Unit 3 Travel JournalJourney down the Mekong

Using language

陈悦琳

review

Wang kun and planed to have a travel along river from where it begins to where it . The river flows through many places. So the sisters could see a lot of beautiful natural scenes like mountains, , ,

and so on.

Wang Wei

The Mekong

ends

valleys waterfalls plains

delta

Pre-reading• Have you ever been to some places where

are very cold?• Do you know something about Tibetan

mountains?• Can you tell me something about Tibetan

mountain?

Let’s go to the Tibetan mountain follow Wang Kun and Wang Wei.

• wool (n): fine soft hair forms the coats of animals like goat and sheep.

• reliable (adj.): be good in quality and can be trusted.

• view (n): what can be seen in a place.

• pillow (n): something were used for supporting the head in bed.

• midnight (n): the middle of the night.

• flame (n): red or yellow burning gas seen when something is on fire.

• beneath (prep): below or directly under.

Questions• Did they enjoy themselves on their way?

• How did the weather change to be when they were going down the hills?

• Where did they go after going through the Tibetan mountain areas?

• Who would take part in this cycling travel later?

Fast reading:

The Tibetan Mountains

“Roof of the World”

Traditional clothes

Second reading

•Listen to the tape and read the passage again.

•After reading, four students in one group will finish a form by a group discussion.

see 1. 4. 2. 5.

3. 6.

hear

do 1. 2. 3. 4.

feel 1. 2. 3. 4.

see

6.bright stars

1.children dressed in long wool coat.2.the lake shone like glass3.yaks and sheep4.colourful butterflies5.clearer sky

hear

• It was so quiet.

• Only the flame of the fire.

do

• 1.rode bicycles.

• 2.climbed and went down the mountain.

• 3.changed their caps, coats, gloves and trousers for T-shirts and shorts.

• 4.put on their tent and then we ate.

feel

• 1.legs were heavy and cold, liked a block of ice.

• 2.surprised by the view.

• 3.going down the hills was great fun.

• 4.can hardly wait to see the cousins.

Language points

1. To climb the mountain road was hard work

but as we looked around us, we were surpri

sed by the view.

爬山很难 , 但是当我们环顾四周的时候我们被这里的景色给震惊了。

e.g. To learn a foreign language is

important for your future work.

=It is important for your future work

to learn a foreign language.

Is it necessary to complete the design

before National Day?

不定式作主语 , 谓语动词用单数 ,

可以用形式主语 it.

2. We had to change our caps, coats, glo

ves and trousers for T-shirts and shor

ts.

我们只好把帽子 , 外套和裤子换下 ,

穿上 T 恤和短裤。 change “ 换衣 , 更换” Wait, it won’t take me long to change.

get changed 换好衣服change 可作名词 “零钱”讲change A for B 　　用Ａ换Ｂ

Sara, hurry up. I’m afraid you won’t

have time to____ before the party.

A. get changed B. get change

C. get changing D. get to change

高考链接

3. In the early evening, we always stop t

o make camp.

傍晚我们停下来宿营。 camp n. [C, U] 野营 , 营地 , 营帐

make camp 扎营 , 宿营go camping 去露营 , 去野营

[ 短语 ]

At weekends many Australians

go walking or camping in the

countryside, called the bush.

4. We put up our tents and then we

ate.

我们先搭起帐篷然后吃饭。

put up

① 举起 , 抬起 = raise

② 挂起 , 张贴 ③ 建造 , 搭起 = build

④ 住宿 , 留宿

e.g. He put up his hand to catch the

teacher’s attention.

A new notice has been put up on the

board.

A new theatre will be put up where

there used to be a temple.

Will you put me up for the night?

put away 把……收起来 , 存放put back 放回原处put down 放下 , 写下 , 镇压put forward 提出put off 推迟 , 拖延put out 扑灭 , 伸出put one’s heart to 全神贯注于put an end to 使结束

开放思维

5. We can hardly wait to see them.

我们迫不及待地想看一看 sb. can’t wait for sth. /to do sth.

我们等不及想要常试一下了。 We can’t wait to have a try.

他们等不及想要看看那位歌手了。 They can’t wait for a view of that singer.

homework

• Writing:

Write a travel journal about your national holiday.