Travelnbspjournal教案

vientiane，laos，phnom penh，cambodia，ho chi minh，vietnam.
t：now i give you several minutes to complete the chart.
t：please tell me what you have got.
s：...
t：then，i’ll ask you and your partner to ask and answer the following six questions：
（1）when are you leaving？
（2）how are you going to...？
（3）when are you arriving in/at...？
（4）where are you staying？
（5）how long are you staying in...？
（6）when are you coming back？
t：tell me what tense is used in each sentence？
s：the present continuous tense.
t：do you think it describes what is happening now or at present？
s：...
t：no，it describes what will happen in the future.
question 1  means “when are you going to leave/when will you leave？”can you say the rest five questions in another two ways？
s：...
step 3 pre-reading
t：now look at the map again and we can see a great river flows through the countries mentioned above.do you know its name？
s：眉公河。
t：yes，the mekong.by the way，what can a river bring us？or what do we use a river for？
s1：a river can provides us with drinking water.
s2：we can use a river to wash different things like clothes，vegetables.
s3：we can get fish from a river.
s4：our crops and plants need to be watered.（we can use a river for irrigation.）
s5：a river was and now still is one of the great means of transport.
s6：water can be used to make electricity.
t：great，so we always say a river is the birthplace of civilization and lifeblood of a certain place.and the mekong is one such river.today our text will show us around the great river.
step 4 first reading
t：along the mekong，we can see different topographical features.go through the passage quickly and find out 7 such words.
have you finished the job？here are the seven words：waterfall，rapids，valley，delta，glacier，plain，canyon.
now i’ll divide our class into four groups.each group chooses one student to take part in the competition.we will see who can match the new words with the english explanations correctly，and use the least time.
（1）waterfall
（2）rapids
（3）valley
（4）delta
（5）glacier
（6）plain
（7）canyon
a.the low place where a river enters the sea
b.a large flat place
c.a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley
d.a deep，very wide valley，usually with a river.
e.a long low wide place between hills
f.a fast-moving part of a river
g.a high place from which a river suddenly goes down
s1：...
s2：...
s3：...
s4：...
t：waterfall：a high place from which a river suddenly goes down
rapids：a fast-moving part of a river