Writing教学实录与评析

Book 1 Module 3 My First Ride on a Train

Fast reading

1.What's the passage about? A. a train ride to Sydney

B. taking the train to Australia C. travelling to the central part of Australia

D. a child visiting her grandmother 2.Match each paragraph with their main ideas.

Para 1:a.The scenery along the railway Para 2:b.Why is the train called Ghan? Para 3:c.Things about the camels Para 4:d.How I spent the time on the train Para 5:e.The fate of the camels nowadays

Para 6:f.I had my first ride on a long-distance train 3. Divide the passage into 3 parts part 1. （Para.1）general introduction to the trip part 2. （Para.2,3）the experiences on the train

part 3. （Para.4,5,6）changes of the means of transport Careful reading

Read the passage again and answer the questions 1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago? Recently Alice travelled on a long-distance train. 2. Was her destination on the coast of Australia? Her destination was the central part of Australia. 3. What was the route of her journey? How much distance did it cover? From Sydney to Alice Springs.

More than 4000 kilometers. 4. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey? It was not the same during the whole journey. 5. Did she study while she was on the train? She read books and listened to her Chinese cassettes while she was on the train. 6. Why is the train called the Ghan? Ghan was short for Afghanistan, and the Ghan train is named in memory of the Afghanistan camels that carried things to the central part of Australia. 7. Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country? The Australians used camels to travel to the central part of the country. 8. Do they still use camels to deliver goods? They don’t use camels to deliver goods now.

Read the passage again and choose the best answer

1. From the text , we can know the author ___ A.was quite satisfied with her journey

B.has never been on a train

C.went on her first ride by herself

D.is studying in China

2.The sentence “And what a ride!”in the first paragraph means that_____. A.the writer enjoyed the long journey B. the writer was made too tired from the long journey C. that was a long and dangerous journey D. he had nothing to see but desert 3.Australians used camels instead of horses,because_____. A.horses didn’t like the hot weather and sand

B.they bought some camels from Afghanistan C.camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance D.both A and C 4.The writer talks a lot about camels, because_____. A.camels are of great use in travelling and quite helpful for man B.she was planning to travel in a camel with her friend soon C.readers are often interested in stories about animals D.the writer wanted to explain why the train was called Ghan 5.What is the literary form(文体)? A. exposition

B. argumentation C. narration

D. description After reading

Alice,

an

18-year-old girl, comes from Sydney, Australia. Recently (recent) she had her first ride on a train. The meals cooked (cook)by experts were great and the scenery was very colorful (color).They first saw fields

with dark red soil, and then the desert and abandoned (abandon) farms. During the day, she sat by the window, looking (look) out of it, reading books or listening to some cassettes. At night, the stars shone (shine) like diamonds.The reason why the train is called Ghan is that camels from Afghanistan were once used to carry food and other supplies(supply). Later, people were allowed to shoot(shoot) camels if they were a problem. Now the train called Ghan is still in service.

A friend and I travelled from Sydney to Alice Springs, ____is in the middle of Australia. We __

_(spend) two days and nights on the train. The train was wonderful and we enjoy great meals

(cook)by experts. The scenery was _____(color) for the first few hundred kilo-metres of the journey. _______, after that, it was desert. It looked ___ a place from another time.we took the train______(call) Ghan. Ghan is short ___ Afghanistan. The Afghans used_______(train)camels to carry food and supplies until the 1920s.

_____ an exciting ride !

who

Alice Thompson when

recently where

From Sydney to Alice Springs

what

had her first ride

how

by train

Name of the train

Ghan how far

four thousand kilometres time on the train

two days and nights

Write a few lines about your traveling experiences on a postcard sharing with your friend.

topics My first family holiday

My first train ride

The most unusual journey I’ve made

The best journey of my life

Discuss：The purpose of traveling

1. go sightseeing

观光旅游

2.broaden one’s horizons 开阔眼界

enrich your knowledge

experience something new\exciting

3.relax oneself

relieve anxiety 舒缓焦虑