Unit 8 Travel
In the jungle
1,Objectives
2,Discussion
3,Background
4,Structure Study
5,Language Points
6,Content Questions
Text A In the jungle
Objectives
The students will be able to,
? Learn the main idea and structure of the
text;
? Learn to use definition,quotes,a mixture
of facts and opinions,etc,in expository
writing;
? Grasp the key language points and
grammatical structures in the text;
Discussion
? 1 What are some distinctive features of an
out-of-the-way,inaccessible place such
as a jungle,desert,or remote
mountainous area？
? 2 Why would such a place appeal to many
people today？
Ecuador
Ecuador,republic in northwestern South
America,bounded by Colombia on the north,by
Peru on the east and south,and by the Pacific
Ocean on the west,The country also includes the
Galapagos islands（ Colon Archipelago） in the
Pacific,about 965 km（ about 600 mi） west of the
mainland,Ecuador straddles the equator
（ Ecuador is the Spanish word for“equator”） and
has an area of 272,045 sq km（ 105,037 sq
mi）,Quito is the country’s capital,
Background
? Ecuador has a diverse population composed of
people of European,Native American,and
African descent,The majority are mestizos,
individuals of mixed European and Native
American ancestry,Most of the Native Americans
live in poverty in the highlands region,where a
small elite of European descent controls most of
the land and wealth,
? Ecuador was a Spanish colony until 1822 when
independence forces won a decisive victory
over Spain,Ecuador has had a democratically
elected government since 1979,but historically
the government has alternated between civilian
rule and military dictatorship,Most political
conflicts involved squabbles among groups
within the upper classes who controlled the
nation’s Wealth,
Andes
? Andes,the principal mountains of South
America and one of the greatest mountain
systems of the world,The Andes include
some of the world’s highest peaks,more
than 50 of them soar higher than 6,100 m
（ 20,000 ft） above sea level,Only the
Himalayas of south central Asia are higher,
The lofty plateaus and high mountain
valleys of the Andes contain some of the
highest permanent human settlements in
the world,
? The Andes are the longest system of high
mountain ranges on earth,They extend for more
than 8000 km（ 5000 mi） in a narrow belt along
the western edge of the South American continent，
from the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north to
the island of Tieffa del Fuego in the extreme
south,Along almost its entire length,the Andes
rise abruptly from the Pacific coast,The
mountains reach into seven countries,
Venezuela,Colombia,Ecuador,Peru,Bolivia，
Chile and Argentina,
Amazon river
Amazon river
? Amazon （ river ）, river in northern South
America,largely in Brazil,ranked as the
largest in the world in terms of watershed area,
number of tributaries, and volume of water
discharge Measuring 6,400 km（ 4,000 mi）
from source to mouth,lt is second in length
only to the Nile among the rivers of the world
With its hundreds of tributaries,the Amazon
drains a territory of more than 6 million sq km
（ 2,3 mullion sq mi）, roughly half of which is
in Brazil； the rest is in Peru,Ecuador,Bolivia，
and Venezuela,
? It is estimated that the Amazon discharges
between 34 million and 121 million liters （ 9
million and32 mullion gallons ） of water per
second and deposits a daily average of 3 million
tons of sediment near its mouth,The annual
outflow from the river accounts for one-fifths of all
the fresh water that drains into the oceans of the
world,The outpouring of water and sediment is
so vast that the salt content and color of the
Atlantic Ocean are altered for a distance of about
320 km（ about 200 mi） from the mouth of the
river,
Parts Paragraph
s
Main Ideas
Part 1 Par,1-5 Description of the Napo River and
surrounding jungle scenery at night,
together with the author’s
reflections on it,
Part 2 Par,6-8 Recalling what happened to her at
their arrival at the village and what
others felt about the Napo River and
the people there,
Part 3 Par,9-18 Detailed description of journeying in
the jungle and her feelings about it,
Text structure
Language points
1.in the heart of,in the center of
e.g,
1) The metropolitan museum is located in the heart of the city,
2) Apartments in the heart of the city are too expensive to
purchase,
2,hush,be or become silent
e.g,
1) Hush,you’11 wake up the baby！
2) Having cried for half an hour,the little boy hushed,
3,illumine,shine light on
e.g,
1) The sky was illumined by flashes from the volcano,
2) My balloon was illumined by the sun that was just
rising,
4,now．．,now．．．, at one time．．,at
another time．．,
e.g,
1) The junior officer who came into the room
looked nervous； his eyes swiveled quickly,
