Check the Ss’ homework.
Step2 Reading (scanning) Ask the Ss to find more information about Cook’s expedition in 1769
PLACE TIME FOR STAYING WHAT THEY DID
1.Tahiti 3 happy months watch the planet Venus crossing in
front of the sun
2. New Zealand 6 months charted the coasts of the 2 islands
3. Australia mapped the east coast/ landed in Botany
Bay/found Australia to be an
Astonishing land
4.between the mainland and the struck a coral bed, notdied/saved
Great Barrier Reef themselves
5. island of Java passed close by….
6. the southern point of Africa in July 1771,succeeded in…
Step3:language points:
1． watch sb doing :观看某人正在做某事。
They were able to watch the planet Venus crossing in front of the sun.
2．Head south: head:名词活用为动词，是现代英语的一个潮流。比如本课中:land safely, name sb……
3. celebrate和 congratulate
celebrate ＂庆祝＂．如：celebrate a victory, 名词是 celebration. In celebration of , hold a celebration. congratulate “祝贺＂其用法是congratulate sb. on/upon sth. 名词常用复数形式congratulations.例如：The whole country celebrated Cook’s return.
4.jump about:向四处跳，about: 向四处
5.tear:(tore,torn)to pull apart or into pieces by force.
6.strike(struck,struck):to hit
The ship struck a coral bed,which tore a large hole in the side of the ship .
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