1、3Unit 4 Lets goFOREIGN LANGUAGE TEACHING AND RESEARCH PRESS HEBEI UNIVERSITYNo one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his headon his old,familiar pillow.Lin Yutang(Chinese writer)Certainly,travel is more than the seeing of sights;it is a change that goes on,deep and
2、 permanent,in the ideas of living.Miriam Beard(American historian)4UNIT1use the key language to talk about traveling2apply the reading skill looking for the thesis statement3write a cause-and-effect essay about traveling4translate negatives5develop a proper attitude toward traveling6develop basic sk
3、ills for oral presentation ObjectivesSection A The surprising purpose of travelProject of the unitInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsPresenting your projectInspiring your thoughtsEnhancing your skillsPresenting your project Project of the unitLead-inProject forecastingMark Twain,a famous Am
4、erican writer said:Travel is fatal to prejudice and narrow mindedness.Whats your interpretation of this sentence?Talking about personal traveling experiencesTask Project of the unitThink about the following question.Step 1Lead-inWork in groups of four and interview your group members why they travel
5、.Step 2Lead-in Project of the unitknowledge of history&cultureexercisesrelax from pressurefamily reunion sight-seeingLead-in Project of the unit1.Why do many people choose to visit Xian?2.Which place are you most interested in when you are visiting Xian?Explain your reasons.Listen to a talk about Xi
6、an and discuss the questions.1.Why do many people choose to visit Xian?One of the most ancient cities in China;Its diverse and rich selection of local food;Easily accessible and frequent flights and trains;A reputation all over the world;If you have not been to Xian,you have not been to China.2.Whic
7、h place are you most interested in when you are visiting Xian?Explain your reasons.I am most interested in visiting the Terracotta Army in Xian:An admirable miracle of the world;The exquisite high technology in Qin Dynasty;A symbol of the long history and brilliant culture of China.Inspiring your th
8、oughtsEnhancing your skillsPresenting your project Project of the unitProject forecastingLead-inGive a presentation of your plan of a three-day trip,including:places youd like to visit transportation and accommodations clothing and equipment budget detailed scheduleWould you like to go backpacking o
9、r have a package tour?Project of the unitGlobal understandingDetailed understandingEnhancing your skillsPresenting your projectProject of the unit Inspiring your thoughtsSkim the text for three minutes.Then share your answers to the following questions with your partner.1)Use one word to describe th
10、e feeling of the authors traveling experience mentioned in Para.1.2)What is the authors final conclusion about the reasons why people travel?3)What is the general structure of this passage?Unpleasant.Cause and effect.We travel because we need to,because distance and difference are the secret corners
11、tones of creativity.Inspiring your thoughtsGlobal understandingGlobal understanding of the text Task Global understandingDetailed understandingEnhancing your skillsPresenting your projectProject of the unit Inspiring your thoughts1.Why do we sometimes still need to travel in this digital age?2.What
12、does the author mean by“the rest of the journey,however,can feel like a tedious lesson in the ills of modernity”(Para.2)?3.What kind of travel is truly compulsory?4.How does a bit of distance help enhance creativity according to Paragraph 6?5.What do we need to do to trigger our creativity?6.What wi
13、ll happen to us after travel?Read the text again and answer the following questions.Step 1Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingTask 1Detailed understanding of the text1.Why do we sometimes still need to travel in this digital age?Because in this digital age,it is still important to have a ha
14、ndshake at a business luncheon,to eat moms special food on Thanksgiving,or to see your girlfriend on your 2-year anniversary.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued2.What does the author mean by“the rest of the journey,however,can feel like a tedious lesson in the ills of modern
15、ity”(Para.2)?The author means that the rest of journey is actually very boring.They have to endure and tolerate the terrible experience in the modern world which brings people convenience as well as tediousness as a result of globalization.Journey is not enjoyable any more.Inspiring your thoughtsDet
16、ailed understandingto be continued3.What kind of travel is truly compulsory?Only corporate travel,about 30%of trips over 50 miles,is truly compulsory.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued4 How does a bit of distance help enhance creativity according to Paragraph 6?Traveling to
17、 a new place can make us less controlled by familiar cognitive patterns we used to have.As a result,we can better combine the new with the old in our thinking.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued5.What do we need to do to trigger our creativity?We need to try the difference b
