Unit 2 Lingling’s uncle told us not to worry

1. Do you enjoy the beautiful scene? 2. What words can you use to describe them? 1

Zhangjiajie National Park 张家界森林公园 Suoxiyu Nature Reserve 索溪峪自然保护区 Tianzi Mountain Natural Reserve 天子山自然保护区 Wulingyuan Scenic Area

Work in pairs. What do you know about Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area? Can you answer the questions? The form in Part 6 can help you. 2

1.Where is it? 2.How large is it? 3. What is there to see? 4. Where can you stay? 5. What animals can you see? 6. What’s the most famous thing to see? It’s in Hunan province. It’s about 390 square kilometres. There are mountains, rivers, forests, animals. We can stay in hotels or tents in the park Monkeys and other animals. We can see shapes of tall rocks, rare trees and animals, beautiful fog.

Listen to Sally’s letter and answer the questions 3 1.Where is Sally ? 2.What happened on that night? 3. Where did they go this morning?

Read and answer the questions in Part Is Sally enjoying herself in Wulingyuan Scenic Area? 2. What things worried her on that night? 3. Was she pleased with her trip up Mount Tianzi? Why? 4. What other dangers were there during her visit?

What did Sally say in her letter? ---She said she was visiting Wulingyuan Scenic and Historic Interest Area? ---She said (that)…. ---She told her parents (that )… Practice

Answer the questions about the words in the box. discover fresh jump magic path plant river strange 1. Who knew about the area before Wu Guanzhong discovered it? 2. Apart from fresh water, what other kind of water can you find? 5

3. Where was the monkey before and after it jumped? 4. What’s magic about the strange rocks? 5. Is it better to walk along a path or to climb over rocks and pushing through trees and plants? 6. What do you think is in the rivers and where do they go?

1.time off ( 正式规定的 ) 休假, 放假 You are so tired. You’d better take some time off. 2. be famous for 因 … 而著名 China is famous for its Great Wall. He is famous for pop songs

3.as if 仿佛, 好像 He looked at me as if he had known all about it. She works as if she never knew tiredness. The girl seemed as if she was in the sky. 4. wake up 醒了 / wake sb up 叫醒 … I woke up at 6 this morning. Please wake me up at 7.

5. pull 拖, 拉. ( 反意词 :push) The horse is pulling a car. *pull …out (of) 把.. 从 … 拉出来 They pulled the child out of the hole. *pull …up (from) 把... 从 … 拉上来 They pulled the boat up from the water. *pull…down 毁坏 ; 拆毁 The old house was pulled down.

Writing Read the information about Wulingyuan Scenic Area. Size Where it is 390 square kilometers about 400 kilometers from Changsha 6

What to see unusual mountains (3,000), small rivers (800) deep canyons, forests, 1000 kinds of plants, hundreds of animals: leopard, tarpon Macaque

What’s special Where to stay shape of tall rocks, rare trees and animals, beautiful fog hotels or tents in the park

Which is more factual and which is more personal: the passage or the information?

Listen and read the passage 3