Unit 3  Travel journal

a travel journal

2 writing a letter
now let’s do a writing practice. imagine that you are a friend of wang wei. write a short letter to her and ask her to describe: how she feels, what she is doing, and some place you want to know about. then wish her well on her journey by using at least two of these expressions:
have a nice/good time. have a nice/good trip. take care.
good luck on your journey. say “hello” to …. write to me.
give my best/love wishes to …. have fun.
tell the students that they can refer to the following steps.
 in pairs. choose the details from the journey that are most interesting. think of what else you would like to know about the journey. write these ideas down as questions.
 now choose two or three of the best questions for your letter. each question should have another sentence explaining why you want to know this information.
 put them in an order that makes sense.
 begin your letter as shown in the textbook and add your questions for wang wei.
finish your letter as shown in the textbook.
a sample writing:
hi, brave little wei,
how i worry about you and wang kun! do you have a good time now? i hope so. what are you doing now? are you still in laos? can you tell me something about people’s life there? when are you leaving for cambodia? when you get there, tell me about the buddhist temples there. please send some photos with your next letter! well, have a good trip and don’t forget to write to me! give my best wishes to wang kun. good luck on your journey.
take care!
yours,
wang lin
step 6  homework
1. finish writing the letter
2. review the whole unit
3. read the passage in workbook( page 59) “the end of our journey ”.

language points

1. one-way fare / single-way fare (單程票價),  round-way fare (往返/雙程票價)
2.  different kinds of transport (br.e) / transportation(am.e)
3. journey down the mekong 湄公河之旅
      有 “沿著”之意,相當于 “along”,
           1) 由北向南,由西向東用down, 反之用up;
2) 由城鎮向農村時用down, 反之用up;
3) 依門牌號碼,由大數字向小數字行進時,應用down ,反之用up;
4) 由上而下,如:沿著山坡而下,沿著江河順流而下,從樓上到樓下由住宅到街上，應用down,
反之用up
para.1:     4.    dream of / about doing 夢想，夢見（后接名詞，代詞，動名詞）
            e.g. what a small world! i wouldn’t dream of meeting you here.