MY FIRST RIDE课件.pptVIP

Some questions about the above pictures 1.Do you know the name of the country? 2.Do you know its capital? 3.Where do you think most people live，in the central part of the country or on the coast？ What do you think the central part of the country is like？ What Australian animals do you know about？ Suggested answers： 1.Australia 2.Canberra 3.On the east/southeast coast 4.Desert 5.Kangaroo，duck-billed platypus，Koala bear According to the text，please judge whether the following statements are true or false. 1.The writer had this trip alone.() 2.The writer prepared meals for himself when he was on the train. () 3.The writer traveled from the east to the west in Australia. () 4.The writer is a Chinese. () 5.“There were fields and the soil was dark red.” writes about the west scenery of Australia. () 6.The government didn’t build the new railway until the 1920s. () We can divide the text into two parts. Part I(Paragraph1-3)Main idea:My first ride on the train. 1.We got on in Sydney，and____in Alice Springs,right in the ___of Australia，more than____kilometers away.We spent____on the train. 2.The food was____. 3.The scenery was first____，and then it was____. 4.The train was____and the people were____. Part II(Paragraph4-6)Main idea:Why is the train called Ghan? 5.Long ago,the horses didn’t like the hot ____and____. 6.From 150 years ago until the 1920s,camels were brought from Afghanistan and Ghan is_____for Afghanistan. 7.Since the 1920s, the government has built a new_____.Then the camels were___. 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? 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 country? 6.Do they still use camels to deliver goods? Grammar 1