(共12张PPT)
Period two :
Reading
Australia
Opera house
kangaroo
pinnacles
Greet barrier reef
Do you know
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 part or on the coast
4. What Australian animals do you know
1. It is the 6th large country in the world, but has a relatively small population.
there are 19,731,984 people living there.
2. The capital city---Canberra.
Canberra is a young capital. After the federation of Australia in 1901, Melbourne and Sydney tried to claim national capital status. In 1908, a solution was found by selecting a location somewhere in-between.
3. On the east/southeast coast
Because much of the central and western part of the country is uninhabitable.
Koalar bear
kangaroo
My First Ride on a Train
According to the title, can you guess what we will able to learn from the passage
Fast reading
1. Try to find out the main idea of each paragraph.
Para 1:
Para 2:
Para 3:
Para 4:
Para 5:
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
Extensive reading
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
1. No . She travelled on the train recently.
2. No, it was Alice Springs in the central part of Australia.
3. No, at the first there were fields , then it was desert.
4. Yes, she studied Chinese.
5. Yes , at first , but the horses didn’t like the hot weather.
6. No, they use the train now.(共8张PPT)
Correction:
1. They tried to ride horses, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.
2. Ghan is short of Afghanistan.
3. They return back with wool and other products.
4. They didn’t need the camels no more.
They tried riding the horses , but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.
Try doing sth:试者干某事
Try to do sth:努力的，拼命地干某事。
Ghan is short for Afghanistan.
Be short for: 是------的缩写。
Be short of:缺乏--------
1. Tv 是 Television 的缩写。
2.这个村子缺水。
Tv is short for Television
The village is short of water.
They didn’t need the camels any more.
Not----any more----- no more.
Not -----any longer------no longer.
我不再感到恶心。
他们不再到那里去了。
不再
I don’t feel sick any more.
They went there no more.
完成句子
1、我昨天开会来迟了是因为一棵倒了的树挡住了路。
Yesterday I was late for the meeting because___ ____ ____was in the way.
2.时间一旦流逝，就不会再来了。
Once time is lost, it will____ return_____ _____.
a fallen tree
not
any
more
3、Tom用了很长的时间来准备今天的考试。
Tom ____ a lot of time ______ for today’s exam.
4、很抱歉，我还得使用这本字典查单词
______ _______,______ I still have to use the dictionary to look up some words.
Spent preparing
I sorry but
get off, be short for, a ride on, at a speed of, get into.
1. Everyone knows that Beth___________
Elizabeth.
2. Out of the station, the train began to travel ____________90 km an hour.
3. After ten passengers_________,the bus became less crowded.
4. May I have________ your car down to the station, Tom
is short for
at a speed of
got off
a ride on(共18张PPT)
Module 3
My First Ride on a Train
Period one: p21Introduction+p24 Function+p29 Culture corner
transportation
Filling& Guessing
get on (off)
get into
(out of )
ride
drive
take off
( land)
bus\train\tram\bike\motorbike
ferry\plane
taxi/helicopter
bicycle/motorbike
train/taxi/bus
plane/helicopter
Describe the first time you travelled a long distance
Example: I first travelled a long distance by train when I was six years old. I went with my parents from Shanhai to Beijing.
Pay attention to:
Who , when, where, what, why& how
Being polite
Read the conversation :p24
Then discuss the following Qs:
1.What do you think of the ticket inspector’s attitude
2. What expressions could you use to change it
Pair work:
Act the conversation with the following sentences :
Excuse me
Could I
Would you mind
I’m very sorry but
The fact is that
Culture corner:
1. Read the following passage and find out the topic sentence of each part.
New words:
Complete: (vt)完成
Magnetically: (adv)有磁性地
Levitate: (v)使------飘荡
Levitation: (n)升空飘荡之力
Chancellor: (n)奥地利等国的总理，首相
Read the passage again:
Answer the following Qs:
1.What are the main differences between a magnetically levitated train and an ordinary train
2. What are the advantages of travelling on a Maglev train
1) It is faster, less noisy and uses less energy.
2) You travel very quickly and quietly. The train uses less energy.
On December 31, 2002:具体时间用on.
Attend: 及物或不及物动词：出席，参加
如果你不能出席，请通知我们
please let me know if you are unable to attend.
辨析：attend, join, take part in
1)attend : 指出席、参加某一活动，强调出席者不起积极作用，主要指参加会议、上学、参加典礼、听演讲等等。
2)join :指参加某一团体或组织，成为其中一员，也指参加某项正在进行的活动。
3) take part in:指参加活动，并在其中起积极作用。
1）He didn’t _______ the ceremony.
2) Do you know how many people _____the organization
3) The teacher decided to ask all the student to __________ in the clean-work.
attend
joined
take part in
reached a speed of 501 kms-----
reach-----达到
reach up to -------高达
这座山海拔1000米。
The hill ______ a height of 1000m above the sea level.
这座山海拔高达1000米。
The hill ___________a height of 1000m above the sea level.
reaches
reaches up to
Homework:
1:Workbook:p80 4. 5
2:收集一些你曾经去旅行的纪念品、相片、地图等。(共18张PPT)
Fill the form
Part one.
