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Unit 2 Travelling Around
Period 2
Reading and Thinking
1. Students can know the main idea of the passage.
2. Students can find out the details of the passage.
3. Students can learn more knowledge about Peru.
Learning objectives
Do you like travelling? Why?
Do you know why more and more people like travelling now?
Travlling has many benefits/advantages.
Warming up : About travel
Travel reasons
Traveling is great fun.
Travelling is excellent exercise.
Travelling broadens the horizons(开阔视野).
Travelling is a good way to relax .
More and more people have become richer and can afford (消费得起) to travel.
Transportation/Transport is more and more convenient (便利的).
Better travel service is provided.
Travel
destination
transport
cost
time and weather
schedule
travel agency
(旅行社)
health
accommodation
safety
luggage
2. When you plan to go travelling, what do you have to consider?
About Peru
Watch a video about Peru.
Lead in
Watch the video Welcome to Peru and answer the questions.
What did you see in the video?
What other sources of information can you find about Peru?
n. 来源;出处
Reading and Thinking
While reading
1.Read Text1
Get Some Basic Information About Peru.
Reading and Thinking
1. Which continent is Peru on ?
North America
South America
Oceania
Africa
South America
B
Reading and Thinking
2. Which of the features about the part along the coast in Peru is not true?
C
dry
narrow
mountainous
flat
Reading and Thinking
3. Which mountains is Peru in?
Rocky mountains
Andes Mountains
Himalayas Mountains
Alps Mountains
Andes Mountains
B
Reading and Thinking
4. Which is the main official language of Peru?
Spanish
English
Italian
French
A
Reading and Thinking
5. Which city is the capital of Peru?
Lima
2. Scan the text and choose the best choice.
(1) How will you get to your accommodation in the middle
of forest if you visit Amazon Rainforest?
A. By air. B. By boat C. On foot. D. By car.
(2) If you want to enjoy ancient Inca stone buildings, which tour should you take?
A. Amazon Rainforest Tour B. Machu Picchu Tour
C. Cusco Tour D. Lake Titicaca Tour
(3) which country controlled Peru from the 16th to 19th ______?
A. Spain B. America
C. Britain D. India
(4) Where does this text probably come from?
A. An agricultural magazine. B. A medical journal.
C. An engineering textbook. D. A tourist brochure.
(5)What is the author’s intention of writing the passage?
A. To recommend four tourist attractions of Peru.
B. To tell people to travel abroad as often as possible.
C. To encourage people to get close to nature.
D. To help people learn more about Peru.
(6) How many days will the whole Lake Titicaca tour take?
A. just one day B. three days
C. four days D. two days
3.Understanding the details.
(1)How do visitors enter the Amazon rainforest?
(2)How will visitors go to their accommodation ?
(3)How long will visitors spend exploring the
rainforest ?
阅读Text 2的第一段,回答下列问题:
(1)How long is the tour?
(2)How to get to Machu Picchu?
(3)What will visitors be amazed by?
4 days
On foot
The Inca's dry stone method of building.
阅读Text 2的第二段,回答下列问题:
How long is the tour?
What to do?
4 days
1.Stay in a local hotel
3.Admire the architecture
4.Enjoy the excellent local food
5.Go shopping at the local markets
2.Visit the museums
阅读Text 2的第三段,回答下列问题:
(1)How to get to Lake Titicaca and the island?
(2)Where to stay?
(3)What to do?
A local Uros home on an island
By car, by boat
1.Enjoy the beautiful countryside
2.Stay with a local Uros family
阅读Text 2的第四段,回答下列问题:
Amazon rainforest MachuPicchu Cusco Lake Titicaca
Number of days
transport
accommodation local home
4 days
4 days
4 days
4 days
in the middle
of the forest
by car,
by boat
by plane,
by boat
on foot
the local hotel
4. Read carefully and fill in the table.
Summary
5. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the new words from the two texts.
Peru is a country which is 1._______the Pacific coast of South America with three main areas. Peru was the centre of the 2. _________(power) ancient Inca Empire in the 1400s and 1500s. Spain took control of Peru in the 16th century and 3._______(rule) until 1821. It is for this reason 4. ________Spanish is the main 5. _______(office) language of Peru.
You can go from Cusco to the Amazon rainforest by plane. From there, you will spend one day 6. _________(travel) by boat to your accommodation. Then you can spend three days exploring the rainforest with a local guide and 7. _______(enjoy) the plants and 8. ______ (animal) unique to the rainforest.
It will take you four days 9.________(go) to the city of Machu Picchu on foot on amazing paths. Reach your destination and you will have a day to explore and be
10. _________(amaze) by this ancient city. Especially, the Incas’ dry stone method of building is amazing.
animals
The Andes
Lake Titicaca
Machu Picchu
Cusco
The Amazon
rainforest
Which tour(s) would you recommend to people who enjoy history and culture?
After-reading
Discussion
I would recommend Cusco, where you can enjoy the unique Spain and local culture.
1.Memorize the new words.
2.Find out the important and difficult phrases and sentence structures in the passage on Page 26.
Homework
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