Guess what continent it is. Hints( 提示 ):  Made up of 56 countries  Lie in the southeast of the east hemisphere( 半球 )  Located south of Europe  The second largest continent with the world’s largest desert and longest river Make a guess The River Nile the Sahara Desert

How much do you know about Africa? Lead-in: When people talk about A AA Africa, what will you think of?

Lake Victoria River Nile Sahara Desert Kilimanjaro

Wild animals

DDo you think Africa is a land full of mysteries and attraction? WWould you like to go to Africa for a trip? Pre-reading

In spite of this, we still have a chance to read a letter about a plan for travelling in Africa. we can’t go there now because we have no time ! But

 adventure bungee white-water rafting rock climbing mountain climbing driving Adventure is an unusual, exciting or dangerous experience, journey or series of events.

 Task 1: Answer the questions 1.Who wrote the following letter? 2.What animal is uncomfortable to sit on? 3.How long will the author stay in Africa? Toby Camel Four weeks

Morocco Kenya the Sahara Desert South Africa Uganda the River Nile Lake Victoria Egypt Cameroon Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro the Himalayas Zambia × × √ × √ √ √× × √ √ √√  Task 2: Tick the names of the places mentioned in Toby’s travel plan.

TT ask 3: What is Toby’s route ( 路线 ) of traveling in Africa?

Discuss with your partner and draw a map of Toby’s traveling in Africa London Morocco The Sahara Desert Lake Victoria Kenya Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro Traveling Route( 路线 ) Traveling Route( 路线 )

Leaving London on 15th July Flying to 1 __________ Traveling on camels through 2 ______________ with 3 _______________ Going to travel down 4 _______. A little way down the river from Lake Victoria, we’ll go 5 __________________. Going on a trip to see 6 _____________and living with 7 ____________in their village in 8 ______________ Moving on to 9_______and going to 10 ___________ ___________ Going to 11_____ after the four weeks’ trip in Africa Morocco the Sahara Desert local guides the River Nile white-water rafting wild animals the local people Kenya Tanzania climb Mount Kilimanjaro The Himalayas Toby’s adventure route in Africa

Toby and Colin leave _______ on 15th July, and they’ll be ________ to ________, in northern Africa. They’re going to travel on _______ through ________________ in __ days London flyingMorocco camels the Sahara Desert6 TT ask 4: Finding information

The River Nile

Lake Victoria 1.What adventure activity will the writer try? 2.Why does he want to do this adventure activity? 3.How to protect himself from this dangerous activity? waterproof Para.3 Go white-water rafting. Exciting. Wear special clothing, a helmet and a life jacket.

Kenya In Kenya, the writer will live with the ____________in their villages, and eat and drink__________________, including___________! Para 4 local people whatever they do cow’s blood

Should Toby drink cow’s blood? Further thinking

Kenya 1. Since they are not dangerous at all, Toby and Colin will get close to the big animals to take good photos. 2. They need large, strong, heavy backpacks to carry water and food. 3. The guides take guns with them to protect Toby and Colin from big animals. 4. Toby only wants to see an elephant in the distance.× × √ True or False Para.5 ×

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 thinner Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro Para. 6

T h e H i m a l a y a s --the highest mountain in the world

Brainstorming

dangerousamazing scary challenging … Adventure exciting

Do you like adventures? Why or why not ? What can we learn from “adventure travel”? make; enjoy; seek; develop; admire; encourage; explore…… the unknown world; discovery; scenery; entertainment; spirit ……

challenge ourselves develop the spirit of adventure seek excitement and entertainment No adventures, no human progress. Excitement and the willingness to take risks, try new ideas, etc enjoy beautiful scenery …… adventures

Famous sayings: Adventure: the pursuit ( 追求 ) of Life. Without adventure, civilization ( 文明 ) is in full decay( 衰退 ). It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves---in finding themselves.

Dear Toby, Thank you for your letter. Your(1)______ sounds exciting! I can’t wait to hear what Africa is like. I think the most exciting thing you are going to do is the (2)_____ ride through the Sahara Desert. I might be (3)_____ to ride a camel. Six days sounds like a long time to be travelling on camels. Do they bite? Please be careful when you go (4)_________ rafting down the river. Make sure that you remember to wear your (5)________ and (6)_____. adventure camel scared white-water helmet life jacket Part E bite

Your trip to see wild animals in Kenya sounds fun. Do you really have to drink cow’s(7)____? I suppose the (8)_____ people might think you are rude if you don’t. I really envy you—you will see elephants, lions and other animals up close. After travelling for almost four weeks, will you really have enough energy to climb the Himalayas? It sounds very tiring, but I’m sure the view will be (9)________. I look forward to receiving your postcards from different (10)_____ all over the world! Best wishes, Aihua localblood astonishing places look forward to

1.I will have a 15-day holiday soon, __________( 包括 ) the coming National Day holiday. 2.Believe it or not, but he ________( 事实上 ) won the game. 3.It’s a bit u_____________ to travel on camels through the Sahara Desert. 4.I can’t speak the l______ language here. 5.With a spirit of a_________, nowadays people prefer to travel to places which have seldom been visited before. 6.The new car can run at a__________ speed that you can’t imagine! 7.Going ________( 野营 ) on the weekend is becoming increasingly popular in the US. 8.On the top of the Oriental Pearl Tower, you can have a clear _____( 景色 ) of the whole city of Shanghai. including actually ncomfortable ocal dventure stonishing camping view Consolidation exercises

1. 忙于做某事 2. 骑骆驼穿越撒哈拉沙漠 3. 在黑暗中 4. 进行白浪漂流运动 5. 救生衣 6. 万一 7. 上下颠倒翻转过来 8. 即使 9. 把 … 吓走 10. 靠近地 11. 迫不及待做某事 12. 期望 / 盼望做某事 be busy doing sth travel on camels/ by camel through the sahara desert in the dark go white-water rafting life jacket in case get turned upside down even though scare…away up close can’t wait to do sth look forward to doing sth Consolidation exercises

 We leave London ___ 15th July.  We ’ re going to travel ___ camels.  After the trip ___ camel, we ’ re going to travel down the River Nile.  We ’ ll be traveling ____ local guides.  I ’ ve heard that we can see beautiful stars ___ clear nights.  I ’ ll bring a torch ___ me in order to see ___ the dark.  We ’ re going ___ a trip to see wild animals in Kenya. on by with on with in on

 8. We eat and drink whatever they do, ________ cow ’ s blood.  9. We ’ ll walk ______the land, following the footprints of big animals.  10. We ’ ll try to get __ close as possible to the animals.  11. We were kept completely ____ the dark about his plan to travel to Africa. including across as in

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