1、Module 5A Trip Along the Three GorgesWhat are they?Why do we buy postcards?1.Send greetings to friends/teachers/relatives.2.Use them as souvenirs to keep the nice memories of the places weve been to.Have you ever sent a postcard to yourself?Postcards to MyselfRead and answer the questions.1.What doe
2、s Mr McCorquodale like doing when he travels?2.What do the red pins on the map represent?3.What are his favourite places?4.What does he take with him wherever he goes?Postcards to Myself1.What does Mr McCorquodale like doing when he travels?2.What do the red pins on the map represent?He likes sendin
3、g a postcard to himself wherever he goes.They represent the places he has been in for more than 24 hours.There are hundreds of little red pins stuck in it.3.What are his favourite places?4.What does he take with him wherever he goes?A photo of his wife,a candle,a torch,a shirt with a secret pocket,a
4、nd a pen for writing his postcards.New Zealand,Italy and China.More questions to think about:1.How does the author make the statement“Italy is a favourite place.”more convincing to the readers.2.What does Collin mean by saying “China has been around for 6,000 years,yet it is a country of the future.
5、”?3.What does“it”in the last paragraph refer to?1.How does the author make the statement“Italy is a favourite place.”more convincing to the readers?The author makes the statement convincing by quoting a saying.which means that even if he is ripped off by Italians,he still has positive comments on th
6、em.2.What does Collin mean by saying “China has been around for 6,000 years,yet it is a country of the future”?China is a country that has a long history but it will also have a bright/promising future.3.What does“it”in the last paragraph refer to?Writing postcards to himself.1.他总是挑选带有美丽风景的明片.He alw
7、ays chooses a postcard with a beautiful view.view的含义：1.The view from the front of his house is lovely.2.The sun disappeared from view.3.His views on the subject were well known.4.Thousands of tourists come to view the gardens every year.5.They viewed his actions as unnecessary.景色视线看法参观认为【拓展】come int
8、o view 进入视野中out of view 看不见了in ones view 在某人看来point of view 观点，看法take the long view 看的远一点with a view to为了2.只有当我在一个地方呆24个小时 以上我才允许自己扎一个。Im allowed to stick one in only if Ive been in a place for more than 24 hours.v.stuck-stuck1)粘贴 stick a stamp on the envelope2)把伸入/插入/刺入/钉入 The nurse stuck the needl
9、e into my arm.Collin sticks red pins in the map.当only if用于句首时,主句的主谓语要进行部分倒装。e.g.Only if I get a job.enough money to go to school.我只有找到了工作才有足够的钱上学。will I have _ you eat the correct foods _ be able to keep fit and stay healthy.A.Only if;will you B.Only if;you will C.Unless;will you D.Unless;you willA.
10、“你只有吃正确的食物,才能保持健康”。only if“只有”,当only if用于句首时,主句的主谓语要进行部分倒装。2.在旅游行业有一种说法是所有的 旅客都被敲了竹杠。不过，至少 意大利人是面带微笑地敲。Theres a saying in the travel trade that all tourists are ripped off.Well,at least the Italians rip you off with a smile.cheat sb.by charging too much money rip off sb./rip sb.off表示“敲诈,欺骗,敲竹杠”rip o
11、ff sth.表示“偷窃,盗取”。1.Tourists complain of by local cab drivers.游客们抱怨被当地的出租车司机了竹杠。2.The thiefa car in broad daylight.那个小偷在光天化日之下偷了汽车。being ripped offripped off 3.我喜欢旅行。I get a kick out of traveling get joy from sth.Vocabulary and WritingP471.Explain the connection between the words in A and those in B.
12、1.We live in a _ area in the northwest.It never rains.2.Many of the _ in the Himalayas are more than 5,000 meters high.desertmountain2.Complete the sentences with words from above.3.The area I live in isnt flat.Its _.4.Shanghai is on the _,at the mouth of the Yangtze River.mountainouscoast1.going sh
13、arply up or down _2.good for growing things_3.very big _4.far away _4.Match the words in the box with the meanings.(P48)immense fertile remote steepsteepfertileimmenseremoteRead the description and identify the province.a.says where the province isb.describes the main geographical featuresc.gives th
14、e writers opiniond.explains a meaninga)My home province is an immense region in the southwest of the country.The province is Sichuan.b)I think its a beautiful province.c)Much of it is hilly,but in the remote areas in the west it reaches the steep slopes of the Himalayas.d)People call it“the Heavenly Kingdom”but the name really means“four rivers”.If you go on a trip in somewhere,how will you write the postcard?The format of a postcard 7 September,2025 Dear,Love from .Douglas Xu Chengdu NO.7 High SchoolSichuan,China610041A postcard to yourselfAssignmentFinish the workbook.
