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课件网) Unit 6 Hitting the road 第4课时 Developing ideas (阅读) 外研版·七年级下册 Look at the pictures and guess this person’s experiences. Use the words and expressions to help you. traveller walk through seas and mountains geographical discovery explore climb Look and guess This person might be a traveller. I guess he walked through forests. He explored seas and mountains. He made a lot of geographical discoveries. 霞客游记 mountains trees river Pre-reading 1. What does “explore” mean Look at the title and answer the questions below. 2. What’s the meaning of the title The word means to travel around an area to learn about it. It means discovering what has not been discovered before. adj.（地方）未曾探索的，未经勘察的 Read the passage and check your answer. While-reading 徐霞客（1587—1641），名弘祖，字振之，号霞客。明代地理学家、旅行家和文学家，被称为“千古奇人”。他人生的绝大部分时间都在旅行考察，足迹遍及大半个中国，最终留下了地理名著《徐霞客游记》，被誉为“千古奇书”。 Xu Xiake Now, do you know who the man is 《徐霞客游记》被学术界列为中国最有影响力的20部著作之一，是中国旅游走向全球的重要文化基石之一。其中关于石灰岩地貌的记述，早于欧洲人一个多世纪。《徐霞客游记》开篇之日（5月19日）也被定为“中国旅游日”。 In which aspects does the passage introduce Xu Xiake to us 01 Who was he (para. 2) 02 What was his dream (para. 3) 03 What did he find out (para. 4) 04 What’s his gift to us (para. 5) Complete the chart with the words and expressions from the passage. 1 traveller 2 seas and mountains 3 set out 4 geographical discoveries 5 higher 6 learn about Answer the questions. 1 Why does the writer start from Xu Xiake’s last year Read the paragraph 1 and answer the question: The writer starts from Xu Xiake’s last year to attract readers and raise their curiosity. 2 Why does the writer mention Tiandu Peak and Lianhua Peak Read the paragraph 4 and answer the question: The writer introduces the peaks as examples of Xu’s important geographical discoveries. 3 Can you think of another title for the passage The road less travelled/ Exploring the unknown/ The journey of Xu Xiake/ Journey of exploration/... Read the whole passage and answer the question: 1 In 1640, a man was seriously ill. He had to end the last trip of his life. Back home, people asked him, “You spent your whole life on the road. Do you regret it ” adv. 严重地，非常 Listen, read and imitate 2 “I walked through many fantastic places in China,” he replied. “People say I’m as great as Zhang Qian and Xuanzang. So I have no regrets at all.” This man was Xu Xiake, the greatest traveller in Chinese history. “I walked through many fantastic places in China,” he replied. “People say I’m as great as Zhang Qian and Xuanzang. So I have no regrets at all.” 他回道：“我走遍了中国的大好河山。人们说我是一位像张骞和玄奘那样伟大的旅行者。 所以我一点也不后悔。” 张骞，中国西汉外交家。汉能通西域，由张骞创立首功。张骞对开辟从中国通往西域的 ... ...
