Africa---Africa---a land full ofa land full of mystery, charm and attraction.mystery, charm and attraction.

Pyramids, one of the world’s wonders

Egypt

The River Nile The longest river in the world, the Egyptian civilization started on it, and also enjoys the fame enjoys the fame of “The cradle(of “The cradle( 摇篮摇篮 ) of African civilization”) of African civilization”

Lake VictoriaNamed after Queen of England in the 19th century. It is the world’s largest tropical lake ( 热带 湖 ) and the second largest freshwater lake （淡水湖） .

Victoria Falls, the world’s largest waterfall

Mount Kilimanjaro Stands in northeastern Tanzania ， and is the highest mountain / peak in Africa.

Sahara Desert, the largest desert in the world

What do you know about the differences between sightseeing, travel and adventure?Definitions of sightseeing, travel and adventure:sightseeing---

going about ,visiting places of interest

travel--- the act of traveling

( 观光 )

adventure---a journey, activity, experience, etc., that is unusual , exciting and often dangerous

Before the adventure

30 June

Dear Aihua,

How are you? Sorry I have

n’t ……………….…………

……………………….

Best wishes to you!

Love,

Toby

greeting

body

closing

signature

An informal letter sample

date

dates

no surname

friendly greetings

past events

jokes

contractions

It is an

______

letter.

informal

Reading Strategy

abbreviations

The main idea of this letter is ______.A. how to do white-water rafting B. how to travel in Sahara DesertC. about a traveling experience D. about a travel arrangement

D

According to the letter, Toby enjoys_______.A. comfortable, expensive holidays B. cultural holidays C. adventure holidays D. staying at home

C

Para 1

True or false

Toby plans to spend a few weeks travelling before going to university.

before Colin goes to university.

What is Toby busy doing?What is Toby going to do?Can you describe Toby’s feeling?

Find out all the Destinations Toby will travel to in the letter.

New words of places:Morocco

the Sahara Desert

the River Nile

Lake Victoria

Kenya

Tanzania

Himalayas

Mount Kilimanjaro

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Kenya

Tanzania

the Sahara

Morocco

Nile

Victoria

Mount Kilimanjaro

the Himalayas

Put the activities in the correct order according to Toby’s plan for the trip.

_________ 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

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Sahara desert

London

15 July

Morocco/Sahara

By Plane

By Camel

Camping in tents /sleeping on the ground/seeing brilliant stars

Tents/ flashlights

Six days

Where to start?

What time to start?

Where to go?

How to go there?

What to do ?

What to take?

How long?

According to paragraph 2, _______.

A. Toby enjoys traveling on camels

B. Toby is worried about traveling on

camels

C. Toby will feed the camels

D. Colin loves camels

Because it is comfortable.

the River Nile

1.What adventure

activity will they try?

2. How do they find this activity?

3. What can he do to protect himself?

Dangerous but exciting.

He has to wear a helmet and a life

jacket.

They’ll live with the ______ people in their villages, and eat and drink _________ they do, ____________cow’s blood.

local

whateverincluding

They’ll walk _____ the land, following the ________ of wildlife _________elephants, lions and giraffes and taking ____________ of these animals.

tracks

Kenya

photographs

such as

across

1. What should they pay attention to while climbing mountain?

2. Why?

Make sure to get plenty of rest.

It can be tiring, and many people feel sick

as the atmosphere gets thinner.

Tanzania

What can Toby get

from this adventure

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 on (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 theTracks of biganimals

2. Getting closeto them to take(7) _______

3. Eating and(8)________whateverthe local villagers do

1. Getting plenty of (9)____

2. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Going to the (10) __________after the trip in Africa

adventureadventure

planeplane

PlacesPlaces

camelscamels

CampingCamping

VictoriaVictoria

drinking

drinking

restrest

Himalayas Himalayas

photographs

Now let’s focus on the title again:

An adventure in Africa

Try to find some words in the letter to describe ‘adventure’.

