1. Unit 2 The camel that I rode had a bad temper.

2. Look at the photos below and describe them. Pre-reading bright coast field funny grape ham hill lamb outback relative sheep spirits surfing wine

6. He is going to talk about Australia. Look at the words in the box in Activity 1. Guess what Tony is going to say in his letter.

7. Read the letter and get the main idea of each paragraph. Paragraph 1: Introduction of Uluru and the Aborigines. Paragraph 2: the Australians have many similarities with British man in many ways. Paragraph 3: What Australia is like in December.

8. Paragraph 4: the Australians’ language Paragraph 5: the next day’s trip of the writer.

9. Read and answer. Paragraph 1: 1. When the writer see the big rock, what was the writer surprised at? 2. What is the Aboriginal name for Ayers Rock? The writer was surprised at how big the rock was: 3.6 kilometers long and 348 meters high. Uluru.

10. 3. What transportation did Tony take on the first day? 4. What do the Aboriginal stories describe? He took a helicopter. They describe the spirits that created the world.

11. Paragraph 2: The Australians have many British relatives and they’re like British man in many ways. Can you give us some examples?

12. Paragraph 4: What language do Australians speak? When we say “Hello” and “ Don’t worry about it”, how do Australians say? They speak English. They say “Good Day” and “No worries, mate” instead of our “Hello” and “Don’t worry about it”.

13. Paragraph 5: They went on a camel ride. 1. Where did the writer go the next day after they arrived at Uluru? 2. Why did the writer get very tired when he went on a camel ride? Because the camel he rode had a bad temper.

14. 3. What did everyone think was funny? 4. How did the writer go back to Sydney? Everyone thought it was very funny that his camel kept lying down. The writer went back to Sydney by plane.

15. purple and red Helicopter tour/ camel ride sheep camel grapes, lamb, ham, wine football, cricket, rugby, swimming, surfing Read the passage again and find… 1. two colors: 2. two kinds of transport: 3. two animals: 4. four kinds of food and drink: 5. five sports:

16. 1.be surprised at + n. 对 … 感 到惊讶 Tom was surprised at the result of the exam. be surprised to + v. Tom was surprised to hear the news. Language points

17. 2. be similar to 与 …… 相似 His answer is similar to mine.

18. 3. be full of 充满了 … （强调状态） The bottle is full of water. be filled with 用 … 装满 （强调动作） The bottle is filled with water.

19. 4. have a good/bad temper 有好／坏脾气 Miss Li is very kind. She has a good temper. 5. keep doing 一直做 …… He has kept working for 3hours.

20. 7. worry about 担心 … (v. phr.) They worry about their son’s health. be worried about 担 心 ……(adj. phr.) They are worried about their son’s health.

21. 6. although/though 尽管 ( 不能与 but 同时使用, 但能与 still, yet 同用 ) Although/though he is very poor, he still tries his best to help others.

22. 8. such as ( 例如 ) He likes sports very much, such as swimming, running and surfing.

23. 请根据各题后的要求改写下列句子，每 空一词。 1. Her problem is nearly the same as Simon’s. ( 改为同义句 ) Her problem is ________ Simon’s. similar to Exercises

24. 2. The plastic bottle is full of juice. ( 同上 ) The plastic bottle is _________ juice. 3. Many people would like to take holidays abroad. ( 同上 ) _______ people would like to take holidays abroad. filled with Lots of

25. 4. I borrowed a book with nice pictures in it. ( 改为含定语从句的复合句 ) The book ______________ has nice pictures in it. 5. The building is 50 metres high. ( 对划线部分提问 ) ________ is the building? How high that I borrowed

26. Homework 1. Copy new words and expressions in Unit 2 2. To revise the new grammar-Restrictive attributive clause with that 3. To finish the exercises in the exercise book.