Travel journal

1. 教材分析 课标内容：

情感态度和价值观：通过课文的学习，要求同学们能够积极参与关于旅行准备、旅游见闻、旅游感受等方面的交流活动，用准确的英语描述国内外的重要景观、名胜古迹以及一些当地的旅游文化节日。

1. 教材分析 课标内容：

学习策略：１、资源和交际策略。通过多种渠道获取更多的与旅游相关的语言信息，从而扩大语言输入量，形成语言运用能力。２、借助联想，建立相关知识间的联系。

1. 教材分析 课标内容：

文化意识：

体会“读万卷书，行万里路”的旅游　文化效益。

“ 热身”（ Warming up ）“ 读前”（ Pre-reading ）“ 阅读”（ Reading ）“ 理解”（ Comprehending ）“ 语言学习”（ Learning about Language ）“ 语言运用”（ Using Language ）“ 小结” (Summing Up)“ 学习建议”（ Learning Tip ）

教材结构：

2. 教材重组

3. 课型设计与课时分配 1st Period Reading & Talking 2nd Period Learning about Language3rd Period Using Language 4th Period Listening & Speaking5th Period Reading & Writing6th Period Summing Up7th Period Revision & Exercises

Period 1 Reading & Talking

• The world has many great rivers. If you could travel down only one of them, which one would you choose? Why?

The Yellow River – 黄河

Brahmaputra Yarlung Zangbu River – 雅鲁藏布江

The Changjiang River –长江

The Lancang River – 澜沧江

What about the Mekong River?

Part of it is in China, too!

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Lancang River

澜沧江 Mekong River湄公河

Let’s take off! Now!

Do you know where it is?

The Mekong flows from South-West China through

all the mainland South East Asian countries -

China, Burma/Myanmar , Laos, Thailand,

Cambodia and Vietnam

•Myanmar / Burma (before 1989) is one of the largest countries in South East Asia. •Population: 52.17 million(2003) •Capital: Yangon

蘇禮佛塔 (Sule Pagoda), 仰光

Laos

• Laos is a country in SE Asia between China and Cambodia.

• Population:

5.9million (2005).

• Capital:Vientiane

Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. Population: 63.36 million (2003)Capital: Bangkok

Cambodia

Cambodia is a country in SE Asia between Thailand and Vietnam.

• Population:13.4 million

(2003)

• Capital: Phnom Penh.

Vietnam

• Vietnam is a country in SE Asia, next to Cambodia and China.

• Population:81.4(2003). • Capital: Hanoi.

Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the La

ncang River ?

• Look at the map carefully.

• The Chinese part of the river is called the Lancang River and after flowing in other countries the river is called the Mekong River.

Now we reach the Mekong River!

• After reaching the Mekong, an old man told me a story about the journey in the Mekong of a boy and a girl ? Do you want to know?

• Now listen to the tape ,pay attention to the pronunciation that you are not sure, and do the exercises

Comprehension

New Words and Expressions

• persuade: • stubborn : • properly:• determined；• change her mind：• give in：

劝服顽固的适当地坚决的

改变她的主意屈服

Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following questions. (5 minutes)

• Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?

• Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

• Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?

• What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?

They are bother and sister, and both are college students.

They are Wang Kun’s cousins who are at a college in Kunming.

The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.

You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.

Complete the form

Fill in the blank

2.Read the passage again to complete the form.

their dream

Their journey

Their preparation

The Mekong River

Reading

Details

2.Read the passage again to complete the form(I).

their dream

Their journey

Their preparation

Taking a great bike trip

Finding the source.

Along the Mekong River

from the source .

1.They bought expensive mountain bikes.2.Wang Wei got their cousins interested in cycling.3.They turned to the atlas in the library.

Reading

Details

2.Read the passage again to complete the form(II).

The Mekong River

1.begin/glacier on a Tibetan mountain/ small/clean/cold.2.move quickly/pass through deep valleys 3.half/in China/Lancang River.4.wide brown and warm/enter

Details

An attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and dif

ferent attitudes about the trip.(6 minutes)Similar attitudes about the trip

Difference attitudes about the trip

Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think…

1.

2.

3.

Wang Wei believes…1.

2.

Wang Kun believes..1.

2.

taking this trip is a dream

that comes true.that they will enjoy this trip a lot.

that most of the Mekong will

be found in Southeast Asia.

that they must start in Qinghai where the river begins/see all of the Mekong.

that they don’t need to

prepare much.

it is too cold and high to start

in Qinghai.

that using an atlas is very

important.

Students work in pairs to discuss the following open question:

Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?

Fun Time

• Imagine that you are helping the cyclists to prepare for their trip down the Mekong. You need to choose what you will take with you.

• The following I will give you something

to choose and write down their names as many as possible.

• Now write down the words as many as possible. Let’s go!

Talking on P55This activity requires students to think critically and learn to be resourceful. Two sample dialogues are as follows:

1. A: Well, I’m not sure about some of these things but I know a can/tin opener is not very useful. B: Why not? A: Think about it: cans/tins are heavy to carry on a bike. So no cans/tins means no can/tin openers. B: Yes, you are right.And I’m not sure about the need for an umbrella. A: But certainly it will rain on their trip. So it is useful. B: I disagree. How can you hold an umbrella and ride a bike? A: Oh, yeah, I see what you mean. So they should have raincoats. B: Yes, and raincoats are not as heavy.

A: How about the radio? I mean, can they really use it? B: Maybe in China to get the weather. A: Yes, sure, but most of the trip is not in China. They don’t know the languages. B: Right, OK, so we agree that a can/tin opener, umbrellas and a radio are useless. A: So which is the most useless?

2. A: I think a tent and a blanket are the most useful. B: I agree, they need them to spend night. And I’m sure of the need of a compass. A: I don’t think so. As long as they travel down the river, they’ll never lose their way. B: Yes, how about a water bottle? A: In my opinion it’s the most useful. They need water all the way.

B: Right. I’m sure they need a map.A: Yes, if they have a map, they’ll know where they are.B: Now a tent, a blanket and a map are the most useful.

1.Read the text again and find the useful words and expressions.

2. Ex 1,2,3on P20.