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Unit 3
Travel Journal
课时分配
课时
板块结合范例
Period 1&2 Warming up and Reading I
Period 3
Learning about language
Period 4
Reading II
Period 5
Listening
Period 6
Speaking and Writing
Period 1&2
Warming
up and
Reading
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 1&2: 幻灯片9-46页
Warming up—I (2m)
In the National Day and labour’s 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?
Warming up –II (2m)
Do you know the following places,
have you ever traveled to them?
Tian’anmen Square
The Great Wall
Forbidden City
The Heaven Temple
Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower
Louvre Museum
Under the sea
The North Pole
The South Pole
The Moon
The Earth
Warming up—III(2m)
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 bus
at the bus stop
by jeep
by car
by train
by ship/boat/sea
at the port/ harbor
by plane/ air
at the airport
by spaceship
Warming up—IV(1m)
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)
Warming up—V (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 Train
Cambodia
Air
RMB 1490
RMB 2600
Xining
Qinghai
Ho Chi MInh
City
Vietnam
RMB 1650
RMB 3500
Train
Air
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?
Pre-reading—I (2m):
Discuss in groups of four and join the
great rivers and their locations in the
world in the following form.
The great rivers in the world
Names of river
Mekong river
Seine
Nile
Gongo
Amazon
Mississippi
Thames
Location
England
Egypt
Central Africa
US
France
China
Brazil
Pre-reading—II (2m)
Brain
storming
travel along a river
to irrigate their fields
How do people who live along
a river use it?
to make electricity
go swimming
Pre-reading—III(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
Don’t hike alone.
Tell someone where you are going.
Bring water and a good map.
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.
reading Journey down the Mekong
Reading—I (1m)
SKimming:
1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
2. What was their dream?
3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
1.Who are Wang Kun
and Wang Wei?
They are brother
and sister,
and both are
college students.
2. What was their dream?
Their dream was
to take a great
bike trip.
3.Who are Dao Wei
and Yu Hang?
They are Wang Kun’s
cousins who
are at a college
in Kunming.
Reading –II (3m)
Scan the passage and then list the countries that
the Mekong River flows through.
China
Thailand
Vietnam
Laos
Burma
Cambodia
Reading –III (4m)
Read and answer the following questions:
1. Where is the source of the Mekong River
and which sea does it enter?
2. What can you see when you travel along
the Mekong?
3. Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the
Mekong? Why?
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.
Reading –IV (4m)
Read again and get the main idea of
each paragraph and tell the reason:
Para.1
Wang Kun and Wang Wei’
dream.
Para.2
Wang Wei is stubborn.
Para.3
Preparing
trip
. they summarize
(Students have for
to telltheir
the reason
why
the main idea like that.)
Reading—V (5m)
Work in pairs and fill in the following form:
Similar attitudes
about the trip
Different attitudes about
the trip
Both Wang Wei and
Wang Kun think…
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.
Wang Wei believes…
1. they must start in
Qinghai where the river
begins /see all of the
Mekong.
2. that they don’t need to
prepare much
Wang Kun believes…
1. it is too cold and high to
start in Qinghai.
2. that using an atlas is
very important.
Reading—VI (3m)
Discuss
the text
in details.
Their dream
Taking a
great bike trip.
Wang Wei’s
suggestion
the source and
Finding___________
beginning there.
Their preparations Both of them
bought_____________,
expensive bikesgot
their cousins interested in
traveling and turned to
_______in
the
atlas the library.
Why
excited
Their journey would begin
at___________________________.
an altitude of more than
5000 meters
The
Mekong
River
It begins at a _______on
glacier a Tibetan
mountain, moves quickly and
passes through___________.
deep valleys Half
of it is in China. It enters
the______________.
Southeast Asia Then it
travels slowly through hills and
low valleys and plains, at last it
enters__________________.
the South China Sea
Reading– VII (3m)
Discussion:
In groups of four , summarize the main idea of the
passage and tell why.
What’s the main idea of the text?
The passage tells us a main idea
that no success in life merely
happens by describing my sister’s
and my dream---taking a bike trip
and preparations for the trip.
