牛津译林模块二 Unit2 project.ppt

Unit 2 Wish you were here Making a travel leaflet Are 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 Shangri-la? Do you know anything about Shangri-la? Let’s 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 western 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 James 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 Yunnan-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 fields 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 leaflet 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 ? d