1、Unit3 Travel Journal-Reading()Teaching aims1. Get the main idea of the passage.2. Learn to express oneself in English.The key pointsUnderstand the passage.The difficult pointsTranslate some sentences Pre-readingList the countries that the Mekong flows through._, _, _, _, _, _. ListeningWhich word ca
2、n describe Wang Weis character?_. Fast readingDo the match exercises. Careful readingPara1 Their dream 1. Who and WhatWang Kun and _ _ Wang Wei are dreaming about _.2. Where and How They have the idea to _ _ the Mekong River from _ it _ to _ it _.Para2 A stubborn sister3. She insisted that they _ th
3、e source of the river and begin their journey there. _ she has _, nothing can change it.Para3 Details about the Mekong River3. The Mekong River begins in a _on a mountain in Qinghai Province. At first the river is_ and the water is _and .4. It becomes as it passes through deep , travelling across we
4、stern Yunnan Province.5. Sometimes the river becomes a and enters wide valleys.6. After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes , _ and . As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. 7. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the _ where rice grows. At last, the river _
5、enters the South China Sea. After reading1. Exercises2. SummaryFill in the blanks_ middle school, Wang Kun and his sister Wang Wei had _ (dream) about taking a great bike trip. After _(graduate) from college, with their cousins they finally got the _ to take the trip. _Wang Wei had made up her mind,
6、 nothing could change it. Finally, they agreed to start their journey at an altitude of more than 5,000 _ (metre). From the atlas they learnt that the Mekong begins in a glacier on a _. At first it is small and the water is _ (clear) and cold. As it enters Southeast Asia, its _slows and at last it _(flow) into the South China Sea. ThinkingWhen traveling, we should_ Homework 1. Read the passage again and find out the phrases and sentences you cant understand.2. Finish the exercises on the exercise book.