1、Travel journalUnit 3ReadingJOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONGWords Reviewpersuadecyclegraduatefinallyschedulefondshortcomingvt.说服；劝说vi.骑自行车vi.毕业 n.大学毕业生adv.最后；终于n.时间表；进度表vt.为某事安排时间adj.喜爱的；慈爱的；宠爱的n.缺点Words Reviewstubbornorganizedetailsourcedeterminedeterminedjourneyaltitudeadj.顽固的；固执的vt.组织；成立n.细节；详情n.来源；水源vt.决定
2、；确定；下定决心adj.坚决的；有决心的n.旅行；旅程n.海拔高度；高处Words Reviewatlasglacierrapidsvalleywaterfallpacebendn.地图；地图集n.冰河；冰川n.急流n.（山）谷；流域n.瀑布vi.缓慢而行；踱步n.一步；速度；步调n.弯；拐角vt.使弯曲 vi.弯身；弯腰ever sincebe fond ofcare aboutchange ones mindmake up ones mindgive in改变主意下决心;决定投降;屈服;让步照顾;照看从那以后喜爱;喜欢关心;忧虑;惦念MatchSkimming for general id
3、eaWhat is the main idea of the text?A.A brief introduction to the Mekong River.B.Some tips on how to travel along the Mekong River.C.Wang Kun and Wang Weis plan for their summer holidays.D.Wang Kun and Wang Weis plan and preparations for their trip along the Mekong River.Wang Wei insisted on finding
4、 the source of the river and beginning their journey there.From the atlas,they learned a lot about the Mekong River.Para.1:Para.2:Para.3:The writer and his sister finally got a chance to take a great trip.Match the main ideas with the paragraphs.Scanning for specific information1.Which sentence is N
5、OT true according 2.to the text?A.Wang Wei advised Wang Kun to buy a mountain bike and he agreed.B.Wang Wei seldom listened to others.C.Before their trip they went to the library.D.Wang Wei knew the best way of getting to places.Choose the best answer.2.When you travel along the Mekong River maybe y
6、ou can not see _.A.waterfalls B.hills and valleys C.plains where rice grows D.desert3.How will Wang Kun and Wang Wei travel along the Mekong River?A.On foot.B.By car.C.By bicycle.D.By ship.4.Which word cant be used to describe Wang Wei?A.Determined.B.Careful.C.Stubborn.D.Risk-taking.5.How did they g
7、et the information they needed?A.Surfing the Internet.B.Asking their teacher for help.C.Going to the library.D.Asking the travel agent for help.1.Wang Wei insisted that they begin the 2.journey in Qinghai.2.When they arrived in Tibet,it was winter then.3.The journey would begin at an altitude of mor
8、e than 5000 meters,where it is hard to breathe and very cold.True or false4.They couldnt find any information about the Mekong River in the library.5.The Mekong river begins in a glacier on a Tibetan mountain,the water there is clear and warm.6.The river delta enters the South China Sea.1.What can y
9、ou see when you travel along the Mekong?2.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?3.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?Answer the questions below.1.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?You can see the source glacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfalls
10、 and plains.glacierwaterfallplainvalleyrapidshill2.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?The journey will begin at an altitudeof more than 5,000 metres,where itis hard to breathe and very cold.3.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?Wang Kuns character:Wang Wei
11、s character:enthusiastic,critical,sensibleimaginative,organized,eager,persistent,stubborn,risk-takingAttitudes about the tripSimilar attitudes about the tripBoth Wang Wei and Wang Kun think1.taking this trip is a dream that es true.2.they will enjoy the trip a lot.3.they should see a lot of the Meko
12、ng.Different attitudes about the tripWang Wei believes1.they must start in Qinghai where the 2.river begins/see all of the Mekong.2.that they dont need to prepare much.Wang Kun believes1.it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.2.that using an atlas is very important.Careful reading重难点句式分析1.They
13、are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River,the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries.生长，长大成人地点状语定语同位语定语从句他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方生长，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，在其他国家境内叫湄公河。1.她在东京长大。She grew up in Tokyo.3.我住在一个名叫郝家川的小山村。I live in a village that is c
