Unit3 Travel journal

Lead-in Q1. Do you like traveling? Q2. Why do you like traveling ? Q3. If you have a chance to travel ,how will you go there?

traveling Relax ourselves Increase our knowledge Make friends Be good to health

on foot by bus by bike by train by plane / by air by boat/ ship/ sea

Warming Up Advantages Disadvantages bus train ship 1.Very cheap Transport Disadvantages 1.Very cheap 2.Efficient for short journeys Takes longer than the train or plane. bus 1.Faster than bus, cheaper than plane 2.ends in the centre of the town/city. train Takes longer than the plane. 1.Cheaper than plane 1.More expensive than train 2.Not convenient for visiting inland places ship 1.Expensive 2.Journey ends far from the city. 1.Quick 2.Efficient 3.Provides meals airplane

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 ……

Yellow River Nile River (Egypt) Thames (England) Mississippi (USA)

Which countries does the Mekong River flow through? China, 中国 Laos, 老挝Myanmar,缅甸 Thailand, 泰国Cambodia柬埔寨Vietnam. 越南

Journey Down The Mekong Reading:

Fast-reading Different attitudes between them Para 1 Match the paragraph and the main idea. Different attitudes between them Para 1 Para 2 Para 3 Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River. The preparation before the trip & details about Mekong River.

Careful Reading 1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip? 2.Who Planned the trip to the Mekong? 3.Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter? Their idea was to take a long bike trip. Wang Wei planned the trip. Qinghai Province the South China Sea

4.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? 5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? 6.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei? You can see the source glacier ,rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains. The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold. Wang Kun: enthusiastic, critical, sensible Wang Wei: imaginative, organized, eager, persistent, stubborn, risk-taking

Homework: 1.Page19, exercise 3 2.Page20, exercise 1

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