My First Ride on a Train第一课时一、学习目标 (1) To master some key words, phrases and sentences in the text; (2) To get the main idea of the passage and improve the ability to read.(3) To know something about Australia.二、重点领悟1. Learn and master the following wordsabandoned ;expert; passenger; product; scenery; supply; train; not … any more ; look like ;get off; get on ; be short for.2. To know something about traveling to the central part of Australia.三、自主梳理Pre-task Brainstorming Try to bring out as many words about transportation as possible. Task-cycle Learn different verbs and nouns about traveling. Activity 1 Matching ( 1 ) Activity 2 Put me in the right place! A: Draw a picture with road, rails, water and clouds on the blackboard. Put different vehicles in the right position on the picture. B: Ask and answer Qs in (2) according the picture.四、学法引领 Task 2: Describe Australia ( 25m )—Reading & vocabularyPre-task: Search information about Australia before classTask-cycle: Australia Activity 1 Brain-storming (words about Australia)Activity 2 Talking ( 1 ) A: Talk about the pictures on P22 + things about the country brought by SsB: Get questions in (1) solved C: Dialogue between “Australians” and “tourists” Report to all1 Activity 3 Vocabulary ( Part ) A: Choose the words which you think can be used to describe a train trip to Australia from the list shown on the screen (a dictionary is recommended) B: Match the words with pictures (camels, cassette, desert, diamonds, sand, soil) C: Choose a word in the blanket to match the underlined part in a passage (2) Not long ago, I had a wonderful trip to Hainan. It’s not an area of dry land, because it’s surrounded by...