1、,Unit 3 Travel journal,Warming up and Reading,Words and expressions,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 up,Do you know the following places, have you ever
2、 traveled to them?,Warming up II,Tian anmen Square,The Great Wall,Forbidden City,The Heaven Temple,Eiffel Tower,Arcde Triomphe,Louvre Museum,The North Pole,The South Pole,Under the sea,The Moon,The Mars(火星),What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?,me
3、ans of transportation,on foot,by bike,by motor,Warming upIII,by bus,at the bus stop,by jeep,by car,by train,by ship/boat/sea,at the port/ harbor,by plane/ air,at the airport,by spaceship,What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?,Cost(花费) Safety(安全) Co
4、mfort (舒适) Quickness Convenience (方便),Warming upIV,What kind of transport do you prefer to use, bus, train or airplane? Why?,bus,Advantage,Disadvantages,very cheap efficient for short journeys goes to small towns/cities ,takes longer than train or air plane does not provide meals, uncomfortable ,tra
5、in,Advantage,Disadvantages,cheaper than the airplane journey ends in the centre of the town/city ,takes longer than the airplane does not provide meals crowded ,ship,Advantage,Disadvantages,cheaper than the airplane provides accommodation ad meals ,more expensive than the train or bus not convenient
6、 for visiting inland places ,airplane,Advantage,Disadvantages,quick efficient provides meals ,expensive journey ends far from the city .,According to the following chart, in pairs, discuss the fares and decide where to go.,Warming upV,While you are discussing with your partner, ask each other the fo
7、llowing 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 dialogue A: Tom, where are you going on holiday? B: Im going to Laos. A: When are you leaving? B: Next Sunday. A: How are you go
8、ing 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,irrigate their fields,make electricity,go swimming,go fishing,travel alon
9、g the river,The 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 is,Yangtze River,Yellow River,Danube River (Central Europe),Amazon River (Brazil),Nile River (Egypt),The Pearl River,Mississippi
10、(USA),Thames (England),Mekong,Seine ( France),Lancang River,Laos,Thailand,Vietnam,Myanmar,Cambodia,Look at the map on page 18 and list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.,China,South China Sea,Moon river, wider than a mile; Im crossing you in style some day; Oh, dream maker, you heart
11、 breaker; Wherever youre goin, Im goin your way;,Moon River,Two 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 me,Introduction,The Mekong is the largest river in South East Asia at around
12、4,500 kms long. The river comes from the Tibet in China, flowing through Tibet, Myanmar (缅甸), Laos(老挝), Thailand, Cambodia(柬埔寨) and the Mekong delta in Vietnam.,The Tibetans know the river as the “Turbulent (动荡的) River“, the Cambodians as “Great Water“, the Vietnamese as the “Nine Dragons River“ and
13、 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 Mekong,Reading,Scanning,Read the pa
14、ssage and give the main ideas of each paragraph. Tell the reason.,Para 1Para 2Para 3,Dream,Really stubborn,Plan,middle school: dream about,graduate from the college: get the chance,last year: visit the cousins, get them interested in,an interesting experience,find the source of the river,do the trip
15、 properly,be excited about the altitude,go to the library,find a large atlas with good maps,1. 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 Reading,Read the passage carefully and
16、 answer the following questions.,1,3. 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, waterfa
17、lls and plains.,glacier,waterfall,plain,valley,canyon,rapids,delta,5. 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
18、Kuns character: enthusiastic, critical, sensible 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 he
19、r ideas.,Look at the following sentences from the text and explain them in your own words,2,. 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 gr
20、ows,The sentence means that the Mekong river flows slowly and 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.,3,Positive to the trip. She wants to organ
21、ise it as it was her 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 Form,Taking a great bike trip.,expensive bikes,interested
22、in travelling,an atlas,a glacier on a Tibetan mountain,quickly,deep valleys,China,the Southeast Asia,hills and low valleys and plains,the South China Sea,Work 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 dialo
23、gue.,4,WW: You know weve always wanted to do a long bike trip. Why dont we go on one after we graduate from college? WK: Thats 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 proper
24、ly. We must find the source of the river and start from there. WK: Well, the Mekong River begins in Qinghai Province. That means were going 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
25、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 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 de
26、tail! 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 meaning.,We were both surprised to learn that half the river is in China. (means we didnt know this),5,We were both surprised to learn that half the
27、 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 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 co
28、ld 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.,Whats the main idea of the text?,The passage tells us a main idea that no success in life merely happens by describing my sister
29、s 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 own opinions.),Text retelling:,dream about bike trip graduation college chance come true think of the idea cycle along the Mek
30、ong 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 about,Homework,Try to retell the reading in the third person. Prepare for Learning about language.,