Unit 2 Wish you were here

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.

An adventure in Africa

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Fill in the table according to the letter

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

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

____ ______ 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

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

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.

And this picture is the sight of sunset.

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

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

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

monkey cheetah elephant lion bird

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.

Mountain climbing

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?

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