My First Ride on a Train

Reading comprehension

No 6 Senior High School of Rizhao Chen Feng

• 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 20 million. Most of its people live in the east of the country by the sea. 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 well known all over the world.The 2000 Olympic Games were held in Sydney.

Sydney

Alice Springs

How will you go from Sydney to Alice Springs?

What will you do if you take a long journey?

• sleep/eat/play (cards…)

• listen to music/read books

• take photos/ enjoy the beautiful music

Read the passage and find• the information about the writer (Para 1)• Alice Springs (Para 1)• the time they spent on the train (Para 1)• the thing they were impressed with (Para 2)• what she did during the train (Para 3)• the reason why camels were used (Para 4& 5)• the end (Para 6)

What’s the passage about?

• a train ride to Sydney

• taking the train to Australia

• travelling to the central part of Australia

• a child visiting her grandmother

Discussion• What sort of people do you think travel on the

Ghan train?

• What kind of towns and villages do you think the train passed?

Homework• Re-read the passage after class;

• Write a short passage about what you would do if you take a long journey on a train