UnitReading(languagepoint)AnadventureinAfrica.docVIP

Module 2 Making Discoveries Unit 2 Wish You Were Here Period 3 Reading(Language points) Teaching Aims: Revise the reading passage by retelling it. 2. Get the students to grasp the usage of some important words and expressions. Get the students to practice two important drills. Teaching Aids: 1. The multimedia 2. The blackboard Teaching Procedures; Step 1 Revision 1. Question: What topic does this letter refer to? 2. Ask the students to retell the three adventurous activities the writer will do during his coming travel in Africa according to the following clues: to travel on camels: where to leave and how to go how and where to travel how long to travel to travel down the Nile: when and where to start how to travel and why what to wear to travel to see wild animals: where to live what to drink and eat what to buy and why how to get close to wild animals 2. Step 2 Related language points words and expressions expect e.g. I expect there would be strong agreement about this. TIP: expect + clause expect + n. (sb. / sth.) expect to do expect sb. to do expect so expect not = don’t expect so on camels e.g. Watch out for dangers while traveling on camels. TIP: by camel / on the camel(s) / on camels by bike / on the bike(s) / on bikes by car / in the car(s) / in cars so many exciting places e.g. I feel shamed that I’ve made so many mistakes. TIP: 1) so many + n. (countable) so much + n. (uncountable) so few + n. (countable) so little + n. (uncountable) 2) such little toys on clear nights e.g. The newly-wedded couple often takes a heart-to-heart talk in the moonlight on clear nights. TIP: at night / in the night on a cold night on Saturday night on the night of… go white-water rafting e.g. To our embarrassment, we turned ourselves upside down while doing white-water rafting. TIP: go mountain climbing go house hunting go Internet surfing go on a trip e.g. They are longing to go on a honeymoon trip to Venice. TIP: go on a visit (trip, tour, journey) / visits (