(
课件网) My First Ride on a Train camel Learning objectives In this class, you will be able to: 1. skim for main idea of the whole passage and the main idea of each paragraph. 3. scan for detailed information. 4. analyze how to make an account of a trip. 5. get to know the meaning of the target vocabulary. abandon camel cassette desert diamond expert midnight product scenery shoot soil Prediction What can you predict from the title My first ride on the train a self-introduction travel/journey means of transport impressive/unforgettable pre-reading Tip 1: To figure out “who,what,when,where,why,how” (5W+1H) can help you find a general idea quickly. While reading Alice Thompson a friend recently get on in Sydney; get off in Alice Spring train two days and nights where who when with whom how how long paragraph 1 Main idea: I had my first ride on a long distance train paragraph 2 the scenery along the rail way: first few hundred kilometers after that: suddenly : scenery: _____ fields train: food: desert , no wind, sun, no clouds soil:_____ _____ farms wonderful colorful dark red abandoned _____ great adj adj adj adj Tip 4: Try to make good use of different adjectives Tip 2: _____ main idea: Those words can make your description clearer During the day One night listened read talked looked paragraph 3: _____ I _____ and _____ out of the window. I _____ to other passengers. I _____books and _____ to my cassettes. I _____ the night sky. The stars _____ like diamonds. sat (sit--sat--sat) (read--read--read) watched shone (shine--shone--shone) Things she did on the train --———150ago———1920s———1925———1935—-- horses camels the Ghan Train shoot Paragraph4-6 main idea The history of the Ghan Train time line If you put the main idea of each part together, can you get the main idea of the whole passage A. a train ride to Sydney B. taking the train to Australia C. travelling to the central part of Australia D. a child visiting her grandmother Further understanding (para.1) 1. When did the writer take her first ride on a train Recently (= not long time ago) 2. What a ride! It is an exclamaiton of_____ . 3. Where did she start her trip and what is the destination ( =the place you are going to) She got on in Sydney and got off in Alice Spring, right in the middle of Australia. 4. How long did the trip take happiness right adv 正好，恰好 Two days and nights. We spent two days and nights on the train. spend-spent-spent the summer vocation / the weekend / a night time / money doing sth / on sth time with parents / friends figure out the route of her journey on the map. 2. Read para2-3 and answer the following questions 1.) find out the phrases indicating the changes of place. 2.) Think of one word to describe the scenery along the way. For the first few hundred kilometers --After that-- a place seeming from another time. changeable colorful dark red soil desert ancient farms colorful, fields and dark ... ...
