1、Unit 3 Travel journal ITeaching aims and demands: 1.Skill goals: Describe a journey. Revise means of transportation. The Present Progressive Tense expresses futurity. Keep a travel journal to show personal impressions. 2.Function sentence patterns-Good wishes and farewells Have a nice/ good time. Ha
2、ve a nice/good time. Tare care. Good luck on your journey. Say “ hello” to Write to me. Give my love / best wishes to Have fun. 3.Vocabulary: journal, fare, transport, finally, cycle, persuade, stubborn, insist, proper(ly), determine(d), altitude, valley, attitude, shorts, camp, record, topic, famil
3、iar, brave, give in, change ones mind. detail, atlas, glacier, rapids, waterfall, plain, delta, canyon, afterthought. Vientiane, Laos, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam, Mekong, Tibetan. 4.Grammar: The Present Continuous Tense to express future actions. II.The analysis of the teaching mater
4、ial: 1. Warming-up and listening: Let students know that travel is very common in modern society. Ask them to discuss the fares to get to one place for different kinds of transport. Do some listening practice 2. Pre-reading and reading: The word has many great rivers. One of them is the Mekong. Intr
5、oduce a travel journal-Journey down the Mekong to students. 3.Learning about language: In this part, students will discover useful words and expressions and also learn useful structures- the Present Continuous Tense to express future actions 5.Using language: Present how to write a travel journal an
6、d then practise writing III.Teaching arrangment 1st Period warming-up and listening 2nd Period Reading 3rd Period learn about language 4th Period Using language The First Period warming-up and listening Teaching aims 1. To talk about things related to travel, e.g. the place the fares and transport,
7、etc. 2. To improve the Ss listening ability. Teaching important points 1. To talk about travel. 2. To tell the Ss how to catch the key points when they do listening. Emotion goals: There are so many beautiful places in China and the whole world. We should love our country, love the whole world and l
8、ove nature. Teaching aids a tape recorder, a projector and a computer Step 1. A song (歌词见后面) Step 2 Warming up Show the photos of some beautiful places on the PowerPoint. （The Great Wall; Yuanming Yuan ; Budala Palace; Venice; The Liberty Statue in New York,America; Fujiyama.）Ask students whether th
9、ey know where they are. Then T ask: Do you like traveling? Ss: Yes T: Why do you like traveling? (超级链接)：Enjoy beautiful scenery; Increase our knowledge; Make friends; Be good to health Ss may have a lot of different ideas. Give them time to talk freely. T ask: How will you prepare for traveling? (in
10、cluding the time, the place, the means, the cost, the things youll take along, of traveling) (超级链接) : 1. time (超级链接): the Spring Festival; National Day; May Day; weekend; summer( winter) vacation 2.destination(超级链接): Enjoy some beautiful pictures of famous places with the whole class: Huangshan 黄山 ;
11、 Jiuzhaigou 九寨沟 ; Guilin 桂林 ; Stone Forest (石林 ); Jiuquxi(九曲溪 ; Yunufeng,wuyi(武夷玉女峰 ); Sanqing Mountain 三清山 ; Hangzhou; Longmen Caves (龙门石窟 ); Tiananmen Square(天安门广场 ); Terracotta,Xian(西 安兵马俑 ); Summer Palace(颐和园 ); London Bridge; The Opera House 悉尼歌剧院 ; Eiffel Tower 艾菲尔铁塔 . 3.What to do(超级链接): Rock
12、 climbing; rafting; bengee; skiing; hiking Allow the Ss to talk more about it. 4.travel cost: talk with the Ss quickly. 5.things to take(超级链接): ID cards( 身份证) passports; money (cash); a book of maps; 等。 6.means of transportation(超级链接 ): on foot; by bike; by bus; by car; by plane/by air; by boat/by s
13、hip/by sea 7. background information(超级链接): history; customs; culture; language; religion; politics; weather; 8. Points for attention(超级链接): Dont throw away waste; Dont park your bike or car in the wrong parking lot; Dont make a fire freely; Dont feed animal; Protect animals and plants; Do as the gu
14、ide tells you do; . Step 3 Speaking T: Now, imagine that you live in Qinghai Province. You plan to spend a holiday with a friend somewhere in Southeast Asia. Choose three places to visit and find out the one way fare to get there for different kinds of transport. Then, make up a dialogue In pairs, d
15、iscuss the fares and decide where to go. Before they do that task, show a map of Southeast Asia with detailed position of Laos; Vietnam; Ho Chi Minh City; Phnom Penh; Thailand; Cambodia; Singapore; Malaysia. Then show some pictures of the sceneries in these countries. Then give the Ss several minute
16、s to prepare for the dialogue and then call some of them to act their dialogues out. Step 4 Listening 1.Listen to Part 3 CHATTING WITH A GIRL and tick the words . 2. Listen again to the tape and fill in the chart 3.Listen to Part 4 of JOURNAL DOWN THE MEKONG and tick the words you hear on the tape.
