幼 师 英 语

1. 幼　师　英　语 主编　　欧阳前春

2. Unit 8Travelling Learning targets • In this unit, you will • 1. know how to talk with others about an outing; • 2. discuss the influence of travelling on people, economy and environment; • 3. understand the reasons of European’s travelling; • 4. improve your English skills and English teaching techniques.

3. Warm-up • 1. Do you like travelling? • 2. Where would you like to go? • 3. What can you benefit from travelling?

4. Listening &speaking • Lily meets Jack, her good friend, in the schoolyard on Monday morning. They are talking about an outing. • Lily：Hello, Jack. How’s your weekend going? • Jack: That’s great! I went outing with my English teacher and classmates last Saturday. • Lily: I envy you! Where did you go for an outing? • Jack: Hefu National Forest Park. • Lily: How did you go there? • Jack: We took a bus there. • Lily: Did you climb the mountain? • Jack: Yes. After arriving there, we began to climb Mount Hefu. The mountain was a bit high. I felt exhausted when I reached the top. • Lily: Really? What else did you do? • Jack: Then we had a barbecue at noon. We roasted many kinds of food, such as meat, chicken wings, fish, potatoes and other vegetables. They were so delicious that we all ate a lot and felt very full. In the end we took photos here and there. • Lily: Could I have a look at the photos? • Jack: Sure, but they are in my computer now. You can go to see them with me. • Lily: OK! Let’s go!

5. Activities • Activity 1 Listening Comprehension 1. Where did Jack go for an outing? 2. What did they do during the outing? • Activity 2 Speaking Practice 1. Act out the dialogue according to the following tips.

6. 2. Describe an unforgettable travelling experience to your partner. 3. Make up a dialogue according to the following situation. Your class will go outing this weekend. The monitor, Li Hua, is talking about the outing plan with you.

7. Reading • Pre-reading • 1. Why do you travel? • 2. What factors do you consider when choose a place to travel? • Chasing Sunshine

8. Chasing Sunshine People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists want to see battlefields or religious shrines. Others hope to experience different culture, or simply take some pictures in front of some famous places. But most European tourists are chasing a sunny beach. The Mediterranean is the sunny beach for Europeans. The days are very short in winter in the European countries, for example, residents in the cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam usually spend the winter in the dark. What’s more, the rest three seasons of a year are often rainy. Therefore, more than 25 million people from Europe go to the resort-the Mediterranean to enjoy sunshine every summer.

9. In northern Europe, the winter is long but the summer is short. To chase sunshine, people there are willing to pay a lot of money for enjoying sunshine in the Mediterranean. Thirty thousand hotels in Italy are booked up every summer. More than 13 million tourists have to camp out on the beaches, in the parks, or on the roadsides in France. The long coastline in Spain attracts people most. About 37 million tourists visit it every year, and the tourists are as many as the residents in Spain. Tens of thousands of tourists greatly contribute to the development of Mediterranean countries economies. The Mediterranean is so touristy that it has already become one of the most polluted seas on earth. However, this can’t prevent the Mediterranean from being chased by more and more tourists every year. It’s obvious that the European tourists visit the Mediterranean not for clean water or beautiful surroundings but for sunshine. They prefer enjoying sunshine in the Mediterranean to staying in the cold rain in Berlin, London or Oslo. Nothing can spoil their mood in travelling except the bad weather, for they love sunshine deeply.

10. Words and Expressions envy vt. 羡慕；嫉妒，妒忌 Exhausted adj. 疲惫的；耗尽的 roast vt. 烤，焙，烘 chase vt. 追逐，追赶 tourist n. 旅游者，观光客 European adj. 欧洲的；欧洲人的；n. 欧洲人 battlefield n. 战场 religious adj.宗教的；虔诚的 shrine n.圣地；神殿；神龛；圣祠 Resident n.居民 resort n. 度假胜地；常去之地 Economy n. 经济；节约；理财 touristy adj.适宜游览的；游览者喜欢的

11. surroundings n.环境；周围的事物 Spoil vt. 毁坏；糟蹋；掠夺，溺爱 go outing 去郊游；外出游玩 have a barbecue 举行烧烤；烧烤；进行一次烧烤、野餐 tens of thousands of 成千上万的 book up 预订一空 camp out 在帐篷中住宿；野营 deal with 处理 prevent…from 阻止……做……

12. Notes 1. Tens of thousands of tourists greatly contribute to the development of Mediterranean countries economies. 成千上万的游客对地中海国家的经济发展做出了巨大贡献。 contribute to 意为“有助于，捐献”，其中to为介词，后接名词或动名词。 Your success should contribute to the success of others! 你的成功应该有助于他人的成功！ She contributed 2000 yuan to the Red Cross. 她把2000元钱捐献给了红十字会。 • 2. The Mediterranean is so touristy that it has already become one of the most polluted seas on earth.地中海游客如此众多以致它已经成了地球上污染最严重的海域之一。 so+ adj./ adv. +that…如此（太）……以致…… The milk is so hot that I can’t drink now. 牛奶太热了以致我现在不能喝。 The boy ran so fast that I couldn’t catch him. 男孩跑得太快了以致我追不上他。

13. Notes • 3. However, this can’t prevent the Mediterranean from being chased by more and more tourists every year. 然而，这并不能阻止地中海每年倍受游客的追捧。 prevent sth. from doing 意为“阻止/防止某事发生” We must prevent AIDS from spreading. 我们必须防止艾滋病的漫延。 We should do our best to prevent accidents from happening. 我们应该尽力防止事故发生。 prevent sb. from doing 意为“阻止某人去做某事” Federal laws prevent them from smoking in public buildings. 联邦法律阻止他们在公共场所吸烟。

14. Notes • 4. The Mediterranean 地中海，介于亚、欧、非三大洲之间，是连接南欧各国和亚、欧、非三洲的重要水域。夏季炎热干燥，冬季温和多雨，每年有300多个晴天，以阳光充足著称，是欧洲各国游人开展阳光浴、海水浴和沙浴的理想场所。 • 5. Copenhagen n. 哥本哈根（丹麦首都）， Oslo n. 奥斯陆（挪威首都）， Amsterdam n. 阿姆斯特丹（荷兰首都）。