1、National Flag,AUSTRALIA,Area? 7,692,000 km2,Olympic Stadium,Harbour Bridge,People,Population: 22million,Capital City?,The Largest City?,Sydney Opera House,Great Barrier Reef,Beach,Dive,lobster 龍蝦,Koala,Platypus 鴨嘴獸,Dingo 澳大利亞野犬,The central part desert,coast,Where do you think most of the people live

2、, in the central part of the country or on the coast? On the east/southeast coast.,desert,camel,Fast-Reading,get the main idea.,Para 1： Para 2: Para 3: Para 4: Para 5:. Para 6:,F. Information about the writer and her train ride.,E.The scenery along the railway,A. How I spent the time on the train,B.

3、 Why is the train called the Ghan?,C. The use of camels,D. What happened to the camels.,Match the main idea of each paragraph,Careful-Reading,To get detailed information,.Careful reading,Task.Read the text carefully and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F) 1It was the fi

4、rst time that Alice had traveled on the train. ( ) 2It took Alice two days and two nights to get to Alice Springs by train. ( ) 3While Alice was on the train, she studied Chinese. ( ),T,T,T,4Along the way, Alice saw many forests. 5Alice was too nervous to talk to other passengers. 6Camels were train

5、ed to carry supplies back from the central part. 7Camels were shot because of the new railway line built by the government.,T,T,F,F,Further Reading,For a better understanding,Task.Read the text again choose the best answers. 1From the passage, we know that Alice Thompson is from _. AChina BAfghanist

6、an CAustralia DAustria,2Which is the right order of the following things? aA new railway line was built and the camels were no longer used. bAustralians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country. cAustralians trained camels to carry food and other supplies. dThey tried riding horses to tra

7、vel. AbdcaBdbac Cacbd Dcabd,3The writer talked a lot about camels in the text because_. Athey played an important part in Australian life Bshe was planning to travel on a camel Cshe wanted to speak highly of the animals Dshe wanted to explain why the train was called Ghan,4Why is the train called th

8、e Ghan? ABecause for many years, Australians used trained camels which were brought from Afghanistan as their main transportation. BBecause Ghan is short for Afghanistan. CBecause camels were much better than horses for travelling in desert. DIn honor of camels.,5.The whole passage mainly tells us _

9、. Athe importance of the desert in Australia Bhorses are of no use in travelling in desert Cits cruel to kill thousands of camels Dthe transport to the middle of Australia,Listen and read!,Alice _ Sydney, Australia. She is _. Recently, she had her first _ on a _ train with a friend . They _in Sydney

10、 and _in Alice Springs.They spent two days and nights _ the famous Ghan train.,18 years old,comes from,long- distance,got on,ride,Fill in the blanks with proper words.,Paragraph 1,got off,on,The meals _ by experts were great and _the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the _ was very _.They

11、 saw fields and the dark red_, and then the _. There were even some _ farms _ more than a hundred years ago.,cooked,scenery,colourful,desert,soil,abandoned,built,Paragraph 2,for,During the day, she _ and _the window. She read books and _ to her Chinese cassettes. At_, she watched the sky and the sta

12、rs _ like diamonds.,sat,looked out of,midnight,shone,listened,Paragraph 3,Australians used different means vehicles to travel to the middle of the country. First they tried_horses and then they bought camels from Afghanistan. Ghan_Afghanistan. For many years, _camels carried food and other supplies

13、for travelling a _ distance. When the government built a new railway line, people didnt need the camels _ and are allowed to_ the camels if they were a problem.,riding,is short for,trained,long,any more,shoot,Paragraphs 4-6,Whats the advantages of travelling?,Discussion,Travelling can add to our knowledge.,Travelling can make our life colourful.,Travelling can make a person feel relaxed.,Homework:,Describe the first time you travelled a long distance. Tips: Wh