Unit 2 Wish you were here

Free talk Do you like traveling? Why? 2. Where have you been? 3. Where do you want to go and why?

Why do more and more people like to travel?

People travel for different purposes: enjoy the beauty of nature learn about the outside world get excitement or relax oneself do some research study wildlife or plants be interested in delicious food do business or make friends…

England China Greek Australia America French Holland India Egypt Sidney Opera House London Bridge the Statue of Liberty the Pyramid and Sphinx the Eiffel Tower the Great Wall the Taj Mahal the Windmill the Acropolis

Enjoy some pictures of the following places. Australia’s famous beaches Grasslands of Africa

Gobi Desert Brazilian rainforest

Africa The grasslands of Africa are home to various animals. Lions are the only cats that live in large family groups. Elephants usually live in groups that consist of 8 to 15 related members.

Zebras, with a horse-like appearance, have wide black-and-white stripes all over their bodies.

Giraffes in Africa can grow to a height of over 17 feet.

Australia

Gold Coast Australia’s Gold Coast is famous for its attractive beaches. With 70 kilometres of coastline, Gold Coast beaches have fun for people. Every year the Gold Coast attracts visitors from all over the world to sit back, relax, experience the fun and taste the excitement of Australia’s most popular holiday playground.

the beautiful undersea world surfing the beautiful undersea world

Platypus Kangaroo Koala Emu

Brazil

Rainforest in Brazil The Amazon rainforest extends for 4 million square km and is home to hundreds of thousands of animal and plant species. Although it covers only 3.5% of the overall Earth’s surface, it is home to around 50% of the world’s living species, many of which are still unknown to humans. It is full of mysteries.

Desert

The Gobi Desert is a huge area of desert covering nearly 1 The Gobi Desert is a huge area of desert covering nearly 1.3 million sq km. The area is often imagined as a lifeless desert like in many other parts of the world but the reality is quite the opposite.

Have you ever considered going to Africa to take an adventure? What do you know about Africa?

Africa

Read the passage quickly and answer these questions. 1. How will Colin and Toby travel through the desert? They will ride camels through the desert.

2. What activity does Toby think is dangerous? 3. How long will the brothers stay in Africa? He thinks white-water rafting is dangerous. They will stay in Africa about four weeks.

Read the passage again and put the activities in the correct order according to Toby’s plan for the trip.

_____ travel down the River Nile _____ ride camels through the Sahara Desert _____ climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania _____ see wild animals in Kenya _____ take a flight to Morocco _____ go to the Himalayas 3 2 5 4 1 6

Please choose the best answers. 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 C

2. In Line 12, “there” refers to _____. A. the United States B. Morocco C. northern Africa D. the Sahara Desert D

3. According to Paragraph 2, _____. A. Toby enjoys riding camels B. Toby is worried about traveling by camels C. Toby will feed the camels D. Colin loves camels B

4. According to paragraph 5, Toby wants to ____. A. see a giraffe up close B. scare animals away C. take photographs of animals D. ride an elephant C

5. In Line 34, “them” refers to _____. A. the elephants B. Colin and Toby C. the guides D. the giraffes C

6. According to the letter, Toby enjoys _____. A. comfortable, expensive holidays B. cultural holidays C. adventure holidays D. staying at home C

Free talk Do you think climbing the Himalayas is a bit challenging for Toby and Colin? What kinds of difficulties might Toby and Colin experience? Do you think they will overcome all the difficulties? If you were one of Toby’s friends, what advice would you give to him?