1.visit so many exciting places;

2.do lots of extraordinary things

4. go white-water rafting

6.get as close as possible to the dangerous animals to take some photos

3. very hot, dry and dusty in the Sahara Desert

5. have to wear a helmet and a life jacket for protection, just in case you fall into the water.

7.Mountain climbing can be very tiring, and many people feel sick as the air gets thinner

1.To be interested in it.2.To realize his dream.3.To experience different kinds of life.4.To know more about the world.5.To get close to nature.6.To challenge his limit.

Do you think it is worthwhile to risk your life to adventure?

explore space the exploration of the unknown parts a spirit of adventure

take/ have an adventure in Africa in case / in case of scare sb away / off

scare sb into / out of doing sthbe scared of / at be scared to do / thatscary / scaring stories

arrange for sb to do sth arrange with sb to do sth

a deserted garden a rough idea look forward to doing sth supply sb with sth / supply sth for sb

make arrangements for sth

brilliant stars / eyes

Key sentences Wish you ______ here.

We ______ London on 15 July, and we

______________________ Morocco in northern Africa.

We’re going to ride camels _________ the Sahara Desert.

I ______ it will be very hot, dry and ______ there.

…in the Sahara, there is no ______ during the day, and the stars seem especially ________ on ____ night.

I will _____ a flishlight with me so that I’ll be able to see __ ___ _____.

Altogether, the trip will _____ six days.

After the trip ___ camel, we’re going to travel _____the River Nile.

leave

will be taking a flight to

through

shadebrilliant clear

by down

take

were

expect dusty

bring in thedark

Wish

Key sentences We’ll ____ ____ the local people in their villages,

and eat and drink _________ they do, __________ cow’s blood.

During the day, we’ll _____ ______ the land, ________ the tracks of wildlife…

We’ll try to get ____ close _____ __________ to the animals, ______ ________ they’re dangerous, so that we can _____ some really good photographs.

After that, we’ll be moving on to Tanzania, _______ we’re going to climb Mount Kilimanjaro.

Montain ________ can be very _______,and many people feel sick as the _____________ gets thinner, so Colin and I will ______ ______ that we will get plenty of rest.

where

live with whatever including

walk across following

climbing tiringatmosphere

make sure

as as possible even though

take

wish: vt. 但愿 , 要是…多好 ; 希望 , 想要 ; 祝愿我但愿自己能年轻十岁。

*How I wish you ______________the party last night! We had great fun.

* I wish I __________ to the moon in the future.*He wished her good night.*He wished (her) to come.

Cf: hopeI hope I can help you.I hope to come.I had hoped to come, but I was ill. (I hoped to have come, but I was ill.)

*I wish I were 10 years younger. had attended

would fly

第一条信息预计在今晚7点到达。

The first message _______________ arrive at 7 this evening.

一些家长对孩子期望太高。

Some of the parents ______ too much ____ their children.

正如所预计的那样，他再次失败。

_______________, he failed again. As expected

expect of

is expected to

through, across, over, past

He swam ______ the river.

Light comes in ________ the window.

They had a wonderful view ______ the park.

He ran ______ me in a hurry.

He suddenly saw Sue _______ the room. He

pushed his way ________ the crowd.

across

through

over

past

across

through

shade

The artist uses light and shade to good effect. This is an eyeshade. It’s too hot in the sun; let’s sit in the shade. The old tree provided a pleasant shade.

You should shade your eyes from the sun.

on clear nights

at night / in the night

on the night of…

在一个寒冷的夜晚在星期六晚上在 6 月 13 日晚上

on a cold night

on Saturday night

on the night of 13 June

clear I made it clear to him that he was nolonger welcome her

e.

Are you clear about the arrangements for tomorrow?

You need to keep a clear head in face of difficulties.

The water was so clear that we could see the botton of the

lake.

On a clear day you can see the small island.

All exits must be kept clear of baggage in case of fire.

We are finally clear of debt.

