Unit 2 Wish you were herePeriod 1 Welcome to the unit and Reading一．【设计思想】通过图片向学生展示许多值得去探险旅游的世界各地及探险活动，如登山、冲浪漂流等；并就“Adventure”，同学们进行了热烈讨论，学生对探险旅行有了一定的了解,获得一定的背景知识；也自然过渡到 Reading。本节阅读课是关于 Toby 写给她的好友 Aihua 的一封便信，告诉 Toby 暑假她和他哥哥去非洲的旅行计划。本课时运用多媒体增加课堂容量，提高课堂效率和学生积极性。通过设计有助于提高学生的阅读概括水平与分析问题能力的练习，指导学生提高阅读速度和把握作者写作思路；及通过练习设计提高学生运用语言解决问题的能力，变学习语言为运用语言。 二．【教学目标】By the end of the class, the students will be able to1. identify the features of an informal letters.2. get the general idea of the letter and know about some interesting places in Africa.3. use the reading strategy of reading an informal letter.三．【教学重难点】1. how to read and write an informal letter;2. how to develop their creative comprehensive and consolidating abilities;3. how to tell an adventure story四．【教学环节】【课堂导入】Enjoy some beautiful pictures and do the following:1. Have you ever been to some exciting places? What are they?2. What is the most exciting place you have ever been to? Can you act as a guide and try to describe it for us.【预习检查】Are you familiar with the following places?(1) Morocco ________________ (2) the Sahara Desert ________________ (3) the River Nile________________ (4) Lake Victoria ________________ (5) Kenya________________ (6) Tanzania (Kilimanjaro) ________________(7) Himalayas________________【课堂教与学】I. Fast reading（Read the text quickly and answer the following questions）.How will Colin and Toby travel through the desert ? What activity does Toby think is dangerous? How long will the brothers stay in Africa ? II. Careful...
