1. Unit 2 Wish you were here

2. Africa
Africa is a continent comprising 56 countries. Sahara Desert is one of the marks in Africa, and running along the south of dessert is the plains region, which is als o one of the marks in Africa. On the vast plain, various wild animals are very famous all over the world. Now, let’s have a visit to this wonderful place.

3. An adventure in Africa

4. Teaching Aims: 1.Train the students’ reading ability
2.Get the students to know the main idea of the text
3.Develop the students’ creative, comprehensive and consolidating abilities

5. Read the text quickly and answer the questions:
Who wrote the following letter?
What animal is uncomfortable to sit on?
How long will the author stay in Africa?
Toby
Camel
Four weeks

6. Read the text carefully, then answer the following questions:
1 Who will travel with Toby?
2 Where is the Sahara Desert? Can you describe it?
3 What do we do when going white-water rafting?
4 Where will Toby see the wild animals?
5 What kinds of animals will they see?
Colin
Morocco,in northern Africa . It’s the biggest desert in the world
Wear special clothing ,a helmet and a life jacket
Kenya
Elephants,lions,giraffes and so on

7. Read the letter again, and finish the following exercises:
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. In line 13, ‘there’ refers to ______.
the United States
Morocco
northern Africa
the Sahara Desert

8. 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 _____.
see a giraffe up close
scare animals away
take photographs of animals
shoot an elephant

9. 5. In line 36, ‘them’ refers to ____.
the elephants
Colin and Toby
the guides
the giraffes
6. According to the letter, Toby enjoys ____.
comfortable, expensive holidays
cultural holidays
adventure holidays
staying at home

10. e b a d c f The right order: -> -> -> -> ->
7. 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
The right order:
-> -> -> -> -> e b a d c f

11. Fill in the table according to the letter

12. by camel by boat backpack, camera walk walk
Toby’s travel plan
Para-graph
Route
How to travel
What to take with
Why to take them
Hot,dry,dusty,dark
White-water rafting is dangerous
Dangerous,scary
through the Sahara Desert
tent, sleeping bag, torch 2
by camel
special clothing, helmet, life jacket
down the River Nile 3
by boat
backpack, camera
4-5
in Kenya
walk 6
in Tanzania
walk
not mentioned

13. Fill in the blanks according to the letter:
Toby and his old brother have been quite busy planning their holiday in Africa. They would _______ a few weeks visiting many exciting places and lots of ___________ things. First, they would fly to Morocco, where they were going to travel on ________ through the Sahara Desert. And Toby thought that might be _____________. Then they were going to experience the dangerous but __________ activity --- white-water rafting.
spend
astonishing
camels
uncomfortable
exciting

14. ____ ______ the raft got turned upside
down or sank, they had to wear special ________, a helmet and a life jacket. After that, they planned to see and _____ ________ ______ wild animals in Kenya. At last, they would go to climb Mount Kilimanjaro, which would be very ________. In
case
clothing
take
photos of
tiring

15. Discussion:
If you were the guide, what would you introduce to the visitors who wanted to visit Africa?

16. Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert covers 3,500,000 miles. It is the largest desert in the world. The name Sahara comes from the Arabic word for desert. Areas in the central Sahara sometimes get no rain for years at a time.

17. And this picture is the sight of sunset.

18. The Nile river has been providing life to the vast Nile basin for hundreds of thousands of years. It is a great river which deserves our deepest respect. The Nile River is the longest river in the world. From its major source, Lake Victoria, the White Nile flows generally north into Sudan where it meets the Blue Nile. From the confluence of the White and Blue Nile, the river continues to flow northwards into Egypt and on to the Mediterranean Sea.
Lake Victoria

19. The River Nile
There are some pictures of the river nile.

20. Kenya – place of wildlife
giraffe
Kenya has plenty of wildlife. The gentle rolling grasslands ensure that animals are never out of sight.
zebra

21. monkey
cheetah
elephant
lion
bird

22. Mt. Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is located at the northeastern tip of Tanzania. For the adventurous, a climb of Mount Kilimanjaro is a must taking you to reach the snows and breath-taking views from the summit.

23. Mountain climbing

24. Homework:
Preview reading strategy, and think of the following questions:
What is the type of the letter?
Can you give supporting information with the phrase, expressions or even sentences that indicate the types of the letter?

25. Thank you for your attending!