The Third PeriodThe General Idea of This PeriodIn this period, were going to learn the language points of the passage, Ill explain some difficult sentences, give the usages of some useful phrases, another purpose is to enable the students to grasp the passage better.Teaching Aims1. Learn and master the following words and expressions: abandoned, a long distance, try doing, Ghan, Afghanistan, be short for, until the 1920s,not.any longer, allow sb. to do, get phrase, look out of, one night, at midnight2. Train the students reading abilityTeaching Important Points1. Improve the students reading ability.2. Enable the students to understand the text better.3. Master the following phrases: have ones ride on a long-distance trainlong-distanceWhat a ride!look likelook out oftry doingbe short fornot untilthe 1920snot.any moreTeaching Difficult PointsMaster the sentence structures: 1. Recently, I had my first ride on a long distance train.2. We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, night in the middle of Australia, more than.away3. We ate great meals cooked by experts!4. They didnt need the camels any more.Teaching Methods1. Discussion before reading to make students interested in traveling and the first ride on a train.2. Fast reading to get the general idea of the text.3. Careful reading to get some detailed information.4. Explanations to the language points.Teaching Aids1. a computer 2. a tape recorder3. some picturesTeaching ProceduresStep 1 GreetingGreet the whole class as usual.Step 2 RevisionT: Yesterday we learnt some new words, now lets have a dictation. Please take out a piece of paper and write them on it.(The teacher ask the students to hand in their papers.)Step 3 Pre-readingT: Nowadays, travel is becoming more and more popular, especially, many young people like travel. What about you?Please look at the questions on the screen and discuss them in groups.(Teacher use the multimedia to show the questions on the screen.)1. Do you like travel? Why or why not?2. Where would you most like to travel? Why?3. Have you ever tried any travel on a train? (The teacher gives the students five minutes to discuss and call back the answers from the students.)Suggested answers: S: Yes, I like travel. I would most like to travel to some places of interest, to the forest or to the mountain. Because，I want to see the famous places or enjoy the beautiful scene in nature.S: Id like to travel to North China very much. Because I want to visit the places of great interest, I want to visit the universities there, such as Beijing University, and I like to take a train to enjoy the scenery on its way.T: OK.I also like travel, last year, I went to Beijing by plane. That was my first time to travel by plane, I was very happy and excited. And two years ago, I traveled to Harbin by train. That was the first long journey with my family. It took us 30 hours to be on a train.Step 4 ReadingT: Today, well learn the text “My First Ride on a Train” and well know something about it. I know youre all interested in it. Now, please open your books at Page 23.Read the passage quickly, then tell me whats the passage about.(Show the possible answers on the screen.)Tell the students to choose the best one as soon as possible.A: a train ride to SydneyB: taking the train to AustraliaC: traveling to the central part of AustraliaD: a child visiting her grandmotherT: Look at the screen. Li Lei, whats your opinion?S: I think C is correct.T: Yes, very good! Thank you!Answer me a simple question:Q1: Did Alice travel on the train a long time?S: No, she didnt.Q2: How do you know about this answer?S: Because there is a word “recently” in the second sentence.T: Yes, youre right, we may change it like this: Recently Alice traveled on a long-distance train.Step 5 Careful Reading1. Play the tape again and tell the students to listen carefully then answer the following questions: (The teacher shows them on the screen.)1. Whats Alices destination?2. