Unit 3  Travel journal

before they do that task, show a map of southeast asia with detailed position of 
laos; vietnam; ho chi minh city; phnom penh; thailand; cambodia; singapore; malaysia.
then show some pictures of the sceneries in these countries. then give the ss several minutes to prepare for the dialogue and then call some of them to act their dialogues out.
                                                               
step 4  listening
1.listen to part 3  chatting with a girl  and tick the words .
2. listen again to the tape and fill in the chart
3.listen to part 4 of journal down the mekong and tick the words you hear on the tape.
4.listen to this material again and answer the questions.
(1)who is telling the story? wang kun
(2)when did wang wei meet her cousins? in october in dali
(3)why didn’t they begin the journey in tibet with wang wei and wang kun?
 the story doesn’t say
(4)find a word that describe how the person telling the story feels about travelling in laos. afraid,alone,excited,glad…
5.listen to part 5. wang kun is describing a few of the things they saw during their tour. pick out the correct in formation and then tell about their experience in laos.
(1) in the village the cyclists saw ____b___.
    a. electric lights     b. candle lights    c. kerosene lights
(2)after lunch they went to vientiane ,the  capital city of laos by  b.
    a. bike        b. bus      c. truck
(3)they greeted an old man by ____a____.           
 a. putting their hands together  b. moving their heads c. waving their arms.
   (4) in vientiane, they saw _____c_____
a. trucks, buses and bicycles   b. cars, motorbikes and buses
  c. trucks, buses, jeeps and motorbikes
(5) the mekong river is very rich in ____c__.
  a. gold        b. pears        c. fish

step 5  homework
 make up a dialogue .
 p57. using structures
 p59. reading task