now this way now that,as if he were scanning
the room for danger,
5,in（ all/complete） silence,with（ complete）
absence of sound or noise
e.g,
1) The kids were listening to the music in the classroom,
in complete silence,
2)The soldiers stood in the glaring sun as the minutes
ticked away,in all silence,
note,Students should be advised that,in all silence”
is rather literary and can sound odd in normal contexts．
Simply“in silence”or“in complete silence”is safer for
them to use,
6, tangle, catch in or as in a net, trap ； mix
together or intertwine in a confused mass
e.g,
1) The bushes were tangled with vines,
2) I have the soft of hair that tangles easily,
7,trail,extend over a surface
e.g,
1) Roses trailing over the walls made her garden so
beautiful,
2) The strawberry is a trailing plant belonging to the
rose family,
8,loop,form or bend into a loop
e.g,
1) The man looped the rope over the wooden pole,
2) She looped the scarf round her neck and went out into the
cold night air,
9,mute,reduce or stop the sound of
e.g,
1) At the sight of their teacher walking into the classroom,
they muted their voices,
2) The strings are muted throughout the closing bars of the
symphony,
10,dissolve,fade away,disappear
e.g,
1) The panda ate the bamboo rapidly and then dissolved
into me shadows,
2) The characteristics of gases vary widely,Some gases
are transparent,some dissolve in water,and some
have a strong smell,
11,loose,untie,release
e.g,
1) The hunter loosed the arrow without warning,
2) It’s not a healthy habit to loose your belt when you full,
12,slump,sit or fall down heavily
e.g,
1) Kennedy had been hit and slumped to the
floor of the automobile,
2) He slumped into a chair, completely
exhausted,
13,be dying to do sth/for sth,desire（ to do）
sth,; eagerly
e.g,
1) She was dying to tell them the good news
that she had won first prize in me speech
contest,
14,get one’s hands on,catch hold of,
find or get（ sth.） ; same as lay one’s hands on
e.g,
1) I wish I could get my hands on a copy of Hurry Potter,
2) I need to get my hands on a good computer,
3) The book’s here somewhere,but I don’t seem to be
able to get my hands on it just now,
15,take apart,separate into its different parts
e.g,
1) When I was young,my parents never blamed me for
taking my toys apart,
,16,spectacular,extraordinary； very attractive or impressive
e.g,
1) The British museum,one of the most spectacular
museums in the world,is renowned for its extensive
and diverse collections,
2) The Sun’s movement can produce spectacular
sunrises and sunsets under the right atmospheric
conditions,
17,fringe,the outer edge or limit of sth,
e.g,
1) Near the outer fringes of the solar system lies dark
blue Neptune,a gas giant that probably has no true
surface,
18,hollow,a space sunk into something
e.g,
1) The explorer fell into a muddy hollow while walking
in the forest,
2) water gathers in a hollow and forms a pond,
19,in detail,with specifics
e.g,
1) The Police asked the victim of the robbery to describe
what happened to him in detail,
2) To maintain their place in the media world,newspapers
try hard to cover news events in greater detail than
television and radio do,
20.opaque,not clear enough to allow light through
e.g,
1) Usually transparent,glass can nonetheless also be
opaque,
21,smear,make（ sth.） dirty； spread（ a thick liquid
,etc.） over a surface（ used in the patterns,smear on
／ over sth.／ sb,;smear sth.／ sb,with sth,)
e.g,
1) Don’t smear the glasses； I’ve just polished them,
2) The boy’s face was smeared with mud,
22,flock,a group of certain animals
e.g,
1) Large flocks of geese Pass this way in autumn,
searching for a resting Place,
2) The police are warning moonsets that a flock of sheep
has／ have escaped onto the road
in flocks,in groups
e.g,Many small birds feed in flocks,
23,dart,move suddenly and rapidly
e.g,
1) The lizard darted out its tongue at a fly,
24,repute,believe,consider（ If you say that
something is reputed to be true,you mean that
people say it is true,but you don’t know if it is
definitely true； often used in passive； a formal
word,）
e.g,She is widely reputed to be over twenty
years younger than her husband,
25,strip,a long narrow region of land or body of
water； a long narrow piece
e.g,About 30 million People live along the
Californian coastal strip
26,paddle,move（ a canoe） through the water
using a paddle
e.g,
1) Canoes can be Paddled by one or more Persons,
2) One of the things you will be taught at the training
school is how to paddle a Canoe,
27,out of sight,no longer in view
e.g,
1) When out of slight of land,ancient seafarers used to
derive clues about their location by observing the
position of the Sun,
28,striped,marked with or having stripes
e.g,
1) She looked slim in her green and white shirt,
