2014-2015学年高中英语（云南）同步教案【2】：M3 My First Ride on a Train（外研版必修1）
Period Two
The General Idea of This Period
In this period, we’re going to read a passage about My First Ride on a Train. We’ll finish the five activities on P22-24. Let the Ss answer the questions about Australia and match some words with these definitions. Get the general idea of this passage. Answer and discuss some questions.
Teaching Aims
1. Learn and master some words. 2. Train the student’s reading ability. 3. Tell the students something about Australia. 4. To know something about traveling to the central part of Australia.
Teaching Important Points
1. How to grasp the general idea of the passage. 2. Know something about Australia.
Teaching Difficult Point How to improve the student’s reading ability.
Teaching Methods
1. Fast reading and careful reading to improve the students reading ability.
2. Pair or group work to make every student work in class.
3. Discussion to help the students grasp the detailed information.
Teaching Aids the blackboard
Teaching Procedures
Step 1 Lead-in （ Greet the whole class as usual.）
T: Good morning! Everyone! The weather in this month is very nice. It’s the best time to travel. Do you like travel? Have you ever been to Australia?
Today let’s learn something about Australia.
Background：
Australia, the largest country in Oceania, lies on the south coast of the Pacific. It covers an area of 7.6 million square kilometers. It has a population of over 10 million. Most of its people live in the east of the country by the sea. Mountain ranges run from north to south along the east coast, reaching their highest point in Mount Kosciusko(科修斯科山). The Great Barrier Reef, extending about 2,000 km, lies along the northeast coast. The island of Tasmania is off the southeast coast. Canberra, the capital of Australia, is a beautiful city. Sydney is the biggest city in Australia, which has many places of interest. The Opera House is wellknown all over the world. Sydney Opera House is the busiest performing arts center(表演艺术中心) in the world, averaging some 3,000 events a year with audiences totalling some two million, operating 24 hours a day, every day of the year except Christmas Day and Good Friday(耶稣受难节).
Questions：
1．Which city in Australia is the capital city? Canberra.
2．Where do the Australians live? In the east of the country by the sea.
Step 2 Presentation ( Ask Ss to look at the pictures in Activity1 on P22.)
T: Now, open your books at Page 22, let’s come to Australia. Please read the pictures firstly.
T: What do you call it? S: A Kangaroo.
T: Where does it live? Do you know? .S: In Australia, of course.
T: Do you know about more Australian animals? What are they?
S: Yes. Such as Koala(苏袋熊), platypus(鸭嘴兽), echidna(针鼹鼠) and dingo (澳洲野犬).
T: Yes, very good. some of these animals are marsupials, that is, the mother keeps the baby in a pouch on her stomach. What’s more, in Australia, there are some special plants, such as eucalyptus (桉树).
T: Do you know the name of the capital city? S: Canberra.
T: Do you know how many people live there? S: About 20 million.
T: What do you think the central part of the country is like? S: Desert.
T: Where do you think most of the people live, in the central part or on the coast?
S: On the east/southeast coast.
T: Now, you’ve known much about Australia.
Step 3 Word Study ( Show them on the Bb.)
T: Before read the text, let’s first look at the words in Activity 2. Match some of the words in the box with the 6 definitions. If you are not sure, turn to your dictionary for help.
1. Read through the words, make sure the students understand the words, correctly pronounce.
2. Go through the “learning to learn box” with the students.
Step 4 Learning to Read
T: Now, please listen carefully more information about Australia, and learn more about it.
Australia is 7,686,850 square km, with 25,760 km of coastline. It is the 6th largest country in the world, but has a relatively small population, because much of the central and western part of the country is uninhabitable (不宜居住的), being desert. There are 19,731,984 people (July 2003 estimate) living there. Of these, 6.2 million live in New South Wales, and 3,789,000 live in Sydney, 3.3million in Melbourne, 1.5million in Brisbane, and only 313,000 in the Capital, Canberra. 85% of the population occupy 1% of the land! There are 386,049 aborigines (土著居民) living there, they are the indigenous people (原住民) of Australia.
The climate is variable. The center and west is arid desert (干草荒漠) and semi desert, the south and east is temperate (温和的) and the north is tropical (炎热的). The lowest point is Lake Eyre(15m below sea level) and the highest point is Mount Kosciusko(2229m above sea level). 6.86% of the land is arable (适于耕种的).
The country is divided into 6 states (New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia) and 2 territories (Australian Capital Territory, Northern Territory).
Step 5 Fast-reading
T: Open your books at Page 23, listen to the tape carefully, or read the text yourselves and try to find out the main idea of this text,
1. Choose the answer in Activity 3.
2. Find out what main idea each paragraph is about.
( my first ride on a long-distance train,
the food and scenery,
the passenger and my activities,
the origin and development of Ghan train )
3. Topic sentence of each paragraph.
Para. 1 I had my first ride on a long-distance train
Para. 2 The train was wonderful and the food was great.
Para. 3 The train was comfortable and the people were nice.
Para. 4 Why is the train called the Ghan?
Para. 5 They used camels to carry goods.
Para. 6 telling facts
4. Guide Ss to find out the structure of the passage.
Step 6 Careful-reading
Activity 1: get the students to read by themselves carefully then give some questions to answer.
1. Read through the questions and make sure that the students understand them.
2. Ask students to do the activity individually, then check the answers with the students.
keys: 1. No, she traveled on the train recently.
2. No, Alice travelled to/in the centre of Australia.
3. No, at 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.
Activity 2: Arrange the sentences in the right order according to the text.
a. Camels were trained to carry supplies back from the central part.
b. Camels were shot because of the new railway line built by the government.
c. They brought camels from Afghanistan.
d. Australians needed a way to the central country.
e. They tried riding horses, but failed. key: d e c a b
Activity 3: 处理报纸上的配套练习
Step 7 Discussion 或处理Workbook 上P81-83文章并完成Activities 8-9
Put the students into groups to discuss the question.
Q1: What sort of people do you think travel on the Ghan train?
Fill in the form (If the train can hold 40 people).
Q2: What kind of towns and villages do you think the train passed?
First find out cities, such as Sydney, Alice Springs, then let Ss describe the route of the
train movements.(to the west, turn north, to the east)
Additional topic:
Teacher give the tips for traveling abroad, whether you are traveling overseas for business, pleasure or study, the best way to ensure a carefree and relaxing trip is to prevent problems before they happen. The more you learn about passports, visas, customs, and other travel basics, the less likely you are to have difficulties during your travels.
Think after class:
1. What will you prepare before you go?
2. While you are on the way, how to deal with the unexpected?
3. Safety tips given while you are on the way?
Step 8 Summary and Homework
Today we have learned something more about “My First ride on the Train”, we have known something about it, now homework for today.
1. Read the passage again and again.
2. Find out the phrases of the passage.
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