人教课标版高中英语必修一Uint 3 Journey down the Mekong Reading 课件.ppt

He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.,Unit 3,Travel journal,Whats your dream or plan for the coming holidays? What place would you like to go, mountains, cities, suburbs, rural areas, or famous rivers?,Lets discuss!,1.Where are you going? (destination) 2. How are you going there? ( transport ) 3.When are you leaving/arriving/ coming back? ( schedule ) 4.Where are you staying? ( shelter ),5. What are you going to do each day? ( routine ) 6. How much will you spend on the journey? ( expense ) 7. How much will you spend on the tickets? ( fare ) 8. What are you going to take? ( objects ),Destination (目的地) Transport （交通） Fare (费用) Schedule （日程安排） Shelter （栖身处所） Routine （常规事件） Expense （开支） Object (物品),Useful words when talking about journey:,Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, etc.,What countries do you know are in Southeast Asia?,Laos,Vietnam,Cambodia,South Asia,Xining-Capital of Qinghai,Vientiane-Capital of Laos,Phnom Penh-Capital of Cambodia,Ho Chi Minh City-city of Vietnam,Your friend is going on a trip to Southeast Asia. You are curious about his/her trip. Ask your friend the following questions.,When are you leaving? How are you going to? When are you arriving in/at?,Where are you staying? How long are you staying in? When are you coming back?,A: Tom, where are you going on holiday? B: I am going to Laos. A: When are you leaving? B: Next Sunday. A: How are you going to Laos? B: I am going to take a plane. A: How long are you staying here? B: About two weeks A: Great. Have a good trip. B: Thanks.,1. How do people who live along a river use it?,Pre-reading,irrigate their fields,make electricity,go swimming,go fishing,travel along the river,2. The world has many great rivers. What great rivers do you know in China or in the world? Key,3. If you could travel down only one of them, which one would you choose? Why?,4. The largest river in South East Asia - The Mekong,Yangtze River,Yellow River,Danube River (Central Europe),Amazon River (Brazil),Nile River (Egypt),The Pearl River,Mississippi(USA),Thames (England),Mekong,Seine ( France),Lancang River,back,Mekong River,Now were going to read a passage about Wang Kuns travel journal along the Mekong River.,Reading: Journey Down The Mekong,Read the passage quickly and answer the questions.,Fast Reading,1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 2. What are their dream? 3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?,They are sister and brother, and both are college students.,Taking a great bike trip.,They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.,Scanning,Read the passage again and give the main ideas of each paragraph.,Different attitudes between them,The preparation before the trip & details about Mekong River.,Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River.,Para 1 Para 2 Para 3,Careful Reading,Listen to the tape and finish the following paragraph by paragraph.,Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions.,1.What does Wang Wei love to do?,She loves to go for long bike rides in the countryside.,2. Would the cousins join them ?,Yes, they would.,1).They bought expensive mountain bikes. 2).Wang Wei got their cousins interested in cycling. 3).They turned to the atlas in the library.,3.How did they prepare for the trip?,1.Read paragraph 2 and do “T” or “F” exercises. 1. Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in Qinghai. 2. Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way. 3. Wang Wei was a stubborn and careful girl. 4. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold. 5. Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in Qinghai.,1. How does the water of Meikong River change? 2. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?,small,clear and cold,rapids,waterfall,wide,brown and warm,Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions.,In Qinghai province and it enters the South China Sea.,3. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?,We can see a glacier ,rapids, valleys, waterfalls, hills and plains.,Yes, it is. We know that the travelers had to climb over a Tibetan mountain and pass through deep valleys.,4. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?,5. Which countries does the Mekong River flow through?,Which countries does the Mekong River flow through?,China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam.,Whats the name of the Chinese part of the river?,Lancang River,An attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Weis and Wang Kuns similar and different attitudes about the trip.,1.taking this trip is a dream that comes true.,2.that they will enjoy the trip a lot.,3.they should see a lot of the Mekong.,4.that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia,1.they must start in Qinghai where the river begins/ see all of the Mekong.,2.that they dont need to prepare much.,1.It is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.,2.that using an atlas is important.,Consolidation The outline of the reading,Taking a great bike trip.,Finding the source and beginning there.,Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to the atlas in the library.,Their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters.,It begins at a glacier on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through deep valleys. Half of it is in China. It enters the Southeast Asia. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters the South China Sea.,Pre-reading,The Mekong is the largest river in South East Asia at around 4,500 kms long. The river comes from the Tibet in China, flowing through Tibet, Myanmar (缅甸), Laos(老挝), Thailand, Cambodia(柬埔寨) and the Mekong delta in Vietnam. The Tibetans know the river as the “Turbulent(动荡的) River“, the Cambodians as “Great Water“, the Vietnamese as th