外研版必修四Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorge Introduction and reading课件（38张）

课件38张PPT。Module 5Module 5
A Trip Along the Three GorgesIntroduction1. Have you been to the three gorges?
2. Can you give a description of your
experience?
3. Do you know the names of the three
gorges?Lead-inLook at the photos. Describe what you can see and complete the definitions with the help of the pictures.Vocabularycave cliffs lake peak plain plateau shore slope valley woodA _____ is the low ground between the sides of mountains.valleyA _____ is a large area
of flat low ground.plainThe _____ is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake.shoreA ____ is the
side of the mountain.slope_____ are the steep sides of mountains at the edge of a river or the sea.CliffsA ____ is the top
of a mountain.peakA ____ is an area of water surrounded by land.lakeA ____ is a small forest.wood A ____ is a lager hole in a cliff or a mountain.caveA _______ is a large area of flat high ground.plateauWork in pairs. Do the quiz about the
Yangtze River.
What do you know about the Yangtze
River?
1. The Yangtze River is the ____ river in
the world.
(a) longest (b) second longest
(c) third longest(c)2. It flows from the Himalayas in the
west to the Pacific Ocean in the ____.
(a) south (b) north (c) east
3. The world’s biggest dam was opened
on the Yangtze River in _____.
(a) 2001 (b) 2003 (c) 2005(c)(b)Say something about the Yangtze River to your partner.(hints: its length, its history, the cities alone its banks, the world’s biggest dam on it etc.)Speaking Discuss the following questions.1. Do you like traveling?
2. Have you traveled to the Three Gorges?Pre-reading3. Imagine you’re going on a trip through the Three Gorges. Which of these topics will you talk about?the boat
the food
life along the river
the scenery
the weatherComplete the statements about the
writer’s journey.1. Peter and his friend went downstream __.
(a) to see the dam
(b) to see the Three Gorges
(c) to get to FulingWhile-reading2. He chose the Jiangyou boat because____.
(a) it was crowded
(b) it didn’t stop at temples
(c) it didn’t usually carry foreigners3. When they started the trip it was______.
(a) sunny (b) cold (c) evening
4. When the boat went through the first
gorges, Peter and his friend ______.
(a) took lots of photographs
(b) spent most of the time on deck
(c) were asleep5. When they reached the site of the dam
______ came to look.
(a) everyone
(b) no one
(c) only the foreigners
6. Peter was impressed by the Yangtze
River’s sense of ______.
(a) power (b) history (c) dangerNote-making:A Trip Along the Three Gorges
Time: __________________________
Passengers: _______________________
_________________________
Means of transport: _______ a holiday for Spring Festival a young American teacher of English and his colleagueby boat Read the passage and complete the
statements about the writer’s journey.What they saw and what they did.From Fuling to Fengdu:____________ _______________________
Along the Qutang Gorge:___________ ________________________
Alone the Wu Gorge: ______________ _________________________________
Alone the Xiling Gorge: ____________
____________________________ bamboo rafts and coal boats on the river Wushan, Daning river, some smaller gorges, Wu gorge narrow gorge, two-mile-high mountains rock, stream, hill, Xiling Gorge Xiang River,Decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).1. Peter Hessler and his colleague took boats because they could stop at the temples.
2. The words “two more” in the third paragraph refer to the Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge.
3. The home of Qu Yuan, the 3rd century BC poet, is located on the Daning River.FTF4. There were many more foreigners in
the town of Fuling besides Peter Hessler.
5. The ships like the Jiangyou boat are
mainly for goods and people who trade
along the river.
6. They missed the scenery of the Qutang
Gorge. FTTComplete the passage. 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 training college. ontoteachingThey 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.atoffanywheretakeComplete the definitions of the words in the box.bamboo colleague construction site
distant goods legend poet
rush set trade1. A _______________ is the place
where something is being built.
2. To _____ means to buy and sell things.construction sitetrade3. If you _____ somewhere you go
there quickly.
4. _______ is the opposite of near.
5. ______ are things you can
buy or sell.
6. A _______ is a very old story
which is probably not true.rushDistantGoodslegend7. The sun rises in the east and ___ in the
west.
8. A _____ is someone who writes
poems.
9. A _________ is someone who works
with you.
10. ________ is a plant which grows
quickly and is used to make furniture.setspoetcolleagueBamboocharacters deck dock raft
detour exploit pagoda a place where boats load and unload
2. a simple boat made of pieces of wood
tied togetherdockraftMatch the words with their definitions.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 ofpagodadetourdeckcharactersexploitImagine 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 /don’t like about the place