Unit 3 Travel journal

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Unit 3 Travel journal
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Period 12 Warming up and Reading
Unit 3
Travel Journal
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Warming upI (2m)
In the National Day and labours Day, many people
including you may prefer to go traveling for a
break.

• 1. Why do people like traveling ?
• 2. If you are going traveling, where are you
  going?
• 3. How are you going?

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Warming up II (2m)
Do you know the following places, have you ever
traveled to them?
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Tiananmen Square
The Great Wall
Forbidden City
The Heaven Temple
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Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower
Louvre Museum
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Under the sea
The North Pole
The South Pole
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The Earth
The Moon
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Warming upIII(2m)
What do you have to consider before you decide
which means of transportation you will use?
means of transportation
on foot
by motor
by bike
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by bus
by jeep
at the bus stop
by car
by train
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by ship/boat/sea
by plane/ air
at the port/ harbor
at the airport
by spaceship
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What do you have to consider before you decide
which means of transportation you will use?
Warming upIV(1m)

• Cost(??)
• Safety(??) Comfort (??)
• Quickness Convenience (??)

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Warming upV (3m)
According to the following chart, in pairs
,discuss the fares and decide where to go.
From To By Travel fare
Xining Qinghai Vientiane Laos Train Air RMB 1320 RMB 3200
Xining Qinghai Phnom Penh Cambodia Train Air RMB 1490 RMB 2600
Xining Qinghai Ho Chi MInh City Vietnam Train Air RMB 1650 RMB 3500
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While you are discussing with your partner , ask
each other the following questions
When are you leaving? Where are you going? How
are you going to? How long are you staying
in? When are you arriving in/at? When are
you coming back?
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Pre-readingI (2m)
Discuss in groups of four and join the great
rivers and their locations in the world in the
following form.
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The great rivers in the world
Names of river Location
Mekong river Seine Nile Gongo Amazon Mississippi Thames England Egypt Central Africa US France China Brazil
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Pre-readingII (2m)
travel along a river
Brain
storming

to irrigate their fields

How do people who live along a river use it?

to make electricity

go swimming
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Pre-readingIII(3m)
Have you ever travelled along a river? If you
have a chance to travel along a river with your
friends, what should you prepare?
the basic equipment
good shoes, clothes, and a backpack
activities to do
Dont hike alone.
Tell someone where you are going.
Bring water and a good map.
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The usage of the equipments
Watch out for dangers, such as spiders, snakes or
poisonous plants.
Wear a hat to protect yourself from the sun.
Bring a cellphone if you have one.
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reading
Journey down the Mekong
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SKimming
ReadingI (1m)

• Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
• What was their dream?
• Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

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1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
They are brother and sister, and both are
college students.
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2. What was their dream?
Their dream was to take a great bike trip.
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3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a
college in Kunming.
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Scan the passage and then list the countries that
the Mekong River flows through.
Reading II (3m)
China
Laos
Burma
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
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(No Transcript)
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Read and answer the following questions
Reading III (4m)

• Where is the source of the Mekong River and which
  sea does it enter?
• What can you see when you travel along the
  Mekong?
• Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the
  Mekong? Why?

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1,The source of the river is in Qinghai province
and it enters the South China sea.

• 2,You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys,
  waterfalls and plains.
• 3,Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more
  than 5,000metres, where it is hard to breathe and
  very cold.

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Read again and get the main idea of each
paragraph and tell the reason
Reading IV (4m)

• Para.1
• Wang Kun and Wang Wei dream.
• Para.2
• Wang Wei is stubborn.
• Para.3
• Preparing for their trip.

(Students have to tell the reason why they
summarize the main idea like that.)
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Work in pairs and fill in the following form
ReadingV (5m)
Similar attitudes about the trip Different attitudes about the trip
Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think Wang Wei believes Wang Kun believes
1. they must start in Qinghai where the river
begins /see all of the Mekong. 2. that they dont
need to prepare much
1. taking this trip is a dream come true. 2. that
they will enjoy this trip a lot. 3. they should
see a lot of the Mekong. 4. that most of the
Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia.
1. it is too cold and high to start in
Qinghai. 2. that using an atlas is very
important.
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ReadingVI (3m)

• Discuss
• the text
• in details.

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Their dream
Wang Weis suggestion Finding___________ and beginning there.
Their preparations Both of them bought_____________, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to _______in the library.
Taking a great bike trip.
the source
expensive bikes
the atlas
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Why excited Their journey would begin at___________________________.
The Mekong River It begins at a _______on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through___________. Half of it is in China. It enters the______________. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters__________________.
an altitude of more than 5000 meters
glacier
deep valleys
Southeast Asia
the South China Sea
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Whats the main idea of the text?
Reading VII (3m)
Discussion
In groups of four , summarize the main idea of
the passage and tell why.

• The passage tells us a main idea that no
  success in life merely happens by describing my
  sisters and my dream---taking a bike trip and
  preparations for the trip.

(Students can have their own opinions.)
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ReadingVIII (2m)

• Do you know some proverbs about it?
• What can we learn from the text?

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• Life is just a series of trying to make your
  mind.
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• Hitch your wagon to a star.
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• Success belongs to the persevering.
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• No success in life merely happens.
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Homework Read the passage and find out the
sentences you appreciate and then share with your
desk mates.