必修一 Unit 2 Travelling Around
Reading & Thinking
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【Learning objectives】
At the end of this lesson, students are able to:
Identify the text type and grasp the linguistic feature and structure of travel brochure.
Obtain words and expressions of exploring Peru.
Comprehend more about Peru travelling resources and cultural characteristics.
【Learning key and difficult points】
Key Point: Identify the text type and grasp the linguistic feature and structure of travel brochure.
Difficult Point: Comprehend more about Peru travelling resources and cultural characteristics.
【Learning Procedures】
Lead in
1. Show some pictures and ask students can you guess where it is
2. Enjoy a video and make a brief introduction of Peru.
二、Reading Tasks
Task 1 Pre- reading
1. Look through the two texts quickly. What types of text are they: encyclopedia or brochure
2. Look at the title and the pictures. What information can you get from the Peru map
2. Read the text1 quickly to 3 and put the following statements in the right order.
A. Peru was conquered by Spain.
B. The Inca emperor lived in the now-famous site Machu Picchu.
C. Inca,a powerful ancient empire was set up.
D. Peru gained independence and was out of the control of Spain.
E. Spanish became the main official language of Peru.
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Task 2 While reading
skimming and thinking: Look through the passage quickly and find the order of the author’s travel.
Reading for details and answer the following questions.
Why does Spanish become the main official language of Peru
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Why is the Incas’ dry stone method of building amazing
3. Judge whether the following statements are true(T) or false(F).
Peru is a country on the Pacific coast of North America. ( )
In Peru,the Andes Mountains and the Amazon rainforest run along the coast.( )
Spain ruled Peru from the 16th century to 1821. ( )
The Incas’ dry stone method of building is unique and amazing. ( )
Stones were cut into exact size and extra support was needed to hold walls together. ( )
4. Read the text paragraph by paragraph and underline the answer in the book.
5. Read the text carefully and fill in the table. Then check the answer together.
Task 3 Post reading
1. Read the passage again and answer the following questions.
2. After reading the texts,please fill in the following blanks.
Peru is a country on the Pacific coast of South America,1. includes three main areas. One of them is the dry flat land 2. (run) along the coast in the belt shape. The other two are the Andes Mountains and the Amazon rainforest. In ancient times,Peru was the center of the 3. (power) Inca Empire,whose emperor chose to live in Machu Picchu,one of the famous tourist 4. (site) now. Spain took control of Peru in the 16th century,so Spanish is 5. (official) spoken on many occasions. Finally Peru 6. ______ (gain) its independence from Spain.
In the Amazon rainforest tour, you can enjoy the plants and animals unique 7. the rainforest. In the four-day Machu Picchu tour,you will be 8.________(amaze) by Incas’ dry stone method of building. The Cusco tour can make you enjoy the unique Spanish and local Indian culture high in the Andes at Cusco, 9. capital of the Inca Empire from the 13th until the 16th century. You can also spend a day 10. (drive) along the new highway to enjoy the beautiful countryside in the Lake Titicaca tour.
3. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the new words from the text on page 2
三、Language points
1. Mark the useful phrases
2. Analyze key sentence patterns
(1) It is for this reason that Spanish is the main official language of Peru. (P26 )
(2) Especially amazing is the Incas’ dry stone method of building. (P26 )
四、Homework: 同步1+1 P33---p34