课件17张PPT。Unit 3
Travel journalSuppose you have a chance to make a trip wherever you want. Where would you go?
Which of the places do you want to go ?HainanJiuzhaigou Shanghai The Great Wall If you live along one of the rivers, how would you use it?
If you have a chance to travel down one of them, which
one would you choose? Why?Mississippi(USA)Nile (Egypt)Thames(England)Mekong(China,SE Asia)YangtzeYellow RiverWhich 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? Mekong RiverThe Length:The longest river in the world.The Source: 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。4880km12thThe name of the Chinese part:Lancang RiverThe countries that the Mekong Rive flows through:China 中国
Laos 老挝
Burma 缅甸
Thailand 泰国
Cambodia 柬埔寨
Vietnam 越南Fast readingGo through the whole passage quickly and
answer the questions. 1. What’s the dream? The dream was to take a great bike trip.The plan was to cycle along the Mekong River. 2. What’s the plan?3. Find the main idea of each paragraph3) The preparation before the trip & details about Mekong River3. Main idea of each paragraph1) Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River.2) Different attitudes between themRead the text carefully, do the following exercises.
Careful reading1. Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in
Qinghai.
2. Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way.
3. Wang Wei was a stubborn and careful girl.
1. True or falseTTF 4. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
5. Wang Kun gave in at last.
6. Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in Qinghai.
TTF1) What’s the dream?
2) How did they prepare for the travel?
3) Why did they become excited?
4) Use your own words to describe the Mekong River.
2. Answer these questions and then fill in the form:Finding the source and beginning there.Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to the atlas in the library.Taking a great bike trip.Their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 metres.It begins at a glacier on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through deep valleys. Half of it is in China. It enters the Southeast Asia. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters the South China Sea. She is stubborn and determined.
She is not easy to change her mind.
She loves nature; she …Wang KunHe is careful and serious.Wang WeiWhich character do you like, Wang Kun or Wang Wei? Why?DISCUSSIONHOMEWORK Imagine that you are Wang Wei, tell your classmates your experience about your travelling, and write it down.