My First Ride on a Train教學案
剖析：match...with...把……與……相匹配。match在此作動詞,意為“找相似物或相配之物”;means是名詞,單復數同形,意為“手段;工具”;transport是不可數名詞,指“運輸,交通”;refer to 意為“指的是”;more than 意指“不僅僅是……”。
2.we got on in sydney and we got off in alice springs,right in the middle of australia,more than four thousand kilometers away.
我們在悉尼上車;正好在澳大利亞中部的艾麗斯斯普林斯下車。
剖析：get on指上(車、船、飛機等公共交通工具);get off下(車、船、飛機等公共交通工具);get into指上(非公共交通工具的汽車);get out of下(車)與get into相對應;in the middle of...在……中間;right在這里是副詞,表示“正好”;more than four thousand kilometers away作后置定語修飾alice springs。more than的意思是“超過”。
3.for the first few hundred kilometers of the journey,the scenery was very colourful.
對于前幾千米的旅程來 說,風景還是非常多彩的。
剖析：for the first few hundred kilometres of the journey是介詞短語,for的意思是“對……來說”,起限制范圍的作用;the first few+復數名詞,意為“前幾個……”,要注意few前面不要加不定冠詞;scenery是不可數名詞,意為“風景”。
4.suddenly,it looked like a place from another time.
突然間,看起來好像時空發生了改變。
剖析：it指籠統的環境;look like...看起來像……例如:
it looks like rain.
天看起來像是要下雨。
5.ghan is short for afghanistan.
ghan 是 afghanistan (阿富汗)的簡稱。
剖析：be short for是……的縮寫/簡稱。例如:
jim is short for james.
吉姆是詹姆士的簡稱。
6.camels were much better than horses for traveling a long distance.
對于行走很長的路程,駱駝比馬要好得多。
剖析：much作為程度副詞修飾比較級,常修飾比較級的程度副詞有much,many,a bit,a little,even,yet,still,no,not,far,by far等。a long distance是一個名詞短語,用作狀語。
7.the afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s.
直到20世紀20年代,阿富汗人和他們的駱駝還在做著這樣的工作。
剖析：until意為“直到”可作連詞,亦可作介詞。主句中要用延續性動詞;如果是瞬間動詞,要把它變成否定形式則可延續。常用結構: not...until...直到……才…… 例如:
they stayed in beijing until the end of august.
他們一直待在北京直到八月末。
he didn’t understand what i was talking about until i told him again.
直到我再次告訴他他才明白我說的是什么。
8.i remember the day my father tried to teach me how to ride a bicycle.
我還記得那一天,我父親盡力教我騎自行車。
剖析：my father tried to teach me how to ride a bicycle是定語從句,引導詞when在口語中可省略;how to ride屬“疑問詞+to do”句式,在句中可作主語,賓語和表語,相當于一個名詞性從句。例如:
when to hold the meeting is unknown.=when we shall hold the meeting is unknown。