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Explore
Unit 2
Travelling Around
— Period 3
Reading & Thinking
Peru
Peru
It is a country with the world's longest mountain range, largest rainforest, oldest settlements, and great ancient civilisation. It is a country with coasts, highlands, and jungles.
Quize
Q1: Which continent is Peru in?
Q2: Which is the national flag of Peru?
A. B. C.
Q3: Which city is the captial of Peru?
Q4: Which country once conquered Peru?
South America
Lima
Spain
Video Time
What impress you most in the video?
Scanning
Scan two texts about Peru and judge the types of the texts
—An encyclopedia entry(百科全书条目)? A travel brochure?
/ɪnˌsaɪkləˈpiːdiə/
Text 1
Text 2
An encyclopedia entry
simple language
brief content
objective description
A travel brochure
vivid pictures
beautiful design
powerful & expressive language
Reading
Text 1
Read the encyclopedia entry carefully and find out following information.
Location
Geographic characteristic
(3 main areas)
History in the 1400s and 1500s
from the 1500s to 1821
Language
on the Pacific coast of South America
narrow, dry, flat land running along the coast
the Andes Mountains
the Amazon rainforest
centre of Inca Empire
Spain conquered it
Spanish—the main official language
narrow, dry, flat land
the Andes Mountains
the Amazon Jungle
Lake Titicaca
the highest lake in the world
high flat plains
Lima
Cuzco
Reading
Text 2
Read the travel brochure carefully and fill in the table on P27.
AMAZON RAINFOREST MACHU PICCHU CUSCO LAKE TITICACA
Number of days 4 days
Transport
Accommo--dation
local home
Activity
4 days
4 days
4 days
in the middle of the forest
local hotel
Tour Acitivities Means of transport
Amazon Rainforest boating, hiking, ________ nature __________
Machu
Picchu walking in the __________, exploring ______________ ______
Cusco _______ the museums, ________ the architecture, ________ the local food, &________ at the local markets
Lake Titicaca e