My first ride on a train

1、My First Ride on a TrainMy name is Alice Thompson. I come from Sydney, Australia and Im 18 years old.Recently I had my first ride on a long-distance train.ride: v.(rode, ridden; riding)(1)騎（馬、自行車、摩托車）(on)：ride(on)a bike/horse; go riding（去騎馬） (2)搭乘、乘坐（on,in）：ride in a car/ ride the subway/ the bus/ a

2、n elevatorn. （乘車、騎車或騎馬的）短途旅程；（乘車的）旅行：a train( bus, bike) ride乘火車（乘公共汽車、騎自行車）旅行 go for a ride in a car( on a bike, on a horse)乘車（騎自行車、 騎馬）兜風long distance(復合形容詞)長途的（1）形容詞+形容詞 light-blue 淺藍的（2）形容詞+現(xiàn)在分詞 good-looking 好看的（3）形容詞+過去分詞 new-born 新生的（4）形容詞+名詞+ed kind-hearted 好心的（5）名詞+形容詞 ice-cold 冰冷的（6）名詞+現(xiàn)在分詞

3、 peace-loving 熱愛和平的（7）名詞+過去分詞 water-covered被水覆蓋的（8）副詞+現(xiàn)在分詞 hard-working 勤勞的（9）副詞+過去分詞 well-known 眾所周知的（10）數(shù)詞+名詞+ed three-legged 三條腿的（11）數(shù)詞+名詞+形容詞 five-year-old 五歲的And what a ride ! A friend and I travelled on the famous Ghan v.(travel(l)ed; travel(l)ing)旅行We got on in Sydney and we got

4、off in Alice Springs, right in the middle of Australia, more than four thousand kilometres away. We spent two days and nights on the train.1、get on上車 get off 下車 get into(out of)上（下）車 get about 四處走動 get back 回來、取回 get down to開始做 get around 傳播 get away 逃離、離開 get over 克服、熬過 get in 進入、收獲、收（稅等） get rid o

5、f 除掉、擺脫 get through 通過、做完、看完、接通電話 get up 起床 get on/ along (with) 相處、進展 get together 相聚、聚集2、right adv.正好、恰好right here 就在這里 right now 即刻The bus came right on time. 汽車恰好正點到。3、more than (1) 超過、多于（反義：less than 不到、少于）There are more than 50 students in our class.(2) more than 后跟形容詞、副詞、分詞、名詞時，起強調(diào)作用：“十分、非常、豈

6、止、簡直、不僅僅、綽綽有余”eg. She was dressed more than simply. 她穿著太樸素了。Notes: (1) The beauty of the West Lake is more than I can describe.西湖之美我簡直難以形容。(2) not more than不超過、頂多 no more than 僅僅、只有（only）eg. The little kid is not more than five years old. no more than five years old.4、away adv. (1)（時間或空間上）離開（某距離）、 在

7、（某距離）處eg. The beach is a mile away.海灘在一英里外。（2）去別處、超另一方向eg. Go away！走開！ Put your toys away. 把你的玩具收拾起來。（3）不在、離開 eg. She was away from work for a week. Sorry, hes away.(4) 持續(xù)的、勁頭十足地They were soon chatting away like old friends.(5)直到完全消失 eg. The water boiled away.Note: Beijing is far away . (from here)

8、about 1000 kilometres away.The train was wonderful and the food was great. We ate great meals cooked by experts. (cooked by experts 為過去分詞短語作定語，修飾說明 meals)For the first few hundred kilometres of the journey, the scenery was very colourful. There were fields and the soil was dark red. After that, it w

9、as desert.The sun shone, there was no wind and there were no clouds in the sky.eg. I try to visit my parents every few weeks.但：quite a few (a good few(英) )不少、相當多1、wind n.風、氣流 (c,u) strong winds強勁的風 high winds 大風 a light wind 小風 a north/south/ east/ west wind The wind is blowing from the south.2、clou

10、d n.(c, u) 云、 云朵eg. The sun went behind a cloud. The plane was flying in cloud most of the way.Suddenly, it looked like a place from another time. We saw abandoned farms which were built more than a hundred years ago.（我們看到了被遺棄了的 100多年前建造的農(nóng)莊。）The train was comfortable and the people were nice. 火車很舒服，

11、大家都很友好。abandon v.& n. (1) v. 拋棄、遺棄、背棄、（不得已而）丟棄、舍棄、終止、放棄；陷入、沉湎于（某種情感）搭配：abandon sb./sth. 遺棄某人/放棄某物 abandon doing sth. 放棄做某事 abandon hope (of doing sth.) 放棄（做某事的）希望abandon sth. for sth. 放棄某物而選擇某物 abandon oneself to (=be abandoned to) 沉溺于/放縱（某種情感） （2）n.盡情、放縱 （with abandon）放任的、縱情的nice adj. (1)好、美好 nice

12、marks; nice fellow; nice boy; a nice way; nice flowers; nice day; eg. Nice is a nice word and its nice to use but not nice to overdo it.(2)和藹、善良、為人好、正派eg . I know youre nice and kind and hard-working.(3) 舒適、愉快、恰當、令人高興的Its so nice sitting here with you.(4) nice and 加在形容詞/副詞前表示這是一種令人愉悅的情況 eg. Its nice

13、 and cool out here.During the day, I sat and looked out of the window, and sometimes talked to other passengers.out of: (1)從.出來/去(和into相對) eg.She went out of the room, talking the flowers with her. (2)從、由（意思接近from） eg. He watched the country out of the window.I read books and listened to my Chinese

14、cassettes (Im studying Chinese at school.)One night, at about midnight, I watched the night sky for about an hour. The stars shone like diamonds.Why is the train called the Ghan? A long time ago, Australians needed a way to travel to the middle of the country.They tried riding horses, but the horses

15、 didnt like the hot weather and the sand.A hundred and fifty years ago, they brought some camels from Afghanistan. Ghan is short for Afghanistan.(1) bring v.拿來、帶來、送來（指由遠而近） eg.He has brought his luggage with him. take v. 拿走、帶走、帶領(lǐng)（由近而遠）Who has taken my pen? Take an umbrella with you.2、be short for 為.

16、的縮寫 eg. Exam is short for examination.be short of 缺乏、缺少 to be short 簡單地說、簡言之 in short 總之 for short 簡稱、縮寫shorten v.縮短 shortage n.缺乏 shortly ad.立刻、不久 short-sighted=near-sightedCamels were much better than horses for travelling a long distance.eg. My school is in the distance over there. Keep your dist

17、ance from that dog, its dangerous. Whats the distance from.to.?For many years, trained camels carried food and other supplies, and returned with wool and other products. The Afghans and their camels did this until the 1920s. Then the government built a new railway line, so they didnt need the camels

18、 any more.In 1925, they passed a law which allowed people to shoot the animals if they were a problem.1. pass v. (1) vt.&vi. 經(jīng)過 eg.He passed the park. David passes my house on the way to school. She never passes without stopping to say hello. Who passed behind us just now?(2)(時間)過去 vi. eg. The ten days passed rapidly.(3)傳、遞 vt. eg. Green passed the ball to Bro