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Why is traveling becoming more and more popular? Brainstorming

Reading An adventure in Africa

Scan the whole text to find the route of the adventure.

Morocco and Sahara the Nile Kenya Tanzania Kilimanjaro The route and destinations in Africa

What will they be doing in Morocco? Finding information:

What is necessary for long-distance desert traveling? Read and think:

Nile

1. What will they be doing? 2. What do you have to wear while rafting? 3. Why do you think they will have to wear these things? white-water rafting special clothing, a helmet and life jacket dangerous Finding information

Since rafting is dangerous and may hurt you badly, will you risk rafting?

What will they be doing in Kenya? Finding information:

Should Toby drink cow’s blood? Further thinking

1. What do you think of mountain climbing? tiring but challenging 2. What problems do some people have while climbing? feel sick as the air gets thinner Mount Kilimanjaro

If you feel exhausted in climbing mountain, should you give up half way? Discussion

Morocco and Sahara the Nile Kenya Tanzania Kilimanjaro The route and destinations in Africa

traveling on camels; camping in tents; sleeping in bags the Nile Kenya Tanzania Kilimanjaro The route and destinations in Africa

Traveling on camels; camping in tents; sleeping in bags white-water rafting Kenya Tanzania Kilimanjaro The route and destinations in Africa

traveling on camels; camping in tents; sleeping in bags white-water rafting seeing wild animals and living with the local people TanzaniaKilimanjaro The route and destinations in Africa

traveling on camels; camping in tents; sleeping in bags white-water rafting seeing wild animals and living with the local people climbing mountains The route and destinations in Africa

Dear Toby, How are you? I’m glad to ……………….………… ……………………………… ……………..…… Best wishes to you! Love, Aihua greetings body closings signature An Informal letter sample

1. look forward to sth./ doing sth. They are looking forward to the summer vacation. Jim is looking forward to having the house to himself. 拓展 : lead to; be used to; devote to; stick to; object to; pay attention to Language Focus

2. get bored; get excited; get trapped; get caught in; get injured; get changed; get lost; get paid ; get noticed On my way home I got caught in the rain. She wore a red coat that day in order to get noticed.

3. be closed to; come close to My home is close to our school. Don’t get close to the machine. I went so angry that I came close to hitting her.

close/closely adv. Come close so that I can see you. Watch closely everything they are doing!

4. be (well) worth doing… It is worth (one’s) while to do/ doing The problem is well worth discussing. Whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. It is worth you while to visit (visiting) that beautiful city.

be worthy of sth/ of being done; be worthy to be done The problem is worthy of discussion. The problem is worthy of being discussed. The problem is worthy to be discussed.

5. remind sb. of sth… remind sb. to do sth… remind sb. that… This picture reminded them of the days when they were in the army. Be sure to remind her to come back early.

I had to remind myself that being confident is not the same as being perfect.

6. supply supply/ provide sth. to/for sth supply/ provide sb. with sth. supply/ meet/ satisfy one’s need for sth. c.f.: offer sb. sth. = offer sth. to sb.

It is hard to supply the demand for more and better house. The media supplies us a lot of information every day. The water company cut off the supply of water for no good reasons.

7. in case; in case of; in no case; in any case In any case, I won’t help the people like him. I shall stay in the hotel all day in case there is news of the missing child. The sign reads “In case of a fire, break the glass and push the red button.” In no case can you cheat in the exams.

8. mean sth; mean doing sth; mean to do…; mean sb. to do … mean sth. to sb….; had meant to do… be meant for sth…

I’m sorry to hurt your feelings, but I didn’t mean to. I meant to have called on you, but I was so busy.

Language Focus 一. 考点聚焦 : 语法 ( 将来进行时与过 去将来时 ) I. 将来进行时 : 1. 表示将来某一时间或某个时间段正 在进行的动作。

He’ll be arriving at about eleven o’clock tonight. At 10 o’clock tomorrow, she will be in her office. She will be writing a report for the manager.

2. 表示说话人设想好的计划, 已经安排 好的事, 特别是与旅行有关的事。 We’ll be spending the winter in Australia. Will you be visiting your uncle in Tanzania?

3. 表示客气, 委婉的口气, 尤其是当提 出问题而又不想迫使对方做出明确 的答复。 When will you pay back the money? ( 说话人似乎在粗鲁的讨债 ) When will you be paying back the money?( 说话人暗示还钱是将来的 要做的事情 )

1. would do… He said he would come back the next day. We never imagined that he would become a doctor. II. 过去将来时：

2. was/ were going to do… He said he was going to live in the country when he retired. He was going to play tennis that afternoon.

3. was/ were to do… As I was to leave the next day, I went to bed early on Thursday evening. On his first day in London he met Jane, who was to be his wife. 4. was/ were about to do… I was about to go to bed when he called me up.

Homework You are supposed to write a letter to Toby telling him your plan for the oversea travel. Pay attention to the style of the letter.