英语专业泛读第牟酻nit 1 Science in the Sahara.docVIP

Unit 1 Science in the Sahara：Man of the Desert Lead-in: I. Discussion: Have you ever been to a desert? What is a desert like? Full of sand, dry, waterless, harsh geographical environment; not available to live in. romote, far from city life. Dangerous. Easy for people to lose sense of directions. Peng Jiamu was lost in 1980s in Luobupo in Xinjiang. Have you everyread Sanmao’s book: Stories in the Sahara Desert? What do you know about the desert? Largest one in the world. Its location? In Africa. Its map: Which countries are in the Sahara Desert? 撒哈拉沙漠是世界上最大的沙漠.横贯非洲大陆北部,东西长达5600公里,南北宽约1600公里,面积约960万平方公里,约占非洲总面积32%.分布在西撒哈拉、毛里塔尼亚、马里、阿尔及利亚、尼日尔、突尼斯、利比亚、乍得、埃及、苏丹等十多个国家和地区.阿尔及利亚 Algeria Are you interested in exploration in a desert or adventure? Why? Exciting; dangerous; challenge yourself. Enlarge your vision. Our text is about an explorer in the eastern Sahara. 1. Have you ever been to a desert? What is a desert like? 2. Have you read Sanmao抯 book: Sahara Desert? 3 What do you know about it? About its location; countries located there; climate; geography;animals; plants; people抯 life, etc. 4. Are you interested in exploration in a desert or adventure? Why? 5. Can you predict the main contents of the text? 6. Suppose you lived in the desert, how would you plan to arrange your life there? II. Do word pretest before going to text. Check the meaning of new words: III. The text: Previewing questions： Pa 1 scanning: Stefan Kropelin’s first research trip to the eastern Sahara did not start well. Why? Pa 2 scanning: What is Stefan Kropelin? Most devoted Sahara Explorers now. now a geologist and climate researcher at the Uni. Of Cologne in Germany. What hardships had he experienced? Pa 3 skimming: He had achieved a lot in his field work. What are they? he has made influencial discoveries; he has recorded the Sahara’s cultural hsitory and has tried to preserve its heritage by persuading to protect scientific and cultural sites. Pa.4 Skimming: How did he start his interest in h