Module Three My First Ride on

a Train

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taxi plane motorbike

train tram bus

vehicle [C]

traffic [U]

1. match 匹配 , 配套 , 相称；火柴；比赛 match…to/with… 把…和…搭配起来Do not say that one thing “matches to” or “matches with” another. Say that one thing matches another or that two things match. match （大小 / 色调 / 形状 / 性质等）搭配 suit ( 颜色 / 款式 / 口味 / 性格 / 条件 / 地位）适合 fit （大小 / 尺寸 / 号码 / 形状）吻合 meet 满足（条件或需要） satisfy 符合（要求）

① His clothes don’t ______ his age.

② Does the time ______ you?

③ The new coat ______ her well. It is neither too big nor too small.

④ Which day _______ you, Saturday or Sunday?

match

suit

fits

suits

—How about eight o’clock? ( 04)—That __ me fine.A. fits B. meets C. satisfies D. suits

D

2. more than 比…多 over [ 反 ] less than

非常 very ；不仅仅 not only

more… than… 与其…不如…

no more than 都不 ; 仅仅 , 只有 only

not more than 不如 ; 至多 , 不超过 at most

no less than 多达 as many/much as

not less than 至少 , 不少于 at least

1. The man we met just now is no more than a secretary.

2. Laro is not more careful than you are.

3. They are no more scientists than we are.

4. The new book is not more expensive than the old one.

仅仅

不如…

与…同样不

不如…

5. She is no more beautiful than Dongshi.

6. She is not more beautiful than Gongli.

7. Pan Changjiang is no taller than Wu Dalang.

8. Liuxiang is not taller than Yaoming.

都不

不如

都不

不如

9. He is more brave than wise. 与其…不如…

10. English Weekly is more than a

newspaper, it helps us improve our

English. 不仅仅

11. They were more than glad to help. 很，非常

3. means 方法；手段；工具（单复数同） a/every/one means + v. 第三人称单数 many/all means + v. 复数 Every means has been tried but there’s no result. All means are not successful. means of transport mean to do mean doing meaning un./cn.

by this means 通过这种办法 = in this way/with this method by all means   当然；务必 ; 勿论如何by any means 用一切可能的方法或手段 by means of   使用；通过；借助于They succeeded by means of patience and sacrifice.他们靠耐心和牺牲而取得了成功。by no means   绝不：一点也不She is by no means poor: in fact, she's quite rich.

4. refer to(1)I’m not referring to you.

(2)There are a lot of references you can

refer to.

(3)Don’t refer to the matter again.

指的是 ; 指…而言

查阅；参考

提及 , 提到=mention

1.The girl referred to ______ well.

A. singing B. sing C. sings D. sang

2.The professor ____ at the meeting will give us a lecture next week. A. referred B. referred to C. referring D. referring to

AUSTRALIAAUSTRALIA

Map of Australia

Area7,692,000 km2

Olympic Stadium

Harbour Bridge

People

Population: 21.7m (Mar 2009 est.)

Where do you think most of the peoplelive, in the central part of the country or on the coast? 特殊疑问词 + do you think + 陈述句结构 How many books do you think there are

in our school library? Where do you think they should go?(1) 不能用 yes 或 no 来回答这样的特殊疑问

句，应用完整的句子来回答。 I think they’d better go to Shanghai 。 我认为他们最好去上海。

(2) 位于句首的特殊疑问词如果不是该句的主语，一定要注意该句的语序。Where do you think they should go? 你认为他们该去哪儿 ? (Where 不是该句主语 ) Who do you believe is right? 你认为谁对 ? (Who 是该句主语 )

(3) 适用于以上插入语的常用动词还有think, believe, suppose, imagine, guess, say, consider, suggest 等。 When do you suppose he’ll be back?

Translate the following sentences into English:Translate the following sentences into English:

1.1. 你认为他多大了你认为他多大了 ??

2.2. 你猜我们的语文老师在干什么你猜我们的语文老师在干什么 ??

3.3. 你认为谁在踢足球你认为谁在踢足球 ??

How old do you think he is?

What do you guess our Chinese teacher is doing?

Who do you think are playing football?

I haven’t heard from Henry for a long time. What do you suppose ____ to him?A. was happening B. to happenC. has happened D. had happened

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______ be sent to work there? (02SH) A. Who do you suggest B. Who do you suggest that should C. Do you suggest who should D. Do you suggest whom should

do you suggest 是插入短语，剩下的句子就是一个特殊疑问句，一般的说法就是 Who should be sent to work there? 主语就是疑问代词 who, 不用再加 that, 另外 suggest 引导的宾语从句 , 从句用虚拟语气 , 谓语动词用should + 动词原形 , should 可以省略 .

My First Ride on a Train

1.It was the first time that Alice had her ride on a long-distance train.2.Alice Springs is in the east of Australia.3.The train is called the Ghan because of horses from Afghanistan.4.The train was comfortable, but the food cooked by experts was bad.5.In the 1920s, people used camels to carry food and other supplies.6.Alice talked to other passengers, read books, listened to music and so on.

Try to find out the main idea or topic sentence of each paragraph.Para 1:

Para 2:Para 3:Para 4:Para 5:Para 6:

I had my first ride on a long-distance train

The scenery along the railwayHow did I spend the time in the train?Why is the train called Ghan?Things about the camels

The fate of the camels nowadays

1. Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?

2. Was her destination on the coast of Australia?

3. Was the scenery the same during the whole journey?

4. Did she study while she was on the train?5. Did the Australians use horses to travel to

the central part of the country?6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods?

