Unit 6 Starting-out&Understanding ideas 课件 外研版（2024）七年级下册

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Understanding Ideas
Starting out
Unit6
Hitting the road
In this lesson you will:
1. learn some quotes and books about travelling;
2. get the detailed information about the writer’s “hot” and “cool” travelling experience in Sichuan;
3. talk about where you want to travel and why.
Objectives
Free Talk
Look and Say
What can you see in the picture
What do they do
Maybe they are travelling.
Do you like travelling
What do you think of it
Travelling is just like _______, it makes me_________.
What do you think the title means
“Hit the road” is an idiom. It means leaving a place or starting a new journey.
e.g. I really enjoyed the party, but I think it's time to hit the road!
e.g. We're going to hit the road early tomorrow to start our trip
across the US.
Read the quotes and answer the questions.
1.What does each quote say about travel
Xunzi’s quote means that travel helps you know the world.
Seneca’s quote implies that travel provides you with new feelings and experiences.
Gustave Flaubert’s quote suggests that travel makes you realise the world is big.
2.Which quote do you agree with most
Look at the picture and answer the questions.
1. Do you know the book Around the World in Eighty Days
2. What do you think of the ways the characters travelled in the book
Look at the pictures and answer the questions.
1. What can you see in the pictures
Hot pot and things from a museum.
2. What do you expect from a trip
food museum
hot cool fun
Predict where people in the passage travelled and what they did based on the pictures and title. Can you guess their feelings
Maybe they went to Sichuan.
They ate hot pot. They may feel hot and spicy.
They visited a museum. Maybe they thought the things in the museum were very cool.
Fast-reading
1. What is the passage
A. a food story B. a travelling diary
C. a daily blog D. a cultural poster
2. What are mentioned in the passage
Sichuan
hotpot
masks in Sanxingdui
Museum
Careful-reading
1). Read and tick the ideas in the passage.
The weather was very hot in Chengdu.
In general,the writer enjoyed the hot pot.
The writer was curious about Sanxingdui.
The writer does not want to stay in China.
2) Where did the writer’s friend pick him
A. In the restaurant B. In the airport.
C. At home. D. In the station
3) How does the writer’s feeling change during his hotpot experience
① expected ② enjoyable ③ surprised
A. ①②③ B. ②③① C. ③②① D. ①③②
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Careful-reading
1). How does the writer feel during his visit to Sanxingdui Museum
A. surprised and unsatisfied
B. curious and amazed
C. angry and tired
D. tired but expeced
2) What’s the difference between the masks and normal ones
A. They can see further.
B. They can hear clearer.
C. They have bigger ears.
D. They have smaller eyes.
3) What can we infer from the last paragraph
A. The writer was unsatified with his journey to Chengdu.
B. The writer is proud of being Chinese and look forward to another journey.
C. The writer only enjoyed the journey in Sanxingdui.
D. The writer has travelled all the places of China.
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Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage.
My “hot” experiences:
I wanted to try 1. ______________ , so Haoyu took me to a restaurant.
The food made 2. burn and I 3. all my tea.
Then I started to 4. the taste.
5. hot pot was as fun as eating it.
Sichuan hot pot
my mouth
drank
enjoy
Cooking
My “cool” experiences:
The new Sanxingdui Museum is totally 6. .
I had so many questions about the 7. _________ masks.
A different cultural experience makes travelling exciting.
cool
fantastic
My first day in China was 8. .
full of fun
Further thinking
Read and answer the questions.
1. What do you think the title “ Hot and cool” mean __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.Would you like to travel in Sichuan Why or whynot
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Learning to think for question 1
A title often shows the main idea of the passage.
Pay attention to the words in a title. Some words may have more than one meaning.
1.What do you think the title means
2.Would you like to travel in Sichuan Why or why not
“Hot” means the spicy and hot taste of the Sichuan hot pot. It also means the exciting and passionate experience of trying new and spicy local food.
“Cool” describes the visit to the Sanxingdui Museum. Because the author saw many cool and amazing things in the museum.
Would you like to travel in Sichuan Why or why not
Summary
Share your journey with us
A: As we all know, travelling can ...... A life withou ... is just like a like without ...... Do you have any meanigful journey
B: Of course! Travelling is my favourite! The journey which most impressed me was .......... During the journey, I .......
A: How did you feel during your whole journey
B. ..........
A. What a/an ...... experience! Maybe next time ......
Homework
Write a short paragraph about an interesting travel experience of yours.