2. Unit 3 Travel Journal

3. Do you like travelling? Why?

4. Can you make a five-day travelling plan for visitors to Xinjiang? Where are they going? What are they carrying with them? When are they leaving? When are they arriving at/in…? Where are they staying? How long are they staying in…? When are they coming back? How are they getting there? …

5. Kanas Lake Grape Valley Heavenly Pond Nanshan Meadow

6. What do we have to consider before travelling? We have to consider… Where we are going/where to go. Who we are going with/who to go with. What we are carrying with us/what to carry. When we are leaving/when to leave. When we are arriving in…/when to arrive in…. Where we are staying at night/where to stay. How long we are staying in…/how long to stay in…. When we are coming back/when to come back. How we are getting there/how to get there.

7. Means of transportation

8. What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transport to choose? Cost Safety Comfort Distance Speed Convenience Weather

9. Advantages and disadvantages of different means of transportation Means of transportation AdvantagesDisadvantages bike train ship airplane

10. Where there is a river, there is civilization.

11. The Yellow River It is called our mother river.

12. The Yangtze River This river is the longest one in China.

13. The Pearl River This is a famous river in Guangdong Province.

14. The Mekong River The source of this river is in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries. Source: where it begins

15. Journey down the Mekong Where does it begin? Where does it end?

16. Look at the atlas and list the countries that the Mekong River flows through ChinaLaos BurmaThailand CambodiaVietnam

17. What’s the relationship between the Mekong River and the Lancang River? The Chinese part of the river is called the Lancang River and after flowing in other countries the river is called the Mekong River.

18. What can they see along the Mekong River (Para3)? glacier rapids valley waterfall plain delta

19. Route of the Mekong It begins in a _________ on a ______________. glacier Tibetan mountain

20. Route of the Mekong Then it begins to move quickly. It becomes ______, as it passes through deep ________. rapids valleys

21. Route of the Mekong Sometimes the river becomes a _______, and enters wide _____. waterfall valleys

22. Route of the Mekong At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea. delta

23. Find out the verbs used to describe the route of the Mekong River: begin in move quickly pass through travel across become/enter leave make … through enter small clear cold rapids waterfall wide brown warm slow

24. Through: One side in the other side out (inside) Across: From one side to the other Over: Above from one side to the other I ran ________ the street to meet my friend. Without a key, he had to enter the room _________ the window. The train went _________ the tunnel. He lost the directions in the forest, and it took him two days to walk __________ it. He jumped _______ the wall, which broke the school rules. through over across through

25. 越过高山, 越过平原, 跨过奔腾的黄河长江 ; We come ____high hills, _____ plains, and ______ rivers. across& through& over overacross The Great Wall travels ______ deep valleys, _______ deserts and _______ mountains. through across over

26. Who & what ________ and ________ are dreaming about_____________________. Wang Kun taking a great bike trip Wang Wei They have the idea to _____ _____the Mekong River. From _____________ to _____________. Where & how where it begins where it ends cycle along Para1 We should stand up from ________________ ( 我们摔倒的地方 ). where we fall down

27. Who had the idea first? It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.

28. What did Wang Wei do to prepare for the trip? 1) Two years ago, 2) Last year, 3) Several months before their trip, bought and persuaded…to… visited and got them interested in… went to the library to… persuasive adj.

29. What difficulty did Wang Kun find about their journey? Para2 It would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 metres, the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold. What’s Wang Wei’s attitude towards it? She seemed to be excited about it. She said it would be an interesting experience. What’s their different personalities?

30. Stubborn: ۩ Although…, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. ۩ The proper way is always her way. ۩ She gave me a determined look—the kind that said she would not change her mind. ۩ Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.

31. Different attitudes towards the trip insisted Wang Wei insisted… Wang Kun believed… 1.that she _______ the trip _______. 2. they start the journey from the ________. 1. it would be _______________to start in Qinghai. 2. They should __________the details. ahardjourney a hard journey careabout care about organizeproperly source In the end, who gave in? should should insist that sb. (should) do… 坚决主张 / 要求 …

32. I insisted that she _________________ (apologize). I insist that you _____________ (read) English loudly in the morning. He insisted that he _____ (be) innocent. I insisted that you _________ (give) out the secret the day before. (should) apologize (should) read had given was 坚持说 坚持认为 坚决要求 坚决主张做 … insist on doing… I insisted on her apologizing. I insist on your/you reading…. He insisted on being innocent/his innocence. I insisted on your having given out…. （虚拟语气） （时态看主句）

33. Homework: Retell the route of the Mekong River according to the atlas. move quickly pass through travel across become/enter leave make … through enter slow