My name is Thomas. You can call me Tom for short.

7. Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance.

much用来修饰比较级，表示程度的加深。在形容词前可以用：much, a little, a bit, a lot, rather, no, any, (very) much, far, even, still, yet等副词来修饰。

8. not...any more （时间上的）不再，相当于not...any longer.

9. allow doing sth

allow sb. to do sth.→sb. be allowed to do sth.

四．合作探究

1. The person at the meeting is famous an actor.

　A. referred; for B. referred to; as C. referred to; for D. referring; as

2. Since this way doesn't work, why not try it in some other ways?

A. to do B. on C. doing D. out

3. If there were no examinations, we should have at school.

A. the happiest time B. a more happier time

C. much happiest time D. a much happier time

4. ─ Will you give this message to Mr. White, please?

─ Sorry, I can't. He .

A. doesn't any more work here.

B. doesn't any longer here work

C. doesn't work any more here.

D. doesn't work here any longer

5. Usually I don't allow in my office, but yesterday I allowed him here.

A. smoking; to smoke B. smoking; smoking

C. to smoke; smoking D. to smoke; to smoke

五．巩固检测

Ⅰ.测测阅读效果。

I'm Alice. I'm 18 years old. Recently I had my first 1. on the famous Ghan train. I got in 2. and got 3. in Alice Springs. I spent two days on the train and we ate great meals 4. by experts. The 5. was colourful, but suddenly we saw 6. farms 7. more than a hundred years ago. Sometimes, I read 8. and talked to other 9. . At night, I watched the night 10. .

Ghan is 11. for Afghanistan. There is a story about it. A long time ago, Australians used 12. for traveling to the middle of the country, but they didn't like the hot weather and sand. So Australians used 13. camels to carry food and other supplies. In the 1920s, the government built a new

14. line, so they didn't need the camels 15. 16. .

Ⅱ.目标检测对应练习

六．学习总结

Period II Reading and Vocabulary

二．基础自学