高中英语4Module5ATripAlongtheThreeGorges学案

1、Module5 A trip Along the Three GorgesLearning goals:Enable the students to describe the scenery of the Three Gorges with the target language.Enable the students to find the clues about the writers journey.Enable the students to know the definition of the words in this module.Pre-readingStep1 Watch a

2、 short film and describe what you can see .cave cliffs lake peak plainplateau shore slope valley woodWe can see _,_,_,_,_, _ and _ in the trip along the three gorges.Step2 Use words in activity1 to complete the definitions. 1. A valley is the low ground between the sides of mountains. _ is a large a

3、rea of flat low ground. _is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake. _is the side of the mountain. are the steep sides of mountains at the edge of a river or the sea. _is the top of a mountain. _ is an area of water surrounded by land. _ is a small forest. _is a large hole in a cliff or a mo

4、untain. _ is a large area of flat high ground.Step 3 Read the information on the screen . Do the quiz about the Yangtze River.What do you know about the Yangtze River.? Yangtze River is the _river in the world. longest longest flows from the Himalayas in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the . _ worl

5、ds biggest dam was opened on the Yangtze River in_ Step 4 Listen to the introduction part of the text and fill in the blanks. Passengers: Peter and his _ Workplace: a teacher training _ Time: during the four weeks holiday for the _ Means of transportation: by _ Starting point: the town of _While-rea

6、dingStep 1 Fast-Reading (Read fast and try to find the main idea of the passage.)Task1 Skimming: Match each paragraph with its main idea. Paragraph1 the cruise through the Xiling Gorge Paragraph2 the cruise through the Wu Gorge Paragraph3 the cruise through the Qutang Gorge Paragraph4 the begining o

7、f the trip Paragraph5 the colleagues advice and their decisionsTask2 Scanning: Complete the route of their trip the Qutang Gorge Wushan Xiang River _ Daning River _ _Step 2 Careful-ReadingTask1 Read paragraph1 and list four reasons why the colleagues advised them not to go on ships like the Jiangyou

8、 boat?(1)(2)(3)(4)Task2 Read the sentences are true or false. took Peter Hessler a whole day to reach Fengdu. _ they started the trip it was sunny. _ saw bamboo rafts and coal boats while sailing downstream. _ writer and his friend enjoyed the sun setting at the Qutang Gorge. _ and his friend missed

9、 the scenery of the Qutang Gorge. _Task3 Read paragraph4-5 and choose the correct answers. took another route along the Daning River to see_ Gorge Gorge smaller gorges home of the poet ,QuYuan , is located on the_ River River River was impressed by the Yangtze Rivers sense of_ words “two more” in th

10、e third paragraph refer to_ Wu Gorge and the Xiling Gorge smaller gorges Three Gorges Dam did Peter and his colleague do as they came out of the third gorge? _ got on the boat to take pictures. made a detour up the Daning River. sailed into the construction site of the dam. they reached the site of

11、the dam_came on deck to look. one the foreignersPost-readingStep1 Fill in the blanks to summarize the text. A Trip Along the Three Gorges Peter Hessler , a young American teacher of English in Fuling Town on the Yangtze River , decided to take a boat_ (顺流而下) during their four-week Spring Festival wi

12、th a colleague. They bought tickets for the Jiangyou boat,which is mainly for _ (货物) and people _ (做生意) along the river and left the docks on a beautiful afternoon .When they sailed downstream through a _ (多山的) region , the sun was shining brightly . When the sun _ (落山) , they docked at Fengdu . How

13、ever ,they slept through the first gorge-the Qutang _ (变狭窄) to 350 feet as the river rushes through the mountains. The next day ,they went through the Wu Gorge and passed the Xiang River , home of QuYuan , the 3rd century BC _ (诗人) . After coming out of the Xiling Gorge , they sailed into the _ (建设)

14、 site of the dam . They took pictures but didnt get off the a _ (遥远的) mountain was a sign in 20-foot characters . “Build the Three Gorges Dam , _ (开发) the Yangtze River.”it said. Step2 Oral Practice: Suppose you are a tour guide talking with your tourist, and you answer his questions.eg: Tourist:Exc

15、use , may I ask you some questions about the trip along the Three Gorges? Guide:Yes.Tourist: Could you tell me where we will start the journey? Guide: We will start our journey from Fuling. Tourist:What is the first tourist attraction of the journey? Guide: The first attraction is will arrive there

16、at seven pm,so we could see the sun setting behind the white Pagoda. Tourist: Guide: Clues:What is the first Gorge ? Can we have the chance to see it?Its the Qutang well sleep through it during the night.How do we travel along the Yangtze River ?We travel along the Yangtze River by boat.How can we e

17、njoy the scenery of some smaller gorges?We can make a detour up the Daning River to see the smaller gorges.Where can we visit QuYuans home ?Its situated on the Xiang River. We will pass the Xiang River after going through the Wu Gorge.Whats the destination of the journey?Its the construction site of the dam, but we cant get off the boat to see the site.