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人教(2019)必修第一册
Unit 2 Travelling Around
Reading and Thinking
Lead in
Which country is it?
Lead in
1. What did you see in the video?
2. What impresses you most in the video?
Lead in
If you want to know more about the country, where can you find more information about it?
Read for text types
What type of text is it?
It’s an encyclopedia text.
An encyclopedia is a book containing detailed facts about one or many subjects
Read for text types
What type of text is it?
It’s a travel brochure.
A travel brochure is a thin book giving information about some tourist attractions and trying to persuade the readers to travel there. It will usually include texts and pictures.
Read for details
Part 1 Get to know some detailed facts about Peru.
Activity 1
What information about Peru is covered in this text?
Location
Geographic characteristics
History
Language
Activity 2
Work in pairs and fill in the table.
Location
Geographic characteristics
(three areas)
History
Language
On the Pacific coast of South America
Narrow dry flat land running along the coast
The Andes Mountains
The Amazon rainforest
In the 1400s and 1500s
From 16th century to 1821
The centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire
Spain was in control of Peru
Main official language: Spanish
Read for details
Part 2 Get to know some travel resources in Peru.
Activity 1
Read Tour 1 quickly and answer the question.
What information will usually be covered in a travel brochure?
How to get there?
Where to go?
How long the tour last?
Where to stay?
What to do and see?
Activity 2
Read the travel brochure and fill in the table.
Amazon Rainforest Machu Picchu Cusco Lake Titicaca
Number of days 4 days
Transport
Accommodation local home
Activity boating, hiking, exploring nature
4 days
4 days
4 days
flight, boat
walking
car, boat
in the middle of
the forest
local hotel
walking in the
Mountains,
exploring the
ancient city
visiting the museums, admiring the archite-ctture, enjoying the
local