2) The room was decorated with striped wallpaper,
29,clatter,vi,move quickly and noisily； make
continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects
against each other
e.g,
1) she dropped the bucket and it went clattering down the
stairs,
30,fuss,bustle about； give too much attention to small
and unimportant matters（ often followed by around／
about／ over）
e.g,
1) As soon as they saw the manager the waiters began
fussing around the tables,
2) My wife was fussing over the food we were going to
take,
31.slap,shoot,throw with force；
hit with something flat
e.g,
1) Catherine responded to the man’s attempt by slapping
him,
32,out of range,too for away to be reached，
seen or heard
e.g,
1) We thought that we were out of range of their rifles
until the bullets started kicking up the dust in front of
us,
2) It was said the flying object was well out of range of
their rockets,
33,thrash,move wildly or violently
（ followed by about／ around）
e.g,
1) The swimmers were thrashing about in the water,
34,heap,an untidy pile of something； plenty of,
a lot of（ usu,in plural）
e.g,
1) He left this books in a heap on the floor,
2) There is heaps of time before take the examination,
35,glide:move quickly and silently with ease；
fly through the air without power
e.g,
1) At the sight of me she glided across the dance floor to
greet me,
2) The waiters glided between tightly packed tables
bearing trays of pasta,
36,swarm,move in a crowd
e.g,
1) A dark cloud of bees came swarming out of the hive,
2) Panic-stricken, people swarmed to the shops,
buying up everything in sight,
37,hop,（ or a person） jump on one foot；
（ of a bird or other animals） Jump with two or
all feet at once）
e.g,
1) He hopped down the steps like an athlete,
Content Questions,
? 1,Where did Dilliard and her group travel
in the essay? How many people were they?
? 2,How does the author describe the
summer night in the jungle?
? 3,What did the Manhattan writer think
about their spending time in the jungle?
? 4,What is the point of going to the Napo
River Ecuador according to the author?
Content Questions,
5,What did the tourist group see inside the
jungle?
6,What animals did hey see while canoeing on
one of the lakes?
7,What did they eat that night in he village?
And what did hey see there?
8,What message does the author want to
convey to the reader by her description of
what was going on in the evening in that
village?
THANK YOU
In the jungle
1,Objectives
2,Discussion
3,Background
4,Structure Study
5,Language Points
6,Content Questions
Text A In the jungle
Objectives
The students will be able to,
? Learn the main idea and structure of the
text;
? Learn to use definition,quotes,a mixture
of facts and opinions,etc,in expository
writing;
? Grasp the key language points and
grammatical structures in the text;
Discussion
? 1 What are some distinctive features of an
out-of-the-way,inaccessible place such
as a jungle,desert,or remote
mountainous area？
? 2 Why would such a place appeal to many
people today？
Ecuador
Ecuador,republic in northwestern South
America,bounded by Colombia on the north,by
Peru on the east and south,and by the Pacific
Ocean on the west,The country also includes the
Galapagos islands（ Colon Archipelago） in the
Pacific,about 965 km（ about 600 mi） west of the
mainland,Ecuador straddles the equator
（ Ecuador is the Spanish word for“equator”） and
has an area of 272,045 sq km（ 105,037 sq
mi）,Quito is the country’s capital,
Background
? Ecuador has a diverse population composed of
people of European,Native American,and
African descent,The majority are mestizos,
individuals of mixed European and Native
American ancestry,Most of the Native Americans
live in poverty in the highlands region,where a
small elite of European descent controls most of
the land and wealth,
? Ecuador was a Spanish colony until 1822 when
independence forces won a decisive victory
over Spain,Ecuador has had a democratically
elected government since 1979,but historically
the government has alternated between civilian
rule and military dictatorship,Most political
conflicts involved squabbles among groups
within the upper classes who controlled the
nation’s Wealth,
Andes
? Andes,the principal mountains of South
America and one of the greatest mountain
systems of the world,The Andes include
some of the world’s highest peaks,more
than 50 of them soar higher than 6,100 m
（ 20,000 ft） above sea level,Only the
Himalayas of south central Asia are higher,
The lofty plateaus and high mountain
valleys of the Andes contain some of the
highest permanent human settlements in
the world,
? The Andes are the longest system of high
mountain ranges on earth,They extend for more
than 8000 km（ 5000 mi） in a narrow belt along
the western edge of the South American continent，
