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UNIT 6
Hitting the road
What can you see in the picture?
What’s the meaning of “hitting the road”?
e.g. father and son, help, travel, hiking, experience…
It means leaving or starting a journey.
Why do we hit the road?
Do you like travelling?
Have you experienced new things from travelling?
Yes, I do./ No, I don’t.
Yes, I have./ No, I haven’t.
What are you going to learn in this unit?
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? By the end of this unit, you will make a travel plan.
After completing the unit, you will be able to:
use words and expressions in the unit to talk about travel.
use as… as to describe travel experiences.
explain the meaning of travel.
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能够理解单元标题;
能够激活对旅行的热情与期待,理解旅行的意义;
能够理解有关旅行的文学作品。
Read the quotes and answer the questions.
You will not know the height of the sky if you do not climb a high mountain.
Xunzi
故不登高山,不知天之高也。
荀子
What does this quote say about travel?
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》。
It tells us that it is important to travel and explore the truth of the world in person.
Travel and change of place refresh the mind.
Seneca
去新的地方旅行,能让思维焕发新的活力。
塞涅卡
塞涅卡 (Lucius Annaeus Seneca约公元前4年-65年)古罗马政治家、哲学家。
What does this quote say about travel?
It introduces the benefit of travel.
Travelling can help you realise how small you are in the world.
Gustave Flaubert
旅行可以让你意识到自己在这个世界上是多么渺小。
福楼拜
What does this quote say about 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。
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?
You will not know the height of the sky if you do not climb a high mountain.
Travel and change of place refresh the mind.
Travelling can help you realise how small you are in the world.
Look at the picture and think about the questions.
1. Do you know the book Around the World in Eighty Days?
2. What do you think of the ways the characters travelled in the book?
Phileas Fogg
This is the hero of this book. He set a goal to travel around the world. And he hit the road.
A classic adventure novel
First published in French in 1872
Watch and answer the question:
Yes, he did.
Did Phileas Fogg succeed in the end?
How did Phileas Fogg travel?
He travelled in many ways, such as by steamboat, train, elephant and sledge.
What do you think of the ways he travelled?
They are slow but interesting.
Did Fogg succeed easily?
What problems did he meet?
How do you think he solved them?
I can Very well OK Needs work
理解单元标题;
对旅行有热情与期待,理解旅行的意义
理解有关旅行的文学作品。
Write your ideas about travelling.
Preview the next part: Understanding ideas.
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