课件21张PPT。Unit 3Unit 3 Travel journalWang Kun and Wang Wei continues their journey through Laos. Discuss what you know about Laos and go over the exercises on the book before listening.1. Listen and tick the words you hear on the tape.1. Which border of Laos is made by the Mekong River?
2. What did Wang Kun and his sister see when they cycled across the plains? 2. Listen to the tape again and answer these questions in pairs. The western border of Laos.They saw low mountains covered in trees.3. Which is the best season to travel to
Laos? Why?Autumn is the best season to travel in Laos because it is cool and dry.4. What did the river sound like?
5. How did they go to Vientiane after lunch?The river sounded like a man singing in a low voice.After lunch they went to Vientiane by bus.Life on the river has changed with the coming of dams to make electricity. People have been moved from their homes. As a result, some of the old ways of life by the river have changed.Work in pairs to list the ways that people use large and important rivers. transporting goods and people
connections between towns and cities
fishing
water for personal use and for cookingTalk about what kind of things might happen to change this life with your partner. pollution of water supply
decline in fish supplies
silting up of the river1. Look at the picture on the book and discuss the questions with your partner.
1) Is the photo a modern one or was it taken many years ago? How do you know?
2) What information can you get from the picture?____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________2. Listen and write the main idea in one sentence. Wang Kun and Wang Wei met an old man fishing by the river in Laos, and they talked about the life
on the river and the changes.3. Listen again and fill in the
information on the chart.Answers: Life along the river in the past1) There were many small villages by the river.
2) The fishermen used to catch fish.
3) They sold the fish to make money.Life along the river now
1) Some villages have disappeared.
2) New dams have been built.
3) Some people have moved to the towns and work there.1) How did Wang Kun and Wang Wei
greet the old man when they met him
on the river bank?
2) What did they talk about?4. Discuss the following questions in pairs or groups.3) Do people like the change of lifestyle?
What about the old man’s attitude?
4) Why does the man prefer the old way of
life?
5) Can you think of anything similar in
China?Answers: 1. They greeted him by putting their hands together in the way of his people.
2. They talked about life along the river and how it had changed.
3. Some people like the change of lifestyle because their life is better. The old man prefers the old way of life.4. Because he likes the peaceful life along the river and he doesn’t like the noise of the city.
5. Similar experiences in China include the building of the Three Gorges Dam. Many people have moved to new places where their lifestyle may have changed.课件12张PPT。Unit 3Unit 3 Travel journalPART 6 THE END OF OUR JOURNEYA: Local customs and practices
（风土人情）in Cambodia.
B: Local customs and practices
（风土人情）in Vietnam.Para 1-2 Para 3Skim the text and match the main ideas with the Para(s).How many times larger was the population of Cambodia than that of Laos?
2. How many people couldn’t read and write in Cambodia?
3. Why did we feel lucky when we left the village?
4. In which aspect is Phnom Penh unlike Vientiane?1. How many times larger was the population of Cambodia than that of Laos?Twice the
population of Laos2. How many people couldn’t read and write in Cambodia?Half of the people in the country couldn’t read and write.3. Why did they feel lucky when we left the village?They felt very lucky to have studied in college.Unlike Vientiane, ships could travel the Mekong River in Phnom Penh. Because they were very tired from the long bike ride.They cycled in the hills.144northernsouthern9realized
