1、My first trip to the Great WallMy visit to a modern farmMy journey to a famous valley in autumnDescribe the first time you travelled a long distance.Say how old you were,where you went and who you went with.Example:I first travelled a long distance by train when I was six years old.I went with my pa
2、rents from Shanghai to Beijing.My first trip to the seasideReading and vocabularyLook at the picture and say where do you think of it is.(P 22)AustraliaSydney Opera Housebeach&kangarooAlice Springsthe map of Australiathe nation flagLook at the pictures collected by our classmates.Do you know what an
3、d where they show us.AustraliaSydney Opera Housethe map of Australiathe national flagAlice SpringsbeachKangaroo 5.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
4、part of the country or on the coast?4.What do you think the central part of the country is like?AustraliaAustraliaMore than 20 millionCanberraOn the east coast and the southeast coastDesertKangaroo koala bear duck-billed platypus dingoKangaroo,koala bear,duck-billed platypus,dingo,possumetc.袋鼠袋鼠 树熊树
5、熊 扁嘴兽扁嘴兽 澳洲野狗，澳洲野狗，负鼠负鼠Scenery of Australiaabandoned camels cassette clouds colourful desert diamonds distance experts famous farms fields food government law meal midnight passengers products recently sand scenery shine shoot soil supply weatherCheck the meaning of these words and match some of the
6、 words with these definitions.1.an area of land where it is always dry 2.valuable stones 3.people who travel on a train,bus or plane 4.you find this on beaches 5.white or grey things made of water in the sky 6.where plants grow _ desertdiamondspassengerssandcloudssoil/fields/farms5.Have you ever see
7、n any animals,such as camels,sheep and so on?When you were riding on a train,1.What kind of weather would you prefer?2.Would you like some great meals cooked by experts?3.Which would you prefer,listening to any cassettes,enjoying the colourful scenery,talking with other passengers or watching the ni
8、ght sky with the stars shining like diamonds?4.Have you ever seen any places like abandoned farms,desert,fields with dark red soil and so on?a child visiting her grandmotherWhat is the passage about?a train ride to Sydneytaking the train to Australiatraveling to the central part of AustraliaHow many
9、 parts can we divide the passage into?What is each about?Paragraph 6 Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 She tells She describes She explainsA.the origin of the Ghan train and the means of transport for traveling a long distance in the past.B.when and where their travel took pla
10、ce.C.the scenery all the journey.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?4.Did she study while she was on the train?5.Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the countr
11、y?6.Do they still use 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
12、cassettes while she 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.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
13、off in Alice 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 Afgh
14、ans trained the _ to carry food and supplies.They did this until _,when the _ built a new railway line.18SydneyexpertsabandonedpassengersdiamondsAfghanistancamelsthe 1920sgovernmentFor the first few hundred kmsthe scenerycolourfulfields soils reddesert shine no wind no cloudsmore than4000 kms away2
15、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 diamondsRetell the passage:Alices First Ride on a TrainAlice comes from Sydney,Australia and she is 18 y
16、ears old.Recently shehad her first ride on a long distance train.She and a friend travelled on the famous Ghan train.get on get offIn the middle ofwonderful great cooked by expertsRetell:Alices First Ride on a TrainAlice comes from Sydney,Australia and she is 18 years old.Recently shehad her first r
17、ide on a long distance train.What a ride!She and a friend travelled on the famous Ghan train.get on get off wonderful great in the middle of cooked by expertsFor the first few hundred kmsthe scenerycolourfulfields soilsreddesert shine no windno cloudsmore than4000 kms away2 days&nightsAfterthatSudde
18、nlylook likefrom another timemore than 100 years agocomfortable,nice,during the day,sitlook out of sometimes talk to readlisten to one night at about midnigtwatch shine diamonds2.Talk about Australia3.Describe the experiences of the first ride on a train1.Words and phrases:abandoned camels cassette colourful desert diamonds distance experts famous government midnight products passengers recently scenery shoot soil supplybe short for look out of during the day at midnight1.Talk about a trip you made to a tourist spot.2.Write your description of an unforgettable trip.THANK YOU
