelOn a trainVery colorful;fields;dark soil Desert;sunshine;no wind and no cloudsA place from another time;abandoned farmsMy First Ride on a Train M
5、y name is Alice Thompson.I come from,Australia and Im 18 years old.Recently I had a ride on a long-distance train.And what a ride!A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan train.We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs,right in the middle of Australia,more than four thousand kilometers
6、away.We spend two days and nights on the train.Alice ThompsonSydneyAlice Springs2 days and nights The train was wonderful and the food was great.We ate great meals cooked by experts!For the first few hundred kilometers of the journey,the scenery was very colorful.There were fields and the soil was d
7、ark red.After that,it was desert.The sun shone,there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky.Suddenly,it looked like a place from another time.We saw abandoned farms which were build more than a hundred years ago.fieldfoodfood(Expert)(Expert)soilsoilwonderfuldesertdesertSunSunfarmsfarmsThe t
8、rain was comfortable and the people were nice.During the day,I sat and looked out of the window,and sometimes talked to other passengers.I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes(Im studying Chinese at school).One night,at about midnight,I watched the night sky for about an hour.The star sho
9、ne like diamonds.During the dayDuring the dayAt nighttalkingtalkingreadingreadingwatchingwatchingstarsstars Why is the train called the Ghan?A long time ago,Australians needes a way to travel to the middle of the country.They tried riding horse,but the horse didnt like the hot weather and sand.A hun
10、dred and fifty years ago,they brought some camels from Afghanistan.Ghan is short for Afghanistan.GhanAfghanistan Afghanistan Camels were much better than horse for travelling a long distance.For many years,trained camels carried food and other supplies,and returned with wool and other products.Food
11、Wool.The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.Then the government build a new railway line,so they didnt need the camels any more.In 1925,they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem.In 1935,the police in a town shot 153 camels in one day.The 1920sR
12、ead the passage again carefully and answer the questions1.Did Alice travel on the train along 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 cent
13、ral part of the country.6.Do they still use camels to deliver good?No,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.Yes,she studied Chinese.Yes,at first,but the horse didnt like the hot weather.No,they use the t
14、rain now.Retell the passage Alice ThompsonSydneyAlice Springs2 days and nightsfieldfoodfood(Expert)(Expert)soilsoilwonderfuldesertdesertSunSunfarmsfarmsDuring the dayDuring the dayAt nighttalkingtalkingreadingreadingwatchingwatchingstarsstarsGhanAfghanistan Afghanistan Food Wool.The 1920sHomework1.Finishi workbook vocabulary Ex4 and6 2.Recall your first journey or interesting journey.
