Unit 3 Going Places
The 2nd period Reading
Step 1 Daily Greeting
Greet the whole class as usual.
Step2 Lead-in Activity
Brainstorming & Picture-Show & word-list
T: Do you still remember what we’ve talked about yesterday?
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T: Yes, we learnt something about travel and we know travel become more and more popular in our daily life. Ok, here comes a question. Why do people travel? Can you tell me?
Ss:
T: We like traveling because we can get close to nature and get away from noisy and crowded city. Some people travel simply to kill time. Besides, more and more people like traveling because they can experience something new. For example, camping, skiing, surfing, mountain-climbing, hiking, rafting (show the pictures and write them down on the Bb)
T: well, what do you think of these travel?
Ss:
T: Yes, such kind of travel is exciting and interesting but it’s also dangerous. For example, if you hike in a forest, what will you come across?
Ss:
T: yes, perhaps we will meet some poisonous snakes or spiders. Do you want to have a try?
Ss:
T: These travels are called adventure travel. That’s our today’s topic. Do you know some other adventure travels?
Ss:
Step3 Fast-reading
T: let’s turn to page 17. There are two pictures and three titles here. Read through the text as quick as possible and try to answer the following two questions. Can you describe each picture in one sentence? What is the relationship between them? (2 minutes later ask two students to answer)
S1:
S2:
Suggested answer:
Hiking is a way to travel close to nature on foot.
Rafting is a kind of adventure travel to paddle along a stream of river by small boat.
Both hiking and rafting are adventure travels.
Step 4 Intensive-reading
para.1
T: First close your book and listen to the first paragraph carefully. Then, fill the next table, OK?

Why do people travel?
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T: Are there any other reasons?
Ss:
T: Here” experience” can be a verb or a noun. As a verb, it means to suffer, to know or to feel. For example, our country has experienced great changes in the past 55 years.
If it is a countable noun, it means“经历” .It was a quite experience for all of us. Can you translate it into Chinese?
Ss:
T: If it is an uncountable noun, its Chinese meaning is “经验” . For example, She is an English teacher with much experience. Who’d like to translate it?
Ss:
T: Next, let’s pay attention to the phrase “get close to”. It means “接近”. Would you like to make a sentence by yourself?
Ss:
T: We can use other verbs like stay, remain, and be instead of get. The phrase “get away from” means to escape. “你不能回避这个事实。” How to translate it into English.
Ss:
Para. 2 and para.3
T: let’s move to the next two paragraphs. Group 1 and 2 read the next two paragraphs and group 3 and 4 fill the table below.

What can you tell about hiking from the passage?
1. the basic equipment:
2. the places to travel:
3.tips:

T: What will happen if we don’t know the tips?
Ss:
T: Are there any other tips?
Ss:
T: The phrase “watch out (for) ”means to take care or keep an eye on something. Its Chinese meaning is ”注意，留神” .e.g. He told me to watch out for the man in a black hat. When we are young and our parents always asked us to watch out. Right?
Ss:
T: And the phrase “Protect….from….”means to keep safe its Chinese meaning is “保护…不受…（伤害）” .e.g. we wear sunglasses to protect our eyes from the sun. We should tell the difference between “Protect….from….” and“ prevent …from…”. We wear sunglasses to prevent the sun from hurting our eyes.
Para 4 and 5
T: now group 3 and 4 read the passage and group 1 and 2 fill the table

What can you tell abou
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