2011高一英语课件：unit 3 travel journal reading（新人教必修1）

Unit 3 Travel Journal,What does the Mekong look like？,The water is clear and cold.,Then it begins to move quickly.,It becomes rapids & passes through deep valleys.,Sometimes the river enters wide valleys and becomes waterfalls.,At first, the river is very small.,The Lancang River 澜沧江,In China it is called,Out of China, it is called,the Mekong River,the longest river in Southeast Asia,Laos(老挝),Myanmar(缅甸),Thailand(泰国),Cambodia(柬埔寨),Vietnam(越南),The Mekong River flows through.,It runs through _ countries,six,LanCang River,Mekong River,Journey down the Mekong,(Part I: the dream and the plan),the main idea of each paragraph:(choose A.B.C )Paragraph 1:_Paragraph 2:_Paragraph 3:_,PreparationDreamA stubborn sister,Dream,Preparation,A stubborn sister,2. Decide which is the main idea of the passage,A. The author and his sisters plan about their winter holiday.,B. The experience during the author and his sisters trip in Qinghai.,C. The author and his sisters plan and preparations for their trip.,D. anecdotes(轶事）that happened during their trip.,Discuss the text in details.,my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.,we finally got the chance to do it.,she bought an expensive mountain bike. Then she persuaded me to buy one.,she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming.,Paragraph 2: A stubborn sisterQ1: what did she do when I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai?Q2:Was she well prepared for their journey?Q3:Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?,Yes. she insisted that we find the source of the river and begin our journey there. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.,She just give me a determined look,glacier,rapids,valley,waterfall,bends/meanders,plain,Read Para3, and try to find out the geographical terms (地理术语).,delta,Circle the following geographical words.,Paragraph 3,Match each word to the proper meanings,1. rapids,2. waterfall,3. glacier,4. delta,5. plain,a. a high place from which a river suddenly goes down,b. a large flat place,c. a fast-moving part of a river,d. a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley,e. the low place where a river enters the sea.,The Mekong begins in a _ on a Tibetan Mountain.,At last the river _ enters the _,Then, it becomes _ as it passes through deep _, sometimes it becomes _.,As it enters Southeast Asia, it runs slowly. It makes _ or _ to the _.,glacier,rapids,valleys,a waterfall,bends,meanders,plain,delta,South China Sea,Careful Reading,Paragraph 3: Preparation Find out more information about how the Mekong changes. What can you see along the Mekong?,1. begin glacier2. become rapids pass through valleys3. become sometimes a waterfall4. make bends through valleys to plains5. delta the South China Sea,the river is very small. The water is and cold. Then it begins to move . It becomes and passes through deep .Sometimes the river wide valleys and becomes . China and high , the Mekong becomes wide, and . , the rivers enters the South China Sea.,At first,clear,quickly,rapids,valleys,enters,waterfalls,Fill in the blanks:,Leaving,altitude,brown,warm,At last,delta,Discussion,The National Holiday is coming, where are you going to spend your holiday?Task: Work with your partners and make a travel plan for your group.,Our Travel Plan,We are going to to spend our National Holiday. We plan to go there by . We are leaving so that we can arrive . It is known that .And we want to know more a