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Unit 2 Travelling around the world
主题范畴：
人与社会
主题群：
历史、社会与文化
子主题：
世界主要国家的文化习俗与文化景观、节假日与庆祝活动
Key question
What makes a great travel destination
identify what makes a travel destination popular.
find key information about a travel destination.
make my holiday travel plans.
talk about the meaning of travelling around the world.
Unit objectives 单元目标
I can:
New words and expressions
govemment n. 政府
unique adj. 独特的；罕见的
endangered adj. 濒危的
stretch v. 延伸；绵延
huge adj.巨大的；极多的
wild adj. 野的；野生的
n. 自然环境；野生状态
discover v. 了解到；查明
volcano n. 火山 range n. 山脉
snowmobile n. 雪地机动车 wolf n. 狼
set up 建立
giant panda 大熊猫
in the wild 在野外
all year round 全年
golden monkey 金丝猴
go hiking 去远足
hot spring 温泉
Lead-in
Have you ever been to Giant Panda National Park
National parks are great travel destinations. Let’s explore some national parks and find out what we can see and do there.
Focus on culture
Section 4 Extending and developing competencies
Read the article about two national parks and find out their differences.
National parks
While-reading
A national park is a protected area of nature. Governments have set up national parks to save our natural heritage, such as unique landscapes and endangered wild life.
Giant Panda National Park, China
What to see and do:
See the playful pandas in the wild all year round.
Discover the pandas’ amazing neighbours, such as golden monkeys and leopards (豹).
Explore the forest in summer or ski down the mountains in winter!
Go hiking and boating, or visit the Giant Panda Museum.
The Giant Panda National Park is a national park in China. It stretches across parts of Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi. It is huge—27,134 km in size. Over 70% of the park is covered by forest and its highest mountain is 5,588m high. This park is home to over 1,600 wild giant pandas. Every year,visitors from all over the world come to see the cutest bears on Earth.
What to see and do:
Visit the volcanic hot springs.
Ride a horse in summer or snowmobile in winter!
Watch amazing wildlife like bears and wolves.
Go climbing,fishing, cycling or hiking.
Yellowstone National Park, the USA
Yellowstone is the oldest national park in the world. It covers an area of 8,991 km2. A lot of the park sits in the middle of an active volcano, which is 72 km wide! It has four mountain ranges, and the highest mountain, Eagle Peak, is 3,462m high. The park gets several million visitors each year.
Examples of national parks in China include Sanjiangyuan National Park, the Giant Panda National Park and the Northeast China Tiger and Leopard National Park.
Notes
注释
中国的国家公园包括三江源国家公园、大能猫国家公园和东北虎豹国家公园等。
Answer the questions below with the information from the article on page 30.
(1) What are the heights of the highest mountains in each of the two national parks
(2) Which national park is bigger
5,588m; 3,462m
Giant Panda National Park.
(3) What can people see and do in each national park
In Giant Panda National Park:
See the playful pandas in the wild all year round.
Discover the pandas’ amazing neighbours, such as golden monkeys and leopards (豹).
Explore the forest in summer or ski down the mountains in winter!
Go hiking and boating, or visit the Giant Panda Museum.
In Yellowstone National Park:
Visit the volcanic hot springs.
Ride a horse in summer or snowmobile in winter!
Watch amazing wildlife like bears and wolves.
Go climbing,fishing, cycling or hiking.
Complete the sentences with the words and the phrases below. Change the form if necessary
discover huge range set up wild
(1)____________ animals can be very dangerous—don’t try to feed them!
(2)The museum _____________ a special area for children to learn about the city’s history.
(3)This national park is ______________: it covers an area of more than 10,000 square kilometres.
(4) There is a wide ___________ of things to see and do in Yellowstone, and you can explore the national park on foot or by bike.
(5) Yesterday, we ___________ a traditional garden in the centre of the city.
discovered
range
huge
sets up
Wild
Your idea
Do you know any other famous national parks in China or abroad Share your ideaswith your classmates.
key words
national park 国家公园 延伸：nation n. 国家
a protected area of nature 一个自然保护区
set up 建立；组建
such as 例如
endangered adj. 濒危的
endangered animals 濒危动物
be covered by/with sth. 被……覆盖
cover v. 覆盖 n.覆盖物
in the wild 在野外
wild n.自然环境；野生状态 adj. 野生的
wild animals 野生动物
discover v. 发现 discovery n. 发现
amazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的
延伸：amazed adj. 大为惊奇的
be amazed at sth. 对……感到惊奇
in the middle of … 在……的中部
Exploring more
The Grand Canyon National Park in the USA is also world-famous. How much do you know about it Find out more about this national park in the library or online.
The Grand Canyon (美国大峡谷)
观看视频《美国大峡谷》，,思考并回答以下问题：
(1) What have you learnt about the Grand Canyon from the video clip
(2) What are some ways of exploring the Grand Canyon
Notes
Governments have set up national parks to save our natural heritage, ...
set up 建立；组建
完成句子：
我们决定搭帐篷过夜。
We decided to _________ camp for the night.
她计划在广州其他地方再开一家店。
She plans to _________ shop elsewhere in Guangzhou.
set up
set up
Over 70% of the park is covered by forest and its highest mountain is 5,588m high.
be covered by / with sth. 被……覆盖
翻译句子：
地面上铺满了落叶。
The ground was covered by/with fallen leaves.
整个城市被一层厚厚的雪覆盖着。
The entire city was covered with/by a thick layer of snow.
Discover the pandas’ amazing neighbours, such as golden monkeys and leopards (豹).
amazing adj. 令人大为惊奇的
延伸：
amazed adj. 大为惊奇的 be amazed at sth. 对……感到惊奇
完成句子：
烟花表演真是太令人惊叹了！
The fireworks display was really ___________!
当我听到这个消息时，我感到很惊讶。
When I heard the news, I was ___________.
我对她学钢琴的速度之快感到惊讶。
I __________________ how quickly she learned to play the piano.
amazing
amazed
was amazed at
govemment
unique
endangered
stretch
huge
wild
discover
volcano
range
snowmobile
wolf
Dictation
n.政府
adj.独特的；罕见的
adj.濒危的
v.延伸；绵延
adj.巨大的；极多的
adj.野的；野生的 n.自然环境；野生状态
v.了解到；查明
n.火山
n.山脉
n.雪地机动车
n.狼
建立
大熊猫
在野外
全年
金丝猴
去远足
温泉
set up
giant panda
in the wild
all year round
golden monkey
go hiking
hot spring
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