Unit 3 Travel journal
Reading
The world is like a book, if you stay at home instead of traveling, it means that you just stare at (盯着)one page of a book.
Competition rules
*You are divided into four teams:
one question = one score

*Who will be the winner team ?
Where did you spend your holidays?
Do you like traveling?
Step 1: Lead in
Discussion
Pair and group Work: If we are starting a journey, what will we consider ? Make up dialogues to ask your partner for information like this.
Eg: (destination) Where are you travelling to?
(transportation) How are you going getting there?
Winner team (1-3 scores)
Learn some useful words when talking about our journey:
Destination (目的地)
Weather (天气）
Object (物品)
Schedule （日程安排）
Shelter （栖身处所）
safety （安全）
cost （开支）
Transportation （交通）
Enjoy some pictures about a country. Guess which country?
Step 2: Pre-reading
街头一景
路 边 小 贩
the floating village(水上村落)
Catch fish
Treat ( 招待） visitors
Vietnam(越南）
Sights along the river
canoes
sunset
Kong waterfall
catfish
Can you guess the name of this river?
Journey down the Mekong
(Part I: the dream and the plan)
unit3 Reading
Let’s read the text and try to finish the following tasks.

Step 3: While-reading
Fast Reading：
1. Who will travel down the Mekong?
. 2. Where are they going ?
3. How are they getting there?
4. Who will prepare for the trip?
Scan paragraph(1-2) and answer the questions.
4 scores !
1. Who will travel in the text? 2. Where are they going ? 3. How are they getting there?


4.Who will prepare for the trip?
Wang Kun ,Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
Along the Mekong river from …to…
cycle = go there by bike
dream about taking a great bike trip
Wang Wei (Wang Kun ‘s sister)
Careful Reading group work
1.What did Wang Wei prepare for the trip?
2.What didn’t she prepare for the trip?
1) Two years ago,
2) Then ,
3) Last year,
4) Several months before our trip,
Pay attention to
the Verbs(动词）
1.She didn’t know …
2.She hadn’t …
3.She doesn’t …
7 scores !
(2 minutes)
Careful Reading : Scanning
1.What did Wang Wei prepare for the trip?
1) Two years ago,

2) Then ,

3) Last year,

4) Several months before our trip,
…bought…
…persuaded…

…visited…
…went to…
2.What didn’t she prepare for the trip?
She didn’t know


2.She hadn’t

3.She doesn’t
the best way of getting
to places.
looked at a map.
care about details.
细节
3. Could you use some words or phrases to describe the characteristics of Wang wei and Wang kun? Wang Wei: Wang kun:
stubborn; determined; wouldn’t change her mind;  adventurous （喜欢冒险的）
serious = careful;
性格
=
clever
Careful Reading
Know “The Mekong River”better
Lan Chang River
The Mekong River
Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?
China
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
South China Sea
Myanmar
What can they see during the journey  down the Mekong ?
It begins at a ________ on a
______ _________.
glacier
Tibetan
mountain
Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
rapids
valley
Sometimes, the river enters ____ _____
and becomes _______ .
wide valley
waterfall
After, It travels slowly through
__________ to ______.
low valleys
plains平原
At last, the river’s _____ enters
the South China sea.
delta
Delta*
三角洲
New words about geography:
altitude 海拔高度； glacier 冰河
rapids 急流
valley （山）谷； waterfall 瀑布
plain 平原
delta 三角洲
*Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para.1


Para.2
Para.3
A. The preparation before the
trip and details about Mekong
river

B. Different attitudes between
wang kun and wang wei

C. Taking a great bike trip
along the Mekong river

梦想做某事
骑自行车旅游
3 .说服…做…
4.关心,介意
5.改变主意
6.下定决心
7.屈服,让步
8.使某人对·····感兴趣
dream of / about doing sth
take a bike trip
persuade sb to do
care about
change one’s mind
make up one’s mind
give in
get sb interested in
o
* Listening to the text and find Some useful words and phrases
Step 4.Post –reading 1
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的.


Success belongs to the persevering.

胜利属于有毅力者.
Post –reading 2
* What else can we learn from the text ?
Result for your competition( 比赛）
Which team is the winner ?
Congratulations !
Homework

1. Finish exercises on page 56
2. Underline useful expressions in the text.
Assessment (after class)
Level
A. B .C
Step 6:
Goodbye Everyone
Goodbye Everyone