Reading

My First Ride on a Train

Reading

My First Ride on a Train

bicyclemotorbike

Can you name the following transportation?

Introduction

train taxi

ferry

plane

helicopter

bus

tram

Match the verbs with the pictures.Match the verbs with the pictures.

get on/off

get into/out of drive

take off/land

ride

Which transportation did you take

when you first traveled?

When and where did you go for your

first trip?

Koala bear

Pre-readingPre-reading

Kangaroo

澳大利亚国鸟—— 琴鸟

澳大利亚国徽

澳大利亚国花——

合金欢

澳大利亚国旗

澳大利亚地图

悉尼歌剧院

悉尼歌剧院内部

悉尼海港大桥

desert

1. How many people live in Australia?

2. What’s the name of the capital?

3. Where do most of the people live, in the

central part of the country or on the

coast?

About 20 million.

Canberra.

On the east/southeast coast.4. What’s the central part of the country

like? Desert.

5. What do you know about Australian

animals?

Koala bear, possum, duck-billed plat

ypus( 鸭嘴兽 ), kangaroo, echidna an

d dingo( 澳洲犬 ). Some of these ani

mals are marsupials, that is the moth

er keeps the baby in a pouch on her s

tomach.

ReadingReading

What’s the passage about?

A. a train to Sydney

B. taking the train to Australia

C. traveling to the central part of

Australia

D. a child visiting her grandmother

1. Did Alice travel on the train a long

time ago?

No, she traveled on the train recently.

2. Was her destination on the coast of

Australia?

No, it was Alice Springs in the center

of Australia.

3. Was the scenery the same during the

whole journey?

No, at first there were fields, then it

was desert.

4. Did she study while she was on the

train?

Yes, she studied Chinese.

5. Did the Australians use horses to

travel to the central part of the

country?

Yes, at first, but the horses didn’t like

the hot weather.

6. Do they still use camels to deliver

goods?

No, they use the train now.

SummarySummary

Give a summary about Alice’s first ride

using the questions and answers as a guide.

Recently Alice first traveled on a train

to Alice Spring, in the center of Australia.

The scenery of the whole journey was

colorful. At first there were fields, then it

was desert. While she was on the train, she

studied Chinese.

A long time ago, Australians tried

using horses to travel to the central

part of the country. But later they

used camels. Now they use the train

called Ghan to travel.

DiscussionDiscussion

1. What sort people do you think peo

ple travel on the Ghan train?

2. What kind of towns and villages do

you think the train passed?

Language pointsLanguage points

1. match vt. 与……相配 ( 称 ); 使相配 , 使相称；与……匹敌 如：

Her clothes don’t match her age. 她的穿着与她的年龄不符。

We should always match words with deeds.我们应该言行一致。

No one can match him in singing. 在唱歌方面没人能比得上他。

If you have any question, please refer

to chapter II.

如果有问题可以查阅第二章。

2. refer to sb.(sth) 提到 / 涉及到某人 /

某物 refer to a diary 查阅笔记 refer to a dictionary 查字典 refer to(=turn to) an expert 咨询专家

ride n. 骑马或乘车等旅行give sb. a ride 让某人搭车What a ride! 多么美妙的一次乘车旅行啊 !

ride vt. 骑 ( 马、车等 ) 如：ride a bicycle

ride a horse

ride a motorbike

3. Recently I had my first ride on a long

distance train. And what a ride!

got on 上 ( 车 \ 船等 ) get off 下 ( 车 \

船等 )

此外 , 还可以用 get into 表示 “上车” , get out of 表示“下车”。

4. We got on in Sydney and we got off

in Alice Springs, right in the middle

of Australia, more than four

thousand kilometers away.

more than 超过 ; 不只是，不仅仅no more than 不过 , 仅仅 ; 与……同样不not more than 至多 , 不超过 ; 不如 mo

re…than 与其说……倒不如……much more than 远不只

He is more brave than wise. 他有勇无谋。 ( 与其……不如…… )

English Weekly is more than a newspaper,

it helps us improve our English.