清楚的，明白的

清醒的

透明的，清澈的

晴朗的

无障碍的

摆脱掉（不愉快事物）的

bring

Don’t forget to ______ me the book.

Don’t forget to ______ the book to Mary.

The police don’t usually ______ guns.

_______ your camera when you come tomorrow. bring sth to an end / bring sth to mind / bring about /

bring back / bring forward / bring in /bring out / bring up

bring / take/ fetch / carry bring / fetch

take carry

Bring

I don’t know what ______ _______ the change in his mind.

The music _______ ______ my childhood. Now I’d like to _____ _______ my plan. He ______ ___ an extra hundred dollars a month

from his new job.

brought about

brought back

bring forward brings in

down

We walked down the hill before sunset. The ship sailed down the river. Tell me about what’s going on down south. Jack went up to the town while his sister went

down to the countryside. Every year a great many students go up to Oxford,

while many a student goes down from it.

I can’t believe _______________. 无论你说什么，我都不相信。 ________________ I said, he wouldn’t listen to me.

无论我说什么，他都不会听我的。

______________________ reason you have, you

should keep your promise. 无论你有什么理由，你都应当遵守诺言。 You can take ________ you like. 你能拿走任何你喜欢的东西。

whatever you say.

Whatever / No matter what

Whatever / No matter what

whatever

__________ you are, you must obey the rules.Whoever

No matter who

Ving / Ved / to V 作状语 He lay on the bed, _________(listen) to Jay chou’s music.

He had a wonderful childhood, ________(travel) with his mo

ther to all corners of the world.

Lots of rescue workers were working around the clock, ____

___(send) supplies to Yushu.

________(scare) by the gunshot, Janie was hidden under th

e chair, ________ (tremble).

The girl came _______ (run) to the bus stop only _______

(find) that bus had gone.

listening

traveling

sending

Scared

trembling

running to find

atmosphere

These plants love warm,humid atmospheres.

The hotel offers a friendly atmosphere and personal service.

The old house is full of atmosphere.

( The old house is very interesting.)

where Mozart’s birthplace and the house _____ he c

omposed ‘ The Magic Flute’ are both museums now.

Rice grows well in areas ______ there’s plenty of rain and sunlight.

Rice grows well ______ there’s plenty of rain and sunlight.

She has come to a point in her life ______ she is expected to make her own decision.

where

where

where

where

close / closely Being _____ friends, you should help each other. They are keeping ____ watch on the enemy’s action. You should pay close attention to the spelling of th

ese words. Thank you for your close care these days. The Chinese basketball team won the game with a

_______ score of 56 to 55. He came ______ to the house to see it _______. The two things are ______ connected.

close

closelyclosely

close

close

close

他们学校向我们学校挑战，要进行足球比赛。

*Great as Newton was, his ideas have been challenged today.

In order to challenge himself, he tried his best to swim up a river.

*Their school challenged ours to a football match.

All the children were attentively listening to

his a_________ in Africa. Scientists must e_______ every possibility before the laun

ch of a space shuttle. He c__________ me to play another tennis game. The drought-hit areas are more dependent upon s______

of food. His behaviour that morning was quite e_________. How much do I owe you a___________? The meeting lasts half an hour and a__________ there’s a

discussion. I’ve a_________ the cleaner to come on Sunday. They d_______ their homes and fled to the hills when the f

lood came.

dventures

xplore

hallenged

upplies

xtraordinary

fterwards

ltogether

rrangedeserted

Phrases When you go to climb the mountain, you’d better

take more clothes with you ________ you feel cold at the top of it.

I should warn you __________ that we may be delayed.

I’m _____ ____ your never-ending complaints. When I saw her ____ ____ I realized she wasn’t J

ane.

in case

in advance

tired of up close

in case:*Take an umbrella in case it rains.*When in London, he took an umbrella every

day just in case.in case of*Call 110 in case of emergency. in any case*We shall get the spread of bird flu under co

ntrol in any case. in that case in no case*In no case shall we give up hope.

如果发生…

无论如何

如果是那样的话决不