1、Unit 3Unit 3Travel journalTravel journalWarming up and Reading Many people including you may prefer to go traveling for a break.1.Why do people like traveling?2.If you are going traveling,where are you going?3.How are you going?Warming upDo you know the following places,have you ever traveled to the
2、m?Warming up IITian anmen SquareThe Great WallForbidden CityThe Heaven TempleEiffel TowerArcde Triomphe Louvre MuseumThe North PoleThe South PoleUnder the seaThe MoonThe Mars(火星火星)What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?means of transportationon foot
3、by bikeby motorWarming upIIIby busat the bus stopby jeepby carby trainby ship/boat/seaat the port/harborby plane/airat the airportby spaceshipWhat do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?Cost(花费花费)Safety(安全安全)Comfort(舒适舒适)QuicknessConvenience(方便方便)Warming
4、 upIVWhat kind of transport do you prefer to use,bus,train or airplane?Why?busAdvantageDisadvantagesvery cheapefficient for short journeysgoes to small towns/citiestakes longer than train or air planedoes not provide meals,uncomfortabletrainAdvantageDisadvantagescheaper than the airplanejourney ends
5、 in the centre of the town/citytakes longer than the airplanedoes not provide mealscrowdedshipAdvantageDisadvantagescheaper than the airplaneprovides accommodation ad mealsmore expensive than the train or busnot convenient for visiting inland placesairplaneAdvantageDisadvantagesquickefficientprovide
6、s mealsexpensivejourney ends far from the city.According to the following chart,in pairs,discuss the fares and decide where to go.FromTo By Travel fareXiningQinghaiVientiane LaosTrainAirRMB 1320RMB 3200XiningQinghaiPhnom PenhCambodiaTrainAirRMB 1490RMB 2600XiningQinghaiHo Chi MInh City VietnamTrainA
7、irRMB 1650RMB 3500Warming upVWhile you are discussing with your partner,ask each other the following questions:When are you leaving?Where are you going?How are you going to?How long are you staying in?When are you arriving in/at?When are you coming back?Sample dialogueA:Tom,where are you going on ho
8、liday?B:Im going to Laos.A:When are you leaving?B:Next Sunday.A:How are you going to Laos?B:Im taking a plane.A:How long are you staying in Laos?B:About two weeks.A:Great.Have a good trip.B:Thanks.1.Many people live beside a river.How do they make use of it in their daily life?Pre-reading Pre-readin
9、girrigate their fieldsmake electricitygo swimminggo fishingtravel along the riverThe world has many great rivers.If you could follow the route of only one of them,which one would you choose?Why?Id like to travel to the River.Because it isYangtze RiverYellow RiverDanube River(Central Europe)Amazon Ri
10、ver(Brazil)Nile River(Egypt)The Pearl RiverMississippi(USA)Thames(England)MekongSeine(France)Lancang RiverLaosThailandVietnamMyanmar CambodiaLook at the map on page 18 and list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.ChinaSouth China SeaMoon river,wider than a mile;Im crossing you in style
11、 some day;Oh,dream maker,you heart breaker;Wherever youre goin,Im goin your way;Moon RiverTwo drifters,off to see the world;Theres such a lot of world to see;Were after the same rainbows;Waitin,round the bend my huckleberry friend;Moon river,and meIntroduction The Mekong is the largest river in Sout
12、h East Asia at around 4,500 kms long.The river comes from the Tibet in China,flowing through Tibet,Myanmar(缅甸缅甸),Laos(老挝老挝),Thailand,Cambodia(柬埔寨柬埔寨)and the Mekong delta in Vietnam.The Tibetans know the river as the“Turbulent (动荡的动荡的)River,the Cambodians as Great Water,the Vietnamese as the Nine Dra
13、gons River and closer to home the Thai and Lao people refer to it as Mai Nam Kong-Mother of Waters!The Mekong has a long history of exploration and of both slow and modern boats carrying passengers along its waters.It is well known at the Golden Triangle.Journey down the MekongReadingScanningRead th
14、e passage and give the main ideas of each paragraph.Tell the reason.Para 1Para 2Para 3DreamReally stubbornPlanmiddle school:dream aboutgraduate from the college:get the chancelast year:visit the cousins,get them interested inan interesting experiencefind the source of the river do the trip properlyb
15、e excited about the altitudego to the libraryfind a large atlas with good maps1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Weis idea of a good trip?Their idea was to take a long bike trip.2.Who planned the trip to the Mekong?Wang Wei panned the trip.Careful ReadingRead the passage carefully and answer the following