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey?3. What did she do while she was on the train?4. What did the Australians use to travel to the central part of the country?5. They dont use camels to deliver goods now, do they?2. Ask the students to listen and read it carefully, then ask the questions in pairs or individually work.Suggested answers: 1. Her destination was the central part of Australia.2. No, it wasnt.3. She read books and listened to her Chinese cassettes while she was on the train.4. The Australia used camels to travel to the central part of the country.5. No, they dont.Step 6 Language PointsT: Now youve known the main idea of the passage. Now listen to the tape paragraph by paragraph. Meanwhile, find out the important phrases and difficult sentence.(After a while.) Teacher asks three students to point them out in each paragraph, teacher writes them on the blackboard.have ones first rideon a long-distance trainWhat a ride!get onget offget intoget out ofspend.on.look likemore thanduring the daylook out ofat midnighttry doingbe short ofmore than the 1920snot.any moreallow sb. to do.1. We spend two days and nights on the train.2. What a ride!3. We ate great meals cooked by experts!4. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.5. They didnt need the camels any more.Step 7 PracticeT: Now put the phrases into Chinese and try to make a sentence with each of them.(The teacher asks the students to make sentences before the class and gives the examples on the screen.)1.Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train.不久前，我第一次坐了長(zhǎng)途火車(chē)。（1）recently 最近，近來(lái)，通常與過(guò)去時(shí)、現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)連用。I havent seen her recently.我最近不曾遇到她。The accident happened quite recently.那次意外不久前才發(fā)生。He has been ill until recently.他最近一直生病。(2)long-distance 是復(fù)合詞（合成詞），其他復(fù)合詞表達(dá)法還有:復(fù)合形容詞duty-free, kind-hearted, absent-minded, good-looking, fast-paced復(fù)合動(dòng)詞baby-sit, aped-read, house-keep, about-turn, window-shop復(fù)合名詞birth-control, tug-of-war, speed-reading, daughter-in-law, air-raid2. And what a ride!一次多么美妙的乘車(chē)旅行！本句為感嘆句，主謂語(yǔ)被省略。全句為:What a (beautiful) ride it was!很多感嘆句是由 what 或how引起的。what修飾名詞；how修飾形容詞、副詞和動(dòng)詞。how后面所接的副詞、形容詞有時(shí)被省略。即（how +adj.(adv.)+名詞+動(dòng)詞）(1)What a lovely day(it is)!多么好的天氣！(2)What beautiful flowers they are!這些花多么漂亮！(3)What a pity you cant go!你不能去真可惜！(4)What a nice voice he has!他的嗓音多么甜潤(rùn)！(5)What wonders those students have done!How:(1)How fast he speaks!(2)How good of you!(3)How heavily its snowing! 多么大的雪！(4)How I wish I were young again! 我多么希望再年輕一次！(5)How beautiful (the ring is)!（這個(gè)戒指）多么漂亮??！(6)How high the kite is flying!那風(fēng)箏飛得多么高??！有時(shí)候，感嘆句可以由一些單詞或詞組組成。Dear me!A good idea!3. Suddenly, it looks like a place from another time.突然間，時(shí)空好像發(fā)生了轉(zhuǎn)變。(1)look like (vt.)看起來(lái)像She looks so much like her mother.她看起來(lái)很像她的母親。(2) 好像要Look at that dark cloud, it looks like rain.看看那烏云，好像要下雨。(3)看起來(lái)似乎=look as if(as though)4. I sat and looked out of the window.我坐在那兒看著窗外。look out (1) 查出；找出 (2) 當(dāng)心；注意You must look it out in the dictionary.look out of (1) 當(dāng)心；提防（2）尋找；注意（某人的出現(xiàn)）；留心找（某物）（3）美國(guó)人口語(yǔ)中有時(shí)表示“照顧”。英語(yǔ)中用法很活，其中要意思和用法如下:look 作動(dòng)詞，看、望、瞧（vi.）(1)單獨(dú)使用Look before you leap (proverb).He looked but saw nothing.I wasnt looking (at you ).Look and see how clever he is!(2)和介詞連用The artist looked at her with scorn.Look at the camera, please.The doctor looked at his injured hand.She look out her silver watch to look at the time.Ive got some picture books for you to look at.When George arrived home, his sister was looking at TV.Look at the boy run!5We got on in Sydney and we got off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia.