3. some pictures

Teaching Procedures

 Step 1 Greeting

Greet the whole class as usual.

 Step 2 Revision

T: Yesterday we learnt some new words, now let's have a dictation. Please take out a piece of paper and write them on it.

(The teacher ask the students to hand in their papers.)

 Step 3 Pre-reading

T: Nowadays, travel is becoming more and more popular, especially, many young people like travel. What about you?

Please look at the questions on the screen and discuss them in groups.

(Teacher use the multimedia to show the questions on the screen.)

1. Do you like travel? Why or why not?

2. Where would you most like to travel? Why?

3. Have you ever tried any travel on a train? (The teacher gives the students five minutes to discuss and call back the answers from the students.)

Suggested answers: 

S: Yes, I like travel. I would most like to travel to some places of interest, to the forest or to the mountain. Because，I want to see the famous places or enjoy the beautiful scene in nature.

S: I'd like to travel to North China very much. Because I want to visit the places of great interest, I want to visit the universities there, such as Beijing University, and I like to take a train to enjoy the scenery on its way.

T: OK.I also like travel, last year, I went to Beijing by plane. That was my first time to travel by plane, I was very happy and excited. And two years ago, I traveled to Harbin by train. That was the first long journey with my family. It took us 30 hours to be on a train.

 Step 4 Reading

T: Today, we'll learn the text "My First Ride on a Train" and we'll know something about it. I know you're all interested in it. Now, please open your books at Page 23.Read the passage quickly, then tell me what's the passage about.

(Show the possible answers on the screen.)

Tell the students to choose the best one as soon as possible.

A: a train ride to Sydney

B: taking the train to Australia

C: traveling to the central part of Australia

D: a child visiting her grandmother T: Look at the screen. Li Lei, what's your opinion?

S: I think C is correct.

T: Yes, very good! Thank you!

Answer me a simple question:

Q1: Did Alice travel on the train a long time?

S: No, she didn't.

Q2: How do you know about this answer?

S: Because there is a word "recently" in the second sentence.