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课件网) Unit 2 Travelling around Reading and Thinking Explore Peru Asia Lead in Which country would you like to visit Famous Landmarks the Eiffel Tower in France the Statue of Liberty in the USA the London Bridge in the UK Big Ben Disneyland the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy the London Eye Sydney Opera House in Australia Guessing game Which country is it It’s a country with: the world’s longest mountain range, largest rainforest, oldest settlements, and great ancient civilisation. coasts, highlands and jungles. The Andes Mountains The Amazon Rainforest Peru Where is it It is located in Western South America. Peru Look and say Challenge: where is it Machu Picchu What do you know about Peru Peru is the third largest country in South America, and borders with Ecuador (厄瓜多尔), Columbia, Brazil, Bolivia(玻利维亚) and Chile(智利). Its area is 1285216 square kilometers, and its population is 22 million 330 thousand (1990), the capital is Lima. Know more about Peru Explore Peru Pre-reading Watch the video Welcome to Peru and answer the questions. What did you see in the video What other sources of information can you find about Peru What did you see in the video The Amazon rainforest Cusco city Lake Titicaca Machu Picchu What other sources of information can you find about Peru To find more about Peru, we can check online, use an encyclopedia, go to the library or get some travel brochures. A travel brochure a small magazine or book containing pictures and information about sth and advertising sth. An encyclopedia gives general information with specific numbers, simple languages, objective descriptions. While-reading Read the two texts about Peru quickly. What types of text are they: encyclopedia or brochure Recognize text type Before you read, look through the text quickly for titles, headers, pictures, charts, and any other information that might tell you what type of text it is. basic facts about Peru Text 1: An encyclopedia entry or introductory passage beautiful pictures vivid description clear structure (subtitles) Text 2: A travel brochure Location Geographic characteristic History Language A brief introduction of Peru the coastal area Three main areas Text 1 narrow, dry, flat land the Andes Mountains the Amazon Jungle Lake Titicaca the highest lake in the world high flat plains Read text 1 again and fill in the form below with your partner. Then retell the text with the help of the form. Location Geographic characteristics (3 main areas) 1. 2. 3. History in the 1400s and 1500s from the 16th 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 Let’s travel Peru! Text 2 Look through the passage quickly and number the pictures according to the order of the travel. Lake Titicaca Machu Picchu Cusco The Amazon rainforest 1 2 3 4 Ch ... ...
