2013 Unit 3 Travel journal Do you want to travel? Where have you been? Why do you like travelling?
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2013
Unit 3
Travel journal
Do you want to travel?
Where have you been?
Why do you like travelling?
broaden one’s view/mind/outlookenrich one’s knowledge/experiencescontact different cultures meet people of different colorsget to know the vastness of natureRelax our mindbring enjoyment and good memories
How do you prepare for traveling?
things to do
time to set out
destination
backgroundinformation
cost
points for attention
means of transportation
things to take
A travel plan
Tiananmen Square The Great Wall
Forbidden City The Heaven Temple
Eiffel Tower
Arc de Triomphe
Louvre Museum
The North Pole The South Pole
Under the sea
The Moon
What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?
means of transportation
on foot by bike by motor
by busat the bus stop
by jeep
by car by train
by ship/boat/seaat the port/ harbor
by plane/ airat the airport
by spaceship
What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?
Cost(花费 ) Safety(安全 )
Comfort (舒适 ) Quickness
Convenience (方便 )
What to take? backpack ( 背包 ) / suitcase / money (cas
h) / an atlas (a book of maps) / compass ( 指南针 ) / food / medicine / water bottle / clothes/ a pen / notebook / camera / a cell phone / hat / umbrella / daily /passports / ID cards ( 身份证 )
language / history / culture /
customs / religion / politics /
weather …
Background information
Don’t forget to have your life insured;Don’t throw away waste;Don’t make a fire freely; Don’t feed animals;Protect animals and plants;Do as the guide tells you to do; Don’t park your bike or car in the wrong parking lot …
Points for attention:
The world has manygreat rivers.
Here are some famous rivers in China. Do you
know their names?
This river is called our mother river.
The Yellow River
This river is the longest one in China.
The Changjiang River
This is a famous river in Guangdong Province.
The Pearl River
This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries.
The Mekong River
Do you know the Mekong River?
Now we reach the Mekong River!
Where is the Mekong River? Find the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
3. Look at the map and list the countries
that the Mekong flows through.
China
Myanmar
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Myanmar
China
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia Vietnam
the longest river in Southeast Asia
the Mekong River
The Mekong River in Burma
The Mekong River in Laos
The Mekong River in Cambodia
The Mekong River in Vietnam
(Part I: the dream and the plan)
Reading Comprehension ISkimming
What is the main idea of the text? A. A brief introduction to the Mekong River. B. Some tips on how to travel along the Mekong River. C. Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s plan for their summer holidays. D. Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s plan and preparations for their trip along the Mekong River.
1. Find out the main idea of each paragraph:(choose A.B.C )
Paragraph 1:_____________
Paragraph 2:_____________
Paragraph 3:_____________
ComprehendingII: Read the passageComprehendingII: Read the passage
A.Preparation
B.Dream
C.Different attitudes
DreamDream
PreparationPreparation
Different attitudesDifferent attitudes
Wang Kun, Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
Along the Mekong river from …to…
cycle = go there by bike
Read and answer:
1. Who will travel in the text?
2. Where are they going ?
4. How are they getting there?
3. When did they finally get the chance to take a bike trip? After graduating from college, they ...
What different opinions do they have?
Wang WeiWang Kun
too far a determined look ;wouldn’t change her mind
too high be excited about
be hard to breathe; cold
an interesting experienceair
altitude
source
1.What did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find in the library?
We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography.
Preparation
What can they see along What can they see along
the Mekong?the Mekong?
xlj
glacier
clear
cold
glacier
The Mekong River begins in on a Tibetan mountain. At first the river is and the water is and .
small
In China
It becomes as it passes through deep
, traveling across western Yunnan
Province.
rapids
valleys
rapids valley
Sometimes the
river becomes a
_____________
and enters wide
valleys.
waterfall
waterfall
After it leaves China and high altitude, the
Mekong becomes , and
. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows.
wide brown
warm
out of China
It makes wide bends or meanders through
low valleys to the where rice grows.
At last, the river enters the South
China Sea.
plains
delta
plain delta
Their dream
Their preparations
Both of them Both of them bought_____________, bought_____________, gotgot their cousins their cousins interested in interested in traveling traveling and turned to and turned to _______in the library._______in the library.
Taking a Taking a great bike trip.great bike trip.
expensive bikesexpensive bikes
the the atlasatlas
Why excited
Their journey would begin Their journey would begin at___________________________.at___________________________.
The Mekong
River
It begins at a _______on a Tibetan It begins at a _______on a Tibetan mountain. Then it moves quickly mountain. Then it moves quickly and becomes ______as it and becomes ______as it passes passes throughthrough___________. ___________. Half of Half of it is it is in China. Then it travels slowly in China. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and through hills and low valleys and plains, plains, at last, at last, it it enters__________________.enters__________________.
an altitude of an altitude of more thanmore than 5000 meters5000 meters
glacierglacier
deep deep valleysvalleys
the South China Seathe South China Sea
rapidsrapids
A Summary Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _________ about taking a great bike trip. when they __________ from college. They _______ to _____ along the Mekong River with their ________. Wang Wei is very _________. Once she is __________ to do something she will never _______ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she ________ that they find the ________ of the river and begin their journey there.
dreamedgraduated
decided cyclecousins
stubborn determinedchange
insistedsource
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。
Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于有毅力者。
No success in life merely happens.人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。