Unit 3 Travel journal 临潼铁中 王茹

Lead in

How do people who live along a river make use of it?

Pre-reading What about the great rivers in the world? Do you know some other great rivers in China?

Yangtze RiverYellow River Amazon River (Brazil) Nile River (Egypt) The Pearl River

Names of riverLocation The Nile The Amazon The Mississippi The Thames The Danube The Mekong river England Egypt US Central Europe Southeast Asia Brazil Match the great rivers with its location

Lan Chang River The Mekong River Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?

China Myanmar Laos Vietnam Cambodia Thailand It runs through ______ countries six Lancang River Mekong River Lancang River

Part I: THE DREAM AND THE PLAN Reading

Skimming Who is the writer? Where do they dream to go? Who first had the idea? Wang Kun The Mekong River. Wang Wei.

Scanning Match the main idea with the right paragraph Para. 1 Para. 2 Para. 3 The geographical information of the river. The plan of the schedule for the trip The dream of cycling along the Mekong River

Careful reading Para. 1: What is their plan? Participants ( 参与者 ) Traffic tool Starting place Destination( 目的地 ) Wang Wei, Wang Kun, Dao Wei and Yu Hang Mountain bike Where the Mekong begins Where it ends

Para. 2: True or False? ( ) 1. Wang Wei insisted she organize the trip, because she knows the proper way to get to the places. ( ) 2. Once Wang Wei has decided something, nothing will change her mind. ( ) 3. Wang Wei feels worried when she learns about the difficulties of the trip. Careful reading

glacier rapids valley waterfall bends/ meanders plain Read Para3, and try to find out the geographical terms ( 地理术语 ). delta

The Mekong begins in a ______ on a Tibetan Mountain. At last the river ______ enters the ______________ ． Then, it becomes _____ as it passes through deep _____, sometimes it becomes _______. As it enters Southeast Asia, it runs slowly. It makes ______ or _________ to the ________. glacierrapids valleys a waterfall bends meanders plain delta South China Sea Careful Reading Find out more information about how the Mekong changes.

Why did Wang Kun use the title Journey DOWN The Mekong? Down to the South It begins at an altitude of 5000 metres. It runs through low valleys to the plains, and the river delta enters the South China Sea.

Post-reading How did Wang Kun and Wang Wei make a plan for their journey? journey traffic tool information about the place expectation … schedule destination

Discussion The Spring Festival is coming, where are you going to spend your holiday? Task: Work with your partners and make a travel plan for your group.

Our Travel Plan Destination Traffic Tool Schedule Information about the place Our expectation …

Our Travel Plan We are going to … to spend our The Spring Festival. We plan to go there by …. We are leaving … so that we can arrive …. It is known that ….And we want to know more about it, for example, ….What’s more, we …

HOMEWORK 1. Read the text again, underline the important words and phrases and find out the difficult sentences. 2. Improve your travel plan after class. 3.Collect more information about Mekong River.