1、Unit 3 Trave JournalPeriod II. Reading(1)Step1. RevisionMake a speech on Page55 WorkbookStep2. Lead-in1. Do you like traveling along a river, a great river? What role does a river play in peoples life? In other words, how do people who live along a river use it?The suggested answers:People can drink
2、 the water in a river or wash their clothes.People can swim in a river in summer.People can use a river to irrigate their fields.People can use a river to produce electricity.People can travel along a river.2. Where there is a river, there is a city.As we all know, there are a lot of rivers in the w
3、orld and also there are many great rivers. Now look at the chart. In the left column are names of some great rivers. In the right column are locations where the rivers lie. Please match them. Names of RiverLocationMekongChina，SE Asia / RhineGermany / GangesIndia/SeineFrance / Nile Egypt/ ThamesEngla
4、nd/CongoCentral Africa/ NigerWest Africa/ VolgaRussia/DanubeCentral Europe/ AmazonBrazil/ MississippiUS/Step 3. Pre-reading 3 on page17 Now look at the map of the Mekong River and point out the countries it flows through. (China, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Burma Vietnam)Step 4. Reading1. Skimming. Fi
5、nd out the main ideas of each paragraph.Para.1 Wang Kun and Wang Weis dream.Para.2 Wang Wei is stubborn.Para.3 Preparing for their trip.2. Careful reading. Answer the queations of part 1 on P19 1) Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? (They are brother and sister, and both are college students.)2) What was
6、 their dream? (Their dream was to take a great bike trip.)3) Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? (They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.)4) Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?(The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China
7、Sea.)5) What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?(You can see glacier, rapids, hill, valleys, waterfalls and plains.)6) Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why? (Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.)3.
8、Sentences patterns.1. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. 从中学起, 我姐姐王薇和我梦想作一次了不起的自行车旅行。1). dream n. v. dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamtof/about sth. (vi.)adream (vt.)that (vt.)sb. to be (vt.)1) 他梦想着有一天为自己工作, 没有老板. He dreams of working for himse
9、lf and not having a boss one day.=He dreams that one day he will work for himself and not have a boss.2) 我做梦也没想到他是个撒谎的人. I never dreamed him to be a liar.dream about = dream of 梦见, 梦想My younger brother dreams of becoming a spaceman. He always dreams about traveling around the world.2. Finally/at las
10、t/in the end1) They talked about it for hours. Finally, they decided not to go.2) The children arrived home at last/in the end after the storm.3) My dream will come true in the end. finally 一般指一系列事物或论点的顺序的最后项内容,或用在动词前,表示“等了好久才”,没有感情色彩. at last只能指时间位置,不能指时间顺序,在意思上是指经过周折、等待、耽搁到”最后、终于”(出现所期待的结果),常常带有较浓
11、厚的感情色彩. in the end可与at last和finally通用.但若出现了非期待中的结果,用in the end, 还可以用于预卜未来。3. It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.是我姐姐首先想到骑自行车沿湄公河从它的源头行走到入海口。 这是一个强调句。强调句的结构是： It was/is+强调成分+that-/who-分句4. Then she persuade me to buy on
12、e.然后她动员我也买了一辆. persuade vt.说服; 劝服; vi.被说服sb. sb. of sth. 使某人相信某事sb. that clausesb. (not) to do sth. sb. into / out of doing sth.persuade sb. to do sth. = persuade sb into doing sth. persuade sb. not to do sth. = persuade sb out of doing sth.e.g. I persuaded him to do it. = persuade him into doing it
13、. 我已说服他做这件事。e.g. Some of us advised him to change his mind but no one could persuade him to do so.1）I _ him not to smoke, but he didnt think it necessary. A. persuaded B. advised C. hoped D. suggested2）I was able at last to _ my mother to follow my advice. A. suggest B. advise C. persuade D. leave o
14、ff5. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. get +宾语+宾语补足语（-ing/done/ to do /adj./adv.）1) I should get the window _ (repair) before it gets cold. 2) The teachers words soon got us _ (think). 3) She got her son _ (sleep ) on the floor last night. 4) Dont make your hands so _ (脏).5) 我想把这些椅子弄
