Unit 2 Wish you were here Reading An

Unit 2 Wish you were here Reading: An Adventure in Africa

Learning aims After this class, you should be able to: ü learn to adopt skimming and scanning strategy to find out information needed ü know more about Africa and get familiar with Toby's travel route ü learn about what we should do to the peace and development of the world

Make a guess Guess what continent it is. Hints(提示): ØMade up of 56 countries ØLie in the southwest of the eastern hemisphere(半球) Øthe second largest continent Øhas world’s largest desert Øhas world’s longest river

When people talk about Africa, what will come into your mind ?

Let’s some enjoy pictures of Africa.

camel 骆驼 Sahara Desert 撒哈拉沙漠

Zebra Giraffe cheetah ['tʃi: tə] Elephant Lion Wild animals

River Nile 尼罗河

Would you like to travel in Africa ?

An adventure in Africa

Skimming 1. What does Para 1 tell us? Colin and Toby are planning a trip to Africa. 2. Which places are mentioned ? Morocco Sahara Desert River Nile Kenya Kilimanjaro Lake Victoria Tanzania Himalayas

Scanning Read paragraphs 2 to 6 with this question: What is Toby’s travel route( 路线) ?

London The Sahara Desert Morocco Kenya River Nile Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania

Detailed Reading • Read Para 2 -6 carefully again. • Try to finish Toby’s travel plan

Toby’s travel plan Para Route How to travel 2 through the Sahara ride camels 3 4 -5 6 What to take • tents • flashlights

Toby’s travel plan Para Route How to travel 2 through the Sahara ride camels • tents • flashlights 3 down the River Nile by raft • helmet • life jacket 4 -5 6 What to take

The River Nile The cradle(摇篮) of African civilization(文明) the second largest freshwater lake in the world（淡水湖） Lake Victoria

white-water rafting 白浪漂流/ 乘水筏子 How to protect themselves ? They have to wear special clothing： life jacket helmet and a _____for a _______ protection

Toby’s travel plan Para Route How to travel 2 through the Sahara ride camels • tents • flashlights by raft • helmet • life jacket down the 3 River Nile 4 -5 across Kenya 6 walk What to take • backpack • camera • gun

Kenya National flag 国旗 National emblem 国徽

Kenya —— place of wildlife

Toby’s travel plan Para Route How to travel 2 through the Sahara ride camels • tents • flashlights by raft • helmet • life jacket down the 3 River Nile 4 -5 across Kenya 6 in Tanzania walk What to take • backpack • camera • gun mountain climbing

Mountain climbing

London The Sahara Desert Morocco Kenya River Nile Mount Kilimanjaro Tanzania

Discussion Suppose you are a traveler in Africa, what will you probably see besides these beautiful sceneries ?

poverty 贫穷

饥荒 starvation disease 疾病

Discussion How do you feel after seeing these pictures? What should we do? ? ？

We should call on everyone to give a hand to poor Africans. Do what we can ! Take action ! Make our home ——the earth more beautiful！Make it a real and more peaceful home for all !

Fill in the blanks with proper words. Colin, my older brother and I have been quite busy planning our holiday. We can’t wait to (1)_____ Africa go to (2)______first. The most exciting thing we are going to do is camel through the Sahara to travel by (3)_______ uncomfortableto sit on Desert. I think it will be (4)______ a camel for 6 days. After the (5)____, trip we’ll go white-water rafting. It is (7)_______ (6)_____ dangerousso you helmet and a have to wear special clothes, a (8)_______ jacket Our next destination is Kenya, life (9)_______. local where we’ll live with the(10)_______ people in their villages, and eat and drink (11)____ whatever including cow’s blood. they do, (12)_____

close During the day , we’ll try to get (13)______ to some big animals to take some really photos The animals are good(14)_______. dangerous so our guides will have guns with us to scare them (15)_____away if they come too close. When we climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, we will make (16)_____ that sure we will get enough rest after(17)____ sunset climbing can be because mountain very(18)_____ and manytiring people feel (19)_____ as thesick air gets (20)_______. thinner

Homework 1. Retell the travel plan of Toby. 2. Write a letter to your best friend talking about your travelling experiences in…

词汇 建议： 1. Charity ：慈善 an organization to help poor and the homeless 2. Donate money and clothes to 呼吁大家 捐赠 3. Be a volunteer to form a group or organzaition to help African children成立 志愿组织去非洲帮助他们，发展经济。 4. 像政府建议定期开展慈善演唱会筹款，鼓 励明星多做慈善活动，让更多的人去了解 去帮助。