完善module3reading.ppt

Reading and vocabularyLook at the picture and say where it is. ( P 22) AustraliaSydney Opera Housekangaroo beachAlice Springthe map of Australiathe nation flagby air by sea5. What Australian animals do you know about?1. Do you know how many people live there?2. Do you know the name of the capital city? 3. Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?4. What do you think the central part of the country is like?AustraliaMore than 20 millionCanberraOn the east coast and the southeast coastDesertKangaroo koala bear duck-billed platypusdingoKangaroo, koala bear, duck-billed platpus, dingo, possum…etc.袋鼠袋鼠 树熊树熊 扁嘴兽扁嘴兽 澳洲野狗，澳洲野狗， 负鼠负鼠abandoned camels cassette clouds colourful desert diamonds distance experts famous farms fields food government law meal midnight passengers products recently sand scenery shine shoot soil supply weatherCheck the meaning of these words and match some of the words with these definitions.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 grey things made of water in the sky 6. where plants grow desertdiamondspassengerssandcloudssoil / fields / farmsa child visiting her grandmotherWhat is the passage about?a train ride to Sydneytaking the train to Australiatraveling to the central part of AustraliaRead the passage quickly and silently, judge T or F and correct the error:1. Alice got on in Alice Springs,and got off in Sydney.( )2. The scenery of the whole journey is very colorful. ( )3. On the train,Alice still studied. ( )4. They used camels instead of horses because horses are not good at traveling a long distance. ( )5.The government built a new railway line in 1925.( )Read the passage again carefully and fill in the gapRead the passage again carefully and fill in the gap Alice Thompson made her first long-distance train ride at the age of _____. She got on in _______ and got off in Alice Springs. They ate meals cooked by _______. They saw fields, soil, desert and _____________ farms which were built over 100 years ago. On the train, Alice talked to other ___________ and studied Chinese. She watched the night sky and found stars, which shone like__________. Why is the train called the Ghan? It is short for _____________. The Afghans trained the ________ to carry food and supplies. They did this until _________, when the ____________ built a new railway line.18SydneyexpertsabandonedpassengersdiamondsAfghanistancamelsthe 1920sgovernmentReading What’s passage about? The writer travelled on a train taking him to Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia.。