15、到楼上去I want to get these chairs _.6. stubborn1) He is too stubborn to apologize.2) Youll have to push hard, that door is a bit stubborn.3) The old man has got a stubborn cough that has lasted for weeks. (as) stubborn as a mule7. Although she didnt know the best way of getting get to places, she insis
16、ted that she organize the trip properly. 尽管她不知道旅行的最佳方式, 但是她还是坚决主张她来合理安排这次旅行。1) although, though引导让步状语从句不能再和but, and, however连用, 但可以和副词yet, still连用。although从句多放在句首, though从句可在主句前，中，后任何位置，而且though可以作副词用于句末，作 “但是，不过”讲，而although无此用法。2) insist 坚持认为，坚持主张insist on/upon ones doing sth 坚持做,坚决做 e.g. I insiste
17、d on/upon his coming with us.insist that +从句坚持说(后表示一个事实), 后接的从句用陈述语气, 既按需要选择时态。 e.g. He insisted that he hadnt stolen the girls handbag.insist that sb. (should) do sth. 坚决主张做某事, 后接的宾语从句常用虚拟语气, 既 “should +v.” e.g. Mary was ill. Her parents insisted that she (should) see a doctor.8. My sister doesnt c
18、are about details. 我姐姐是不会考虑细节的。 care about: be worried about 忧虑,关心e.g. He doesnt care much about what happens to me.care for sb/sth: look after, love or like希望, 喜欢, 照顾1) Would you care for a drink?2) He cares for her deeply.3) Who will care for your child if you are out?9. She gave me a determined l
19、ook the kind that she wouldnt change her mind.她坚定地看了我一眼-这眼神表明她不会改变主意。 determine v. 决定, 下定决心, 确定1) determine to do sth.e.g. He determined to learn French.2) determine +从句e.g. She determined that she would never see him again. 3) determine +疑问词+ to doe.g. Have you determined where to spend the holiday
20、 next week? determined adj. 坚决的, 有决心的 be determined to do sth. 决心做e.g. She was determined to go to university.change ones mind 改变某人的主意e.g. No matter what you say, I wont change my mind.make up ones mind 下定决心read ones mind 看出某人的心思speak ones mind 直言不讳give/ put ones mind 专心于keepin mind 记住10. When I tol
21、d her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, she seemed to be excited about it. 当我告诉她我们将在海拔5000米处开始旅程, 她好像对此很兴奋。at an altitude of = at a height of在海拔米处at 在此处表 “在处/时, 以”后接年龄, 速度, 长宽深高, 价格, 费用等 e.g. The plane is flying at a height / altitude of 10,000 feet.at the age of
22、at a high / low price at a depth/width of at the cost of at a distance of 11. When I told her the air would be hard to breath and it would be very cold 当我告诉她将呼吸困难, 天气严寒主语 + be + adj.+ to do sth. 是一常用句式既不定式用主动形式表达被动含义e.g. The problem is really hard to work out. My boss is easy to deal with.不定式和主语之间是逻
23、辑动宾关系，使用及物动词的主动形式，因此不及物动词要加相应的介词。这一结构中的形容词往往是表示心理活动的，接不定式时, 不定式的逻辑主语是句子的主语, 主动用to do, 被动用to be done;也可以接从句。这类形容词有surprised, moved, disappointed, pleased, happy, sad, delighted, sorry, interested, glad, worried, etc.12. Finally, I had to give in. 最后, 我只好让步。 give in (to sb./sth.) 屈服于, 让步, 递交 give in 屈
24、服，投降，让步 give in to sb 向某人让步，屈服于某人 Give away 捐赠；颁发；丧失；泄露 Give back 归还 Give off 发出，放出（气味、光、热等） Give out用完；筋疲力尽；分配Give up 放弃, 认输 give away, give up, give in3) Because of his small salary, he had to _ his dream. He can not persuade me, so he had to _ to my opinion. Please keep it a secret, dont _ it _.g
25、ive away 捐赠, 泄露13. It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province. 穿过深谷流经云南省西部时它变成急流.across 常表示从一定范围的一边到另一边或事物交叉位置, “横穿, 横跨” 表面, 含义与on 有关through 表达两边穿过或穿过空间内部, 含义与in 有关over表示 “越过” 是指越过较高的物体从一侧到另一侧The new railway winds its way to Hong Kong, _ mountains _
26、 tunnels and _ rivers.A. across; over; throughB. over; across; throughC. over; through; acrossD. through; over; across14. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. 一旦她下定决心，什么也不能使他改变。once conj. 一旦；一就 引导条件状语从句adv.曾经；从前Once you try it, you will be interested in it.Ex.根据括号内所给的提示翻译下列句子。1.）最后我
27、们来到了山顶。(finally)Finally we arrived at the top of the mountain. 2. ）我不能骑车去上学，因为我的自行车坏了。(cycle)I am unable to / cant cycle to school because my bike is broken. 3. ) 汤姆坚持认为自己是对的。(insist)Tom insisted that he was right.4. ) 你一旦开始，就必须坚持做下去。(once)Once you begin, you must keep doing it. 5. ) 她虽然小，但是知道怎么做。(although) Although she is young, she knows how to do it.6. ) 我们决定立刻去火车站。(determine to do)We determined to go to the railway station at once. - 6 -