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Unit 1 Wish you were here
Extended Reading & Project
Vocabulary
1. contrast
contrast A and/with 对比A和B
make a contrast with...与……形成对比
in contrast to... 和……对比(或对照)
by/in contrast 相比之下
练习:He is an old farmer, whose grey hair __________________ his dark skin.
make a sharp contrast
2. starve
starve to death 饿死
be starved of... 缺乏……
starvation n.饥饿,挨饿,饿死
练习:In 1963 the UN set up the World Food Programme, one of whose purposes is to relieve worldwide _________ (starve).
starvation
3. possession
take possession of...占有……,拥有……
(be) in possession of...拥有……
(be) in the possession of.. 归……所有
possess vt.有,拥有;具有(特质)
练习:All customers travelling on TransLink services must be _________ a valid ticket before boarding. (possession)
possessed
Lead-in
Look at the map. Which continent is it?
Africa
What do you know about Africa?
*the second largest continent in size and in population
*is made up of 54 countries
*the world’s hottest continent
Before reading
Let’s watch a video!
Do you want to have a trip to Africa?
Reading
Pre-reading
What’s the genre of the article?
Advertisement B. A report.
C. A novel. D. A travel journal
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While-reading
Look through the travel journal quickly and choose the right picture according to the description.
On June 30th, we drove in _______.
Morocco
30 June
A
B
C
D
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We drove down the narrow mountain road with all its sharp bends.
While-reading
What did they see and do at Merzouga?
What they saw
__________ sand dunes
a small boy with a group of ______ goats
the yellow roadside sign of “_______ natural environment”
What they did
He made a resolution to ______ and ______
this unique landscape while he was there.
unending
noisy
fragile
respect
protect
While-reading
What did they see and do at the Sahara desert?
What they saw
_________ sand dunes
the wind was ______________of sand
the sun was ____________hard and bright
the sky was a deep _____ of blue
the _____ beauty of the desert
completely _______ desert with no