14、alled Haojiachuan.2.我更喜欢读爸爸买的那本书。I prefer to read the book that was bought by my father.2.It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.1.It was.who/that.强调句式。2.用来强调句子里除谓语外的各种成分，以引起听者或读者的注意。强调句的判断方法：一般来说，如果将it is/was.与连接词去掉，句子仍然正
15、确，就为强调句型。首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅行的是我的姐姐。定语状语宾语从句宾语从句1.认为汤姆是个聪明男孩的是史密斯先生。It is Mr Smith who thinks Tom is a clever boy.3.从这里到那里仅有两百米远。Its only two hundred metres from here to there.2.昨天是约翰把钥匙丢在这儿了。It was John who left the key here yesterday.ParaphraseLook at the following sentences and explain them in you
16、r own words.1.She gave me a determined look the kind that said that she would not change her mind.She has decided to do something and will not change her ideas.2.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.The Mekong River flows slowly and gently through the va
17、lleys and reaches the farming plains.Now two minutes to test your spelling.1.English-Chinese schedule,shortcoming,journey,altitude,valley,pace 2.Chinese-English说服，毕业，最后，喜爱的，骑自行车，弯身，组织，决定，坚决的，顽固的When finished,exchange your papers to see who does the best.I.Complete the passage with proper words,which
18、 will help you retell the text.Ever since middle school,my sister Wang Wei and I _(dream)of taking a bike trip.Two years ago,she bought an expensive bike and persuaded _ to buy one.It was my sister _ first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River.After _(graduate)from college,we got the chance t
19、o take a bike trip.have dreamedmewho/thatgraduating_ she didnt know the best way to get places,she insisted that she be the _(organize)of the whole trip._ a stubborn girl,once she has made up her mind,nothing can change it.When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,00
20、0 metres,she seemed to be excited to take a trip which she thought would be _(interesting)than those she had ever had.AlthoughorganizerAsmore interestingBefore our trip,we went to the library to find some maps _ showed details of world geography.From the maps,we could see that the Mekong River begin
21、s in _ glacier on a Tibetan mountain.It becomes rapids as it passes through valleys,and finally it enters the South China Sea.thataII.Task-based reading.Match the following words with their right meanings.1.leftover _2.annual _3.honoree _a.someone who receives an honorb.remaining after all the rest
22、has been usedc.happening once a yearacb1.Write a travel journal in about 100 words.ever since,persuade,cycle,be fond of,shortcoming,determine,altitude,give in,valley,pace.2.发挥想象，连词成文(50-100字)。3.Read the articles in page 1 of Learning English.The more you read,the faster and better youll understand.W
23、hen finished reading,write a summary in 100 words or so.4.Read the following passage and copy it into your notebook.Pay attention to the coloured words.Almost every machine with moving parts has wheels,yet no one knows exactly when the first wheel was invented or what it was used for.We do know,howe
24、ver,that they existed over 5,500 years ago in ancient Asia.The oldest known transport wheel was discovered in 2002 in Slovenia.It is over 5,100 years old.Evidence suggests that wheels for transport didnt become popular for a while,though.This could be because animals did a perfectly good job of carr
25、ying farming tools and humans around.But it could also be because of a difficult situation.While wheels need to roll on smooth surfaces,roads with smooth surfaces werent going to be constructed until there was plenty of demand for them.Eventually,road surfaces did become smoother,but this difficult
26、situation appeared again a few centuries later.There had been no important changes in wheel and vehicle design before the arrival of modem road design.In the mid-1700s,a Frenchman came up with a new design of road a base layer(层)of large stones covered with a thin layer of smaller stones.A Scotsman
27、improved on this design in the 1820s and a strong,lasting road surface became a reality.At around the same lime,metal hubs(the central part of a wheel)came into being,followed by the pneumatic tyre(充气轮胎)in 1846.Alloy wheels were invented in 1967,sixty years after the appearance of tarmackedroads(柏油路).As wheel design took off,vehicles got faster and faster.
