Lesson 14 A TRAVEL DIARY I.Revision: Put the following sentences into English. 电影结束后，我们各自回家了。 We went our separate ways home after the film was over. 2. 英国被英吉利海峡与法国分开。 England is separated from France by the English Channel.

3.他的生日还有两周的时间。 His birthday is in two weeks’ time. 4. 我下午准备去车站送我叔叔。 I’m going to see my uncle off at the station this afternoon. 5. 你将在那儿呆多久？ How long are you going to stay there?

II.Listen to the record of the text and answer the two questions: 1.Where did the writer go? To a great forest in South America. 2. How did she travel? By boat.

III. Reading Read the first part and choose the right answer for each blank. 1. Why couldn’t they travel through the forest by road? Because____. A. it was too large B. it was dangerous C. there was no road D. it was very tiring

2. In the forest _____ was their main food. A. monkey B. chicken C. fish D. all the above 3. The writer couldn’t swim in the river because_____. A. it is dirty B. he isn’t good at swimming C. there are too many fish in it D. there are dangerous fish in it

Read the second part and choose the right answer. 4. The farmers move into the forest for the following reasons except ______. A. there isn’t enough land by the sea B. the population is growing every minute C. there aren’t enough jobs for people in the capital D. they want to take care of the forest and the animals in it

5. Why are people moving and burning more of the forest? A.The soil remains good for crops for only one or two years. B. New soil is always better than old soil. C. They can get more wood. D. They like changes in their life.

6. As the farmers move into the forest, it will_____. A. become larger an danger B. be destroyed sooner or later C. grow more food for them D. have nothing but soil left

Language points: travel v. n travel over / around/round the world travel (in) China /the United States travel first class go on a trip/journey to sp make a trip/journey to some place trip / journey / voyage

2. I think it is wrong (for people )to eat monkeys. I think ______ _______ to eat monkeys. I found / felt __pleasant __work with him. It is / was + adj. +for / of sb. to do sth. important / difficult / easy / hard / necessary/ (im-)possible nice / kind /good / polite / foolish / thoughtful

3. I was just about to go swimming when luckily our guide…. be( just) about to do sth. when…. I was just about to go to bed when the telephone rang. We were just about to start when it began to rain.

be doing sth. when… We were having a party when the light went out. We had just started work when the machine broke down. I hadn’t been asleep for long when the baby began to cry.

4.What a sad sight it was. have good / poor/short sight in (within)/ out of sight at first sight / at the sight of… catch sight of… She watched the train until it was out of sight. I caught sight of her hurrying away but I didn’t speak to her.

Homework I. Recite the last three paragraphs. II. Do Ex.3 in the workbook.