必修一（Unit3Traveljournalthe1stperiod）

1、Unit 3 Travel journalThe First Period教学目标1.Knowledge：（1）Learn the following new words and their pronunciation：journal，fare，transport，Vientiane，Laos，Phnom Penh，Cambodia，Ho Chi Minh，Vietnam，Mekong，finally，cycle，persuade，stubborn，insist，source，proper（ly），detail，determine，determined，altitude，atlas，glaci

2、er，Tibetan，rapids，valley，waterfall，plain，delta.（2）Get to know that the present continuous tense can be used for future use.（3）Get to know what a river can be used for.2.Ability：（1）Learn to get information through the Internet.（2）Grasp some reading skills.3.Emotion：Stimulate Ss love for nature by get

3、ting them to know the greatness of a river. 教学重点 Get Ss to learn different reading skills，especially the abilities of understanding the implied meanings.教学难点（1）Know the meanings and pronunciation of the new words.（2）Learn different reading skills for different reading purposes.教具准备Multi-media classr

4、oom and other normal teaching tools. 教学过程Step 1 GreetingsTeacher：Hello，my friends.Students：Hello，Miss Xu.Step 2 Warming-upT：We have known each other for 2 weeks and I think we have become friends.Can you tell me what your hobbies are？S：I like singing and dancing/football/surfing on the Internet/skii

5、ng/traveling.T：Good.Then when you come across the word “traveling”，what will you think of？S：Travel cost/means/destination/plan.T：Yes.Before we set off，we should first make travel plan，I mean we should first decide the destination，the means of transport and its fare.（Write the three words on the blac

6、kboard.）Here “destination” means “a place to which sb.is going”.We can go to our destination by different means of transport，for example，by bus，by train，by plane and so on.“Transport fare” refers to how much you pay for the plane/train ticket.Now，look at the screen，read after me the three words.Supp

7、ose you and your friend are going to Southeast Asia，which country or city do you suggest visiting？Here is a map to help you.S：Thailand，Philippines，Singapore，越南，柬埔寨，老挝.T：Good，I can see you are good at geography.But youd better say these names in English and pronounce them correctly.Please read after

8、me：Vientiane，Laos，Phnom Penh，Cambodia，Ho Chi Minh，Vietnam.T：Now I give you several minutes to complete the chart.T：Please tell me what you have got. S：.T：Then，Ill ask you and your partner to ask and answer the following six questions：（1）When are you leaving？（2）How are you going to.？（3）When are you a

9、rriving in/at.？（4）Where are you staying？（5）How long are you staying in.？（6）When are you coming back？T：Tell me what tense is used in each sentence？S：The present continuous tense.T：Do you think it describes what is happening now or at present？S：.T：No，it describes what will happen in the future.Questio

10、n 1 means “When are you going to leave/When will you leave？”Can you say the rest five questions in another two ways？S：.Step 3 Pre-readingT：Now look at the map again and we can see a great river flows through the countries mentioned above.Do you know its name？S：眉公河。T：Yes，the Mekong.By the way，what ca

11、n a river bring us？Or what do we use a river for？S1：A river can provides us with drinking water.S2：We can use a river to wash different things like clothes，vegetables.S3：We can get fish from a river.S4：Our crops and plants need to be watered.（We can use a river for irrigation.）S5：A river was and now

12、 still is one of the great means of transport.S6：Water can be used to make electricity.T：Great，so we always say a river is the birthplace of civilization and lifeblood of a certain place.And the Mekong is one such river.Today our text will show us around the great river.Step 4 First readingT：Along t

13、he Mekong，we can see different topographical features.Go through the passage quickly and find out 7 such words.Have you finished the job？Here are the seven words：waterfall，rapids，valley，delta，glacier，plain，canyon.Now Ill divide our class into four groups.Each group chooses one student to take part i

14、n the competition.We will see who can match the new words with the English explanations correctly，and use the least time.（1）waterfall（2）rapids（3）valley（4）delta（5）glacier（6）plain（7）canyona.the low place where a river enters the seab.a large flat placec.a large body of ice moving slowly down a high va

15、lleyd.a deep，very wide valley，usually with a river.e.a long low wide place between hillsf.a fast-moving part of a riverg.a high place from which a river suddenly goes downS1：.S2：.S3：.S4：.T：waterfall：a high place from which a river suddenly goes downrapids：a fast-moving part of a rivervalley：a long l

16、ow wide place between hillsdelta：the low place where a river enters the seaglacier：a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valleyplain：a large flat placecanyon：a deep，very wide valley，usually with a riverTo make you better understand what different topographical features are like，I will show y

17、ou some pictures.Tell me what they are.Picture 1It is a glacier.What about Picture 2？It is a canyon.（the Lancang River）Picture 3Its the Mekong Delta.The Mekong Delta is the bottom half of Vietnams two rice baskets.（The other is the Red River Delta in the North.）Of course，Picture 4 shows us a wonderf

18、ul scene of waterfalls.Picture 5The picture shows us a man is rafting on rapids.There are some other new words in the passage：Please read after me.（with Chinese meaning after each word）finally，cycle，persuade，stubborn，insist，source，proper（ly），detail，determine，determined，altitude，atlas，Tibetan，Step 5

19、Second readingNow I think there should be little difficulty in your understanding the text. Please read the passage and judge whether the following statements are true or false.1.Wang Kung first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong.2.Wang Kung and Wang Wei have had the dream to cycle along the Mek

20、ong since middle school.3.They decided to begin their trip from the source of the Mekong.4.Wang Wei didnt think much about the difficulty of the trip.5.The Mekong flows through five countries.S1/S2/S3/S4/S5：.T：Statement 1 is false.Not Wang Kung but Wang Wei first had the idea.Statement 2 is false.Th

21、ey have had their dream to take a great bike trip since middle school.Statement 3 is true.Statement 4 is true.Statement 5 is false.The Mekong actually flows through six countries：China，Burma，Thailand，Cambodia，Laos and Vietnam.Step 6 Reading aloudT：Please look at the subtitle：The Dream And The Plan.H

22、ow many parts can the passage be divided into？S：From the subtitle，we know the passage can be divided into two parts.Part 1 talks about their dream，while Part 2 talks about their plan.T：You are clever.Part 1 is Paragraph One.Part 2 consists of Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3.Now please read the second pa

23、rt aloud.Pay attention to their plan.Now，please discuss with your partners about the answers to the questions：（1）Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang？（2）Where is the source of the Mekong River？（3）Which sea does the Mekong enter？（4）Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River？Why？（5）Is Wang Kung very eager for the trip？S1：Dao Wei and Yu Hang are their cousins.S2：The source of the Mekong River is in Qinghai