apartment next door. I was very nervous. But we started playing with some toys and I soon stopped feeling nervous.

T: So how interesting!

S: Yes. I was so happy.

T: Can you swim?

S: Yes. I remember learning to swim-it was very wonderful! When I was very young-about three years old, I loved swimming pools and I always wanted to swim. My cousin showed me how to swim. Everyone said it was Olympic standard!

T: Oh, how brave! How excited you were!

And I will never forget my first visit to the cinema. When I was about four years old. The screen seemed so big! We watched a cartoon about  a hug beat. It was very wonderful. How happy I felt! OK! Next, let's practise in pairs!

1. Tell the other students about the first time they did one of the activities.

2. Put the students into groups of four to talk about their first experiences.

3. When the students related their first experiences, try to avoid correcting the students too much. Teacher makes a note of mistakes and correct them later with the whole class. Write the incorrect sentences the teacher heard on the board and ask the students to correct the mistakes.

 Step 4 Grammar 2

1. Get the students to find the time expressions that appear in "My First Ride on a Train".

2. Ask the students to try to remember, without looking back, what events they referred to in "My First Ride on a Train".

3. Which of them can refer to past or present actions? Read the text again and check their answers: 

①Recently: Alice went on her first long-distance train ride.

②During the day: She sat and looked out of the window.

③One night at about midnight: She watched the night sky for an hour.

④A long time ago: Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country.

⑤A hundred and fifty years ago: They bought some camels from Afghanistan.

⑥Until the 1920S: The camels carried food and other supplies across the desert.

⑦In 1925: The government passed a law allowing people to shoot camels if they became a problem.

Recently: past only

During the day: past and present

One night: past only

At (about) midnight: past and present..

A long time ago: past only

Until the 1920S: past only

In 1925: past only

4. Then ask students to write down two sentences for during the day and at midnight.

①During the day, the weather is very hot in summer.

②At midnight, it becomes colder and colder.

 Step 5 Practice

T: Turn to Page 27.Complete the sentences with similar time expressions.