英语周报不仅仅是一份报纸 , 他还帮我们提高英语水平。

ExercisesExercises

翻译下列句子 , 体会划线短语的用法

Tom is no richer than me. 汤姆和我一样不富裕。They were more than glad to help. 他们很乐意帮忙。The cold is more than I can bear. 这寒冷我不能承受。Bamboo is used for much more than building. 竹子远不只用于建筑。

5. We ate great meals cooked by experts!

cooked by experts 为过去分词短语做定语 , 修饰 meals 。expert n. 专家 ; adj. 熟练的 , 内行的

an expert at/in/on (doing) sth.

某方面或做某事的专家be expert at/in (doing) sth.

在某方面内行 / 熟练 如：

My father was an expert at repairing clocks.

我的父亲在世的时候是个修理钟表的行家。My father was expert at repairing clocks.

The sun shone, there was no wind and th

ere were no clouds in the sky.

风和日丽 , 空中万里无云The stars shone like diamond.

宝石般的星星闪闪发光

shone ： shine 过去式vi. 照耀 , 发光 / 亮 ;

vt. 使发光 / 亮shine vt. 擦亮 ( 过去式和过去分词用 shine

d)e.g. The star shone red on his cap.

他军帽上的红星闪闪发光 Her eyes shone with excitement.

她激动地两眼 发光

I had my shoes shined yesterday.

我昨天请人给擦鞋了。Please shine your flashlight over here

请把手电筒往这儿照。

7. We saw abandoned farms which were

built more than a hundred years ago.

which 引导定语从句 修饰先行词 farms.

abandoned adj. 被遗弃的abandoned farms 被遗弃的农场an abandoned baby 弃婴

abandon vt. 遗弃 ; 舍弃 ;

abandon one’s country/friends

背弃祖国 / 朋友abandon one’s post 放弃职位abandon one’s wife 遗弃妻子

They tried riding horses, but the horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand.

8. try to do, try doing, manage to do

He tried to escape from being punished by the teacher, but failed.

They managed to finish the work before it got dark.

试着去做看是否行得通

试图 /努力去做 ,结果不一定成功

设法去做 ,结果往往是成功的

1. If this way doesn’t work, why not try

_____ (taking, to take) another one?

2. He ______ ( try to, manage to)

apologize to her, but she didn’t accept.

3. He __________ ( try to, manage to)

persuade him not to be angry with her.

Now they are best friends.

taking

tried to

managed to

Ghan is short for Afghanistan.

( 是……的缩写 )

9. be short for, be short of, in short

In short, we must be prepared.

(总之 ,简言之 )

WTO is short for the World Trade O

rganization.

( 是……的缩写 )

She made sure that her son was ne

ver short of anything.

(缺乏 , 短缺 )

10. In 1925, they passed a law which a

llowed people to shoot the animals if t

hey were a problem.

pass a law通过法律which 引导定语从句修饰先行词 law

allow sb. to do sth.允许某人做某事allow doing sth.允许做某事

They don’t allow________ (to smoke,

smoking) in the office. smoking

She is not allowed to go out alone at

night.

Smoking aren’t allowed in the office.

Her father don’t allow her ____ (going, to

go) out alone at night.

to go

Exercises Exercises Exercises Exercises 1. The professor _____ at the meeting

will give us a lecture next week.

A. referred B. referred to

C. referring D. referring to

2. He ______ his wife and went abroad

with all their money.

A. abandoned B. threw

C. separated D. turned

3. He is ___ a friend to me. He is in a way my English teacher. A. no more than B. more than C. not more than D. nothing but

4. I’m rather ___ money at the moment, so I’m going to the BK tomorrow. BK here is ___the Bank.

A. short for; short of B. short for; short for C. short of; short of D. short of; short for

5. All the rooms are __ with electric light.

A. supplied B. given

C. offered D. burnt

6.— I usually go there by train.

— Why not _____ by boat for a

change? A. to try going B.

trying to go C. to try and go D.

try going

7. There is __ bread in the cupboard, __ ? A. no more; is there B. no longer; is there C. not any more; isn’t there D. not any longer; isn’t there

8. Rather than __ on a crowded bus, he always prefer __ a bicycle. A. ride; ride B. riding; ride C. ride; to ride D. to ride; riding

9. The ship happened to sink with its

passengers on board 20 miles off the

____ island.

A. abandoning B. abandoned

C. deserting D. left

10. Oh, John. ______ you gave me!

A. How a pleasant surprise

B. How pleasant surprise

C. What a pleasant surprise

D. What pleasant surprise