Part two:
who when where what how
food scenery
First few hundred miles After that suddenly
Put me in the right order!
camels were trained to carry supplies back form 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.
1
2
3
4
5
Language points
1. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia.
我们在悉尼上车，在澳大利亚中部的Alice Springs 下车。
get on / off:上/下（车、船）----状态
get into : 上车
get out of : 下车
* in the middle of :在------的中间
*
动作
right : (adv.) 正好，恰恰，表示时间或空间 的精确性
即刻，就现在
就在这里
在课室的正中间
right now
right here
right in the middle of the class
We spent two days and nights on the train.
我们在车上渡过了两天两夜。
spend:有 “用(钱)， 花费，度过”的意思。
常用于 spend…on sth.
spend …(in)doing sth.结构中。
我花三百块钱买了一件衣服。
昨晚他花了一小时做作业。
他们用了三十个月完成这项工作。
I spent three hundred yuan on this coat.
He spent one hour (in) doing his homework last night.
They spent thirty months on this job.
We ate great meals cooked by experts.
我们吃的美味饭菜是由大师们做的。
We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.
我们看到荒弃的农田，那是一百年前建起来的。
cooked by experts
abandoned
属于过去分词（短语）做定语，分别修饰meals 和farms.
我买了几张烂凳子。
没有人参加上星期的会议。
I bought some broken chairs.
Nobody attended the meeting held last week.
And sometimes talked to other people.
有时候去和别人交谈。
talk of, talk about与talk on的用法区别
talk后的介词不同，表示“谈及”的程度也不同。of只表示“涉及”；about表示谈到细节；on兼有议论。
他们谈到了电影 Sherk。(谈到此电影或仅涉及片名)
他们在谈论这部电影。(指涉及故事情节，具体内容)
他们在谈论这部电影。 (不仅涉及内容、情节，还作出了些评论)
They talked of the film Sherk.
They are talking about the film.
They talked on the film.
Ghan is short for Afghanistan.
Ghan 是阿富汗的缩写。
be short for.：--------的缩写。
Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance.
骆驼比马更适合于长途旅行。
本句比较级前使用了程度副词，用来加强比较的语气和程度。
相关副词：even, still , far, rather, a lot
a little, a bit, a great deal.
第二天他们发现了一个更大的蘑菇。
这个学期她的英语进步更大。
The next day they found a far bigger mushroom.
She has made ever greater progress in English this term.
The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.
阿富汗人和他们的骆驼一直这样干到二十世纪二十年代。
在表示年代，在年代的后面加S或加‘S，
如the 1980s=the 1980’s
在二十世纪五十年代
若表示在具体的某一年，如“在1950年”
In 1950
In/during the 1950s/1950’s(共13张PPT)
句型转换
1. Reading in English is one of the fastest ways of improving your English.
Reading in English is one of the fastest ways ___ ______ your English.
2. We ate great meals cooked by experts.
we ate great meals ____ ____ cooked by experts.
to improve
which were
3. Would you mind if I smoked
Would you mind ____ ______
4. He had a train ride for the first time when he was about 10 years old.
He had ____ ____ _____ on a train when she was about 10 years old.
5. The sun shone; there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky.
The sun shone; and ______ wind ____ clouds were in the sky.
my smoking
the first ride
neither nor
用所给词的适当形式填空
1. Beijing is the politic, economic and cultural ______ of China.(central)
2. The jewel is of great_______; it is possible. (valuable)
3. As we know , water is _______. (colorful)
4. In ______ year, the economy in our country is developing rapidly.(recently)
5. I tried to _______ Jean after her boyfriend’s death.(comfortable)
centre
value
colorless
recent
comfort
6. Our country is ________ by the Communist Party of China.(government)
7. The dictionary is very _______ to me, so I want to buy one. (use)
governed
useful
Culture corner:
1. Read the following passage and find out the topic sentence of each part.
New words:
complete.(vt)完成
Magnetically: (adv)有磁性地
Levitate: (v)使------飘荡
Levitation: (n)升空飘荡之力
Chancellor: (n)奥地利等国的总理，首相
Read the passage again:
Answer the following Qs:
1.What are the main differences between a magnetically levitated train and an ordinary train
2. What are the advantages of travelling on a Maglev train
1) It is faster, less noisy and uses less energy.
2) You travel very quickly and quietly. The train uses less energy.
On December 31, 2002:具体时间用on.
Attend: 及物或不及物动词：出席，参加
如果你不能出席，请通知我们
please let me know if you are unable to attend.
辨析：attend, join, take part in
1)attend : 指出席、参加某一活动，强调出席者不起积极作用，主要指参加会议、上学、参加典礼、听演讲等等。
2)join :指参加某一团体或组织，成为其中一员，也指参加某项正在进行的活动。
3) take part in:指参加活动，并在其中起积极作用。
1）He didn’t _______ the ceremony.
2) Do you know how many people _____the organization
3) The teacher decided to ask all the student to __________ in the clean-work.
attend
joined
take part in
reached a speed of 501 kms-----
reach-----达到
reach up to -------高达
这座山海拔1000米。
The hill ______ a height of 1000m above the sea level.
这座山海拔高达1000米。
The hill ___________a height of 1000m above the sea level.
reaches
reaches up to
