英语阅读研究课 外研版高中英语必修四第五模块 教师：杨明

What will the writer tell us in the following part? In August 1996, Peter Hessler, a young American teacher of English, arrived in the town of Fuling on the Yangtze River. He and a colleague were to spend two years there teaching English at a teacher training college. They were the only foreigners in the town. The first semester finished at the end of January and they had four weeks off for the Spring Festival. They could go anywhere they wished. They decided to take a boat downstream. What will the writer tell us in the following part?

Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges

In what order do you think the whole passage was written? It was written in the order of space/ in space (spatial) order.

Read the passage aloud and fill in the blanks. A Trip Along the Three Gorges Time Passengers Means of transportation What they saw and what they did From Fuling to Fengdu Along the Qutang Gorge Along the Wu Gorge Coming out of the Xiling Gorge

A Trip Along the Three Gorges What they saw and what they did Time Passengers Means of transportation What they saw and what they did From Fuling to Fengdu Along the Qutang Gorge Along the Wu Gorge Coming out of the Xiling Gorge during the Spring Festival,1997 Peter Hessler and his colleague boat the sun shining/setting,sailed slept through it Xiang River, home of Qu Yuan ,rocks, streams, and hills flag blowing, a sign, took pictures and pointed at the site

Complete the definitions of the words in the box. construction site 1 A _________________ is the place where something is being built. 2 To _________ means to buy and sell things. 3. If you _______ somewhere you go there quickly. 4. _________ is the opposite of near. 5. ________ are things you can buy or sell. 6. A __________ is a very old story which is probably not true. 7. The sun rises in the east and ______ in the west. 8. A _______ is someone who writes poems. 9. A __________ is someone who works with you. 10. __________ is a plant which grows quickly and is used to make furniture. trade rush Distant Goods legend sets poet colleague Bamboo

Match the words with their definition. characters deck dock detour exploit pagoda raft a place where boats load and unload a simple boat made of pieces of wood tied together a Buddhist temple a change of route a floor on a boat marks or signs used in writing to use or take advantage of dock raft pagoda detour deck characters exploit

What do you learn from the passage? What do you travel for?

Homework 1. Finish reading exercise3 on page43. 2. Please write a passage about a place with its history in our school.

Thank you!