Module 3 My First Ride on a Train

Module 3 My First Ride on a Train Period 1 Introduction& Reading

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bus/train/tram/bicycle /motorbike/ferry/plane taxi/helicopter bicycle/motorbike train/taxi/bus plane/helicopter

Describe the first time you travelled a long distance Example: I first travelled a long distance by train when I was six years old. I went with my parents from Shanhai to Beijing. Pay attention to: Who , when, where, what, why& how

Read the pictures and guess which country it is. sea & kangaroo desert koala

Sydney Opera House the national flag Australia

My First Ride on a train The Ghan

Paragraph 1 • the origin of the Ghan train. • an introduction of the trip. • the experience on the train. Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3 Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6

Read 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. 18 Sydney experts abandoned passengers diamonds camels Afghanistan the 1920s government

Homework • Do exercise 4 on page 80.

Module 3 My First Ride on a Train