课 题 Unit 5 What an adventure! Starting out 课 型 新授课 课 时 第一课时 学 习 目 标 1. To master basic knowledge of this lesson and use them freely. 2. To develop students’ reading comprehension’s abilities by discussion and cooperation. 3. To help students learn about the three foreign great explorers and have a better understanding of Chinese explorer Xu Xiake. 重 点 难 点 1. Master some key words initial, adventure, thus, phrases in search of, by way of and expressions. 2. Guide students to think about why people explore and the meaning of human’s explorations. 学 法 指 导 1.课前30分钟自主学习，完成预习学案。 找出自己的疑惑和需要讨论的问题，用红笔做好标记。 2.课上25分钟高效讨论展示答案 3.课上10-15分钟答疑解惑。 4.课后20分钟巩固学习 自主学习 1.单词汉译英： (1) v. 探险者； (2) adv. 向西地 (3) n. 大西洋 (4) n. 太平洋 (5) adj. 最初的；开始的 (6) n. 路线 (7) adv. 因此；从而 (8) n.冒险(活动) (9) adv. 定期地；有规律地 (10) adj.文学的 2. 短语英译汉： (1)a route to... (2)in search of... (3)open up (4)by way of... (5)the beginning of... (6)keep sb. doing (7)at the age of... (8)at a time (9)enable sb. to do sth. (10)be regarded as... 3. 词汇拓展 (1) v. 探险→ n. 探险者；考察者→ n. 考察；勘探； (2) adj.规则的；经常的 → adj.不规则的 → adv. 规则地； (3) n.危险；危害→ adj.有危险的 → adv.危险地 → vt.危及→ adj. 濒危的；濒临灭绝的 (4) vt. 经历；体验→ adj. 有经验的 → n.经验;经历 (5) v.鼓励,怂恿→ n.鼓励→ n.勇气→ v.使…泄气 课堂探究 Starting out Step 1 1 Look at the map, and read the information about the three explorers. Match the routes to the explorers. Step 2 2 Watch the video and fill in the blanks. Xu Xiake was known in China as a great 1 , geographer and travel writer. Born in 1587, he loved reading books about 2 and nature, and from an early age wished to see the natural wonders of the country. Xu started to travel at the age of 22, with the 3 of his mother, As well as exploring famous mountains and rivers, he went to places that had never been visited before. His first journeys lasted only a few 4 , so that he could return home 5 . But by 1639, about two years before his death, Xu had been travelling for years at a time, covering almost half of modern China. 6 most travelers these days, Xu travelled the hard way - on foot. He showed great courage during his journeys. He often went without food for days, and suffered bad weather, illness, dangerous animals and even robbers. Despite all these difficulties, his 7 about the natural world kept him going. Xu wrote about his discoveries in his travel diaries, which are the 8 records of landscapes in Southern China. Xu's own experiences enabled him to correct several mistakes in earlier books. One of his most important discoveries was that the Jinsha River was the 9 source of the Yangtze River. At more than 600,000 words, Xu's diaries are regarded as one of the greatest works in both 10 and literary fields. Translated into modern Chinese, it is amazing to hear the voice of Xu Xiake speaking ... ...
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