Unit 3  Travel journal

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 love nature.
teaching aids
a tape recorder, a projector and a computer
step 1. a song (歌詞見后面)
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 they know where they are.
then t ask: do you like traveling?  ss: yes
t: why do you like traveling?  (超級鏈接)：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? (including the time, the place, the means, the cost, the things you’ll take along, … of traveling) (超級鏈接) :
1. time (超級鏈接): the spring festival;  national day; may day; weekend;
summer( winter) vacation…
2.destination(超級鏈接): enjoy some beautiful pictures of famous places with the whole class: huangshan黃山; jiuzhaigou九寨溝; 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 (龍門石窟); tian’anmen square(天安門廣場); terracotta,xi’an(西安兵馬俑); summer palace(頤和園); london bridge;
the opera house悉尼歌劇院; eiffel tower艾菲爾鐵塔.
3.what to do(超級鏈接): rock 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(超級鏈接): id cards(身份證) passports; money (cash); a book of maps; 等。
6.means of transportation(超級鏈接): on foot; by bike; by bus; by car; by plane/by air; by boat/by ship/by sea
7. background information(超級鏈接): history; customs; culture; language; religion; politics; weather; …
8. points for attention(超級鏈接): don’t throw away  waste; don’t park your bike or car in the wrong parking lot; don’t make a fire freely; don’t feed animal; protect animals and plants; do as the guide 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, discuss the fares and decide where to go.