Module3MyFirstRideonaTrainWesternWesternAustraliaAustraliaNorthernNorthernTerritoryTerritorySouthSouthAustraliaAustraliaNewSouthNewSouthWalesWalesQueenslandQueenslandVictoriaVictoria(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)1.WhichisAustralia’sflag?WhatdoyouknowaboutAustralia?Australiawasdiscoveredabout53,000yearsago.ItispossiblethatthefirstpeoplecrossedintoAustraliafromAsiaongreatlandbridgewhenthewateraboveoftheoceanswaslower.In1901,theCommonwealthofAustraliawasformed,withCanberraasitscapital.Englishisitsofficiallanguage.ItsflagshowstheUKflagandalargestarwithsevenpoints.Australiaisfamousforitsanimalssuchaskangaroosandkoalas.Capitalcity--CanberraSydneyMelbourneTheGreatBarrierBeefKangaroos---largeanimalsjumpaboutontwolegscarryingtheiryounginastomachpocketAustraliannativedog---DingoKoala-bearsclimbingtreesTheduck-billedplatypusisanegg-layingmammal.WhatAustraliananimalsdoyouknowabout?Listentothetapeandchoosethemainideaofthispassage.achildvisitinghergrandmotheratrainridetoSydneytakingthetraintoAustraliatravelingtothecentralpartofAustraliaHowmanypartscanwedividethepassageinto?Whatiseachabout?Paragraph1Shetellswhenandwheretheirtraveltookplace.Paragraphs2-3Shedescribesthesceneryofallthejourney.Threeparts.Paragraphs4-6SheexplainstheoriginoftheGhantrainandthemeansoftransportfortravelingalongdistanceinthepast.Listenandputthemintherightorder.•Camelsweretrainedtocarrysuppliesbackfromthecentralpart.•Camelswereshotbecauseofthenewrailwaylinebuiltbythegovernment.•TheyboughtcamelsfromAfghanistan.•Australiansneededawaytothecentralcountry.•Theytriedridinghorses,butfailed.45312Readthepassageagaincarefullyandanswerthequestions.1.DidAlicetravelonthetrainalongtimeago?2.WasherdestinationonthecoastofAustralia?No.Shetravelledonthetrainrecently.No,itwasAliceSpringsinthecentreofAustralia.3.Wasthescenerythesameduringthewholejourney?4.Didshestudywhileshewasonthetrain?No.Atfirsttherewerefields,andthenitwasthedesert.Yes.ShestudiedChinese.5.DidtheAustraliansusehorsestotraveltothecentralpartofthecountry?6.Dotheystillusecamelstodelivergoods?Yes,theydidsoatfirst,butthehorsesdidn’tlikethehotweather.No.Theyusethetrainnow.
