一．预习重点单词

　　1. _____________n.[C,U] 距离 distant (adj.)_____________

at a distance _____________ in the distance_____________

　　2. _____________adj.被遗弃的 abandon _____________vt.

desert n.[C,U]____________ ____________adj.

[注] abandon 指的是不得已而遗弃，放弃（人，物）。

eg: Because of the fog they abandoned their idea of driving.

因为有雾，他们打消了开车去的念头。

desert 常指逃避义务或未被誓约等（有责难之意）。

Many people have deserted the city and moved to the countryside.

许多人离开城市搬到乡下。

　　3. expert[C]_____________ expert(adj.)_____________

be expert at/in/on(doing) sth._____________

be an expert at/in/on(doing) sth._____________

　　4. shoot(shot,shot)___________ shoot at sb/sth_____________

　　5 __________vt.使吃惊；惊吓 frightening(adj.)____________

frightened (adj.)____________be frightened by

6 _____________(adj.)(人等)疲惫不堪的 exhausting(adj.)_____________

be exhausted from/by_____________

　　7. _____________ (adj.)商业区的；市中心的

eg:The downtown stores are usually busy during Christmas time.

　　8. product [C]____________ produce ( vt. )__________ [U]__________

　　 production [U]__________

　　9. journey_____________n.[C,U] go on a journey___________

　　 make a journey___________

　　10. interview ( vt. /n.)_________ interviewee[C]__________

interviewer[C]__________

11.____________n.[C]事件，（尤指）大事；比赛项目

scenery n.[U]___________ scene n.[c]___________

ceremony n.__________

二 Task (一) Match the verbs with the means of transport .

　　 get on A. bicycle

　　 get off B. bus

　　 get into C. ferry

　　 get out (of) D. helicopter

　　 ride E. motorbike

　　 drive F . plane

　　 take off G. taxi

　　 land H. train

　　 I. tram

　　Task （二）. Choose the right words from the box.

camels clouds desert diamonds experts midnight sand scenery shoot soil supply weather cassette passengers shine field 　　1. an area of land where it is always dry_____________

　　2. valuable stones____________

　　3. people who travel on a train,bus or plane____________

　　4. you find this on beaches____________

　　5. white or gray things made of water in the sky___________

　　6. where plants grow__________

　　课中探究

　　探究点一：语篇探究

　　(一).Read the whole passage, choose the right answers according to the three parts in the passage.

　　A. Alice's feeling about her journey

　　B. Brief introduction about her journey

　　C. The story about Ghan

　　Paragraph 1______________, Paragraph 2, 3______________

　　Paragraph 4, 5, 6 ______________

　　探究点二：课文探究

　　(一) Reading the passage more carefully and try to choose the best answers.

　　1. From the passage, we know that Alice Thompson is from______________.

　　A．China B. Afghan C. Australia D. Austria

　　2. The sentence "And what a ride!" in the first paragraph means that______________.

　　A. the writer enjoyed the long journey

　　B. the writer was made too tired from the long ride

　　C. that was a long and dangerous journey

　　D. the writer had nothing to see but desert

　　3. Before 1920s, ______________.

　　A. Australians couldn't travel to the middle of the country

　　B. Australians didn't dare to travel in the endless desert

　　C. Australians could only travel to the middle of the country by riding horses

　　D. camels played an important part in travelling through the desert

　　4. The whole passage mainly tells us______________.

　　A. the importance of the desert in Australia

　　B. horses are of no use in travelling in desert

　　C. it's cruel to kill thousands of camels

　　D. the transport to the middle of Australia

　　(二) Discuss these questions with your partners.

　　 1. Was her destination on the coast of Australia? Why?

　　 2. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? Why?

　　 3. Did she study while she was on the train? Why?

　　 4. What sort of people do you think travel on the Ghan train?

　　【课后拓展】

　　Complete the following passage.

　　I was an 18-year-old girl from Sydney. Recently I had my first_(1_)____ _on the famous Ghan train. I spent two days on the train and we ate great meals _(2_)__ by experts.The_(3)____was colorful, but suddenly we saw_(4__)___farms_(5)______more than a hundred years ago. It _(6)_______like a place from another time.

　　Ghan is (7)_______for Afghanistan. There is a story about it. A long time ago, Australians needed a way to (8)_______to the middle of the country, at first, they tried_(9)______horses, then they brought some (10)_______from Afghanistan. Camels were much better for travelling a long_(11)_____.The (12)_______camels were used to carry food and other supplies. Not until the 1920s_(13)_______the government build a railway line and they didn't use camel any more. So here were so many camels that they became a problem. Then the government passed a law which_(14_)_____people to__(15)______the camels.

正确理解各英语单词，查阅相关资料并填空。

通过对新单词的理解和运用，结合自己的情况回答问题

运用略读策略，完成这一段。

通过阅读判断正误。

教学反思 答案：一