1、 Unit 3 Travel journalEnglish teaching and research groupClass 7,Senior 1Ying ZongmingDec 3,20151.Do you like traveling?2.Where have you ever been?3.Who and how do you been there?4.Is it fun for you?5.Have you travelled along a river?Step 1:Warming upHave you visited the Mekong River?If no,lets lear
2、n something about it.Step 2 Lead-inChina LaosThailandCambodiaVietnamMekongLaosVietnamThailandCambodiaMyanmarMyanmarChinawaterfulglaciervalleydeltaRapids Lets read the text and try to finish the Step 3:While-reading Task1:Fast Reading（5minutes）v1.Who will travel down the Mekong?v2.Where are they goin
3、g?v3.How are they getting there?v4.Who will prepare for the trip?Scan the text quickly,then answer some questionsDiscuss the text in details.Task 2:carelully readingPart 1 Do the following T or F exercises1.They found an atlas about Mekong River in library.2.The Mekong river begins at glacier on a T
4、ibet mountain.The water there is clear but not cold.3.Only a small part of the river is in China.4.As it enters Southeast Asia,it moves slowly.TFTFwesternFTT1.What was their dream?Their dream was to take a great bike trip.Part 2 Answer the following questions.3.What can they see during the journey?1
5、4It begins in a _ on a _ in Qinghai Province glaciermountain15Then,it_ quickly.It becomes_ as it passes through deep _.movesrapidsvalleys16Sometimes,the river becomes a _ and enters wide _.valleyswaterfall17At last,the river _ entersthe South China Sea.delta4、Is it a difficult journey to cycle along
6、 the Mekong?Why?The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters,where it is hard to breathe and very cold.Task 3 Get the main idea of each paragraph:Para.1 Wang Kun and Wang Weis dream.Para.2Wang Wei is stubborn.Para.3 Preparing for their trip.Task 4 Analyze the sentences and translate t
7、hem into Chinese.1.It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.2.Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places,she insisted that she organize the trip properly.强调句型强调句型 意思：首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅意思：首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我
8、姐姐。游的是我姐姐。altough 引导让步状语从句引导让步状语从句insist后的宾语从句用虚拟语气后的宾语从句用虚拟语气(should)+do尽管她对某些地方尽管她对某些地方的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持要自己把这次旅游安排的尽善尽的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持要自己把这次旅游安排的尽善尽美。美。Ever since _Two years agoLast yearmiddle schooltaking a great bike tripexpensivemountain bikepersuadedcyclingStep 5 Post-readingAfter _ from collegeSev
9、eral months before their tripNow graduatingchancelibrarythe Mekong Riverschedule for the trip3.She give me a determined look-the kind that said she would not change her mind.4.Once she made up her mind,nothing can change it.破折号后的为同位语破折号后的为同位语that 引导定语从句引导定语从句she would not change her mind为宾语从句为宾语从句他给
10、了我一个坚定的眼神他给了我一个坚定的眼神 这种眼神表明这种眼神表明她是不会改变主意的她是不会改变主意的。once引导条件状语从句引导条件状语从句 她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。她一旦下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。5.It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys,travelling across western Yunnan Province.6.When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold,she said it would
11、be an interesting experience.as 引导时间状语从句引导时间状语从句”当当时时”travelling across western Yunnan Province 做伴随状语做伴随状语sth+be+adj.+to do 结构中主动表被动常用于此结结构中主动表被动常用于此结构的形容词有构的形容词有easy,difficult,hard,comfortable当我告诉她那里空气稀薄呼吸困难，而且天气很冷时，她却说这将是一次有趣的经历。它经过深谷时就变成了急流，流经云南西部。Use the topic sentence to get the main idea of ea
12、ch paragraph.Para 1 My name is Wang Kun.Ever since middle school,my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one.Last year,she visited our cousins,Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kun
13、ming.They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River,the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries.Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too.After graduating from college,we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.I asked my sis
14、ter,“Where are we going?”It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.Now she is planning our schedule for the trip.Para 2 I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming.She can be really stubborn.Although she didnt
15、know the best way of getting to places,she insisted that she organize the trip properly.Now,I know that the proper way is always her way.I kept asking her,“When are we leaving and when are we coming back?”I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet.Of course,she hadnt;my sister doesnt care about
16、 details.So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province.She gave me a determined lookthe kind that said she would not change her mind.When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres,she seemed to be excited about it.When I told her the air wo
17、uld be hard to breathe and it would be very cold,she said it would be an interesting experience.I know my sister well.Once she has made up her mind,nothing can change it.Finally,I had to give in.Para 3 Several months before our trip,Wang Wei and I went to the library.We found a large atlas with good
18、 maps that showed details of world geography.From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier on a Tibetan mountain.At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold.Then it begins to move quickly.It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys,travelling across we
19、stern Yunnan Province.Sometimes the river becomes a waterfall and enters wide valleys.We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China.After it leaves China and the high altitude,the Mekong becomes wide,brown and warm.As it enters Southeast Asia,its pace slows.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.At last,the river delta enters the South China Sea.The preparation before the trip&details about Mekong River.Homework1.Read the words,phrases and the main sentences.2.Read the text again.3.Try to recite the story according to the text.
