1. Unit 2 Reading An Adventure in Africa

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

3. 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

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

5. Egyptian Pyramids

6. Sahara Desert

7. Lake Victoria

8. Mount Kilimanjaro

9. The River Nile

10. Wild Animals

12. Africa
Welcome to Africa.

14. 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.

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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

18. 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

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

20. 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.

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

22. 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

23. The ship of desert

24. 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?

25. 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

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

27. 　　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

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

29. 　　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

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

31. 4 weeks in Africa The Sahara Desert Mount Kilimanjaro The River Nile
Kenya
Mount Kilimanjaro
The River Nile
1 week
2 weeks
1 week

32. 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

33. 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

34. 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

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

36. Adventure challenging dangerous exciting tiring extraordinary
uncomfortable

37. 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.

38. Group work
Interview

39. 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…

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

41. 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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