我們?cè)谙つ嵘宪?chē)，在澳大利亞中部的艾麗斯普林斯下車(chē)。get on 上（車(chē)，船等）get off(從汽車(chē)，船，馬等)下來(lái)get out of 下（車(chē)）；從出去（不可用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)）get into 上車(chē)；進(jìn)入；坐進(jìn)（轎車(chē)，出租車(chē)）get.out off 從出去Get out of here! 滾出去（滾開(kāi)）！get a car out of the garage 把車(chē)從車(chē)庫(kù)開(kāi)出I got off(the bus) at the next bus stop.我在下一個(gè)公共汽車(chē)站下車(chē)。get.off(可分開(kāi)用)使人由下來(lái)6. They tried riding horses, but the horses didnt like the hot weather and sand.他們?cè)囍T馬，但那些馬不喜歡炎熱的天氣和沙漠。try to do (努力去做試行）(try ones best to do)try doing 試著做某事/嘗試；是想知道結(jié)果而嘗試著做做看。e. g. I will try to learn Japanese.我要設(shè)法學(xué)會(huì)日語(yǔ)。He tried cleaning the spot with alcohol.他試著用酒精擦拭那污跡。They tried to catch the bus, but they didnt.The students tried doing the experiment some other way.7. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.直到20世紀(jì)20年代，阿富汗和我們的駱駝還在做著這樣的工作。(1）the 1920s20世紀(jì)20年代the 1830s19世紀(jì)30年代the 60s60 年代in his 80s在他八十多歲的時(shí)候(2）until的不同用法:注意用在否定句中，“到 為止；直到才”，常與表示瞬間性動(dòng)作的動(dòng)詞連用。（before）The noise of the street didnt stop until midnight.街上的噪音一直到午夜才停止。It was not until today that it was made public.(用于強(qiáng)調(diào)句)那件事直到今天才被公布出來(lái)。表程度，直到程度；終于He practiced batting until he was tired out.他練習(xí)（棒球）打擊直到疲勞為止。比較下列句子:(1)It was not until he told me that I knew me.直到他告訴我，我才知道。(2)The children wont come home until it was dark.孩子們不到天黑不回家。8.So they didnt need the camels any more.(他們不再需要駱駝了)not.any more=no morenot.any longer=no longer這幾個(gè)短語(yǔ)可通用，但注意它們?cè)诰渲械奈恢米兓e is no longer/no more a child.=He is not a child any longer/more =He is not any longer/more a child.值得注意的是:表示某個(gè)動(dòng)作和狀態(tài)因?yàn)槟撤N因素而突然不再延續(xù)時(shí)，應(yīng)用no longer或not any longer。高考例題:（1）Excuse me, is this Browns office?Im sorry, but Mr Brown _works here. He left about three weeks ago.A. not nowB. no moreC. not stillD. no longer(2)Will you give this message to Mr white, please?Sorry, I cant, he_.A. doesnt any more work hereB. doesnt any longer here workC. doesnt work any more here D. doesnt work here any longer解析:1.D2.D.以上兩題空格所表示的動(dòng)作均出乎主人公意料，只能用no longer或not any longer。9. In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem.在1925年，他們通過(guò)了一項(xiàng)法律允許人們?nèi)ド鋼粢矮F。其中 which allowed people to shoot the animals.是定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞allow且句中which不可省略。再如:He lives in the room which faces to south.Step 8 Consolidation & ListeningT: Now listen to the tape again.This time you must pay attention to your pronunciation and intonation.(Teacher gives students a few minutes read the text aloud. At first, students do an exercise for consolidation.)Alice came from _, _.She was years old. Recently she had first ride on a train.They got on in and got off in _ _, right_ _ _ _Australia; _ _ _ _ kilometers away. They spent_ _ _ _ on the train.She _ _and_ _ her Chinese cassette when she was on the train.Suggested answers: Sydney, Australia, 18, long-distance, Ghan, Sydney, Alice Springs, in the middle of, more than four thousand, two days and nights, read books, listened toStep 9 Summary & HomeworkT: In this class, weve read passage about adventure travel. And weve learned something about my first ride on a train.1. After class you must read again and again.2. Read some passages about travel.Step 10 The Design of the Writing on the Blackboard.Module 3My First Ride on a TrainThe Third PeriodLanguage points1.reading 7.get on2. And what a ride! get off3.look like get into4.look out of. get out of5. try to do sth. 8.untiltry doing sth. 9.not.any more6.the 1920sStep 11 Activity and InquirystepsStudents ActingTeachers Organizing1Listen to the tapePlay the tape2Find out the useful expressionsGive some explanations3Read and fill in the blanksGive possible answersAfter class, write down the description in your exercises books and preview the reading text.