from the coast of the Caribbean Sea in the north to
the island of Tieffa del Fuego in the extreme
south,Along almost its entire length,the Andes
rise abruptly from the Pacific coast,The
mountains reach into seven countries,
Venezuela,Colombia,Ecuador,Peru,Bolivia，
Chile and Argentina,
Amazon river
Amazon river
? Amazon （ river ）, river in northern South
America,largely in Brazil,ranked as the
largest in the world in terms of watershed area,
number of tributaries, and volume of water
discharge Measuring 6,400 km（ 4,000 mi）
from source to mouth,lt is second in length
only to the Nile among the rivers of the world
With its hundreds of tributaries,the Amazon
drains a territory of more than 6 million sq km
（ 2,3 mullion sq mi）, roughly half of which is
in Brazil； the rest is in Peru,Ecuador,Bolivia，
and Venezuela,
? It is estimated that the Amazon discharges
between 34 million and 121 million liters （ 9
million and32 mullion gallons ） of water per
second and deposits a daily average of 3 million
tons of sediment near its mouth,The annual
outflow from the river accounts for one-fifths of all
the fresh water that drains into the oceans of the
world,The outpouring of water and sediment is
so vast that the salt content and color of the
Atlantic Ocean are altered for a distance of about
320 km（ about 200 mi） from the mouth of the
river,
Parts Paragraph
s
Main Ideas
Part 1 Par,1-5 Description of the Napo River and
surrounding jungle scenery at night,
together with the author’s
reflections on it,
Part 2 Par,6-8 Recalling what happened to her at
their arrival at the village and what
others felt about the Napo River and
the people there,
Part 3 Par,9-18 Detailed description of journeying in
the jungle and her feelings about it,
Text structure
Language points
1.in the heart of,in the center of
e.g,
1) The metropolitan museum is located in the heart of the city,
2) Apartments in the heart of the city are too expensive to
purchase,
2,hush,be or become silent
e.g,
1) Hush,you’11 wake up the baby！
2) Having cried for half an hour,the little boy hushed,
3,illumine,shine light on
e.g,
1) The sky was illumined by flashes from the volcano,
2) My balloon was illumined by the sun that was just
rising,
4,now．．,now．．．, at one time．．,at
another time．．,
e.g,
1) The junior officer who came into the room
looked nervous； his eyes swiveled quickly,
now this way now that,as if he were scanning
the room for danger,
5,in（ all/complete） silence,with（ complete）
absence of sound or noise
e.g,
1) The kids were listening to the music in the classroom,
in complete silence,
2)The soldiers stood in the glaring sun as the minutes
ticked away,in all silence,
note,Students should be advised that,in all silence”
is rather literary and can sound odd in normal contexts．
Simply“in silence”or“in complete silence”is safer for
them to use,
6, tangle, catch in or as in a net, trap ； mix
together or intertwine in a confused mass
e.g,
1) The bushes were tangled with vines,
2) I have the soft of hair that tangles easily,
7,trail,extend over a surface
e.g,
1) Roses trailing over the walls made her garden so
beautiful,
2) The strawberry is a trailing plant belonging to the
rose family,
8,loop,form or bend into a loop
e.g,
1) The man looped the rope over the wooden pole,
2) She looped the scarf round her neck and went out into the
cold night air,
9,mute,reduce or stop the sound of
e.g,
1) At the sight of their teacher walking into the classroom,
they muted their voices,
2) The strings are muted throughout the closing bars of the
symphony,
10,dissolve,fade away,disappear
e.g,
1) The panda ate the bamboo rapidly and then dissolved
into me shadows,
2) The characteristics of gases vary widely,Some gases
are transparent,some dissolve in water,and some
have a strong smell,
11,loose,untie,release
e.g,
1) The hunter loosed the arrow without warning,
2) It’s not a healthy habit to loose your belt when you full,
12,slump,sit or fall down heavily
e.g,
1) Kennedy had been hit and slumped to the
floor of the automobile,
2) He slumped into a chair, completely
exhausted,
13,be dying to do sth/for sth,desire（ to do）
sth,; eagerly
e.g,
1) She was dying to tell them the good news
that she had won first prize in me speech
contest,
14,get one’s hands on,catch hold of,
find or get（ sth.） ; same as lay one’s hands on
e.g,
1) I wish I could get my hands on a copy of Hurry Potter,
2) I need to get my hands on a good computer,
3) The book’s here somewhere,but I don’t seem to be
able to get my hands on it just now,
15,take apart,separate into its different parts
e.g,
1) When I was young,my parents never blamed me for
taking my toys apart,
,16,spectacular,extraordinary； very attractive or impressive
e.g,
1) The British museum,one of the most spectacular
