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Unit 2 They have seen the Pyramids.
埃及
Cairo 开罗
Pyramids 金字塔
Sphinx 狮身人面像
埃及神庙
埃及神庙
尼罗河
Nile
the Suez Canal 苏伊士运河
埃及“自由”号游艇
埃及夏宫
蚕豆是埃及的“国菜”
埃及壁画
v.搬家; 改变……的位置
move
v.派遣去;命令……去
send
德国
France
法国
n.塔
Germany
tower
adj.古老的;古代的
ancient
n.国王;君王
king
n.女王;王后
queen
n.阿拉伯语
Arabic
n.方面;态度
mix
v. 相混合;融合
v.惦念;怀念;想念
way
miss
v.数;清点
count
倒数;倒计时
count down
move v. 搬家,改变……的位置
例:We are preparing to move to our new house.我们正准备搬新家。
ancient adj. 古代的,古老的
例: China is an ancient
country with
five-thousand-year history.
中国是个有着五千年历史的古国。
1. Which interesting places in China have
you visited?
2. Have you ever seen the Great Wall?
3. Have you ever visited another country?
1. Work in pairs. Ask and answer the questions.
Learning to learn
When you read a passage
about travel, use a map to
find out where the places
are, and the names of the
other countries, regions
and cities nearby.
2. Read the passage and answer the questions.
Mike Robinson is a fifteen-year-old American boy and his sister Clare is fourteen. At the moment, Mike and Clare are in Cairo in Egypt, one of the biggest and busiest cities in Africa.
They moved here with their parents two years ago. Their father, Peter, works for a very big
company. The company has offices in many countries, and it has sent Peter to work in Germany, France and China before. Peter usually stays in a country for about two years. Then the company moves him again. His family always goes with him.
The Robinsons love seeing the world. They have been to many interesting places. For example, in Egypt, they have seen the Pyramids, travelled on
a boat on the Nile River, and visited the palaces and towers of ancient kings and queens.
Mike and Clare have also begun to learn the language of the country, Arabic. This language is different from English in many ways, and they find it hard to spell and pronounce the words. However, they still enjoy learning it. So far they have learnt to speak German, French, Chin