(Students can have their own opinions.)
Reading—VIII (2m)
Do you know some
proverbs about it?
What can we learn from
the text?
Life is just a series of trying to make your
mind.
生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。
Hitch your wagon to a star.
树雄心，立大志。
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。
Homework:
Read the passage and find out the
sentences you appreciate and then
share with your desk mates.
Period 3
Learning
about
Language
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 3: 幻灯片47-69页
Answer key for Ex. 1 on page20:
1.persuade
2.determined
3.Once; change her mind
4.proper
7.fare;finally
5.insisted
6.detail
8.cycle
Answer key for Ex. 2 on page 20:
1.waterfall
2.rapide
3.valley
4.delta
5.Glacier
6.plain
7.canyon
Answer key for Ex. 3 on page 20
I really enjoyed my school field trip in
geography. We saw so many beautiful things:
glacier that flowed like a river of ice
a _______
through acanyon/valley
__________ that cut the mountains
into parts. We also discovered a river which
fell off the mountain and became a
wonderful_________.
waterfall This was even more
rapids where the
exciting to see than the _______
water seemed to boil. Later we followed the
plain
river to a quieter _________and
finally into a
delta
_______and
the sea.
Answer key for Ex. 1 in Discovering useful
structure:
A: Are you working this evening?
B. No. We’re having an English party,
don’t you know?
A: Yes, I do. And we’re giving some
performances at the party. What are you
going to do ?
B: I’m singing songs with my classmates.
Answer key for Ex. 2 on page 21:
are going to travel
R: Miss Wang, I hear that you ________________
along the Mekong River. That’s really exciting . Have
you got everything ready?
W: Almost.
going/leaving
R: When are you ____________?
W: Next Monday.
going/leaving
R: How far are you ______________each
day?
W: It’s hard to say. If the weather is fine, I think we’ll
be able to ride 75 km a day.
R: Where are ______
staying at night?
W: Usually in our tent, but sometimes in a
small hotel in town.
R: Do you think you are __________
are coming back
here soon?
are not coming
W: Oh, we _______________
back to this
place. We ___________home.
That’ll be a
are going
month later.
Grammar--I (5m)
The
Present Continuous Tense for
Future Actions
1) Betty is going off (leaving for) to
Guangzhou by plane tomorrow.
2) Bob is going to the airport by taxi
next week.
3) Jane is staying in Xi’an with her
parents.
4) Bob is coming with Betty to see her
off.
小结：此四句是现在进行时代替将来时，表
示一个最近按计划或安排打算要进行
的动作，这类动词通常是瞬间动作，
只限于少数动词，常见的有：go, come,
leave, sleep, stay, play, do, have, take,
get to, see off, etc.
The Present Continuous Tense for the present
actions：
1）How are you feeling today? 亲切
2）He is always thinking others. 赞许
3）You are always leaving things about. 不满
4）He is always talking big. 厌烦
此四句是现在进行时代替一般现在时，
小结：
表示一个经常性重复的动作或状态，这
时句中常带always 或forever,以表示说
话人的某种表情，如赞叹，厌烦，埋怨，
等或强调情况的暂时性使其生动。
1)
2)
3)
4)
The plane takes off at 9:30.
My plane leaves at 7:00.
When does the winter holiday begin?
What time does the train leave for
Shanghai?
