3. A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country.

⑴ a long time ago ___________

　　⑵ a way to do sth_______________

　　　a way of doing sth ____________

　　e.g. Have you got a way _____ _______/_____ ________English .（学习英语）

4. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.

【短语】⑴ be short for _________

⑵ be short of _________

⑶ in short _________

　e.g. ① USA ____ _______ _____ the United States of America.

　　　② She is not ________ ______ excuses when things go wrong. ___________________

【导练】 As we all know, NBA ________ National Basketball Association.

A. is short of B. in short

C. for short D. is short for

5. Camels were much better than horses for traveling a long distance.

【分析】 much 修饰比较级，可以用于修饰比较级的词有：much, many, a bit, a little, far, by far, a lot, lots, rather, any, still, even等

【导练】----- Are you feeling__________?

----- Yes, I am fine now.

A. any well B.any better

C. quite good D.quite better

6. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn't need the camels any more.

【短语】not ... any more= no more __________

not...any longer= no longer__________

e.g. ① You can't drink any more.

= You can drink _____ ________.

② He doesn't live here any longer.

= He lives here_____ ________.

7. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the ...

⑴pass a law ______

⑵allow sb. to do sth__________

allow doing sth ______________

e.g. ① We don't allow people ______ ________ here.

② We don't allow _________ here.我们不允许在这儿吸烟。

【导练】 I forbid _____ here. Who has allowed you ______ here?

A. smoke, smoking B. smoking, to smoke

C. smoking, smoking D. to smoke, smoking

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8. It's out of date.

【短语】 out of date _____________

up to date _______________