Unit3TravelJournalPre-readingplain

glacierwaterfallRealityIdentityCreativityCreativityrapidsThemeGalleryisaDesignDigitalContent&ContentsmalldevelopedbyGuildDesignInc.valleyDescriptionofthecontentsDescriptionofthecontentswaterfallplainsglacierrapidsTherearemanygreatriversintheworld.Howmanydoyouknow?Canyougivesomeexamples?TheYellowRiver–黃河MotherriverTheChangjiangRiver–長(zhǎng)江（TheYangtzeRiver）TheNileRiver（InEgypt）theLancangRiver–

瀾滄江InChinaitiscalledOutofChina,itiscalledtheMekongRiverNamesofriverLocationMekongriverSeineNileGongoAmazonMississippiThamesEnglandEgyptCentralAfricaUSFranceChinaBrazilThegreatriversintheworldTheworldhasmanygreatrivers.Canyounamesome?YangtzeRiver&YellowRiver(China)Mekong(China,SEAsia)Amazon(Brazil)亞馬遜河Nile(Egypt)Thames(England)泰晤士河Rhine(Germany)Seine(France)塞納河Mississippi(US)Ifyoucouldfollowtherouteofonlyoneofthem,whichonewouldyouchoose?Manypeoplelivebesideariver.……Howdopeoplewholivealongarivermakeuseofit?Braingoswimmingtravelalongittoirrigate(灌溉)theirfieldstomakeelectricitystormingLookatthemaponpage18andlistthecountriestheMekongRiverflowsthrough.湄公河美景ThebeautifulsceneryTheLangcangriverbeginsinQinghaiProvince,ChinaThelongestriverinsoutheastAsia(4,909km)Backgroundknowledge:TheLancang-MekongRiveristhesixthlongest

riverintheworldanditisthelongestriverinSoutheastAsia.MekongRiveristhelifeblood（命脈）ofSoutheastAsia.TheMekongRiveristheheartandsoul

（心臟和靈魂）ofmainlandSoutheastAsia.Thesixthlongestriverintheworld,theMekongruns4800kilometresfromitsheadwaters(源頭)onthe

TibetanPlateau（西藏高原）.ClicktoaddTitleThemeGalleryisaDesignDigitalContent&ContentsmalldevelopedbyGuildDesignInc.ClicktoaddTitleClicktoaddTitleClicktoaddText瀾滄江瀾滄江瀾滄江湄公河美景Catfish(鯰魚(yú))ChartTitleinhere2003200420052006305070120CanyoulistthecountriesthattheMekongflowsthrough?JourneydowntheMekongLet’stakeoff!Now!ChinaLaosThailandCambodiaVietnamSouthChinaSeaMyanmarEvent:journeyPlace:MekongJourneydowntheMekongCharacters:SKimming:

para.1WangkunWangweiRelation:brotherDaoweiYuhangRelation:theircousins2.Whatwastheirdream?Theirdreamwastotakeagreatbiketrip.1.dreamof/aboutsth.ordoingsth.Theyoungsoldiersometimesdreamsabouthishometown.Shedreamsofbecomingrich.那個(gè)年輕士兵有時(shí)會(huì)夢(mèng)到他的家鄉(xiāng)。她夢(mèng)想變得富有。What’sthestyleofthisreadingtext?--TravelJournal

Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Listentothetapeandenjoythebeautyofthelanguage.AdiagramofthetextWangKunandWangWei’dream

takeabiketrip2.WangWeiorganizedthetripWangWeiisstubborn.3.Preparingfortheirtrip.--InformationabouttheMeKongRiverDiscussthetextindetails.Reading—VI(3m)Readandanswerthefollowingquestions:

WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiverandwhichseadoesitenter?WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekong?IsitadifficultjourneytocyclealongtheMekong?Why?Readingcarefully1.ThesourceoftheriverisinQinghaiprovinceanditenterstheSouthChinasea.2.Youcanseeglacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfallsandplains.3.Yes.Thejourneybeginsatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres,whereitishardtobreatheandverycold.Sincemiddleschool:Twoyearsago:Lastyear:Graduatefromcollege:Severalmonthsbeforethetripdreamedabouttakingagreatbiketripgotthechancetotakeabiketripboughtanexpensivemountainbike

WangWeigothercousinsinterestedincyclingtooWenttothelibrarytogetsomeinformationabouttheriver

1.ItismysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.(P.18)

首先想到要沿湄公河從源頭到終點(diǎn)騎車旅游的是我的姐姐?！癐tis/was…that/who...”是強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，可強(qiáng)調(diào)句子的各個(gè)成分（謂語(yǔ)除外），其基本結(jié)構(gòu)為:Itis+被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that(被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分是人時(shí)也可用who)+其余部分2.MyparentsaredeterminedtovisitChinanextyear.Itismyparentswho/thataredeterminedtovisitChinanextyear.(強(qiáng)調(diào)主語(yǔ))ItisChinathatmyparentsaredeterminedtovisitnextyear.(強(qiáng)調(diào)賓語(yǔ))ItisnextyearthatmyparentsaredeterminedtovisitChina.(強(qiáng)調(diào)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ))Isit+被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that/who+句子其余部分IsitChinathatyourparentsaredeterminedtovisitnextyear?疑問(wèn)詞+is(was)it+that/who+句子其余部分Whereisitthatyourparentsaredeterminedtovisitnextyear?Exercise:1.ShemetJohnyesterday.2.Wewillhaveasportsmeetingnextweek.WhatdoyouthinkaboutWangKunandWangwei?Characters:Wangkun:enthusiastic,critical,sensibleWangWei:eager,stubborn,risk-taking,imaginative,persistentWangwei’sattitude:Positivetothetrip,shewantstoorganizeitasitwasheridea.Wangkun’sattitude:LesspositivetothetripashewantstoorganizeitandthinkshecandobetterthanhissisterMyattitude:ItsoundlikeawonderfultripandI‘dlovebeabletodoatriplikethatmyselfoneday.3.insistthatsb.(should)dosth.

堅(jiān)持要求某人做……

Weallinsistthatweshouldnotrestuntilwefinishthework.我們大家都堅(jiān)決要求不完工就不休息。4.changeone’smind/makeupone’smind(其中mind是可數(shù)名詞)

YesterdayhesaidthathewouldflytoYunnan,buttodayhehaschangedhismind.Oncewehavemadeupourminds,nothingcanbedonetochangeourminds.Whatcantheyseeduringthejourney

downtheMekong?Itbeginsata________ona_______________.glacierTibetanmountainThen,it______quickly.Itbecomes______asitpassesthroughdeep_____.movesrapidsvalleySometimes,theriverenters_________andbecomes_______.widevalleywaterfallAfter,Ittravelsslowlythrough__________to______.lowvalleysplains平原Atlast,theriver’s_____enterstheSouthChinasea.deltaDelta*三角洲glacierwaterfallvalleyrapidsdeltaplainPost-reading:discussion&pairworkIfyoustartajourneywithyourfriendsinthesummerholiday,whatthingswillyoutakeintoconsideration?Destination(目的地)Weather(天氣）Object(物品)Schedule（日程安排）Shelter(棲身處所）safety（安全）cost（開(kāi)支）Transportation（交通）1.eversince

2.dreamaboutdoing/dreamofdong3.persuadesbtodosth/persuadesbintodoing4.graduatefromcollege5.finally/atlast6.planourschedule7.befondof8.oneseriousshortcoming9.stubborn10.keepdoing11.careaboutdetails12.adeterminedlook13.changehismind14.atanaltitudeof