Revision

　 Ask two students to read out their articles: Lushan

Lead-in

We know traveling is becoming more and more popular nowadays.

Questions:

1. Why do people like traveling?

2. What would you do before traveling?

Fast reading

Turn to page 22. Read the letter quickly and answer the questions above the letter.

1. Who wrote the letter? (Toby)

2. What animal is uncomfortable to sit on? (Camel)

3. How long will Toby stay in Africa? (About four weeks)

Careful reading

Read the letter again and finish the exercises C1, C2, D on page 24.

Draw the route that Toby would travel along and means of transportation

London (plane) Morocco (camels) (through Sahara) to Lake Victoria(raft)

The River Nile(white-water rafting) Kenya(walk) Tanzania (climb Mount Kilimanjaro) Himalayas

(Competition: Ask some students to draw the route on the blackboard. See which group does the best job.)（分组，用接力形势好）

Practice

A. Correction: There is a mistake in each of the following sentences. Read the sentences and find out. (Do not look at your books).

1. Do you still remember the trip I told you?

2. We will try to get as closely as possible to the animals, even though they're dangerous, so that I can take some really good pictures.

3. The weather actually gets quite roughly.

4. You have to wear special clothing, just in case your raft gets turned upside down or sinks.

5. Mountain climbing can be very tired.

B. Do you know the difference between the following two groups of words?

-ed: interested, surprised, moved, tired, frightened, worried, disappointed, amazed, ...

- ing: interesting, surprising, moving, tiring, frightening, disappointing, amazing, ...

C. Multiple choice:

1. He looked at his book with a _____ expression; perhaps he met with a _____ problem.

A. puzzled; puzzled B. puzzling; puzzling C. puzzling; puzzled D. puzzled; puzzling

2. The little girl was _____ at the _____ dog.