1、UnitUnit 2 Travelling around 2 Travelling around Reading and Thinking 1.Do you know why more and more people like travelling now? Travlling has many benefits/advantages. About travel Travel reasons Travel is great fun. Travel is excellent exercise. Travel broadens (开阔开阔) the mind. Travel is a good r
2、elaxation. More and more people have become richer and can afford (消费得起消费得起) to travel. Transportation/Transport is more and more convenient (便利的便利的). Better travel service is provided. 2. When you plan to go travelling, what do you have to consider? Travel Travel destination transport costtime and
3、weather schedule travel agency (旅行社旅行社) health accommodation safety luggage The Inca Empire was a kingdom which used to exist in Peru and some other countries in South America. Its capital was Cusco. The Incas were the people who lived in the Andes Mountains. Machu Picchu was a palace for the king,
4、built around 1450, and is now a lost city. Lake Titicaca is the largest lake in South America. The Uros are a tribal (部落部落) group that have lived on manmade islands on the lake for centuries. In the 1500s, The Spanish conquered (征服征服) the Inca Empire and the Incas as a people, race and culture, are
5、extinct (灭绝灭绝). About Peru Explore Perru Reading and Thinking 1. Watch the video Welcome to Peru and answer the questions. 1) What did you see in the video? I saw the Andes Mountains, the Amazon rainforest, Cusco city, Machu Picchu, and Lake Titicaca in the video. 2) What other sources of informatio
6、n can you find about Peru? I can find the information about Peru from the Internet, TV, an encyclopedia (百科全书百科全书), the library, and travel brochures (资料或手资料或手 册册). 2. Look through the two texts quickly and finish the following tasks. 1) What types of text are they: encyclopedia or brochure? Text 1
7、is an encyclopedia entry (百科全书条目百科全书条目) while Text 2 is a travel brothure. 2) Read text 1 again and fill in the form below. Location Geographic characteristics (3 main areas) 1. 2. 3. Historyin the 1400s and 1500s from the 1500s to 1821 Language on the Pacific coast of South America narrow, dry, fla
8、t land running along the coast Spanish the Amazon forest the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire was ruled by Spain the Andes Mountains 3) Read text 2 again and fill in the blanks. Amazon Rainforest Tour l How to enter the Amazon Rainforest: _ l How to get the destination in the middle of the
9、 forest: _ l What to do: _ _. On a short flight By boat Explore the rainforest and enjoy the plants and animals unique to the rainforest Machu Picchu Tour l How long: _ l How to get Machu Picchu: _ l What to do: _ _ l How you will feel: _ _ 4 days Explore the ancient city On foot Amazed by the Incas
10、 dry stone method of building l How long:_ l What to do: _ _ _ _ _ _ 4 days Stay in a local hotel Admire the architecture Enjoy the excellent local food Go shopping at the local markets Cusco Tour Visit the museums l How to get to Lake Titicaca and the island: _ l Where to stay: _ l What to do: _ _
11、A local Uros home on an island By car, by boat Enjoy the beautiful countryside Lake Titicaca Tour Stay with a local Uros family These Inca 3. Complete the passage with the correct forms of the new words from the two texts. roads were made up of two north-south highways and many small roads crossing
12、the mountains east to west. The roads were for Inca soldiers and their o_. Second, the Inca built wonderful cities full of amazing architecturebut there were no markets in these cities. One of the interesting questions of history is how the Incas lived without shopping! Amazon rainforest Machu Picchu CuscoLake Titicaca Number Number of daysof days transporttransport accommaccomm odationodation local home 4. Fill in the table Amazon rainforest Machu Picchu CuscoLake Titicaca activityactivityl boating, l hiking, l explor- ing nature 5. Choose the best answers. Thank You