小结： 此四句表示将来的事情已经“列入日程”
或按计划将要发生，则用一般现在时代
替将来时，但仅限于少数动词begin, go,
leave, start, take 等。
Grammar--II (10m)
现在进行时用法归纳
(1)表示现在进行时的动作有两种含义：
① 表示说话的时刻正在进行的动作，常
与时间状语now, at the moment等连用。
② 表示现在阶段正在进行的动作，而不
一定是说话时正在进行的动作，常与
today, this week, this term等连用。
Eg. Right now it is the summer vacation and I’m
helping my dad on the farm.现在是暑假，我在
农场帮我爸爸干活。
I’m sitting on a rock near the river with my friends.我
和我的朋友们正坐在河边的一块岩石上。
(2)表示反复性或习惯性的动作，常与副词
always, continually等连用，表示说话人的赞
扬，厌恶，不满，遗憾等的感情色彩。
Eg. She’s always changing her mind.她老是改变主
意。（厌烦）
(3)表示不久之后肯定将发生，或按计划或安排
将要做的事（常与未来的时间状语连用），
能这样用的动词多是表示“位移”“停留”
的，如come, go , leave, arrive, start, begin等。
Eg. Mother is taking us home to see my grandma on
Sunday.星期天母亲将带我们回老家看我祖母。
表示将来的时态还有下列的方法：
He will write you a letter next week.他下个星期会给
你写信。
小结：will/shall+动词原形，表示将来某个时
间要发生的动作或存在的状态；或表示自然
趋势或非主语意志。
I shall be sixteen years old next month.
下个月我将十六岁了。（自然趋势）
②be going to +动词原形，表示“就
要……”，“打算……”或将要发生
的事。
Eg. We’re not going to have any classes next week.
③ 表示“位移”的词，如arrive, come,
go , leave, start, begin等，可用一般现
在时表示将来安排好或即将发生的事。
语气比现在进行时更肯定。
Eg. The next train leaves at 9:15.
Grammar--III (5m)
Practice: Students finish the Ex.3 on
P21. After that, students give their
own answers.
Translate the following statements:
1.我下个月将去美国。
I am going to America next month.
——————————————————
2.我姑姑在信上说她后天将到我们家。
My aunt said she is arriving at our home the day
——————————————————
after tomorrow in the letter.
3.我明天将什么东西也不做。
I am not doing anything tomorrow.
——————————————————
4.玛丽和我下个星期天去钓鱼。
1. Mary and I are going to fish next Sunday.
——————————————————
附：高考题
C
1.Because the shop___________,
all the Tshirts are sold at half price.(2004年浙江高考)
A. has closed down B. closed down
C.
is closing down
D. had had closed down
2. I’ve won a holiday for two weeks to Florida.
I______ my mum.(NMET2001)
A
A.am taking
B. have taken
C. take
D. will have taken
3. ----Can I join your club, dad?
A
-----You can when you _______
a bit older.
(NMET 1994)
A.get
B. will get
C. are getting D. will have got
B
4. At this time tomorrow ______over
the
Atlantic.(2003年北京高考)
A.we’re going to fly B. we’ll be flying
C. we’ll fly D. we’re to fly
Homework:
To create some situations in which
can use continuous tense to express
future , and then share with the
classmates in next lesson.
Period 4
Reading
II
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 4: 幻灯片70-89页
Journey down the Mekong
A night in the
Mountains
Pre-reading--I
Have you ever been to Tibet?
Tibet
Pre-reading II
Speaking activity:
Imagine that you and your partners are
planning to make a trip down the
Mekong, you need to choose what you
will take with you, please have a group
of four to discuss which thing you think
is the most useful, and which thing is
the least useful . Give a reason why do
you think so. The following things are
for you to choose.
flashlight
matches
umbrella
can openers
tyre
radio
blanket
raincoat
compass
water bottle
tent
map
Reading --I
First reading:
Decide the following statements are true or false.
①When they arrived in Tibet, it was winter
then. ( F )
②Wang Wei was behind me as usual. ( F )
③When we reached a valley, it became
warmer.( T )
④After supper, we started to make camp. ( F )
⑤Wang Kun went to sleep and Wang Wei
stayed awake. ( F )
⑥There was almost no wind on that night. ( T )
Reading--II
Second reading:
How does Wang Kun feel about
the trip now?
Find the detailed information from
the passage.
We _____
made
__________.
camp
In the early evening
Reading --III
After supper
At midnight
to
Wang Wei ______
went __
sleep
____________
but
I_______
_______.
stay awake
The sky became
_____
clear
__________.
were
The stars _____
_______.
bright
There was only the
fire
sound of______
Journey down the Mekong
The end of our Journey
Prediction:
Can Wang Wei and Wang Kun’s
dream come true?
Do you know something about the
following countries : Cambodia, Laos,
Vietnam. Just say something about
them.
