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Unit 2 Travelling Around
Reading and Thinking
Known for its diverse landscapes, from the Andes Mountains to the Amazon Rainforest, which country am I referring to
It has a coastline along the Pacific Ocean and its capital city is Lima. What country is this
This country is the world’s largest producer of quinoa and a top exporter of copper. Can you guess which one it is
Take a guess!
1. Which continent is Peru in
2. Which is the national flag of Peru
A. B. C.
3. Which city is the captial of Peru
4. Which country once conquered Peru
South America
Lima
Spain
Quiz
Watch the video Welcome to Peru.
While watching the video, please try to write down the tourist attractions in the video.
Cusco city
The Amazon rainforest
Lake Titicaca
Machu Picchu
The Andes Moubtains
What did you see in the video
media
TV, websites, video blogs Vlogs, documentaries
encyclopedia, brochure
magazines, News articles
talk to people, Embassy
people
books
What are other sources of information can you find about Peru
Look through the text quickly for titles, headers, pictures, charts, and other information that might tell you the type of text.
Below are two texts about Peru. Look through them quickly.
What types of text are they:encyclopedia or brochure
Text 1
Text 2
basic facts about Peru
Objective description
informative in nature
An encyclopedia entry/ introductory passage
Text type:
* eye-catching titles and colorful pictures
* vivid and inviting description
* brief but well-designed
* highly subjective
Travel brochure
Text type:
Text 1
Read the encyclopedia entry carefully and find out the following information.
Location
Geographic characteristic (3 main areas)
History in the 1400s and 1500s
from the 1500s to 1821
Language
on the Pacific coast of South America
narrow, dry, flat land running along the coast
the Andes Mountains
the Amazon rainforest
the centre of Inca Empire
Spain conquered it
Spanish—the main official language
Work in pairs and retell the passage with the help of the map and the table.
Pair Work
Read text 2 and fill in the table. Then answer the questions.
Place AMAZON RAINFOREST MAHU PICCHU CUSCO LAKE TITICACA
Number of days 4 days
Transport
Accommodation local home
Activity boating, hiking, exploring nature
4 days
flight, boat
in the middle of the forest
walking
walking in the Mountains, exploring the ancient city
4 days
in a local hotel
visiting ...
admiring...
enjoying...
and shopping ...
4 days
car, boat
enjoying the beautiful countryside, staying with local family
Text 2
1. What’s the purpose of the text Travel Peru
2. Which tour(s) would you recommend for people who enjoy history and culture
3. Compare the two text types and fill in the blanks.
Discussion
writing purpose:
_____________
writing purpose:
_____________
Types of text
brochure
encyclopedia
geographic characteristic
history
language
simple and factual languge
objective description
neutral and objective
map
location
eye-catching pictures and colorful design
subjective
main title
subtitle
contact information
brief introductions
powerful and expressive language
pictures
writing purpose:
_____________
writing purpose:
_____________
to persuade, attract, or encourage readers to take action
to inform, or explain facts, or details to readers
The Andes
Lake Titicaca
Machu Picchu
Cusco
The Amazon rainforest
Cusco is a popular d________ for tourists, because of its u_____ place in the history of South America. Cusco was the capital city of the Inca E______ which was the most powerful in South America until the 1500s. There are two especially interesting things to a______ about the Inca civilization. The first is the roads and p_____ they built to connect their important cities. These Inca roads were made up of two north-south highways and many small roads crossing the mountains east to west. The roads were for Inca soldiers and their o_______. Second, the Incas built wonderful cities full of amazing architecture—but there were no markets in these cities. One of the interesting questions of history is how the Incas lived without shopping!
estination
nique
mpire
dmire
aths
Language in use
fficials
Complete the passage with the correct forms of the new words from the two texts.
Homework
1. In order to promote our hometown, please write a short travel brochure for our hometown.
2. Prepare a 2-minute talk: “Why is travel important ”

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