My First Ride on a Train

Period 2

学习目标：

1. 快速阅读文章并掌握文章大意

2. 学会运用浏览和跳读的方法完成相关练习题

学习重点：

快速阅读文章并掌握文章大意

学习难点：

　　完成相关练习题

【基础感知】

大声朗读单词和文章

【深入学习】

完成以下练习题

Who An eighteenyearold girl Alice Thompson and her 1.______ Where They got on the train in Sydney and got off in Alice Springs，right in the 2.______ of Australia. Distance It was over 4,000 km. Food The meals cooked by 3.______ were great. Scenery The scenery was very 4.______ for the first few hundred kilometres of the journey and after that there were 5.______ and 6.______ farms. Activities Alice looked out of the window，talked to 7.______，read books，listened to her 8.______，and watched the night sky during the journey. Origin

（由来）of the

train's

name Before the 1920s Australians 9.______ horses to travel to the middle of the country.Because of the hot weather and sand，they brought 10.______ from Afghanistan.Ghan 11.______ Afghanistan. After the 1920s The government built 12.______.The train replaced the camels from Afghanistan and was called the Ghan.

Read the text "My First Ride on a Train" as quickly as you can, then decide each of the following sentences true or false.

　( ) 1. Alice got on the train in Alice Springs.

　( ) 2. The food on the train was delicious.

　( ) 3. Alice sang some Chinese songs on the train.

　( ) 4. Camels were brought from Afghanistan.

( ) 5. After the railway was built, Australians still used the camels.

Read the text carefully and try to answer these questions:

1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?

2. Was her destination on the coast of Australia?

What's the weather like in the desert?