A Trip Along the Three Gorges
Three Gorges
Today we are going to learn a passage about someone’s trip along the three gorges, but before reading let’s check the meaning of some geographical words.
cave cliff lake peak plain
plateau shore slope valley wood
A low ground between the sides of mountains.
valley
A large area of flat low ground.
plain
An area where the land meets the sea or a lake.
shore
the side of the mountain.
slope
the steep side of Mountains at the edge of a river or the sea.
Cliffs
the top of a mountain.
peak
an area of water surrounded by land.
lake
a small forest.
wood
a large area of flat high ground.
plateau
2 A plain is a large area of flat low ground.
3 The shore is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake.
4 A slope is the side of the mountain.
5 Cliffs are the steep sides of mountains at the edge of a river or the sea.
6A peak is the top of a mountain.
7 A lake is an area of water surrounded by land.
8 A wood is a small forest.
9A cave is a large hole in a cliff or a mountain.
10 A plateau is a large area of flat high ground.
Do the quiz about the Yangtze River.
(1) The Yangtze River is the _____ river in the world.
(a) longest (b) second longest (c) third longest
(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
Peter Hessler
Peter Hessler (1969 -- ) is an American writer and journalist,.
Imagine you’re going on a trip along the Three Gorges. What will you talk about?
the boat
the food
life along the river
the scenery
the weather
…
Discussion
Fast - reading
Read the words in the box quickly and find out the background of the trip.
A Trip Along The Three Gorges
Time
Passengers
Means of
Transportation
Place
During the Spring Festival holidays, 1996
Peter and his colleague
By boat
Along the Three Gorges
Starting place
Fuling, Chongqing
Read the text which is about their carefully and finish the following exercise.
Careful - reading
1. Draw the route of their trip and describe what they did and saw along the way
Fuling, Chongqing
The Three Gorges Dam
2. Finish the activities on 《三维》P81,
.True or False
. Choose the best answers
. Post-reading