Listening and vocabulary评课稿

Reading and vocabulary:

My first ride on a train

Learning aim: Practise fast reading and careful reading skills. Difficult and Important points: Questions about the reading and language points Step1: Study Map of Australia (Activity 1 on P22), and finish facts about Australia. 1. Australia is made up of 6 states and 2 territories. The 6 states include_____ and the 2 territories are Northern Territory and Australia Capital Territory. 2.

population: more than 24 million

capital city: Canberra Australia has a population of about 25 million

with Canberra as its capital. 3. The major cities are ____, most of which are located on the ____ and ____ coast.

We can infer from the above sentences that most people live on the coast. Step2: Study three pictures about Australia. Kangaroo•

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platypus

Answer the question: What can we infer from the 3 pictures? 1. From Picture1 we can infer

that Australia is surrounded by water, with the Indian Ocean to its west and the Pacific Ocean its east. 2. Picture2 shows that Australia is home to some animals, including kangaroos, loala bears and platypus. 3. We can infer from Picture3 that desert covers a large area in this country. On the map we can find out 5 deserts. Step3: Reading and vocabulary 一、

Find out the main idea of each paragraph, then divide them into some parts and tell the main idea of each part. eg: I divide the passage into __ parts. Part1 includes Para_____, which mainly talks about ___.

Parts and main idea I divide the passage into __ parts.

1. Para1 is Part1, which is a general introduction of Alice's journey. 2. Part2 includes Para2, which mainly talks about scenery along the journey. 3. Part3 includes Para3, which mainly talks about the writer's activities on board.

4. The rest is Part4, which mainly talks about the history of means of transport

to the central part of Australia. 二、

Details about the journey. 1. The starting place is ____ and the destination is _____ . 2. How long did the whole journey cover? 3. Describe the scenery along the journey. colorful scenery with green fields and dark red soil→

desert→

wildness with abandoned farms.

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In a word, the scenery was changeable along the journey. 4. What did Alice do on the train? She read books and listened to Chinese cassettes, also she watched the scenery along the journey. 三、What can we infer from the following sentences? 1. We saw abandoned farm which were built more than a hundred years ago. 2. The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the day. 3. I read books and listened to my Chinese cassettes. 4. The sky shone like damonds. 5. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products. 四、

Deeper understanding Did Alice enjoy

or hate the journey?

Find out supporting words or sentences for your answer. 1. The train was wonderful and food was great. 2. We ate great meals cooked by experts.(Think about food provided on trains and planes nowadays) 3. The scenery was very colourful. 4. The train was comfortable and the people were nice. 5. The sky shone like damonds. 五、Put the following facts in order A. Trained camels carried food and supplies. B. Australians needed a way to the middle of Australia. C. They brought camels from Afghanistan. D

They tried riding horses , but failed. E. A new railway line was built by the government •

BDCAE 六、Language points. 1.

on a long-distance train 2. right in the middle of Australia 3.

right=exactly eg: She is right behind the boy. 4. We ate great meals cooked by experts! =that/which were cooked by experts We saw abandoned farms （which were built more than a hundred years ago）. =farms which/that were abandoned =built more than a hundred years ago. For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies,... =camels which/that were trained More -ed examples 兴奋的表

an excited look

一颗破碎的心a broken heart

二手自行车a used bicycle

坏了的窗户broken windows

开水boiled water

一个名叫Tom的男孩

a boy called/named Tom 一本路遥写的小说

a novel written by Lu Yao

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一扇被我打坏窗户

a window broken by me 一所去年修的医院a hospital

built last year •

conclusion: 单个

ed分词放在被

修饰词前，

ed短语在被

修饰词后

5. Ghan is short for Afghanistan. RMB, VIP, USA, PRC USA is short for the United States of America. PRC is short for the People's Republic of China。

be short of 6. in the 1920s =in the 1920's 1). She was born in 1975. = She was born in the 1970s. 中华人民共和国创建于２０世纪４０年代。

The People's Republic of China was set up in the 1940s. 我们生活在21世纪。

We are living in the 2000s/2000’s.

2). She was born in 1975.

Now she is over (more than) 40 years old =She is in her 40s.

We are in our teens. 7. The soil was dark red. dark green / blue 8. 白天，

半夜

during the day, at midnight 9. They tried riding horses.

try doing / try to do/try sth. 1). S1--- I have had a bad cold for some days and the medicine didn't work well. S2--- Why not try ____ (eat) some fruits? Maybe it will work well. S1--- Ok, and I will also try ___ (take) as much exercise as possible. 2). 你品尝过北京烤鸭吗？好吃么？

Have you ever tried Beijing duck? Is it delicious? 10. 颁布法律，

犯法，

遵守法律

pass a law

break the law

obey the law 11. They passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals. 我们学校不允许学生抽烟。

Our school doesn't allow students to smoke. 我们学校不允许抽烟。

Our school doesn't allow smoking. Conclusion: allow sb. to do sth. allow doing 同义词peimit反义词forbid

12.Trained animals carried food and other supplies. 1). water supply, food supply, power supply (n) 2). (v)Our school supplies food to us. =Our school supplies

with food. Our school provides food for us. =Our school provide us with food.

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He offered me a good position. =He offered a good position to me. Conclusion：

13. Where do you think most of the people

live, in the central part of the country or on the coast?

特殊疑问词

+ do you think + 陈述句结构

你认为他喜欢什么？

What do you think she likes? 你认为他们在干什么？

What do you think they are doing? Step4: Review the language points. Step5: Homework: Retell the story

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