My First Ride on a Train on roads vehiclesbicyclestaxismotorbikesbusescarstruckstractorson rails vehicles and on water vehiclestramstrainsferriesshipsboatsraftscanoesin the air vehicles and for long distance vehicleshelicoptersplanesaeroplanesspaceshipsrocketsTeaching aims: Enabling the students to: 1) know more about the means of transport 2) grasp the main idea of the passage in Reading and vocabulary Teaching steps: I. List the vehicles with the students. Gather as many vehicles as possible from students. Write them down. II. Ask the students to fill in the table below.where to travelvehicleson roadstaxis, bicycles, motorbikes, buses, cars, tractors, trucks on railstrams, trainson waterferries, ships, boats, rafts （筏子）, canoes(独木舟) in the airhelicopters, planes, aeroplanes, spaceships, rockets for long distanc eplanes, train, shipsIII. Match the verbs with the means of transport inactivity 1.Try to fill in the form below.verbsvehiclesget onbus, train, tram, bicycle, motorbike, ferry, plane get offget intotaxi, helicopter,get out ofride (vt)bicycle, motorbike,drive (vt)taxi, train, bus,take off (vi)plane, helicopterland (vi)IV. Turn to page 22. Look at the three pictures. Where do you think they were taken? Australia. Answer the questions about Australia. 1. Do you know how many people live there? About 20 million. 2. Do you know the name of the capital city?Canberra. 3. Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?On the east/ southeast coast. 4. What do you think the central part of the country is like?Desert. 5. What Australian animals do you know about?Koala bear, duck-billed platypus, kangaroo, dingoActivity 2. Match some of the words with these definitions. 1. an area of land where it is always drydesert 2. valuable stones diamonds 3. people who travel on a train, bus or plane.passengers 4. you find this on beachessand 5. white or grey things made of water in the skyclouds 6. where plants grow soil/ fields/ farmsV. Come to the text.First listen to the tape and find the answers to the following questions:1. How old is the writer? 18 2. When was a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem passed? In 19253. Whats the passage about?Travelling to the central part of Australia.Now read the passage and try to find the main idea of each paragraph.Para 1：Information about the writer and her train ride. Para 2: What the writer saw on the train. Para 3: What the writer did on the train Para 4: Why is the train called the Ghan? Para 5: The use of camels. Para 6: What happened to the camels.VI. Read the passage and try to grasp more about it.If there is time left, ask some more questions.VII. Homework:Try to say something about the writers first ride on a train.GoodbyeThanks