Lead-in 

I  Watching the video and then discuss  the question "Which kind of places do you want to travel  to and why?" with your partners. The following words and phrases are for your reference.

  

Watching the video：

Words and Phrases:

1 spend one’s holiday  度假

e.g. Jack plans to ask some days off to spend his holiday.  杰克打算请几天假去度假。

2 beyond one’s imagination  超乎想象；难以想象

e.g. The complexity of the situation is beyond our imagination.  

局势的复杂性超出了我们的想象。 

3 amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ adj. 令人大为惊奇的；（尤指）令人惊喜（或惊羡、惊叹）的

e.g. It’s amazing how quickly people adapt.  人适应环境的速度之快真是惊人。

4 novel /ˈnɒvl/ adj. 新颖的；与众不同的；珍奇的

e.g. a novel experience  一次全新的体验

6 option /ˈɒpʃn/ n. 可选择的事物；选择；选择权；选择的自由

e.g. There are various options open to you.  你有多种选择。

7 thirst to  渴望得到

e.g. All the students of our class thirst to learn.  我们班的所有的同学都渴望学习。

3 wander /ˈwɒndə(r)/ v. 漫游；游荡；闲逛；徘徊；流浪；漂泊

e.g. She wandered aimlessly around the streets.  她在大街上漫无目的地到处游荡。

8 drive /draɪv/ v.迫使；驱使

e.g. The urge to survive drove them on.  求生的欲望驱使他们继续下去。

9 free /friː/ adv. 脱离束缚，行动不受限制地

e.g. Students have a free choice of courses in their final year.

学生在最后一学年可以自由选修课程。

10 forever 永远；不断地，无休止地；老是，经常

e.g. After her death, their children’s lives changed forever.  

她死后孩子们的生活从此改变了。

11 make a plan  做计划

e.g. Do you make a plan to go to the Great Wall next Friday?  

你们打算下周五去参观长城吗？

II  Watch the video again andchoose the correct words to fill in the blanks.

II  Watch the video again and choosethe correct words to fill in the blanks.

 

What is it about new places that attract usto them? We___________ wander, explore and discover. What  drives us tofly around the world, to touch a wall, to find our likes and our__________ ?It’s in our veins ( 血管). It’s human nature that drives us farther, that pushes us higher,that shows us who we are and breaks  us________.

Once you’ve touched the world,you’ve changed yours_____________ . It’s a craving ( 雕像；雕刻品) that  exists in all ofus, which leaves you with only one_________ . You pick a place, you buy aticket, you pack a bag,__________________ , and you go again.