Capital: Phmon
Penh(金边)
Capital: Vientiane
（万象）
Capital: Ha Noi（河内）
Please find more information from the
travel journal to fill the following form:
Topic
Population
Weather
Learning
Farming
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
Half the
population of
Cambodia
Twice the
population
of Laos
Almost seven
times the
population of
Cambodia
Cool and
dry in
autumn
Half of its
people can’t
read or write
Rice and
fish
Rice and
fish
Cooler in the
north and
much warmer
in the south
Rice, fish
and fruit
Homework:
Do a survey to find out how many
students have ever traveled to other
provinces and then choose one or
two students to interview their
feelings during the trip, and report it
in next class.
Period 5
Listening
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 5: 幻灯片90-98页
Can you imagine what happened when
Wang Kun and Wang Wei travelled down
the Mekong river?
chatting with the
passers-by
…….
see some
beautiful
sceneries
What happened?
get lost
meet some thing
dangerous
Listen to tape and tick the words you hear
on the tape.
√ mountains √ forests
valleys
canyons
fish
√ waterfalls
floods
horses
√ Laos
Thailand
√
Tibet
Dali
Listening to the tape again and answer the
following questions:
1.Which country does the girl come
from?
2.Where does the Mekong River even
appear in Laos
3.What is the Mekong river called in
Vietnam?
1.Which country does the girl come
from?
She is from Laos.
2.Where does the Mekong River
even appear in Laos?
In its national flag.
3.What is the Mekong river called
in Vietnam?
It’s called “the river of the nine dragons”
Listen again to the tape and fill in the chart:
Topic
Local name
of the river
Uses of the
river
Southwest
China
The water of
the rocks
Laos
The sea of Laos
washing, fishing
and transport
many different
What to see animal, plant and small villages
along the river
bird species
river passes
waterfalls and
scenery
through mountains
rapids
and forests;
temples, caves and
a waterfall
Listen to the tape and find out the information to fill
in the blank.
1.We’re ___________
following the Mekong River from
joins
its start to where it ___________
the sea.
without
2. We would be ________
it. It’s
lost ___________
better than a road.
take _______
your
3. The scenery can _________
breath ___________.
away
_________
protected
4.it’s a ______________
area so you know it’s
very special.
Period 6
Speaking &
Writing
Unit 3
Travel Journal
Period 6: 幻灯片99-107页
Speaking:
Introduce a place that you have ever
been to to your partner, such as when
and how you went there, what you saw,
what you did, what impressed you most
ect.
Writing :
Read the short passage on page 23, and
find out the differences between a diary
and a travel journal.
Diary
1. Put thoughts
2. personal
3. diary just record
Travel journal
1. write about their travels
2. not so personal ,can
be shared with others
3. travel journal has a
the personal feelings
different purpose
4. diary writers record 4.writers record their
how they feel very
experiences, ideas and
soon after things
afterthoughts about
happen
what they have seen.
Have you ever written a travel journal?
Have you ever introduce your trip to
your friends? Now, imagine you just
come back from a journey, and during
journey you have recorded what you
saw ,how you felt , and you want to
write a letter to your American friend to
share your experience.
The following is the form of the letter:
(heading) Beijing No 4 Middle
School
Beijing, China
October 3rd, 2004
(salutation)
Dear Sir or Madam:
Thank you for your letter dated October 1s, 2004.________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_________________( body )___________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
______________________________
(complimentary close)
Yours sincerely,
(signature)
Zhou ping
Students write the draft
of the letter in the class.
Homework:
Revise the composition and then
change with the desk mates to
correct the mistake. Next lesson,
read the revised and corrected one
to the whole class.
Language points for Reading I
1.persuade: cause sb by reasoning 说服，
劝说 （暗示是成功的，如果未成功则用
try to persuade）
(1)persuade sb to do sth 或persuade sb into doing sth:
说服某人干某事
How can you persuade him to change his
mind/into changing his mind?
(2) persuade sb out of doing sth 说服某人不要
干某事
Finally, we persuaded her out of traveling
by plane.
