(共13张PPT)
Journey down the Mekong
A night in the Mountains
Retelling the reading material
in this unit
Wang Kun and his sister … since middle school. After graduation from college, they finally got the chance to… His sister thought of the idea to… the Mekong River. They both bought… They also… Wang Wei stuck to the idea that they … When she heard that the source of the Mekong River is in Qinghai Province, she wouldn’t… She even … when she knew that their journey would… of more than 5,000 meters… they found …in the library. From the atlas they knew clearly about…It begins in…moves… and passes through…Half of it is in…It enters….
Then it travels slowly through…At last it enters…
First Reading
①When they arrived in Tibet, it was winter then. ( )
②Wang Wei was behind me as usual. ( )
③When we reached a valley, it became warmer.( )
④After supper, we started to make camp. ( )
⑤Wang Kun went to sleep and Wang Wei stayed awake. ( )
⑥There was almost no wind on that night. ( )
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True or false？
Second Reading
see 1.________2.________ 3.________4.__________5._________
hear
Do 1. __________________
2. ______________________________
3. __________________________
feel 1. __________________
2. __________________
3. __________________
Fill in the chart
see 1.snowfall 2.clear ____ 3.bright____
4.Colourful __________ 5.many _______ and _________
hear There was almost no _______-- only the _______ of our fire for company.
Do Ride _________ in the snow
We had to change our caps,______,________ and trousers for _________ and _________.
3. Put up _______to make__________
sky
stars
bicycles
our tent
butterflies
yaks
sheep
wind
flames
camp
coats
gloves
T-shirts
shorts
feel 1. (legs)______________
2. To climb the mountain was _______
but we were ________ by the view.
3. We can _______ _______ to see their cousins.
heavy and cold
hardly wait
hard work
surprised
Third Reading
1.大冰块
2.穿着
3.下午晚些时候
4.落日
5.在…前面
6.照常
7.环顾四周
8.在某个时刻
9.把A换成B
10.在傍晚
11.支起帐篷
12.宿营
13.在午夜
1.blocks of ice
2.dress in
3.in the late afternoon
4.the setting sun
5.in front of
6.as usual
7.look around
8.at this point
9.change A for B
10.in the early evening
11.put up tent
12.make camp
13.at midnight
Listen to the tape
and read with it
Thank you(共27张PPT)
Unit 3 Travel Journal
Warming up and Reading
Warming up
What does a travel journal mean
A travel journal, also called road journal or travelogue, is a record made by a voyager. Generally in diary form, a travel journal contains descriptions of the traveler's experiences, is normally written during the course of the journey, intended on updating friends or family on the journey. Many travel blogs today are built with the intent of supporting the traveler financially during their journey.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Questions:
1. Do you like travelling
2. Where have you been
Yangtze
Amazon
Can you guess what the names of these rivers are
Yellow
Pearl
Nile
Match the great rivers with their
locations(位置) in the world in the
following form.
Names of river Location(位置)
Lancang River
Seine[sein]塞纳河
Nile
Kongo刚果
Amazon亚马逊河
Mississippi
Thames[temz]泰晤士河 England
Egypt
Central Africa
the US
France
China
Brazil
The great rivers in the world
Suppose you want to go
traveling during a one-month
vocation, where are you going
and how are you going
What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transport you will use
Cost(花费)
Safety(安全) Comfort (舒适)
Quickness Convenience (方便)
Transport Advantages Disadvantages
bus very cheap;…
…
train … …
ship …
airplane very quick; comfortable;… expensive;…
Pre-reading
……
How do people who live beside a river make use of it
Brain
go swimming
travel along a river
to irrigate(灌溉)their fields
to make electricity
storming
List the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
Myanmar
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
China
Reading
Journey down the Mekong
Fast reading:
Read the passage as quickly as possible and try to get the main idea of each paragraph :
Para.1
Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream.
Para.2
Wang Wei’s shortcoming.
Para.3
Preparation for their trip.
Discuss the text
in details
Who and what
Wang Kun and ___ ____ Wang Wei are dreaming about_____________________.
his sister
taking a great bike trip
Where and How
They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River from ______ it ______to _____ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends
What can they see during the journey
It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________.
glacier
Tibetan
mountain
Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
rapids
valleys
Sometimes, the river becomes a _______ and enters ____ _____ .
wide valleys
waterfall
At last, the river _____ enters
the South China Sea.
delta
Discuss
What do you think of this
travel team and their journey
Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于有毅力者。
No success in life merely happens.
人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。
Homework
Read the text after class and
Try to retell it by yourself.
