高中英语 My First Ride on a Train1课件 外研版必修1.pptVIP

* Module 3 My First Ride on a Train Do you know Australia? Answer these questions and see how much you know about Australia. 1.Do you know how many people live there? 2. Do you know the name of the capital city? More than 20 million. Canberra. 3. Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast? On the east coast and the southeast coast. 4. What do you think the central part of the country is like? It’s like a desert. 5. What Australian animals do you know about? Listen to the tape and choose the main idea of this passage. a child visiting her grandmother a train ride to Sydney taking the train to Australia traveling to the central part of Australia How many parts can we divide the passage into? What is each about? Paragraph 1 She tells when and where their travel took place. Paragraphs 2-3 She describes the scenery of all the journey. Three parts. Paragraphs 4-6 She explains the origin of the Ghan train and the means of transport for traveling a long distance in the past. Listen and put them in the right order. 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 bought camels from Afghanistan. Australians needed a way to the central country. They tried riding horses, but failed. 4 5 3 1 2 Read the passage again carefully and answer the questions. 1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago? 2. Was her destination on the coast of Australia? No. She travelled on the train recently. No, it was Alice Springs in the centre of Australia. 3. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? 4. Did she study while she was on the train? No. At first there were fields, and then it was the desert. Yes. She studied Chinese. 5. Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country? 6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods? Yes, they did so at first, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather. No. Th