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Period two :

Period two :. Reading. Gold Coast. kangaroo. Australia. Opera House. Greet Barrier Reef. by air. by sea. Do you know?. 1. Do you know how many people live there? 2. Do you know the name of the capital city?

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  1. Period two : Reading

  2. Gold Coast kangaroo • Australia Opera House Greet Barrier Reef

  3. by air by sea

  4. Do you know? 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 or on the coast? 4. What Australian animals do you know?

  5. 1. It is the 6th large country in the world, but has a relatively small population. • there are 19,731,984 people living there.

  6. 2. The capital city---Canberra. Canberra is a young capital. After the federation of Australia in 1901, Melbourne and Sydney tried to claim national capital status. In 1908, a solution was found by selecting a location somewhere in-between. 

  7. 3. On the east/southeast coast Because much of the central and western part of the country is uninhabitable.

  8. Koala bear 猫鼻袋熊 猫尾袋小鼠 东袋鼬

  9. My First Ride on a Train

  10. Reading What’s passage about? A. A train ride to Sydney B. Taking the train to Australia C. Traveling to the central part of Australia D. A child visiting her grandmother

  11. Fast reading • 1. Try to find out the main idea of each paragraph. • Para 1: • Para 2: • Para 3: • Para 4: • Para 5: • Para 6: I had my first ride on a long distance train The scenery along the railway How I spent the time in the train Why is the train called the Ghan? Things about the camels The fate of the camels nowadays

  12. Extensive reading • 1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago? • 2. Was her destination on the coast of Australia? • 3. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? • 4. Did she study while she was on the train? • 5. Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country? • 6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods?

  13. 1. No . She travelled on the train recently. • 2. No, it was Alice Springs in the central part of Australia. • 3. No, at the first there were fields , then it was desert. • 4. Yes, she studied Chinese. • 5. Yes , at first , but the horses didn’t like the hot weather. • 6. No, they use the train now.

  14. Put me in the right order! • Camels were trained to carry supplies back form the central part. • Camels were shot because of the new railway line built by the government. • They bought camels from Afghanistan. • Australians needed a way to the central country. • They tried riding horses , but failed. 4 5 3 1 2

  15. Say something about the writer’s first ride on a train

  16. Say something about your first travelling experience Some useful sentence patterns in describing one’s first experience I can remember my first visit /trip …to … when … I remember the day… I remember doing… I will never forget… For the first time…

  17. Homework Review the text,write a small passage about your first trip on a train.

  18. Thanks for listening Bye-bye

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