(共20张PPT)
Can you guess the name of this river
Journey down the Mekong
(Part I: the dream and the plan)
unit3 Reading
Step1:Lead-in
Relax ourselves
Increase our knowledge
Make friends
Be good to health
Enjoy beautiful scenery
Let’s read the text and try to finish the following tasks quickly
Step 2: fast-reading
What’s the main idea of the text
The passage tells us that wang wei、wang kun and their cousins are planning to travel by bike along the Mekong river and preparations for the trip.
In groups of ten, summarize the main idea of the passage.
Task 1 : skimming
(Students can have their own opinions.)
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
Task 2
step3 : Careful Reading
Task 3 choosing
Para 1
1. Altogether there are ______ people who have to take the great bike trip.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
2. ______ firstly made a plan to cycle along the Mekong River.
A. Wang Kun B. Dao Wei
C. Wang Wei D. Yu Hang
D
C
Para 2 In groups of ten, Discussion
What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei
Wang Kun’s character:
Task 4
enthusiastic, critical, sensible
Wang Wei’s character:
imaginative, organized, eager, persistent, stubborn, risk-taking
MYANMAR
VIETNAM
LAOS
THAILAND
CAMBODIA
CHINA
the Lancang
River
the Mekong
River
It flows through ____ countries.
six
Know “The Mekong River”better
Para 3
Task 5
What can they see during the journey
down the Mekong
It begins in 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
1. Their dream was to go hiking along
the river.
2. Wang kun is a high school student.
3. Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai
and they grew up in eastern Yunnan
province.
F
Comprehending: True or False
F
F
Step 4. Check up
4. Wang Wei persuaded their cousins,
Dao Wei and Yu Hang, to join in
their cycling.
5. Before flowing in other countries,
the Mekong River is called the
Lancang River in China.
6. The source of the river is in Qinghai
Province and it enters the East China
Sea.
T
T
F
Step 5. further reading
Well, class. After learning the passage, we know a lot of information about the Mekong River. Now, I’d like to do a role play. Imagine you are a guide, you should introduce the Mekong River to some tourists. Remember to use the useful expressions that we learned in this passage.
Act as a guide to introduce the Mekong River.
The Mekong River begins.
At first,. . .
Then,. . .
After it leaves . . .
As it enters. . .
At last,. . .
Step 6: Review
In this lesson, we read a story about wang wei and wang kun made a travel plan to cycling along the Mekong River. in this passage we know how they pursue their dream and what kind of persons wang wei and wang kun are. Of course we also get a generally idea of what we can see along the Mekong River. But don’t forget the six basic elements in narration when you need to tell a single story or several related stories.
Homework
Read the text again, underline the important words and phrases and find out the difficult sentences for you.
Thank you
for your attention!