文档介绍：全新版大学英语第四册08
Unit 8
Travel
writing
Words and expressions
Text analysis
Pre-reading activities
pre-reading activities
To begin with, listen to a song and think about:
Where will you want to go ,if you have a chance ?
Which do you prefer
text analysis
Organization:
Part I
Part II
Part III
1-5
6-8
9-18
Description of the Napo River and surrounding jungle scenery at night, together with the author’s reflections on it.
Recalling what happened to her at their arrival at the village and what others felt about the Napo River and the people there.
Detailed description of journeying in the jungle and her feelings about it.
words and expressions
in the heart of:

in the center of
metropolitan museum is located in the heart of the city.
in the heart of the city are too expensive to purpose.
now… now …: at one time … at another time …
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.
soft, now loud, now cheerful, now sorrowful, the voice of Uncle Tome told as much of the tale as his words did.
3. To our right were mountains, with clouds swiftly passing along their heights and we could wee the road, hugging the coast and curving now left, now right.
tangle:
catch in or as in , trap; mix together or interwine in a confused mass.
The bushes were tangle with vines.
I have the sort of hair that tangles easily.
Slump:
sit or fall down heavily
Kennedy had been hit and slumped to the floor of the automibile
He slumped into a chair, completely exhausted.
get one’s hands on:
catch hold of, find or get (sth.) (same as lay one’s hands on)
wish I could get my hands on a copy of Harry Portter.
need to get my hands on a puter.
book’s here somewhere, but I don’t seem to be able to get my hands on it just now.