1. He who does not reach the
Great Wall is not a true man.

2. Unit 3
Travel journal
Let's go travelling!

3. What different means of transportation can you use for traveling ?
Warming up—1
What different means of transportation can you use for traveling ?
take a bus\car\taxi\plane\train
by bus\bike\plane\air\ship\subway

4. What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?
Cost(花费)
Safety(安全) Comfort (舒适)
Quickness Convenience (方便)
Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport.

5. Which of the places do you want to go ?
Hainan
Jiuzhaigou
Shanghai
Yellow River

6. Tian’anmen Square
The Great Wall
Forbidden City
The Heaven Temple

7. Warming up—2
Imagine that you plan to spend a holiday .Choose a place you want to visit. Think about the fare for different kinds of transport and decide how to get there. Then, get into pairs to make a dialogue about your holidays.

8. Work in pairs to make a dialogue
Make a travel plan ( National Day holiday)
Where are you going?
Work in pairs to make a dialogue
When are you leaving?
How are you going there?
When are you arriving there?
Where are you staying ?
How long are you staying there?
How much money do you think you will need to pay the
journey?

9. to irrigate their fields How do people who live along a river use it?
Pre-reading—I (2m):
travel along a river
Brain
storming
to irrigate their fields ……
How do people who live along a river use it?
to make electricity
go swimming

10. Pre-reading—Ⅱ (2m):
Discuss in groups of four and join the great rivers and their locations in the world in the following form.

11. The great rivers in the world
Names of river
Location
Mekong river
Seine
Nile
Gongo
Amazon
Mississippi
Thames
England
Egypt
Central Africa US
France
China
Brazil

12. The longest river in the world. 12th
Mekong River
The Source:
the Jifu Mountains in Zaduo County, Yushu Tibet Autonomous Region of northwest China's Qinghai Province, which is about 5,200 meters above sea level.
青海省玉树藏族自治区杂多县境内的吉富山。
The Length:
4880km
The longest river in the world.
12th
The name of the Chinese part::
Lancang River

14. The countries that the Mekong River flows through:
China 中国
Laos 老挝
Burma 缅甸
Thailand 泰国
Cambodia 柬埔寨
Vietnam 越南

15. Journey down the Mekong
reading
Journey down the Mekong

16. Skimming: Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? What was their dream?
Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

17. 1.Who are Wang Kun
and Wang Wei?
They are brother
and sister,
and both are
college students.

18. 2. What was their dream?
Their dream was
to take a great
bike trip.

19. 3.Who are Dao Wei
and Yu Hang?
They are Wang Kun’s
cousins who
are at a college
in Kunming.

20. Reading and scanning:
Read the text carefully ,answer these questions and then fill in the form:
1.What’s the dream?
2.How did they prepair for the travel?
3.Why did they become excited?
4.Use your own words to describe
the Mekong River

21. Taking a great bike trip. the source
Their dream
Wang Wei’s suggestion
Finding___________ and beginning there.
Their preparations
Both of them bought_____________, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to _______in the library.
Taking a
great bike trip.
the source
expensive bikes
the atlas

22. an altitude of more than
Why excited
Their journey would begin at___________________________.
The Mekong River
It begins at a _______on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through___________. Half of it is in China. It enters the______________. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters__________________.
an altitude of more than
5000 meters
glacier
deep valleys
Southeast Asia
the South China Sea

23. Listen to the tape then do the following “T” or “F”:
1. Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in
Qinghai.
2. Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way.
3. Wang Wei was a stubborn and careful girl.
4. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000
meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
5. Wang Kun gave in at last.
6. Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in T T F T T F

24. Read once again and give the main ideas of each paragraph:
1.Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River.
2.Different attitudes between them
3.The preparation before the trip & details about Mekong River.