Unit 3
Travel journal
Do you like travelling?
Have you been to these places?
The Great Wall
He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.
The Yellow Mountain
Guilin
in southern China, provides one of China’s most extraordinary views.
The Forbidden City
Which kind of transport do you prefer to use: bus or train? Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport and fill in the following chart.
Imagine that you plan to spend a holiday. Choose a place you want to visit. Think about the fare for different kinds of transport and decide how to get there. Then ,get into pairs. Use these questions to make a dialogue about your holiday.
When are you leaving?
Where are you staying?
How are you going to …?
How long are you staying in…?
When are you arriving in/at …?
When are you coming back?
Guessing Game
Here are some famous rivers in China. Do you know their names?
This river is called our mother river.
The Yellow River
This river is the longest one in China.
The Changjiang River
This is the famous river in Guangdong Province.
The Pearl River
This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries.
TheMekong River
The great
rivers
Changjiang River
the Nile
the Mississippi
Huanghe River
the Thames
the Amazon
…
…
The Rhein
Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the Lancang River ?
The Chinese part of the river is called
the Lancang River and after flowing in
other countries the river is called the
Mekong River.
Let’s take off! Now!
Which countries does the Mekong River flow through?
Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?
What’s the name of the
Chinese part of the river?
Do you know where it is?
The Mekong flows from South-West China through all the mainland South East Asian countries - China, Burma/Myanmar , Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam
The countries that the Mekong River flows through.
Laos
Thailand
Burma
Cambodia
Vietnam
China
Mekong River
The Source:
The Length:
The longest river in the world.
the Jifu Mountains in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibet Autonomous Region of northwest China's Qinghai Province, which is about 5,200 meters above sea level.
青海省玉树藏族自治区杂多县境内的吉富山。
4880km
12th
The name of the Chinese part::
Lancang River(澜仓河）
Scanningthe main idea of each paragraph:
P1 Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River.
P2 Different attitudes between them
P3 The preparation before the trip & details about Mekong River.
Questions:
1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
2. What was their dream?
3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
Wang Kun is the author of this article, and Wang Wei is the author’s sister.
Taking a great bike trip.
Wang Kun’s cousins.
Multiple Choice:
The Mekong River flows through _____ countries.
A. 3 B. 4 C. 5
2. The source of the Mekong River is in _____ Province.
A. Qinghai B. Yunnan C. Sichuan
3. The river’s delta enters _____ .
A. the East China Sea
B. the Yellow Sea
C. the South China Sea
Multiple Choice:
Vietnam
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Burma
Detail Reading
Detail reading: Is it easy to travel along the Mekong river? Why?
The data of the river:
Wang Wei’s reaction:
excited about it
Interesting experience
Interesting experience
Qinghai Province
More than 5,000 meters
Hard to breathe
Very cold
A determined look wouldn’t change her mind
True or False?
Dao Wei and Yu Huang belong to the Han nationality.
2. Some of the Dai live in Western Yunnan.
3.The Mekong River is in China and it includes the Lancang River.
( F )
( T )
( F )
4. Although it is not easy to travel along the Mekong River, Wang Wei insisted on doing so.
5. The Tibetan Mountain where the Mekong River begins is 5,000 meters high.
( T )
( F )
Post Reading
1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip?
2.Who planed the trip to the Mekong?
3.Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter?
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
Their idea was to take a long bike trip.
Wang Wei planned the trip.
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 Mekong?
Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
5. What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?
6. What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
You can see the source glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
Wang Kun’s character: enthusiastic, critical, sensible.
Wang Wei’s character: imaginative, organized, eager, persistent, stubborn, risk-taking.
2. Group discussion : Read the text carefully and then discuss Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and different attitudes about the trip in groups of four.
a dream
they will enjoy this trip a lot.
the
Mekong
Southeast Asia
Qinghai
prepare
much
cold and high
atlas
A Summary
Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _________ about taking a great bike trip. when they __________ from college. They _______ to _____ along the Mekong River with their ________. Wang Wei is very _________. Once she is __________ to do something she will never _______ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she ________ that they find the ________ of the river and begin their journey there.
dreamed
graduated
decided
cycle
cousins
stubborn
determined
change
insisted
source
Discussion
Make a plan for your trip
1. Where are you going to?
2. How are you going to...?
4. When are you leaving?
5. What are you going to take with you?
6.Where are you staying?
7.How long are you staying in…?
8.When are you coming back?
Read the text again and find the useful words and expressions.
2. Ex 1,2,3on P20.
Imagine that you plan to spend a holiday.
1.Use these questions to make a dialogue with your partner about it. 2.Write a travel plan.
Where are you going on holiday?
When are you leaving?
Where are you staying?
How are you going to …?
How long are you staying in…?
When are you arriving in/at …?
When are you coming back?

Lily: Tom, where are you going on holiday?
Tom: I’m going to Beijing.
Lily : When are you leaving?
Tom : Next Sunday.
Lily : How are you going to Beijing?
Tom : I’m taking a plane. I prefer to travel by air rather than travel by train.
Lily : How long are you staying there?
Tom : About two weeks.
Lily : Great. Have a good trip.
Tom : Thanks.
We are going to__________ to spend our Spring Festival. We plan to go there by____ We are leaving ____________so that we can arrive ____________.What’s more， we are taking __________with us. The travel cost is about ________________. There are lots of interesting things we can do. We are coming back ___________.
A great journey！I can’t wait.
Our Travel Plan