Unit 3 Travel journal

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Unit 3 Travel journal
Reading
Great Rivers in the World
The Yangtze River
The Mississippi River
River Thames(泰晤士河)
Mekong River（湄公河）
Lead-in
Question:
1. Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through
2. How do people make use of the river in daily life
Watch the video
Laos
Thailand
Myanmar
Cambodia
Vietnam
The Mekong River
China
Pre-reading
Title: Journey down the Mekong
Journey: travel, trip
Predict: What is the text about
The text must be a story about someone’s travel experience.(旅游前，旅游中， 旅游后）
Travel experience
Before travel: Make travel plan
While travel: keep safe, 文明旅游
After travel: Write travel journal
______________’ s Travel Plan
Destination: (Where)__________________
Transport: (How)_____________________
Budget: (How much)__________________
Length of stay: (How long)_____________
Preparation: (What)___________________
The choice of transport
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of different transports.
Transport Speed Time needed Safety Coziness Pollution
Bus
Train
Ship
Airplane
Bicycle
Car
Work in pairs: Make a survey
Ask your partner the following questions, and finish the chart.
Where are you traveling to
How are you getting there
How much are you spending on it
How long are you staying there
What are you taking with you for your trip
Name Destination Transport Budget Length of stay
Preparation
Reading
Skimming: Finding out the main idea of each paragraph.
Paragraph 1: Wang Kun and Wang Wei dream about taking a great bike trip.
Paragraph 2: Different attitudes between Wang Kun and Wang Wei.
Paragraph 3: How they prepare for the trip and what they can see when travel along the river.
Who, What, How and Where
They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River from ______ it ______to _____ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends
Wang Kun and ___ ____ Wang Wei dreaming about__________________
her sister
taking a great bike trip.
What can they see during the journey
It begins at a ______ on a ______ _________.
glacier
Tibetan
mountain
Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
rapids
valley
Sometimes, the river becomes _______ and enters ____ _____ .
wide valley
waterfall
After, it enters _________ _____ and paces slowly through __________to______.
low valleys
plains
Southeast Asia
At last , the river’s _____ enters
the South China sea.
delta
imaginative, organized, eager, persistent, risk-taking
Wang kun
Wang wei
Positive to the trip. She wants to organize it as it was her idea.
Character
Attitude
Discuss the characters of Wang kun and Wang wei and their attitudes about the trip. And share your own attitude with each other.
enthusiastic, critical, sensible
Less positive to the trip as he wants to organize it and thinks he can do that better than his sister.
Group work: Discuss which of the following objects is the most useful if you are helping the cyclists to prepare for their trip down the Mekong.
tent
compass
map
raincoat
flashlight
umbrella
matches
water bottle
Can & bottle openers
radio
tyre/ tire
blanket
Post-reading
Role-play:
If you were Wang Kun and wang wei, make a dialogue according to the text. Like this:
WK=Wang Kun WW=Wang Wei
WW: You know we’ve always wanted to do a long bike trip. Why don’t we go on one after we graduate from college
WK: That’s a good idea. But where are we going
WW: …
WK: …
Make a summary:
How to write travel journal
Basic information: Who, where, when, how
Preparation: what you should take
Experience: what you see
Attitude: what’s your feeling of this journey.
Homework
1. Search more information about the Mekong.( Source, location, Exact length, Names for the Mekong River…)
2. Write travel journal according to your experience.