1、A Trip Along the Three Gorges,预习检测,1. peak 2.flat 3.plain plain 4.wood wooded wooden 5. surround surrounding surroundings 6.colleague 7. trade 8.narrow narrow9. distant distance 10.exploit exploitation 11.forbid forbad/forbade forbidden 12.varied vary various variety 13.remote 14. spot spot 15. natu
2、rally nature natural,自主学习,1.at the edge of 2.surrounded 3.narrows/narrowed 4.nature 5.remote 6.distance 7. varied 8.spot 9.forbade 10.heavy 11. exploited,课前阅读,1.at the edge of 2.have four weeks off 3. at least 4.go through 5.be heavy with 6. point at 7. take advantage of 8.make a detour 9.the two-mi
3、le high mountains 10.in the distance 11.rip off 12. get a kick out of,【合作探究】,1.Spring Festival holiday 2.his colleague 3.boat/ship 4.Fuling 5.docked 6. The Qutang Gorge 7.The Wu Gorge 8.make a detour 9.rock 10.stream 11.carried 12.heavy 13.The Xiling Gorge 14.The Three Gorges Dam 15.Exploit,Complete
4、 the statements about the writers journey.,Peter and his friend went downstream _.(a) to see the dam (b) to see the Three gorges(c) to get to Fuling He choose the Jiangyou boat because _.(a) it was crowded (b) it didnt stop at temples(c) it didnt usually carry foreigners. 3. When they started the tr
5、ip it was _.(a) sunny (b)cold (c) evening,4. When the boat went through the first gorge. Peter and his friend _.(a) took lots of photographs (b) spent most of the time on deck(c) were asleep 5. When they reached the site of the dam _ came to look.(a) everyone (b) no one (c) only the foreigners 6. Pe
6、ter was impressed by the Yangtze Rivers sense of _.(a) power (b) history (c) danger,Post-reading,短文填空 (每空只填一词),In August 1996, Peter Hessler, a young American teacher of English, arrived in the town of Fuling _ the Yangtze River. He and a colleague were _ spend two years there _ English at a teacher
7、 training college.,on,to,teaching,They were the only foreigners in the town. The first semester finished _ the end of January and they had four weeks _ for the Spring Festival. They could go _ they wished. They decided to _ a boat downstream.,at,off,anywhere,take,【巩固练习】,They made a detour to avoid t
8、he center of the city. I heard him singing in the classroom just now. Under the tree sits a handsome boy. There are 50 students in our class, most of whom are boys. We should take exercise at least 30 minutes every day. Mr. Green tried many ways to forbid people to park in front of his gate. Her gla
9、sses broken, she couldnt see the words clearly on the blackboard. They stood at the edge of the lake, taking photographs of the beautiful sunset.,Language points,1. He and a colleague were to spend two years there teaching English at a teacher training college.,be to do something 表示“按照计划或根据安排将要进行的动作
10、”。 We were to go to the Great Wall next week. 我们打算下周去长城。,比较： I was about to leave, when the doorbell rang. 我正要离开, 这时门铃响了。 be about to表示“即将 (正要) 做某事” 2. they had four weeks off for the spring festival. haveoff 有假期takeoff 休假ask for off 请假,翻译句子,1. 我下周有三天假。Ill have three days off next week. 2. 去年她因生病休息了
11、六个星期。 Last year, she had/took six weeks off for her illness. 3. 杰克因头疼请了一个月的假。Jack took a month off because of his headache.,3. 归纳下列各句中斜体词的用法及含义,1) The gorge narrows to 350 feet as the river rushes through the two-mile-high mountains. 2) The boss wanted to better the working conditions for his worker
12、s. 3) The nurse is calming the child in hospital.,(使变窄),(改善; 使变好),(使平静),4) The little boys mother warned him not to dirty his clothes.,规律总结: 以上各句均为形容词活用作动词, 表示“使”,(使脏; 把弄脏),4. At Wushan we made a detour up the Daning River to see some of the smaller gorges.,1) make a detour 绕路而行, 绕道行走 2) up逆流而上; 表示
13、“顺流而下”, 则用down,翻译句子:,1) 我们只好步行绕道上山。We have to make a detour to walk up the hill. 2) 他们撑着竹筏延河顺流而下, 终于找到了那个村子。 They rode bamboo rafts down the river and finally found the village.,3) 乘船逆流而上, 你才能看到更美的景色。Take a boat up the river and you can see more beautiful scenery. 5. be heavy with 装满; 背负,英汉互译:,Every
14、 rock looked like a person or animal, every stream that joined the great river carried its legends, every hill was heavy with the past.块块巨石形状各异, 条条支流都流淌着传说, 座座小山承载着过往。,2) The air is heavy with the good smell of the flowers.空气中溢满花香。 3) 树上缀满了果实。The trees are heavy with fruits.,6. On a distant mountain
15、 was a sign in 20-foot characters. 此句为倒装句, 正常语序为：A sign in 20-foot characters was on a distant mountain.句型转换：On the top of the mountain stands a white pagoda.A white pagoda stands on the top of the mountain.,Match the words with the definitions,1. A place where boats load and unload. 2. A simple boa
16、t made of pieces of wood tied together. 3. A Buddhist temple 4. A change of route 5. A floor on a boat 6. Marks or signs used in writing 7. To use or take advantage of,raft deck dock characters exploit pagoda Detour,Imagine you are on holiday. Write a diary about the following: where you are where you are staying what the scenery is like what you are doing a particular incident what you like /dont like about the place,