18、y changing cultures and experiencing the disorienting diversity of human traditions.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continued6.What will happen to us after travel?Travel will change our mind to some extent,which in turn can have effects on everything in our life.Inspiring your tho
19、ughtsDetailed understandingRead the following sentences from the text,and explain the meaning beyond words.Step 21.Because Paris is Paris.(Para.4)2.But heres the irony:Our mind is most likely to solve our most stubborn problems while we are sitting in luxury in a Left Bank caf.(Para.5)3.The larger l
20、esson,though,is that our thoughts are saturated with the familiar.(Para.6)4.As a result,creativity is traded away for efficiency;we think in finite,literal prose,not symbolic verse.(Para.6)5.We dont spend 10 hours lost in the Louvre because we like it,and the view from the top of Machu Picchu probab
21、ly doesnt make up for the trouble of lost luggage.(Para.9)Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding1.Because Paris is Paris.(Para.4)Because you go to Paris for the sake of its uniqueness.You just want to experience the wonder of Paris.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continuedS
22、tep 2Read the following sentences from the text,and explain the meaning beyond words.2.But heres the irony:Our mind is most likely to solve our most stubborn problems while we are sitting in luxury in a Left Bank caf.(Para.5)We travel because we want to get rid of the stubborn problems at home,but v
23、isiting new places may stimulate our brains and,therefore,be beneficial to problem solving.This is the irony.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continuedStep 2Read the following sentences from the text,and explain the meaning beyond words.3.The larger lesson,though,is that our though
24、ts are saturated with the familiar.(Para.6)Based on what we have learned about traveling,we should extend our understanding to a broader sense and realize that our mind is full of the familiar things which are happening around us.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continuedStep 2Read
25、 the following sentences from the text,and explain the meaning beyond words.4.As a result,creativity is traded away for efficiency;we think in finite,literal prose,not symbolic verse.(Para.6)Consequently,we sacrifice our creativity to improve efficiency.We think in a clear and definite way without m
26、uch space for imagination,just as what we do in writing prose,which is completely different from writing poems.In writing poems,we use few words to express our imaginative thinking.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingto be continuedStep 2Read the following sentences from the text,and explai
27、n the meaning beyond words.5.We dont spend 10 hours lost in the Louvre because we like it,and the view from the top of Machu Picchu probably doesnt make up for the trouble of lost luggage.(Para.9)Travel does have its problems,such as getting lost and getting frustrated with lost luggage,all of which
28、 are not easily made up for.We should not deny this.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understandingStep 2Read the following sentences from the text,and explain the meaning beyond words.Step 1Step 2One member of each group will be chosen randomly to present the answer of the group to the whole class.Wo
29、rk in groups of four and discuss about the following situation:Suppose you are about to go traveling.What preparations will you make?Inspiring your thoughtsTask 2Critical thinkingDetailed understanding1)Reserve tickets and accommodations.2)Make a budget in advance.3)Work out a detailed schedule.4)Se
30、arch for relevant information.5)List all the items needed to be packed.Inspiring your thoughtsDetailed understanding2022-10-142022-10-142022-10-142022-10-142022-10-142022-10-14 Language highlightingLanguage learningLanguage focusPresenting your projectProject of the unitInspiring your thoughtsStruct
31、ure analysisAn essay of cause-and-effect Enhancing your skillsStep 1Read Para.1 and Para.2,and find out all the words concerning traveling by air.Then match the words with their meanings.pack suitcase taxi flight security terminal x-ray screening airport mall keepsakeEnhancing your skillsTask 1Learn
32、ing words concerning traveling by air Language focusLanguage learning packsuitcaseflightsecurityterminalkeepsakex-ray screeningairport mallsafety check of ones luggage and body at the airport before boarding the planesouvenir,sth.that helps you remember a person,place,or occasionlarge container with
33、 a handle,for carrying clothes and possessions while travelingan aircraft that is making a particular journeyto put sth.into a bag,boxa large shopping area inside the airporta building in an airport where aircraft passengers meet before their flight leaves or from which they leave after their flight
