高中英语1Module3MyFirstRideonaTrain外研版高一英语.docx

Module 3 My First Ride on a Train四川省蓬安县周口中学 何艳I Teaching goals1. Guide students to describe their first long-distance ride.2. Brainstorm some knowledge about Australia the writer Alice comes from.3. Appreciate the Australian scenery with Alice on the famous Ghan train.4. Arouse students, interest in travelling and help them enjoy their life journey.II Teaching important pointGet the main idea of the whole passage and each part.Ill Teaching difficult pointLearn to how to describe a journey vividly.IV Teaching aidMultiple media playerV Teaching proceduresStep 1 Leading-in. Describe the first time you travelled a long distance, saying how old you were, where you went and who you went with:I first travelled a long distance by when I was years old. I wentw i th from to.1 .Look at the pictures and guess where Alice Thompson is from.wy name is Alice Tboci Fm 18 yean old. Wini know where I'm from?Answer these questions about Australia:1) Do you know the name of the largest city?2) Do you know the name of the capital city?3) Do you know how many people live there?4) Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on thecoast?5) What do you think the central part of the country is like?3. Watch a video and finish the following description of Alice's first ride on a train.I first travelled a long distance by when I was years old. I went withfrom to.Step 2 ReadingFast reading1) What is the passage about?A. a train ride to SydneyB. taking the train to AustraliaC. travelling to the central part of AustraliaD. a child visiting her grandmotherA.the origin of the Ghan train and the development of transportationB. when and where their travel took place.C.the sccnerv all the iournev.2) What's the main idea of each part?Para. 1)-Para.Para. 5 >Para. 41. Careful readingRead Part 1 (Paragraph 1) and answer the following questions:1) . Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?2) . How far did the train travel from Sydney to Alice Springs?3) . How long did Alice and her friend spend on the train?Read Part 2(Para.2-3)and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).1 )The food on the train was terrible.()2)The scenery was the same during the whole journey.()3)She sat and looked out of the window and never talked to other passengers()4)She studied Japanese while she was on the train.()5)She watched the night sky for about an hour and saw the stars shone like diamonds. ()Read Part 3 and put the following facts in the right order.()A. Camels were trained to carry food and other supplies, and returned with wooland other products from the central part.()B. A law was passed to allow shooting camels after the new railway line wasbuilt by the government.()C. They brought some camels from Afghanistan.()D. Australians needed a way to the central part of the country.()E. They tried riding horses, but failed.Step 3 DiscussionFind and underline “And what aide!” and discuss the following questions:1) Did Alice enjoy her first ride on a train?2) And what kind of ride is it ?Step 4 HomeworkRead the passage quickly again and complete the summary.Recently I had my first ride 1 a long-distance train with my friend. We 2(spend)two days and nights on the train. We got on in Sydney, and 3(final) got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia. We ate great meal cooked by experts! For the first few hundred kilometres, the scenery was colourful. After that, it was desert and then we saw 4(abandon) farms. The train was 5(comfort). During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other 6(passenger). I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes. What 7 ride! Along time ago, Australians tried riding horses to travel to the middle of the country, 8 the horses didn't like the hot weather and sand. So they brought some camels. Camels were much better than horses for 9(travel) a long distance. However, when the government built a new railway line, they didn't need the camels any more. In 1925, people were allowed 10(shoot) the animals if they were a problem.