Unit 2 Reading An Adventure in Africa

Have you ever considered going to Africa to take an adventure? Where is Africa?

Have you ever considered going to Africa to take an adventure? the Arctic Ocean North America Asia Europe Where is Africa? Pacific Ocean Atlantic ocean Africa Indian Ocean South America Australia Antarctica

Exciting, mysterious and attractive Africa: How much do you know about Africa?

Egyptian Pyramids

Sahara Desert

Lake Victoria

Mount Kilimanjaro

The River Nile

Wild Animals

Africa Welcome to Africa.

Pre-reading. Who wrote the following letter? What animal is uncomfortable to sit on? How long will the author stay in Africa? Toby. Camel. About four weeks.

C1: Please choose the best answer. C 1. According to paragraph 1, ______. A. Toby is planning a business trip B. Toby usually travels in his summer holiday C. Colin wants to travel before starting university D. Toby is not very excited about the trip 2. “I expect it will be very hot,dry and dusty there.” Here “there”refers to_____.( Line13) A. the United States B. Morocco C. northern Africa D. the Sahara Desert C D

B C 3. According to paragraph 2,______. A. Toby enjoys travelling on camels B. Toby is worried about travelling on camels C. Toby will feed the camels D. Colin loves camels 4. According to paragraph 5,Toby wants to____. A. see a giraffe up close B. scare animals away C. take photographs of animals D. shoot an elephant C

C C 5. “Our guides will have guns with them to scare the animals away if they come too close.” Here “them” refers to_____. (Line 36) A.the elephants B.Colin and Toby C.the guides D.the giraffes 6.According to the letter,Toby enjoys_______. A.comfortable,expensive holidays B.cultural holidays C.adventure holidays D.staying at home C C

D2: Put the activities in the correct order according to Toby’s plan for the trip. ____travel down the River Nile ____travel on camels through the Sahara Desert ____climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania ____see wild animals in Kenya ____fly to Morocco ____go to the Himalayas 3 2 5 4 1 6

Read Para.1: Q: Where will Toby go?

1. What will Toby and Colin do before Colin goes to university? The main idea 1. What will Toby and Colin do before Colin goes to university? They will spend a few weeks travelling. 2. Which place will they go first? Africa. 　　They will spend a few weeks travelling in Africa before Colin goes to university.

Q: How will they travel in the Sahara Desert? Read Para.2: Q: How will they travel in the Sahara Desert?

Sahara Start position: Time: Destination: Means of Transportation: What to do: Equipment: How long: London 15th July Morocco/Sahara plane (from London to Morocco) camels (throughout Sahara) camping/ seeing beautiful stars tents/ sleeping bags/ torch six days

The ship of desert

Q: What will they do while traveling down the River Nile? Read Para.3: Q: What will they do while traveling down the River Nile?

Lake Victoria 1. What adventure activity will the writer try? White –water rafting 2. Is there any danger when he does this activity? How to protect themselves? raft waterproof special They have to wear _______ clothing , a ________ and a ___________, just _________ their raft gets turned upside down or sinks. helmet life jacket in case

Read Para.4-5: Q: What will they do in Kenya?

　　In ________ , they’ll live with the ______ people in their villages , and eat and drink _________ they do , including cow’s _______. Kenya local whatever blood 　They’ll walk across the land, following the __________ of big animals ____________ elephants, lions and giraffes. footprints such as

Q: Where will they climb Mount Kilimanjaro? Read Para.6: Q: Where will they climb Mount Kilimanjaro?

　　After that, they’ll be moving on to __________, where they’re going to climb Mount___________. Mountain climbing can be very ________ , and many people feel sick as the air gets _________. Tanzania Kilimanjaro tiring Tanzania thinner Mount Kilimanjaro

Q: Where will they go before going back to London? Read P7-8 together: Q: Where will they go before going back to London?

4 weeks in Africa The Sahara Desert Mount Kilimanjaro The River Nile Kenya Mount Kilimanjaro The River Nile 1 week 2 weeks 1 week

Discuss with your partner and draw a map of Toby’s traveling in Africa London Discuss with your partner and draw a map of Toby’s traveling in Africa The Sahara Desert Morocco Kenya Lake Victoria Traveling Route(路线) Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro

through the Sahara Desert Toby’s travel plan Para Route How to travel What to take Why to take through the Sahara Desert down the River Nile to camp in tents and sleep on the ground in sleeping bags; to see in the dark travel by camel/ on camels sleeping bags; a torch 2 special clothing; a helmet and a life jacket The water gets quite rough. In case your raft gets turned upside down or sinks. go white-water rafting 3

an “adventure” in Africa？ Toby’s travel plan Para Route How to travel What to take Why to take in Kenya in Tanzania a large, strong, light backpack; a camera to carry supplies of food and water; to take photos 4,5 walk climb Mount Kiliman -jaro Why does Toby call it an “adventure” in Africa？ 6

an “adventure” in Africa？ Why does Toby call it an “adventure” in Africa？

Adventure challenging dangerous exciting tiring extraordinary uncomfortable

Life is like an adventure. On the way you can enjoy beautiful scenery Life is like an adventure. On the way you can enjoy beautiful scenery. But at the same time you may come across a lot of challenges. So trust yourself, be brave enough to face them and leave no regrets.

Group work Interview

For example: The reporter: Good afternoon, my name is…I came from CCTV. l’d like to ask you a few questions if you don’t mind. Traveler :No, I don’t mind at all. What would you like to know? The reporter: Where do you plan to go ? Traveler: I plan to go to…

1. Morocco/the Sahara Desert 2. the River Nile 3. Kenya 4. Tanzania

Useful expressions • How will you go there? • What will you take? • When will you start your trip? • How will you go there? • What will you take? • How long will your trip take? • What do you think of the …? •What is the … famous for? • Would you please tell me something about…? • How I wish I could go there someday..!

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