museums in the world,is renowned for its extensive
and diverse collections,
2) The Sun’s movement can produce spectacular
sunrises and sunsets under the right atmospheric
conditions,
17,fringe,the outer edge or limit of sth,
e.g,
1) Near the outer fringes of the solar system lies dark
blue Neptune,a gas giant that probably has no true
surface,
18,hollow,a space sunk into something
e.g,
1) The explorer fell into a muddy hollow while walking
in the forest,
2) water gathers in a hollow and forms a pond,
19,in detail,with specifics
e.g,
1) The Police asked the victim of the robbery to describe
what happened to him in detail,
2) To maintain their place in the media world,newspapers
try hard to cover news events in greater detail than
television and radio do,
20.opaque,not clear enough to allow light through
e.g,
1) Usually transparent,glass can nonetheless also be
opaque,
21,smear,make（ sth.） dirty； spread（ a thick liquid
,etc.） over a surface（ used in the patterns,smear on
／ over sth.／ sb,;smear sth.／ sb,with sth,)
e.g,
1) Don’t smear the glasses； I’ve just polished them,
2) The boy’s face was smeared with mud,
22,flock,a group of certain animals
e.g,
1) Large flocks of geese Pass this way in autumn,
searching for a resting Place,
2) The police are warning moonsets that a flock of sheep
has／ have escaped onto the road
in flocks,in groups
e.g,Many small birds feed in flocks,
23,dart,move suddenly and rapidly
e.g,
1) The lizard darted out its tongue at a fly,
24,repute,believe,consider（ If you say that
something is reputed to be true,you mean that
people say it is true,but you don’t know if it is
definitely true； often used in passive； a formal
word,）
e.g,She is widely reputed to be over twenty
years younger than her husband,
25,strip,a long narrow region of land or body of
water； a long narrow piece
e.g,About 30 million People live along the
Californian coastal strip
26,paddle,move（ a canoe） through the water
using a paddle
e.g,
1) Canoes can be Paddled by one or more Persons,
2) One of the things you will be taught at the training
school is how to paddle a Canoe,
27,out of sight,no longer in view
e.g,
1) When out of slight of land,ancient seafarers used to
derive clues about their location by observing the
position of the Sun,
28,striped,marked with or having stripes
e.g,
1) She looked slim in her green and white shirt,
2) The room was decorated with striped wallpaper,
29,clatter,vi,move quickly and noisily； make
continuous loud noises by hitting hard objects
against each other
e.g,
1) she dropped the bucket and it went clattering down the
stairs,
30,fuss,bustle about； give too much attention to small
and unimportant matters（ often followed by around／
about／ over）
e.g,
1) As soon as they saw the manager the waiters began
fussing around the tables,
2) My wife was fussing over the food we were going to
take,
31.slap,shoot,throw with force；
hit with something flat
e.g,
1) Catherine responded to the man’s attempt by slapping
him,
32,out of range,too for away to be reached，
seen or heard
e.g,
1) We thought that we were out of range of their rifles
until the bullets started kicking up the dust in front of
us,
2) It was said the flying object was well out of range of
their rockets,
33,thrash,move wildly or violently
（ followed by about／ around）
e.g,
1) The swimmers were thrashing about in the water,
34,heap,an untidy pile of something； plenty of,
a lot of（ usu,in plural）
e.g,
1) He left this books in a heap on the floor,
2) There is heaps of time before take the examination,
35,glide:move quickly and silently with ease；
fly through the air without power
e.g,
1) At the sight of me she glided across the dance floor to
greet me,
2) The waiters glided between tightly packed tables
bearing trays of pasta,
36,swarm,move in a crowd
e.g,
1) A dark cloud of bees came swarming out of the hive,
2) Panic-stricken, people swarmed to the shops,
buying up everything in sight,
37,hop,（ or a person） jump on one foot；
（ of a bird or other animals） Jump with two or
all feet at once）
e.g,
1) He hopped down the steps like an athlete,
Content Questions,
? 1,Where did Dilliard and her group travel
in the essay? How many people were they?
? 2,How does the author describe the
summer night in the jungle?
? 3,What did the Manhattan writer think
about their spending time in the jungle?
? 4,What is the point of going to the Napo
River Ecuador according to the author?
Content Questions,
5,What did the tourist group see inside the
jungle?
6,What animals did hey see while canoeing on
one of the lakes?
7,What did they eat that night in he village?
And what did hey see there?
8,What message does the author want to
convey to the reader by her description of
what was going on in the evening in that
village?
THANK YOU
