Unit 6 Starting out 课件 2024-2025学年外研版（2024）七年级英语下册

What can you see in the picture? It means leaving or starting a journey. What’s the meaning of “Hitting the road”? I can see a father is helping his son during the travelling. It seems they're on a hiking or nature - exploration journey, eager to experience new things. P82 Why do we hit the road? Travelling allows us to experience new things. In this unit, let’s explore the meaning of travel. How do we have fun during travel? What can we learn from travelling? What’s the spirit of travelling? After completing the unit, you will be able to: use words and expressions in the unit to talk about travel. explain the meaning of travel. use as… as to describe travel experiences. make a travel plan. 2 Look at the picture and answer the questions. 1 Do you know the book Around the World in Eighty Days? This is Phileas Fogg, the hero of this book. He set a goal to travel around the world. And he hit the road. P83 2 Did Phileas Fogg succeed in the end? Watch the video and find the answer. Yes, he did. A classic adventure novel First published in French in 1872 Hitting the road 6 Unit Starting out 1 Read the quotes and answer the questions. What does this quote say about travel? It tells us that it is important to travel and explore the truth of the world in person. P83 荀子(约前313年-前238年),战国晚期赵国人,思想家、哲学家、教育家、儒家学派的代表人物。代表作《荀子》。 塞涅卡(Lucius Annaeus Seneca,约公元前4年-65年),古罗马政治家、斯多葛派哲学家。 去新的地方旅行,能让思维焕发新的活力。( 塞涅卡) What does this quote say about travel? It introduces the benefit of travel. 古斯塔夫 福楼拜(Gustave Flaubert,1821年12月12日~1880年5月8日),法国著名作家。 旅行可以让你意识到自己在这个世界上是多么渺小。(古斯塔夫 福楼拜) What does this quote say about travel? It shows that travelling can help us become humble (谦虚的) and learn to reflect ourselves. Which quote do you agree with most? I agree with ... most, because it ... the benefit of travel explore the truth of the world help us become ... and learn to ... What books about travel do you know? 2 What do you think of the ways the characters travelled in the book? 1 How did the characters travel? They travelled in many ways, such as by steamboat, train, elephant and sledge (雪橇). The characters travel in many different ways, they are slow but interesting. Their journeys are full of excitement. Watch the video again and answer the questions. sledge /sled / 1. What have you learned about the quotes about travelling? 2. Can you talk about the book Around the World in Eighty Days? Did Fogg succeed easily? What problems did he meet? How do you think he solved them? Read the book Around the World in Eighty Days and find the answer. $$