34、 has arrivedchecking through a type of radiation that can go through many solid substances,allowing hidden objects to be photographed1)Will you keep your eye on my _ while I go to get the tickets for us?2)We are leaving early tomorrow morning for the three-day hiking,so youd better _ tonight.3)Ive b
35、ought several _ for my family and friends while traveling in Guilin.4)All _ to New York today are delayed due to the bad weather.suitcasepackStep 2Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.pack suitcase flight keepsakekeepsakesflightsEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning 5)There ar
36、e two _ in this airport,one is for domestic flights and the other is for international ones.6)Your luggage will be put on the conveyer belt and checked through _.7)Many travelers prefer to buy keepsakes in the _,especially makes-ups.8)He showed his passport to the customs officer and then went throu
37、gh _,where officials checked that he was not carrying any weapons.terminalsx-ray screeningairport mallsecuritysecurity terminal x-ray screening airport mallEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Step 3Discuss with your partner and list more words concerning traveling.Enhancing your ski
38、llsLanguage focusLanguage learning Tourist attraction,guidebook,destination,excursion,hiking,travel agency,souvenir,scenery,accommodation,facility,local food,travel brochure,etc.Underline the words concerning feelings of traveling in the text.Then match the words with their meanings.Step 1nervous bu
39、rdensome tedious compulsory optional creative open-mindedEnhancing your skillsTask 2Learning words about feelings of travelingLanguage focusLanguage learning nervousburdensometediouscompulsoryoptionalcreativeopen-mindedboring and tiring,esp.because long or often repeatedworried and anxious(of sth.)t
40、hat must be done;necessary by law or a rulewilling to consider ideas and opinions that are new or different to your owncreating problems for sb.sth.which people can choose whether to do it,pay it,or buy itproducing or using original and unusual ideas1)Traveling will never be _ in this nature reserve
41、 because there are breath-taking sceneries all the time.2)Business trips are mostly _.Meanwhile,the schedule is always full.3)The travel agency offers quiet a few _ fascinating destinations for the tourists.4)Making preparations for a family trip is definitely a _ task for a mother of three kids,sin
42、ce there is a long list of items.tediouscompulsoryStep 2Fill in the blanks with the words in the box.burdensome tedious compulsory optional optionalburdensomeEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Step 3Discuss with your partner and list more words concerning feelings of traveling.Enha
43、ncing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage learning Pleasant,enjoyable,excited,thrilled,broad-minded,refreshed,passionate,energetic,exhausted,regretful,pitiful,etc.1.anniversary(Para.3)The couple decide to go on a vacation in Hawaii to celebrate their wedding anniversary.Enhancing your skillsTask 3Deta
44、iled learning of key vocabularyLanguage focusLanguage highlighting n.C a date when you celebrate sth.that happened in a previous year that is important to you 纪念日；周年纪念e.g.the wedding anniversary 结婚周年纪念日 anniversary of the battle 战役纪念日Translation:这对夫妻决定去夏威夷度假，来庆祝他们的结婚周年纪念日。2.exotic(Para.6)I bought a
45、souvenir of elephant during the journey in Thailand which had some kind of exotic charm.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting a.1.used for describing things that are interesting or exciting because they are in or from distant foreign countries 外国产的；外国来的Translation:我在泰国旅行时买了一个小象的纪念
46、品，它有一种异域的魅力。2.exotic(Para.6)There are exotic trees and flowers everywhere in this botanical garden.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting a.2.interesting or exciting because of being unusual or not familiar 奇异的；别致的；异乎寻常的Translation:这个植物园里到处都是奇异的树和花朵。3.endow(Para.6)The hiking in Afr
47、ica endowed them with greater tolerance and benevolence.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting vt.(fml.)(with)give a particular quality to sth.,or say that sth.has a particular quality 赋予；认为具有某种品质Translation:在非洲的徒步旅行使他们变得更加宽容和仁慈。4.multicultural(Para.7)The curriculum of this univers
48、ity reflects characteristics of a multicultural education.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting a.involving or including people or ideas from many different countries,races,or religions 多元文化的；多种文化融合的Translation:这所大学的课程设置体现出了多元文化教育的特色。MeaningExamplesmulti-a prefix that is used to e
49、xpress“many”multimedia multidimensional multidisciplinary multifunctional multilevel multinational multitaskEnhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting Word formation5.be open to(Para.7)Most tourists are open to cultural differences while traveling.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLan
50、guage highlighting be willing to consider many different possibilities 愿意考虑Translation:大多数游客在旅行中都能够接受文化差异。6.insular(Para.8)Traveling abroad is really an effective way to get people less and less insular.Enhancing your skillsLanguage focusLanguage highlighting a.not interested in meeting anyone outsi
