Unit3 travel journal.ppt

1、Unit3 Travel journal,Traveling gives us the opportunity to get away from our regular life. Traveling helps us relaxed. Traveling increases our knowledge. New experiencesmakes our life colourful. it creates memories for a lifetime. We can enjoyed different delicious food. we can see the world and dif

2、ferent cultures. It lets us open our minds to see new things . we can experience life in different ways. ,Dont wait or tell yourself there will be a better time to go. Take the opportunity and buy your tickets right now and leave when you are on vacation.,Why do we travel? What are the advantages of

3、 travel ?,1.To learn something about the different cultures.2. To learn some words and expressions about travel.3.To learn to describle a trip.4.To make a reasonable trip.,Learning goals,1,Warming up,Do you like travelling? Where have you been? Where do you want to go and why?,The Forbidden City,The

4、 Great Wall,West Lake,Guilin,Huangshan,Cangshan and Erhai,Lijiang-the Old Town,Xizhou（喜洲）-Haishe Park（海舌公园）,Eryuan（洱源）-Cibi Lake（茈碧湖）,Above the cloud in the sky,Night Scene on the plane,Dinosaur Valley in CHUXIONG,London Big Ben,Western food,Scotland kilt,Traveling gives us the opportunity to get aw

5、ay from our regular life. Traveling helps us relaxed. Traveling increases our knowledge. New experiencesmakes our life colourful. it creates memories for a lifetime. We can enjoyed different delicious food. we can see the world and different cultures. It lets us open our minds to see new things . we

6、 can experience life in different ways. ,Why do we travel?,by plane/ by air,by ship,by bus,on foot,by train,by bike,by car,Which kind of transport do you prefer ?,Work in group and think about advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport and fill in the following chart.,Homework,比较级： A +is

7、 +（形容词副词）+ 比较级+ than + B. 倍数： A+ is +倍数+(形容词副词) 比较级+ than + B. A +is +倍数+as+(形容词副词) 原级+ as+ B.,The price of airplane is ten times higher than that of bus.,The price of airplane is as ten times high as that of bus.,2,Pre-reading,Here are some famous rivers in China. Do you know their names? How many

8、great rivers do you know in the world?,the Yellow River,the Changjiang River,Location US France Germany Brazil England Egypt China,Name of River Rhein 莱茵河 Seine塞纳河 Nile 尼罗河 Thames泰晤士河 Amazon亚马逊 Mississippi 密西 Lancang River,How many great rivers do you know ?,Mekong River,中国,缅甸,老挝,越南,泰国,柬埔寨,Do you kn

9、ow where is the Mekong River? Find the countries that the Mekong River flows through.,The Mekong rises in the Three Rivers Area on the Tibetan Mountain in the Sanjiangyuan National Nature Reserve as the Lancang, together with the Yangtze and Yellow (Huang He) Rivers. It flows southwest through Yunna

10、n Province, and through the Three Parallel Rivers Area in the Hengduan Mountains, along with the Salween River (Nujiang in Chinese) and the Yangtze. After leaving China, it flows southwest and forms the border of Burma (Myanmar) and Laos for about 100 kilometres then turns southeast to briefly form

11、the border of Laos with Thailand. The Mekong then flows east and south into Laos for some 400 kilometres (250 mi) and defines the Laos-Thailand border again for some 850 kilometres (530 mi) as it flows first east, passing in front of the capital of Laos.,Travel down the Mekong, what can you see and

12、experience?,3,Reading,Goals： Learn something about the Mekong River through reading. Students can use what they have learned to describe a trip. Practise reading skills,Possible new words,Say: tell,talk,speak. Persuade,insist Sequence:at first,later. Finally Attitude:like,dislike.be fond of,care abo

13、ut,change ones mind,make up ones mind,give in Geography:river,lake,mountain,plain Personnality:kind,gentle.stubborn,determined Sports:ski,skate.cycle,Wang Wei insisted on finding the source of the river and beginning their journey there.,From the atlas, they learned a lot about the Mekong River.,Par

14、a. 1:,Para. 2:,Para. 3:,The writer and his sister finally got a chance to take a great trip.,Read the passage for the first time and match the main ideas with the paragraphs.,True or False,( F ),( T ),( F ),Dao Wei and Yu Huang belong to the Han nationality. 2. Some of the Dai live in Western Yunnan

15、. 3. The Mekong River is in China and it includes the Lancang River.,4. Although it is not easy to travel along the Mekong River, Wang Wei insisted on doing so. 5. The Tibetan Mountain where the Mekong River begins is 5,000 meters high.,( T ),( F ),1. What can you see when you travel along the Mekon

16、g?,Read carefully to solve difficult points,glacier,waterfall,plain,valley,rapid,hill,2. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?,Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.,3. What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?,Wa

17、ng Wei,Debate-Wang Kuns and Wang Weis attitude to the trip,Wang Wei,Debate-Wang Kun and Wang Weis character,4,Writing,How will you prepare for traveling? Try to write a travel journal.,Imagine you preparing for a trip. Do you think which of the following objects is the most useful you can take with?

18、,tent,compass,map,raincoat,flashlight,umbrella,matches,water bottle,Can & bottle openers,radio,tyre/ tire,blanket,Work in groups and make a plan of trip. Remember to answer the following questions.,a plan of trip,writing,1. Where are you going? 2. Who are you going with? 3. How are you getting there? 4. What are you going to take? 5. What are you going to do the