1、Unit 2 Wish you were hereMaking a travel leafletAre you tired of seeing the same view out of your window? Do you wish you could travel and see beautiful places all over the world? Today, you are going to do some research and make a travel leaflet for a place you want to visit.Have you ever been to S

2、hangri-la?Do you know anything about Shangri-la?Lets enjoy some beautiful pictures.Shangri-La is a fictional place described in the 1933 novel Lost Horizon by British author James Hilton. In the book, “Shangri-La” is a mystical, harmonious valley, gently guided from a lamasery, enclosed in the weste

3、rn end of the Kunlun Mountains. James Hilton (1900 1954) was an English novelist who wrote several best-sellers, including Lost Horizon and Goodbye, Mr. Chips.Read the passage and answer these questions.1.Who first talked about Shangri-la?The word “Shangri-la” first appeared in a classic novel by Ja

4、mes Hilton.2. What does the word Shangri-la mean?3. Where is Shangri-la? Shangri-la has become a common English word meaning heaven on earth.It is in the southwest of China, 659 kilometers away from Kunming.4. How can you get there?We can start in the city of Dali and drive northwards along the Yunn

5、an-Tibet Highway until we reach there. We can also go there by plane for there are regular flights between Zhongdian and Yunnan.Try to find out the sentences used to describe the beauty of Shangri-la. a beautiful kingdom where three rivers joined together, steep mountains reached to the sky, and fie

6、lds of long grass covered the earth.Below the mountains, the sunshine reflects on the many lakes, making them shine like diamonds against the rich countryside. Sheep, cattle and horses wander on the green grass, and the surrounding forests are hoe to many birds and animals.What is a leaflet?A leafle

7、t is a written or pictorial message on a single sheet of paper. The writing features of a travel leaflet: the people of the place the history, culture and customs description of the scenery there how to get to there what the climate / food is likeMake a travel leaflet about the place you would like

8、to visit most.讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意steep在句中的意義在句中的意義和用法和用法This hill is too steep to ride up on a bicycle.People were discontented with the steep rise in prices. 知識歸納：知識歸納： steep adj. 陡峭的，急劇的陡峭的，急劇的詞義辨析詞義辨析steep, abrupt, sheer steep: 指坡度向上逐漸增加的斜陡坡，指坡度向上逐漸增加的斜陡坡，強調險峻，暗示難于攀登。強調險峻，暗示難于攀登。 abrupt: 著重指地形突然起伏

9、，形成尖著重指地形突然起伏，形成尖角狀。角狀。 sheer: 指自始至終近于垂直的陡峭，不指自始至終近于垂直的陡峭，不僅僅很難爬上去，甚至于不可能攀登。僅僅很難爬上去，甚至于不可能攀登。 reach to 達到達到, 伸延到伸延到 .His suggestion is hard to reach to.The speakers voice couldnt reach to the back of the auditorium. The garden reaches down to the lake. reach for 伸手取伸手取, 想得到想得到He reached for the glas

10、s but could not get it.詞義辨析詞義辨析get to / arrive / reach(1) get在表示在表示“到達到達”時是不及物動時是不及物動詞，應與詞，應與to搭配使用。搭配使用。We often get to school on foot. They got to the top of the hill at noon. (2) arrive后不能直接接地點，是一個不及后不能直接接地點，是一個不及物動詞。若表示到達一個相對大的地點，物動詞。若表示到達一個相對大的地點，用用arrive in ; 若表示相對小的地點，用若表示相對小的地點，用arrive at.Th

11、e delegation will arrive in China at 5:00 p.m.It was dark when they arrived at the railway station.(3) reach能直接接所到達的地點，是一能直接接所到達的地點，是一個及物動詞。個及物動詞。 They reached London on Friday. The news only reached me yesterday.reach to表示表示“延伸，達到延伸，達到”How long does it take you to _ home. A. get to B. arrive C. rea

12、ch to B讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意spot在句中的意義在句中的意義和用法和用法This is the spot where the two trucks collided. I found her standing on this spot.The city is famous for its scenic spots.知識歸納：知識歸納：spot在課文里是在課文里是“地點地點”的意思的意思The boys white shirt was marked up with spots of ink. She found a spot as a secretary. 知識歸納：知識歸

13、納： spot作名詞還有作名詞還有“斑點，污點，職斑點，污點，職位，少量位，少量”知識拓展知識拓展 on the spot 當場，立即；在現場當場，立即；在現場A bullet struck his head and he fell dead on the spot.They admitted that they were then on the spot. blind spot 盲區(qū)；視覺盲點盲區(qū)；視覺盲點I have a blind spot where modern art is concerned. find ones finger on someones weak spot 指出某人

14、指出某人(性格等方面性格等方面)的弱點的弱點 讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意be covered with在句在句中的意義和用法中的意義和用法The vast ground was covered with thick snow.The newspaper was covered with reports of the meeting of the three political titans in the world.The road was covered with thick snow.知識歸納：知識歸納：be covered with 有大量的有大量的(滿是滿是, 被被 . 覆覆

15、蓋蓋)(2003. 遼寧遼寧) The sky is covered _ grey clouds. A. by B. with C. on D. inB讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意tower在句中的意義和用法在句中的意義和用法The skyscraper towers into the sky. The tall building towers above all the others. 知識歸納：知識歸納：tower在可以做動詞，意思是在可以做動詞，意思是“高聳，屹立，超高聳，屹立，超過過” Thats a television tower. 知識歸納：知識歸納： tower作名詞，

16、意思是作名詞，意思是“塔，塔樓；高樓塔，塔樓；高樓”讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意leave在句中的意義在句中的意義和用法和用法He left the windows open. Leave her alone. Shes natural crier. 知識歸納：知識歸納：leave在這句話中是在這句話中是“使處于某種狀態(tài)使處于某種狀態(tài)”的意思的意思讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意at a loss在句中的意在句中的意義和用法義和用法He was at a loss for a suitable reply.He is always at a loss what to say in

17、front of strangers.When asked an unexpected question, I felt at a loss.知識歸納：知識歸納： at a loss 困惑困惑, 不知所措不知所措When he missed the last bus, he was _ what to do. A. at a cost B. at a loss C. at no time D. at the moment B讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意loss在句中的意義和用法在句中的意義和用法The little girl was crying for the loss of her

18、 doll.Shes suffering from loss of memory. His death means a great loss to science.The loss of the football game stirred up much anger.知識歸納：知識歸納：loss n. 遺失；喪失；損失；失??；失落；死亡遺失；喪失；損失；失??；失落；死亡讀下面的例句，注意讀下面的例句，注意wander在句中的意在句中的意義和用法義和用法I like to wander in the park after dinner. He wandered in to see what I

19、was doing.The boy was wandering around.Please dont wander off the point.I went to the park and had a wander around. 知識歸納：知識歸納： wander v. n. 漫步漫步, 閑逛閑逛, 徘徊徘徊 辨析形近詞：辨析形近詞：wander與與wonder I _ if we are permitted to enter the lab without permission. 2. When the young man was _ in the street when he came across an old friend. wonderwandering讀