16、 questions.13.Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter?The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.4.What can you see when you travel along the Melong?You can see the source glacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfalls and plains.glacierwaterfallp
17、lainvalleycanyonrapidsdelta5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?The journey will begin at an altiude of more than 5,000 metres,where it is hard to breathe and very cold.6.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?Wang Kuns character:enthusiastic,critical,sensibl
18、e Wang Weis character:imaginative,organized,eager,persistent,stubborn,risk-taking.She gave me a determined look-the kind that said that she would not change her mind.This sentence means that she has decided to do something and will not change her ideas.Look at the following sentences from the text a
19、nd explain them in your own words2.my sister does not care about details.This sentence means that she has decided to do something and will not change her ideas.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice growsThe sentence means that the Mekong river flows slowly and
20、gently through the valleys and reaches the farming plains.An attitude is what a person thinks about something.Write down Wang Weis and Wang Kuns attitude to the trip.Then add your own opinion.3Wang Weis attitudeWang Kuns attitudeMy attitudePositive to the trip.She wants to organise it as it was her
21、idea.Less positive to the trip as he wants to organise it and thinks he can do that better than his sister.It sounds like a wonderful trip and I would love to be able to do a trip like that myself one day.Complete the FormTheir dreamTheir preparationsThey bought _,got their cousins _and found_.Takin
22、g a great bike trip.expensive bikesinterested in travellingan atlasThe Mekong RiverIt begins at _ _,moves _ and passes through _.Half of it is in _.It enters _.Then it travels slowly through _.At last it enters _ _.a glacier on a Tibetan mountainquicklydeep valleysChinathe Southeast Asiahills and lo
23、w valleys and plains the South China SeaWork in pairs.Imagine that you are Wang Kun and Wang Wei.Choose a paragraph from the passage and use the information to help you make up a dialogue.4WW:You know weve always wanted to do a long bike trip.Why dont we go on one after we graduate from college?WK:T
24、hats a good idea.But where we going?WW:What about cycling along the Mekong River?WK:It sounds interesting,but how do you want to plan it?WW:I think we should do it properly.We must find the source of the river and start from there.WK:Well,the Mekong River begins in Qinghai Province.That means were g
25、oing to be cycling at an altitude of more than 5.000 metres.WW:Oh,I think thats exciting,dont you?WK:Remember that the air will be hard to breathe and itll be very cold.WW:Thats going to make it an interesting experience.WK:I wish you werent so stubborn.You dont know where it is but you still insist
26、 that know better than anyone else.Now I know that the proper way is always your way,but have you looked at a map yet?WW:No,I havent.Thats just a detail!WK:OK.I can see by your determined look that you wont change your mind.Compare the following sentences with different stresses and explain the mean
27、ing.We were both surprised to learn that half the river is in China.(means we didnt know this)5We were both surprised to learn that half the river is in China.(means we thought that maybe more than half was in China)We were both surprised to learn that half the river is in China.(means that we didnt
28、 know that half the river is in China)Who do you think was right about the trip?Why?I think Wang Kun is right,because if it is too cold and too high,the trip will be hard.People will have some difficulty in breathing at a high altitude.Wherever we go we need an atlas so that we will not lose our way
29、.Whats the main idea of the text?The passage tells us a main idea that no success in life merely happens by describing my sisters and my dream-taking a bike trip and preparations for the trip.In groups of four,summarize the main idea of the passage and tell why.Discussion:(Students can have their ow
30、n opinions.)Text retelling:dream about bike trip graduation college chance come true think of the idea cycle along the Mekong River-buy expensive bike get cousins interested Wang Wei stick to the idea source-begin their journey Qinghai Province not change her mind excited altitude 5000 meters before the trip-atlas library-know clearly aboutHomeworkTry to retell the reading in the third person.Prepare for Learning about language.
