Unit 3 Travel Journal單元教案

it is freezing cold in most time of the year. most tourists come to visit tibet only in the warmest seasons, june, july, august and early september.ii. reading1. reading and underliningnow let’s go on with journey down the mekong with wang wei and wang kun. they are in tibet now. please turn to page 22. read the passage quickly and underline all the useful expressions and collocations in it. copy them to your notebook after class as homework.collocations from journey down the mekong (ii)although, ride bicycles, in front of, as usual, need to do sth., to climb the mountain road was hard , be great fun, reach a valley, much warmer, change… into,  t-shirts,  shorts, in the early evening, stop to do sth., make camp, put up, after supper, go to sleep, stay awake, at midnight, become clear, so …that, the sound of the fire, travel so far, join sb., hardly wait to see, change one’s attitude.2. reading and translatingnext you are going to read the text journey down the mekong and translate it into chinese.3. speakingread the passage again and find the answers to the questions:1)                  how does wang kun feel about the trip? (he is starting to like the trip.)2)                  what do you think has changed his attitude? (seeing the beautiful land)3)                  is it natural for wang kun not to feel lonely? (yes. because the scene wang kun saw is beautiful. the sky was clear and the stars were bright. also their cousins are waiting for him.) 4)                  would you feel the same way in this situation? why or why not? (you may have different opinions about this. just speak it out and let us share your idea, will you?)imagine that the dialogue happens the next morning before wang kun and wang wei leave their camp. write a short dialogue between them with your partner. wei: you look so tired          kun: yes, i stayed up late last night.wei: really? what did you do?   kun: i watched the clear sky and the bright stars.wei: that’s nice. they must be pretty.   kun: yes, they were.iii. listeninglet’s go on with journey down the mekong river (part 3) with wang wei. turn to page 23 and do the listening text. before listening to the tape, please read the words fast, then tick the words you hear on the tape. after that i’ll play the tape for the second time and then finish the chart. you should look through the chart and find out the listening points. the following questions can help you understand the listening text.