Reading

An adventure in

Africa

教学目标：

本课时运用多媒体增加课堂容量，提高课堂效率和学生积极性。通过设计有助于提高学生的阅读概括水平与分析问题能力的练习，指导学生提高阅读速度和把握作者写作思路；及通过练习设计提高学生运用语言解决问题的能力，变学习语言为运用语言。

1. How much do

you know about

Africa?

2. Is it

worthwhile going

to Africa for

your holiday?

Morocco

the Sahara Desertthe

River

Nile

Tanzania Mount Kilimanjaro

Lake Victoria

Kenya

Egypt

New words of places:

Morocco

the Sahara Desert

the River Nile

Lake Victoria

Kenya

Tanzania (Kilimanjaro)

Himalayas

[ himə'leiəz]

A North African kingdom, is on the northwestern corner of Africa and Rabat is its capital.

Casablanca, in the north of this country, is the largest city. The famous movie Casablanca tells a story which happened in this city.

Morocco

the Sahara Desert

It is the world’s largest desert, covering 9,065,000 square kilometers.

the River Nile

Flowing quietly and peacefully, it enjoys the fame of “TFlowing quietly and peacefully, it enjoys the fame of “The cradle of African civilization(he cradle of African civilization( 文明文明 )”.)”.

the Nile

Lake Victoria

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

It is the highest mountain in Africa. It stands in northeastern Tanzania. The top of the mountain is covered by snow and ice all year round.

Kilimanjaro

•The mountains, located in Asia are one of the highest mountain ranges( 山脉 ) in the world.

•The world‘s highest peak ( 山峰 ) was 8,848 meters high which was conquered( 攻克 ) in 1953.

Himalayas

Read it quickly and answer.

1. How will Colin and Toby travel through

the desert?

________________________________

An adventure in Africa

They will travel on camels.

2. What activity does Toby think is

dangerous?

_________________________________

_________________________________

3. How long will the author stay in

Africa?

_________________________________

About four weeks.

White-water rafting and watching

wildlife up close.

• Para1.

• Para2.

• Para3.

• Para4.

• Para5.

• Para6.

• Para7.

• A. go to Tanzania to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro.

• B. go to travel down the River Nile after the trip by camel.

• C. go to travel on camels through the Sahara Desert.

• D. plan a trip during the holiday and go to visit Africa first.

• E. go on a trip to visit Africa in Kenya.

• F. try to get close to animals in Kenya.

• G. send postcards from different places we visit .

Fast reading

Para 1 True or false

1.Toby would spend a few weeks traveling before he goes to university.

2.After the trip to Africa, Colin will go to university.

Careful reading

Sahara

Start position:

Time:

Destination:

Means of

transportation

:

What to do:

Equipment:

How long:

London

15 July

Morocco/Sahara

plane (from London to Morocco)

camping/ seeing beautiful stars

tents/ flashlight

six days

camels (throughout Sahara)

Read the third paragraph

Q: What will they do after they leave the

Sahara Desert?

White-water

rafting

raft

Travel down the River Nile

1. What adventure activity will they try?

They have to wear a ______ and a

___________ for protection, just

______ they fall into the water.

2. Is there any danger when he does this

activity? How to protect themselves?

helmet

in case

life jacket

Discuss with your partner:Since rafting is dangerous and may hurt you badly, will you risk rafting?

Q: What will they do in Kenya?

Read paragraphs 4& 5

In ______, they’ll

live with the _____

people in their

villages, and eat and

drink _________

they do, including

cow’s ______.

Kenya

local

whatever

blood

They’ll walk across

the land, following

the _____ of wildlife

such as elephants,

lions and __________ .

tracks

giraffes

Q: Where will they climb Mount

Kilimanjaro?

Read the sixth paragraph

Mount Kilimanjaro

After that, they’ll be moving on to ________,

where they’re going to climb Mount

___________. Mountain climbing can be very

______ , and many people feel sick as the

atmosphere gets ______.

Tanzania

Kilimanjaro

tiring

thinner

Q: Where will they go before going back

to London?

They will go to

the Himalayas.

The route and destinations in Africa:

take a flight to Morocco

ride camels through the Sahara Desert

travel down the River Nile

see wild animals in Kenya

climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania

go to the Himalayas

Which of the following is their traveling route?_____

A. Morocco Britain Tanzania Kenya China

B. London Morocco Kenya Tanzania China

C. China Morocco Kenya Tanzania Britain

D. China Britain Morocco Kenya Tanzania

B

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 the

(7)_________of big animals

2. Getting closeto them to takephotos

3. Eating anddrinking(8)_________the local villagers do

1. Getting enough (9)_______2. Climbing Mount Kilimanjaro

Going to the (10) __________after the trip in Africa

adventureadventure

planeplane

PlacesPlaces

camelscamels

CampingCamping

VictoriaVictoria

tracks tracks

whatever whatever

restrest

Himalayas Himalayas

Answers:

C2: 1 __ 2 __ 3__ 4 __ 5 __ 6 ___

D: 1__ 2__ 3__ 4__ 5__ 6___

E: 1_________ 2______ 3________

4_________ 5______ 6________

7_________ 8_________

9_________ 10_______

cd b afe

adventure flight desert

arranged camels up close

wildlife protection

brilliant supply

C D B C C C

You are supposed to write a letter to

Toby telling him your plan for the

oversea travel. Pay attention to the

style of the letter.

Homework