Comprehensive learning Unit 3 Travel journal Comprehensive learning

Questions 1. What can you see from these pictures? 2. What do you think of the view? 3. What’s the weather like? 4. If you had a chance to travel there, what would you want to see? What would you want to experience? 5. Can you imagine what you would do to spend a night in the mountain? What will happen?

Note taking in the reading Snowmen ride bicycle, water bottle froze, climb mountains, go down hills, change clothes In the afternoon Make camp, put up tent, go to sleep, sky clear, stars bright, flames of fire In the evening Dali, cousins join Destination

Words or expressions describing the emotion so heavy and so cold shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful encourage hard work surprised by the view great fun colourful butterflies sky became clearer starts grew brighter hardly wait to see them

Ex. 1 on P.22: 1. What items are Wang Kun and Wang Wei carrying with them? What do you think they will have to leave behind in Dali? What should they take instead? Wang Kun and Wang Wei are carrying a tent, a cooker and food, pillows, water bottles. In the mountains they wore long wool coats, caps, gloves and trousers. In the plains they changed into T-shirts and shorts. 2. How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now? What do you think changed his attitude? He is starting to enjoy it. Seeing how beautiful the land is has changed Wang Kun’s attitude.

Imagine that in the morning there is a dialogue between Wang Kun and Wang Wei. What do you think they would say before they leave camp? Sample dialogue: WK: Oh, up so early? WW: Early? It’s nearly 9 o’clock. WK: Oops. ( Look at his watch). I guess you’re right. WW: Why were you so tired? WK: Well, I stayed up late last night to watch the stars. WW: That’s nice. They must be pretty. WK: Yes, they were.

Difficult sentences Along the way children dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. dressed in long wool coats 为过去分词作状语修饰前面的children, 可以把此句改成定语从语的形式为：Along the way children who were dressed in long wool coats stopped to look at us. 2) To climb the mountains road was hard work but … 不定式作主语, 谓语动词用单数, 可以用形式主语it。 eg: To learn a foreign language is important for your future work. = It is important for your future work to learn a foreign language.

3) We had to change our caps, coats, gloves, and trousers for T-shirts and shorts. Wait, it won’t take me long to change. change into 换上….衣服 eg: You’re supposed to change into your working clothes. get changed 换好衣服 Sara, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t have time to _______ before the party. A. get changed B. get change C. get changing D. get to change

4) In the early evening, we always stop to make camp. 傍晚我们停下来宿营。 camp n. [C, U] 野营, 营地, 营帐 [短语] make camp 扎营, 宿营 go camping 去露营, 去野营 eg: At weekends many Australians go camping in the countryside called the bush. Make sentences using the following phrases: 1) so… that … 2) be dressed in 3) as usual 4) think about 5) at midnight

the major clues to guess Guess what the listening will talk about from Ex. 2 and 3. the major clues to guess Usage, … some others? Talk about the Mekong River Dialogue between a girl and Wang Kun

Answer key Ex. 1 C Ex. 2 appears flag washing fishing transporting sea rocks waterfall villages

? host guests food About Laos clothes customs ?

Homework 1. Review the new words and phrases in the reading passage and retell the travel journal using your own words; 2. Find more information about the Mekong River in the internet and note down in the diary.