Unit 3 Travel journal Reading

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Warming up and Reading
Where ………………
Who …………….
How …………
What ……….
Travel Journal
Keep a record of what you saw and did during your journey.
旅行日记
Unit 3
Journey Down the Mekong
Part
1
The Dream and The Plan
Skimming
Who are mentioned in the text
What was their dream
Where do they plan to go
Q1.How many people are mentioned in this text Who are they
Wang Kun
Wang Wei
Dao Wei
Yu Hang
brother &sister
Wangs’ cousins
college ________
graduates
Q2.What was their dream
Ever Since middle school,
they have dreamed about/of
taking a great bike trip.
Q3. Where do they plan to go
They will cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.
It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong river from where
it begins to where is ends.
It was
who
Who had the idea first
What did they do before travelling to the Mekong
Two years ago:
Last year:
Several months ago:
now:
Careful reading
bought mountain bikes
got their cousins interested
in cycling
found a large atlas for details of the Mekong
plan the schedule for the trip
preparations 准备
What is the name Where it begins
Where it ends
What you can see What are the
differences
MK
In china
Out of china
At a glacier
on a Tibetan mountain
South china sea
glacier, rapids, hill, valleys, waterfalls and plains
Lc
Mc
small, clear, cold wide, brown, warm
glacier
rapids
waterfall
valley
plain
delta
1. Do you think it is a difficult job to travel along the Mekong river Why
A. The journey begins at an altitude of
more than 5000 meters, where…
B. The whether is changeful.
C. The journey is a long distance and
sometimes it could be dangerous
D. All of the above
What kind of person is Wang Wei (Para.2)
1. Which adjectives can best describe Wang Wei’s attitude towards the trip Why
uninterested crazy scared brave determined stubborn excited careless
Although … didn’t know the best way of…, …insisted that she organize ….. properly.
so when I told ..that …of the Mekong is..Qinghai… She …me a determined look--…that said..wouldn’t change her mind .
when I told…that …. would be hard to breathe and……cold, she said it would be …experience.
when I told…that..journey would begin at an altitude of more than……she seemed to be excited about…
1)
2)
3)
4)
Wang Wei can be stubborn
Once she has made up her mind, nothing can …
1.She insisted that she organize the trip properly.
(should) organize
2. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.
Attention!
Which of the following once has the same meaning with that in the text book
I’ve only be there once.
I once meet your mother.
Come here at once.
The water is fine(舒适) once you are in.
一旦
曾经
一次
Let’s Talk About your Dream
Beginning:
Hello everyone, it’s a great honor for me to talk
about my dream here. I dream about/of going to_____.
I made up my mind to go there by______.
Although_________, I am a stubborn person and
I ________change my mind. In order to realize my
dream, first____________. Then__
_____________. At last,___________. I insist that I
_________because_____________.
That’s all about my dream and plan for travelling.
Thanks!
Hainan Island Qingdao
My name is Jack. Since childhood,
I__________________ (dream) going to
Qingdao for a trip. I ______________ (mind)
to go there just by bike, but my parents said
it was a really difficult job, and p________me
to give up. But I am not going to c______ my
mind, you see I am a s_______ boy. Then in
order to realize my dream. I make a plan.
First, I ‘ll work hard to save money so as to
buy a strong bike. Then, I’ll serf the internet
for some information of Qingdao. At last I’ll
make a list of the things I’ll take. I insist that I
___________(take) a compass with us for I
may got lost in a strange city.
have dreamed about
made up my mind
ersuaded
hange
tubborn
should take
If you can dream it, you can do it!
Underline the key sentences
Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.
Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too.
It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.
4. She insisted that she organize the trip properly.
5. She gave me a determined look– the kind that said she would not change her mind.
6. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.
Homework
Write a short passage about your dream and plan you’ve talked just now.
Key phrases:
dream about/of
take a trip
graduate from college
care about
at an altitude of…
make up one’s mind
give in
one’s attitude to/towards…
as usual for company