17、4.Listen to this material again and answer the questions. (1)Who is telling the story? Wang Kun (2)When did Wang Wei meet her cousins? In October in Dali (3)Why didnt they begin the journey in Tibet with Wang Wei and Wang Kun? The story doesnt say (4)Find a word that describe how the person telling
18、the story feels about travelling in Laos. Afraid,alone,excited,glad 5.Listen to Part 5. Wang Kun is describing a few of the things they saw during their tour. Pick out the correct in formation and then tell about their experience in Laos. (1) In the village the cyclists saw _B_. A. electric lights B
19、. candle lights C. kerosene lights (2)After lunch they went to Vientiane ,the capital city of Laos by B. A. bike B. bus C. truck (3)They greeted an old man by _A_. A. putting their hands together B. moving their heads C. waving their arms. (4) In Vientiane, they saw _C_ A. trucks, buses and bicycles
20、 B. cars, motorbikes and buses C. trucks, buses, jeeps and motorbikes (5) The Mekong River is very rich in _C_. A. gold B. pears C. fish Step 5 Homework Make up a dialogue . P57. Using structures P59. Reading task The Second Period Reading Teaching goals 1. Learn something about the Mekong River thr
21、ough reading. 2. Students can use what they have learned to describe a trip. 3. Students should realize if they want to be successful, what personalities they should have. Teaching important and difficult points: 1. Understand the text well. 2. Try to master the useful new words change her mind 4. p
22、roper 5. insisted 6. detail 7 fare; Finally 8. cycle 二、Match the words and the meanings valley a high place from which a river suddenly goes down. plain a fast-moving part of a river. waterfall a long, low, wide place between hills. delta the long place where a river enters the sea rapids a large bo
23、dy of ice moving slowly down a high valley canyon a large flat place glacier a deep, very wide valley, usually with a river 超级链接: some pictures of all these words to help Ss understand the meaning of the words more clearly. 三、Complete this passage with some of the above words. I really enjoyed my sc
24、hool field trip in geography. We saw so many beautiful things: a _ that flowed like a river of ice through a _ that cut the mountains into two parts. We also discovered a river which fell off the mountains and become a wonderful _this was even more exciting to see than the _ where the water seemed t
25、o boil. Later we followed the river to a quieter _ and finally into a _ and the sea. Answer: glacier valley waterfall rapids canyon delta STEP 3 : Grammar Enjoy a song to present the Present Continuous Tense: Im babysitting on Thursday Would you like to go out on Monday? No, sorry, I cant Why not? I
26、m babysitting on Monday. Would you like to go out on Tuesday? No, sorry, I cant. Why not? Im doing my laundry on Tuesday. Would you like to go out on Wednesday? No, sorry, I cant. Why not? Im working overtime on Wednesday. Would you like to go out on Thursday? No, sorry, I cant. Why not? Im working
27、out on Thursday. Would you like to go out on Friday? No, sorry, I cant. Why not? Im visiting relatives on Friday. Would you like to go out on the weekend? Well maybe! Ask the Ss to answer: What is she doing on Monday/Tuesday? The Present Continuous Tense for future use The present continuous tense c
28、an be used to express a plan or an arrangement. 现在进行时可用来表示一个在最近按计划或打算要进行的动作；通常带一个表将来的 时间状语, 但有明确的上下文时无须指出时间。 能用进行时表将来的动词： go, come, leave, start, arrive, give, return, sleep ,stay, play, do, take, get, see off, travel, fly, drive, walk, reach, meet Step4: Practice 1. Look at the following dialogue a
29、nd underline the verbs in this tense. A: Are you working this evening? B: No. Were having an English party, dont you know? A: Yes, I do. And were giving some performance at the party. What are you going to do? B: Im singing song with my classmates. 2. In the following dialogue, a newspaper reporter
30、is interviewing Wang Wei about her plans for the trip along the Mekong River. However, they are not sure about some of the verb tenses. Please help them complete their conversation. R: Miss Wang. I hear that you _ along the Mekong River. Thats really exciting. Have you got everything ready? W: Almos
31、t. R:When are you _ ? W:Next Monday. R: How far are you _ each day? W:Its hard to say. If the weather is fine, I think well be able to ride 75km a day. R:Where are _ at night? W: Usually in our tent, but sometimes in a small hotel in town. R: Do you think you are _ back here soon? W:Oh, we _ back to
32、 this place. We _ home. Thatll be a month later. R:Thank you for your time, Miss Wang. Good luck on your journey! W:Thank you! Answer: are going to cycle ; leaving; cycling; you staying; coming; arent coming; are returning 3. Multiple choice: 1.-Im going to the states. - How long _ you _ in the Stat
