Module 2

Unit2 Wish you were here

Reading Ⅰ

An adventure in Africa

Module 2

Unit2 Wish you were here

Reading Ⅰ

An adventure in Africa

Discussion

1. Do you like travelling? And why? 2. Do you know something about Africa?

Wild Africa

Skimming Please read the letter quickly, try to carry out the following tasks.

Task 1. Answer the questions

1. How will Colin and Toby travel through the desert?

2. What activity does Toby think is dangerous?

3. How long will the brothers stay in Africa?

They will travel on camels.

White-water rafting and watching wild life up close.

About four weeks.

Task 2Put the activities in the correct order.

________ travel down the River Nile

________ travel on camels through the Sahara Desert

________ climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

________ see wild animals in Kenya

________ fly to Morocco

________ go to the Himalayas

1

6

4

5

2

3

Scanning

Task 1. Multiple-choice questions

1. According to paragraph 1, __________ .

A. Toby is planning a business trip.

B. Toby usually travels in his summer

holiday.

C. Colin wants to travel before starting

university.

D. Toby is not very excited about the trip.

2. In line 12, ‘there’ refers to ____ .

A. the United States

B. Morocco

C. northern Africa

D. the Sahara Desert

3. According to paragraph 2, _______ .

A. Toby enjoys riding camels.

B. Toby is worried about traveling by

camel.

C. Toby will feed the camels.

D. Colin loves camels.

4. According to paragraph 5, Toby wants to __________.

A. see a giraffe up close

B. scare animals away

C. take photographs of animals

D. ride an elephant

5. In line 34, ‘them’ refers to _______.

A. the elephants

B. Colin and Toby

C. the guides

D. the giraffes

6. According to the letter, Toby enjoys

___________ .

A. comfortable, expensive holidays

B. cultural holidays

C. adventure holidays

D. staying at home

Kenya

Tanzania

the Sahara Desert

Morocco

Nile

take a flight to

ride camels through

travel down

see wild animals in

climb Mount Kilimanjaro in

Task 2. Read the whole passage carefully to fin

d the route （路线） of the adventure.

Work in groups and complete thefollowing chart according to theletter. Please fill in each blank withno more than three words.

Task 3 Task-based reading Group work

Task 3 Task-based reading Group work

Topic Details

Toby’s (1)_____ in Africa

Going to Morocco by (2)_______ from London

(3)_____to visit

The SaharaDesert

The River Nile Kenya Tanzania

Activities

1.Traveling (4)_______

2.(5)______in tents

3. Sleepingon theground inthe sleepingbags

Going white -water rafting from Lake (6)______to travel down the River Nile

1.Following(7)_________of wildlife

2. Getting closeto them to takephotos

3. Eating anddrinking(8)_________the local villagers do

1. Feeling sick because the atmosphere(9)_______

2. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Going to the (10) __________after the trip in Africa

adventureadventure

planeplane

PlacesPlaces

on camels on camels

CampingCamping

VictoriaVictoria

the tracksthe tracks

whatever whatever

gets thinner

gets thinner

Himalayas Himalayas

Pair Work Interview

Design questions according to the textHello! Colin/Toby!I’m….from…May I ask you some questions? Yes ， of course.Q1:I have a chance to take an adventure in Africa for f

ree, and what preparations should I do before starting? （ example ）

Q2:What is the most exciting thing for your adventure in Africa? （ example ）

....

Your questions…(according to the text)

Reading strategy: reading Reading strategy: reading an informal letteran informal letter

Characters of informal letters

1.They are usually handwritten;2. In informal letters, greetings and closings are used;3. Informal letters usually begin with casual and friendly greetings;4. In the letters, we can see contractions.

Dear Toby,

How are you? I’m glad to

……………….

……………………………………

…………………..……

Best wishes to you!

Love,

Aihua

greetings

body

closings

signature

An Informal letter sample

Hi…, I'm sorry I haven’t been able to keep in touch for a while. I hope you and

your family are doing fine. For now, I'm writing to share something that's been bothering me. As the saying goes, 'A friend in need is a friend indeed'.

Well, it might sound silly but I'm deeply upset about the fact that I haven’t done well in my previous exams. First of all, I was sick. Cold and flu kept me abed for a week. And then, there was the case of my far relatives (from abroad) coming to visit every now and then. There was another reason that my teachers were no so qualified for the subjects they thought. It was a little bit unnerving but I did work extra hard to cope up. I know my reasons are genuine but nevertheless, my parents were very disappointed in me (this might be the main reason why I am upset). But now that I've said most everything, I do feel better.

As for you, I would like to congratulate you on moving to your new home. Do you like it? Have you adjusted? Tell me all about it in your next letter.

Covey my regards to your parents and siblings. Your friend, Sam

Homework

Finish A1 and A2 on P94, workbook.

Write an informal letter about your traveling schedule about an adventure in China.