1.Did Alice travel on the train a long time ago?

2.Was her destination on the coast of Australia?

3.Was the scenery the same during the whole journey?

No . She travelled on the train recently.

No, it was Alice Springs in the central part of Australia.

No, at the first there were fields , then it was desert.

4. Did she study while she was on the train?

5. Did the Australians use horses to travel to the central part of the country?

6. Do they still use camels to deliver goods?

Yes, she studied Chinese.

Yes , at first , but the horses didn’t like the hot weather.

No, they use the train now.

Alice, an __________ girl, ___________ Sydney, Australia.Recently, ___________ a friend she had her first ____ on a ____________ train. They spent two days and nights on the _______ Ghan train.

18-year-oldcomes from

together withlong- distance

famous

ride

Read the first paragraph:

The meals ______ by experts were great and the _______ was very ________.They first saw fields ____ dark red soil, and then the _____. There were even some _________ farms ____ more than a hundred years ago.

cookedscenery

colourful

desertwith

abandonedbuilt

Read the second paragraph:

During the day, she ___ by the window, ____________ it, reading books or _______ to some cassettes. _______, she watched the stars ______ like diamonds.

satlooking out of

At nightshining

listening

Read the third paragraph:

The reason _____the train is called the Ghan is that ______ camels from Afghanistan ____ once _______ carry food and other supplies. ___________, a new railway line was built and the camels _______needed _________.

whytrained

were used toIn the 1920s

weren’t any more

Read the last three paragraphs:

1. My first ride on the train. ride n. 骑马或乘车等旅行 v. ride—rode—ridden give sb. a ride 让某人搭车 1) Let’s go for a ride in a car. 2) Can I have/take a ride on your bike? 3) What a (wonderful) ride (it is) ! =How wonderful the ride is! ride a bicycle / horse / motorbike

2. Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train. recently 常用于过去时或现在完成时1) He has been ill until recently. 2) The accident happened quite recently.3) I haven’t seen her recently. recent a. 近来的（不指未来） the recent period in Chinese history The way of life has changed greatly in recent years.

Have you finished the exercises given by Ms Li? The boy standing there is my brother.

3. We ate great meals cooked by experts! （过去分词短语做后置定语） … 方面的专家 be expert in/at/on … adj. be an expert on/in n. 比尔盖茨是个电脑高手。

Bill Gates is an expert in computer.

1. Do you know the woman (who is) talking to Tom?

2. Who are those people waiting outside?3. There were some children (who were)

swimming in the river.4. I didn’t talk to the man (who is) sitting

next to me.5.The boy injured (=who was injured) in

the accident was taken to hospital.

6.Some of the people invited (=who was invited) to the party can’t come.

7.Most of the goods made (=which are made) in the factory are exported.

8. The window broken in the storm has now been repaired.

9. Have you finished the exercises given by Mr. Li?

10.The teacher is a very enthusiastic woman called Mrs. Shen.

1. 我妈做的饭很好吃。 The food __________________ is very nice.

2. 我们住在去年建的楼里。 We live in a building ____________.

cooked by my mother

built last year

Most of the artists _________ to the party were from South Africa.A. invited B. to invite C. being invited D. had been invited

A

4. For the first hundred kilometers of the journey, the scenery was very colorful. scenery un. （自然风景 / 景色） 1) Have you seen the scenery of the Alps? 2) The scenery is beautiful around here. scene cn. （某一特定环境呈现的）景色 （也指具体的 / 人活动的）情景 / 实况 1) The old man running after the dog made a very amusing scene. 2) There were distressing scenes when the earthquake occurred.

5. Camels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance. 下列几种可用来修饰形容 / 副词的比较级 1) much, even, far, some, any, still, a lot, a little, a great deal 2) a head taller three years older 3) one more chair two more weeks

If there were no exams, we should have ___ at school. A. the happiest time B. a more happier time C. much happiest time D. a much happier time

6. supply v. 提供，供给supply sb with sth = supply sth to sb

1)They supplied the homeless children with food and clothing.2) They supplied food and clothing to the homeless children.

All the rooms are ___ with electric light. A. supplied B. given C. offered D. burnt (99 上海 )

7. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s/1920’s. (20 世纪 20 年代 ) 在…世纪…年代（必须加 the ） in the 2000s/2000’s 在 21 世纪 in the 1960s/1960’s 在 20 世纪 60 年代

在某人十几 / 二十几 / 三十几……九十几岁in one’s teens/twenties/thirties…nineties当马克思五十几岁时，他发现研究俄国形势很重要。When Marx was in his fifties, he found it important to study the situation in Russia.

It is not rare in ___ that people in ___ sixties are going to universityfor further education. (99SH)A. 90s; the B. the 90’s; /C. 90’s; their D. the 90s; their

8. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didn’t need the camels any more. （不再…） no more = not …any more 表示动作不再重复出现，与短暂动词连用 no longer = not …any longer 表示动作不再延续，和延续性动词连用 Ever since then, such accident has no more appeared. They will not talk with each other any longer.

—Excuse me, is this Mr. Brown’s office?—I’m sorry, but he ____ work here ____. He left about 3 weeks ago. A. not, now B. didn’t, no more C. doesn’t, any more D. doesn’t, any longer

D

9. allow/permit/forbid doing sth allow/permit/forbid sb to do sth Look at the following: Which is wrong?1)They don’t allow smoking in the room.2)They don’t allow people to smoke in the reading room.3) People are not allowed to smoke in...4) Smoking is not allowed in the room.5) They don’t allow to smoke in the room.