新视界大学英语2 Unit 5 Further reading课件.pptVIP

Skimming Scanning;Warming up;Look at the title of the passage and check (?) the points you expect to read in the passage.;Task;? Check (?) the true statements.;1 Why were the writer’s friends doubtful about the trip? (a) They were concerned about the cost of petrol. (b) They thought the children would argue a lot. (c) They thought the children would be bored. (d) They didn’t think that California was a suitable destination.;2. What did the writer’s husband think about taking the children? (a) He was worried about the cost of DVDs. (b) He thought the children might get bored. (c) He thought it was a foolish idea. (d) He thought it would not be safe. ;3 How did the seven-year-old boy behave as time went by? (a) He got more and more bored. (b) He became more interested in the journey. (c) He started to annoy his baby sister. (d) He told his family stories.;4 How did the five-year-old girl spend her time in the car? (a) She played with things she had taken with her. (b) She spent the time looking out of the window. (c) She threw things around the car. (d) She spent a lot of time eating Cocoa Puffs.;5 What did the baby do during the journey? (a) She ate all the time. (b) She was uncomfortable and unhappy. (c) She was fascinated by the landscape. (d) She did the sort of things babies usually do.;6 How does the writer look back upon the journey? (a) With a sense of satisfaction and achievement. (b) She felt she had survived a long battle. (c) Wishing she had taken a DVD in the van. (d) With the realization that she wouldn’t make such a trip again.;1 Last month, my husband and I completed what some of our friends considered a fool’s errand: a 32-day, 5,232-mile camping trip from Louisiana to California and back with three children in our Volkswagen van.;2 It wasn’t the certainty of back-seat squabbling and high gas prices that provoked our friends’