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Unit 2 Wish You Were HereUnit 2 Wish You Were Here

南航附中 雍 宏

A MAP OF AMERICA

EGYPTIAN PYRAMIDS

SAHARA DESERT

LAKE VICTORIA

WILD ANIMALS

MOUNT KILIMANJARO

Questions & Answers

1. Who wrote the following letter?

Toby wrote this letter.

2. What animal is uncomfortable to sit on?

Camel

3.How long will the author stay in Africa?

About four weeks.

Reading the letter again carefully and then choose the best answer

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

C

2.  In line 13, ‘there’ refer to ____.

A . the United States

B. Morocco

C. Northern Africa

D. the Sahara Desert

D

3.According to Paragraph 2, ___.

A. Toby enjoys traveling on camels

B. Toby will feed the camels

C. Toby is worried about traveling on

camels.

D. Colin loves camels

C

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

A. see a giraffe up close

B. scare animals away

C. take photographs of animals

D. shoot an elephant

C

5.In line 36, ‘them’ refer to the letter ___.

A. the elephants

B. Colin and Toby

C. the guides

D. the giraffes

C

6.According to the letter, Toby enjoys____.

A. comfortable, expensive holidays

B. cultural holidays

C. adventure holidays

D. staying at home

C

Complete the following form:

Toby’s travel plan

Parag-raph Rote How to travel What to take Why to

take

Par.2Through the Sahara Desert

On camelsa tent,a torcha sleeping bag

See sth in the dark

Par.3 Down the river Go white-water rafting

Special clothing a helmet, a life jacket

Not to get turned upside or sink

Par.4-5 In Kenya walking a backpack Carry food and water

Par.6 In Tanzania climbing    

• Try to put the activities in the correct order: ___3_______ travel down the River Nile ___2______travel on camels through the Sahara Desert ___5_______climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania ___4_______see wild animals in Kenya ___1_______fly to Morocco ___6______ go to the Himalayas

Step 8 Discussion

• 1. Which part of the world would you like

• to visit? Why?

• 2. Adventures such as mountain climbing

• and white-water rafting can be dangerous.

• Do you think it is worth risking your life

• for adventures? Why or why not?