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课件网) Unit 2 Reading and Thinking What places have you travelled to, both at home and abroad Lead-in To explore the world, especially the unknown To see different views To have fun travelling Why do you travel To experience new cultures and communicate with different people Lead-in Guessing It is a country with the world’s longest mountain range, largest rainforest, oldest settlements, and great ancient civilization. It is a country with coasts, highland, and jungles. You can trek through hot, humid jungles , and cold glaciers Lead-in Lead-in South America Which continent is Peru in North America South America Oceania Africa Reading Text 1 Text 2 encyclopedia brochure Look through them quickly. What types of the text are they Reading 阅读技巧 By looking through the text quickly for titles, subtitiles , pictures and charts , you can tell the type of the text quickly.. You need to understand the given information and use your background knowledge. Reading Amazon rainforest Machu Picchu Cusco Lake Titicaca Number of days 4 days transport accommodation local home activity (what to do and see) boating , hiking, exploring nature 4 days 4 days 4 days In the middle of the forest car, boat flight, boat walking local hotel walking in the mountains, Exploring the ancient city visiting the museum, admiring the building,enjoying the local food , shopping at the local markets enjoying the beautiful countryside, staying with local family Reading Peru location official language history main areas on the Pacific coast of South America Spanish 1.narrow, dry, flat land 2. the Andes Mountain 3. the Amazon rainforest 1.1400s-1500s: the centre of ancient Inca Empire 2. 16th-1821: Spain's colony Reading Read text 1 again and fill in the form below. Location Geographic characteristics (3 main areas) 1. 2. 3. History in the 1400s and 1500s from the 1500s to 1821 Language on the Pacific coast of South America narrow, dry, flat land running along the coast Spanish the Amazon forest the centre of the powerful ancient Inca Empire was ruled by Spain the Andes Mountains Cusco is a popular _____ for tourists. Because of its _____place in the history of South America. Cusco was the capital city of the Inca_____ which was the most powerful in South America until the 1500s. There are two especially interesting things to_____about the Inca civilization. The first is the roads and _____, they built to connect their important cities. These Inca roads were made up of two north- south highways and many small roads crossing the mountains east to west. The roads were for Inca soldiers and their _____. Second, the Inca built wonderful cities full of amazing architecture, but there were no markets in these cities. One of the interesting questions of history is how the Incas lived without shopping. destination unique Empire admire paths officials 3.Complete the passage with the correct forms of the new words from the texts. While-r ... ...