2.insist: declare firmly, esp.in the face
of doubt of opposition 坚持认为；坚
决主张
(1)“坚决主张，坚决要求”，后接的宾语
从句用陈述语气（表示一个主张或一种
看法），即“should+动词原形”，
should可省略。
I insisted that he (should) come with us.我坚持
主张他跟我们同行。
(2)“坚持说”（表示一个事实），后接的
从句用陈述语气，即按需要选择时态
He insisted that he hadn’t stolen the girl’s
handbag.他坚持说他注册码偷那女孩的
包。
(3) Insist on/upon doing sth 坚持干某事
I insisted on/upon his coming with us.
3.plain: adj“平坦的；清楚的”；n. “平原”
the wide plains of Canada 加拿大的广
大平原
in plain language 用简单的语言
4.trip, journey, travel, tour
(1)trip 一般指有目的的短距离的旅行。在现
代英语中，trip和journey常可通用，搭配
动词有:make, take和go on. 如：
make/ take/ go on a trip/ journey to …到…旅游
on a/ one’s trip/ journey
(2)travel 常用作抽象名词，泛指“旅行，
旅游”，指具体旅行时常用复数，但前
面不用many或数词。
He came back home after years of
foreign travel. 国外多年旅游后，他回
了家乡。
(3)tour 指“周游，巡回旅行”，常是访
问一系列地方后又回到出发地。
Our American friends are making a tour
of Shanghai. 我们的朋友正在对上海进
行巡回旅行。
5. It is my sister who first had the idea
to cycle along the Mekong River
from where it begins to where it
ends.(P.18)首先想到要沿湄公河从源头
到终点骑车旅游的是我的姐姐。
“It is …that/who...”是强调句型，可强调句
子的各个成分（谓语除外），其基本结
构为: It is +被强调部分+that(被强调部分
是人时也可用who)+其余部分
如：My parents are determined to visit
China next year.
It is my parents who/that are determined to
visit China next year.(强调主语)
It is China that my parents are determined
to visit next year.(强调宾语)
注意它的疑问形式
Is it China that your parents are determined
to visit next year?
Where is it that your parents are determined
to visit next year?
6.They are Dai and grew up in western
Yunnan Province near the Lancang River,
the Chinese part of the river that is
called the Mekong River before flowing
in other countries.(P.18)
他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地
方长大的，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜
沧江，流到其他国家的就叫湄公河。
the Chinese part of the river that is called the
Mekong River before flowing in other countries
是一个名词短语，用来修饰前面的the
Langcang River,其中又含有一个定语
从句that is called the Mekong River before
flowing in other countries.
7.My sister doesn’t care about details.(p.18)我姐姐是
不会考虑细节的。
(1)care about: be worried, concerned or
interested 忧虑，关心，惦念
(2)care for: look after; like or love 照顾；喜欢
Who will care for the children if their mother
dies?
Would you care for a drink?
(3)care to do : be willing to or wish or like
to do 愿意干；想；喜欢干(用于疑问句
和否定句)
I don’t care to be seen in his company.
8.Once she has made up her mind,
nothing can change it.(P.18) 她一旦
下了决心，什么也不能使她改变。
(1)once 可做连词引导状语从句，意为“一
旦”，如：
Once you listen to the song, you will
never forget it.
(2)once 做副词，意为“一次” for one
time;“曾经”in the past.
He goes to the cinema once a week.
This book was once very popular but no
one reads it today.
(3)once 的常见短语；at once 立即 all at once
突然 once more 再一次 once a while 偶尔
9. To climb the mountain road was hard
work but to go down the hills was great
fun.(P.22)
(1)不定式to do 可在句中做主语，注意谓语
常用单数。如：
To get up early is good for our health.
在英语表达式中，常用形式主语it 来代替
不定式to do做主语，如上句可改为：
It is good for our health to get up early.
It is necessary for us to learn more about science
and technology.
It is nice of you to let me know the result.
(2)fun是不可数名词，意为“快乐”“有趣
的人或事”。如：
What fun the children had at the seaside.
Your new friend is great fun.