Unit 3 Travel Journal

Xining---Capital of Qinghai Vientiane---Capital of Laos Phnom Penh---Capital of Cambodia Ho Chi Minh City---city of Vietnam

Discussion : 1.Where are you going on holiday? 2.When are you leaving? 3.How are you going to…? 4.When are you arriving in/at …? 5.Where are you staying? 6.How long are you staying in…? 7.When are you coming back? 8.How much money do you need to pay for the one-way fare?

1. imagine vt. 想象 Imagine yourself on a desert island. I can’t imagine talking to such a rude guy. 2. plan to do sth. 计划做某事 We’re planning to visit Beijing this winter. 3….where to go… “ 疑问词 + 不定式 ” We should decide when to start. Where to go hasn’t been decided. The question is what to do.

4. 现在进行时表示将来 表示按计划、安排即将发生的动作。用于此结构的 动词有： go ， arrive ， come ， leave ， start ， stay ， return ， play ， do ， have ， work ， wear ， spend ， see ， meet 等。 我下周将前往香港。（ leave for ） 你什么时候回来？（ come back ） I am leaving for Hong Kong next week 。 When are you coming back ？

Pre-reading: How do people who live along a river use it? irrigate their fields make electricity go swimming go fishing travel along the river …

Names of River location Mekong 湄公河 England Rhine 莱茵河 Egypt Ganges 恒河 India Seine 塞纳河 Central Africa Nile 尼罗河 Russia Thames 泰晤士河 West Africa Congo 刚果河 Brazil Niger 尼日河 US Volga 伏尔加河 France Danube 多瑙河 Germany Amazon 亚马逊河 China, SE Asia Mississippi 密西西比河 Central Europe

Questions 1).Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 2).What are their dream? 3).Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? 4).Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? They are sister and brother. Taking a great bike trip. They are Wang Kun’s cousins. source :Qinghai Province; enter: South China Sea

5).What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River? 6).Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River? 7).Which countries does the Mekong River flow through? We can see a glacier,deep valleys, waterfalls, hills and plains. Yes, it is. We know that the travelers had to climb over a Tibetan mountain and pass through deep valleys. China, Vietnam and Laos.

Similar attitudes about the trip Different attitudes about the trip Wang Wei believes: Wang Kun believes: taking this trip is a dream that comes true. that they will enjoy the trip a lot. they should see a lot of the Mekong. that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia 1.they must start in Qinghai where the river begins/ see all of the Mekong. 2.that they don’t need to prepare much. 1.It is too cold and high to start in Qinghai. 2.that using an atlas is important.

Journey down the Mekong River Their dream Wang Wei’s suggestion Their preparations Why excited The Mekong River Taking a great bike trip. Finding the source and beginning there. Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to the atlas in the library. Their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters. It begins at a glacier on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through deep valleys. Half of it is in China. It enters the Southeast Asia. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters the South China Sea.

Text retelling: dream about – bike trip – graduation – college – chance – come true – think of the idea – cycle along the Mekong River -- buy expensive bike – get cousins interested –Wang Wei – stick to the idea – source -- begin their journey – Qinghai Province – not change her mind– excited – altitude – 5000 meters –before the trip -- atlas – library -- know clearly about

1. Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. dream about/of (doing) sth. 梦想, 想象 She dreams of running her own business. It was a kind of trip most of us only dream about. dream n. 梦, 梦想, 理想 He realized his dream of becoming an actor. His dream of becoming an actor came true.

2.When we graduated from college,… graduate v. 毕业 Last year, he graduated from Zhongshan University. graduation n. 3. It was my sister who first had the idea to … 强调句型 : It is/was + 被强调部分 +that/who+ 其余部分 注意 :1. 该句型可用来强调除谓语外的各种成分 ; 2. 如果原句是现在时, 用 is; 若是过去时用 was; 3. 被强调部分是人时, 用 that 或 who, 其它一律用 that.

We had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was ____ ________ had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午是我们在会议室开的会. It was __________ ______ we had in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午我们在会议室是开会. It was ____________________ ______ we had a meeting yesterday afternoon. 昨天下午我们是在会议室开的会. It was ____________________ ______ we had a meeting in the meeting room. 我们是昨天下午在会议室开的会. wewho/that a meetingthat in the meeting roomthat yesterday afternoonthat

4.Then she persuaded me to buy one. persuade v. 劝说, 说服, 使信服 persuade sb. to do sth. persuade sb. into doing sth. persuade sb. that-clause persuade sb. out of doing sth. He persuaded her to go /into going with them. It will be difficult to persuade them that there’s no other choice. I persuaded him out of smoking. persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人干了某事 advise sb. to do sth. 试着说服某人干了某事, 但不 一定成功

5. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling,too. “get sb./sth. + 形容词或分词 ” 表示 “ 使某人 或某物处于某种状态 ” Have you got the supper ready ？ He didn‘t want to get himself involved in the matter.

6. She insisted that we find the source of… insist 作 “ 坚决主张 ” 、 “ 坚持（让某人做某 事） ” 时，宾语从句用 should+ 动词原形 insist 作 “ 坚决认为 ” 时，宾语从句根据需要 选用时态 The teacher insisted that the students （ should ） not be late again. I insisted that he ( should ) be sent to hospital. He still insists he wasn’t there at that time.

7….my sister doesn’t care about details. care about sth. 在乎, 在意 care about sb. 关心, 关怀 They didn’t care about the expenses. She is very selfish. She doesn’t care about other people. 8. She gave me a determined look. determined adj. 坚定的, 坚决的 be determined to do sth. 决心做 …… He is always a determined man. He would try his best to get what he wants. The workers are determined to finish their work on time.

9.Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. once conj. 一旦 (if ever) Once opened, the food must be eaten up within three days. He once knew her, but they are no longer friends. (adv. 曾经 ) make up one’s mind 决心, 决定 We couldn’t make up our minds what to do next. She made up her mind to go and settle in the USA.

10. Finally, I had to give in. give in 屈服, 投降, 提出, 呈交 The mother gave in and bought a toy for the child. He would rather die than give in. Please give your work in before Monday. 11. I kept asking her… kept asking 不断, 一直. 老是做某事 The boy keeps asking his mother the same question. Keep going along the road until you see a shop.