33、es? A. are ; stayed B. are ; staying C. have ; stayed D. did ; stay 2.-Will you tell us something about the weather there? -I _ to that. A. go B. come C. am going D. am coming 3.When are you leaving? -The plane _ at 11:05. A. takes off B. took off C. will take off D. taking off 4.I believe if we _ a
34、broad, most probably we will go by CAAC. A. have been B. are going C. had been D. were going 5.Im going to Shanghai for a few weeks. -_. A. Good-bye B. So long C. Have a good time. D.I like it 6. A new play _ at the theatre this week. Would you like to see it? A. has been put on B. has put on C. is
35、being put on D. will put on 7.Where are you going for your holidays? _. A. What a good idea B. Im going to Spain on business C. I wont have to go D. I havent made up my mind yet 8.Ill go camping this weekend. -_. A. Dont give up now B. No, Im too busyC. Have a good time D. Can you fish? 9.Ive won a
36、holiday for two to Florida. I _ my mum. A. am taking B. have taken C. take D. will have taken Answer: 1.B 2.C 3.A 4. B 5. C 6. C 7. B 8. C 9. A Step5: DIALOGUE 1. First show an example: Where you going on holiday? A: Yanzi, where you going on holiday? B: I m going to Laos. A: When are you leaving? B
37、: Next Sunday. A: How are you going to Laos? B: Im taking a plane. A: How long are you staying there? B: About two weeks. A: Great. Have a good trip. B: Thanks. Farewells: Have a good trip/ journey; Have a good day/ time; Enjoy yourself; Best wishes; Have fun; Good luck; Take care! 2. A game: Divide
38、 the class into two groups with one leader. Each group will need one coin and a counter. Procedure: 1. Show the Ss the board game. 2. Demonstrate the task: toss a coin and explain that one side of the coin means move two spaces, the other means move one space. Move your counter onto a square and spe
39、ak for thirty seconds on the subjects of the square. Encourage questions. Step6:HOMEWORK 1.Do exercises on Page 56, 57 2.Review The Present Continuous Tense ,then do exercises on Page57,58 Period 4 Using Language Teaching goals: 1). To read the passage A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS 2). To use the languag
40、e by reading, listening, speaking and writing. Teaching important and difficult points: 1).Improve the students writing ability. 2).Enable the students to understand the passage better. Step 1 Lead-in 1. Enjoy the music “青藏高原” 2. Appreciate the beauty of Tibet. 3. Ask students several questions abou
41、t the pictures, e.g. What do you think of these pictures? Whats the weather like there? Do you want to go there? etc. 4. Talking about Tibet. Have you ever been to Tibet? Do you want to travel in Tibet? Can you tell me something about Tibet? Tibet lies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of the southwest b
42、order of China. The average height of the whole region is more than 4,000 meters above sea level, for which Tibet is known as “Roof of the World”. The highest peak of Tibet, also the highest in Himalayas and in the whole world, is Everest Peak, which is as high as 8,846.27 meters above sea level. Al
43、though a part of China, Tibet has a unique culture of all its own. It is mainly inhabited by Tibetans, a minority nationality of old and mysterious people. Tourist attractions include the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Jokhang Temple, and a number of Buddhist sacred places. Tibet (Xi Zang in Chinese) is to
44、 the south of Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qing Hai Province, to the west of Sichuan, to the northwest of Yunnan and to the north of India and Nepal. Its population of 2.3 million people come from a variety of ethnic groups including Tibetan, Han, Monba and Lhota. Its capital city is Lhasa.
45、 Northwest Tibet, mainly Qing Hai plateau, is home to a variety of unusual and unique animals. Across the northern expanse of Tibet, you can see vast grasslands where horses, yak and sheep roam freely. The worlds lowest valley, the Grand Yarlun- tzanpo River Valley lies in east Tibet. It is freezing
46、 cold in most time of the year. Most tourists come to visit Tibet only in the warmest seasons, June, July, August and early September. Step 2 Reading We know Wang Wei and Wang Kun have traveled down the Mekong. Today they have reached the Tibetan Mountains. They will stay there for a night. Now lets
47、 look at the passage “A night in the mountains” on page 22. Read it quickly to find the main idea. Show some questions. 1.How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now? 2.What do you think has changed his attitude? 3.Is it natural for Wang Kun not to feel lonely? 4.Would you feel the same way in this si
48、tuation? Why or Why not? Step 3 Listen and mark Let the students listen to the recorder and mark the rising and falling tone of each sense group and sentence. Then practice reading aloud. Pay attention to pronunciation and intonation. Step 4 Dialogue Suppose Wang Wei and Wang Kun leave their camp the next morning and go on with the journey. Make a short dialogue between them. Sample dialogue : -Oh , up so early? -Early? Its nearly 9 oclock. -Oops! (Look at his watch). I guess yo
