Module 3My First Ride on a TrainWhat country are we going to talk about?澳大利亚联邦（The Commonwealth of Australia）Answer these questions:1. Do you know the name of the capital city? Canberra2. Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?On the east coast and the southeast coast3. What do you think the central part of the country is like?Desert4. What Australian animals do you know about?Kangarookoala bear duck-billed platypusdingo 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 trainThe scenery along the railwayHow I spent the time in the trainWhy is the train called Ghan?Things about the camelsThe fate of the camels nowadays Paragraph 1 Paragraph 2 Paragraph 3Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 6 Paragraph 1Paragraph 2Paragraph 3Paragraph 4 Paragraph 5 She tells She describes She explainsA. the origin of the Ghan train and the means of transport for traveling a long distance in the past .B. when and where their travel took place.C.the scenery all the journey.ABCD 1. Alice got on in Alice Springs, and got off in Sydney. ( )F 3. She sometimes talked to other passengers. ( ) 2. The writer had this trip alone ( ) 4.The writer prepared meals for herself when she was on the train. ( )FFT1. How long did she spend on the train? A. One day. B. Two days. C. One day and night. D. Two days and nights.2. Whats 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 grandmother1.Alice Thompson made her first _ train ride at the age of _. 2. They saw fields, soil, desert and _ farms which were built over 100 years ago.3. I listened to my Chinese _.4. A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some _ from Afghanistan. Ghan is _ for Afghanistan.long-distance18abandonedcassettescamelsshort 1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?3. When did they pass a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem?No, Recently Alice travelled on a long-distance train. 19252.Where did Australians bring some camels from?AfghanistanSay sth. about your travel: When:Where: With whom: How did you go there: What did you do and see: Whats your feeling: distance n距离；远处；远方(1)in the distance在远处；在远方at a distance稍远处within hearing/walking distance在能听到叫声/步行可及的地方keep sb.at a distance与某人保持距离；不与某人亲近(2)distant adj.远的；疏远的；稀疏的；冷淡的be distant towards sb.对某人冷淡be distant from离 远The waterfall may be heard at a distance of 2 miles.可以在2英里远的地方听到瀑布声。I saw some smoke in the distance.我看到远处有烟。The picture looks better at a distance.这幅画隔开一段距离看更好看。The Arab who is friendly will stand close to his friend，but the Englishman will move back in order to keep a certain distance away.友好的阿拉伯人会站得离朋友很近，而英国人则向后退以保持一定距离。17abandoned adj.被遗弃的；被离弃的；被抛弃的abandon v遗弃(某人)；离弃；逃离；放弃；n.尽情，放纵abandon sb.遗弃某人abandon sth.离弃/放弃某物/事with abandon放任地，纵情地The abandoned house was torn down.这座荒废的房子被拆了。They abandoned all hope of finding the missing child.他们放弃了找到这个失踪孩子的一切希望。In his early days he abandoned medicine for literature.他早年弃医从文。scenery n风景，景色To enjoy the scenery，he chose to travel by train.为了欣赏风景，他选择乘火车旅游。Our train passes through the charming scenery.我们的列车在迷人的风景中穿行。辨析：scenery，scene与sight(1)scenery n风景；景色，着重指天然景色(如高山、平原与森林等)，也可指舞台布景。On the way to Guilin，we stopped again and again to enjoy the scenery.在去桂林的路上，我们不时地停下来欣赏沿途的风景。(2)scene n景象；景色；风光；风景，着重指所见之物，也可指场面。You can see a beautiful scene from the top of the mountain.自山顶远眺，你可以看到美丽的景色。(3)sight n情景；景象；(尤指)奇观；(复数时)常指某一地区的名胜等。Plenty of foreign visitors come to see the sights of Beijing every year.每年都有大量外国游客来参观北京的名胜。frighten vt.使惊恐，吓唬；vi.惊恐，害怕，受惊吓(1)frighten sb.into doing sth.吓得某人做某事frighten sb.out of doing sth.吓得某人不做某事(2)frightened adj.害怕的；受到惊吓的be frightened at/by对害怕，被吓坏了be frightened to do sth.做而害怕(3)frightening adj.令人恐惧的，可怕的(4)fright n恐惧，害怕The man frightened the old lady into signing the paper.那个人恐吓那位老妇人，使她签了字据。The old man picked up a stone and threw at the dog to frighten it away.为了把狗吓走，这位老人捡起了一块石头朝它扔去。The little girl was frightened by the big dog.小女孩被那只大狗给吓坏了。His frightening look frightened the little girl.他令人害怕的样子吓坏了这个小姑娘。1.Write a summary of the passage. 2.Write a composition about your trip. .