Unit 3 Travel journal---Reading
Teaching goals
1.Knowledge objectives：Learn something about the Mekong River through
reading.
2.Ability objectives：Students can use what they have learned to describe a trip.
3.Moral objectives：Students should realize if they want to be successful, what
personalities they should have.
Teaching important and difficult points：
1.Understand the text well.
2.Try to master the useful new words & expressions in this period.
Teaching method：Task-based teaching, listening, reading, speaking
Teaching aids：a computer & a projector
Teaching procedures
Step 1 warming up
T. Do you like traveling along a river?
T. As we all know, there are a lot of rivers in the world. Now look at the chart.
In the left column are names of some great rivers. In the right column are locations where the rivers lie. Please match them. What role does a river
play in people’s life? In other words, how do people who live along a river use
it?
The suggested answers：
Step 2 Lead In
T. If you plan to travel along a river, what will you do? You may not know what will you do right now, after this class, you will know the answer. Now, let’s learn the reading “Journey down the Mekong”
Step 3 Pre-reading
T：Have you visited the Mekong River? If no, let’s learn something about it. Enjoy a clip of video.
1.Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through?
A.China, Myanmarˈmjænmɑː], Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam
Step 4 Reading
Task1：Listen to the tape and pay attention to the pronunciation, then do the T or F exercise.
1.Wang kun is a high school student. F college students
2.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are grew up in eastern Yunnan province F their college is in Kunming
3.The source of Mekong is in Qinghai province . T
4.Finally Wang Kun agreed with his sister to cycle with her. T
5.They found few atlas and books about Mekong River in library. F a large
7. Only a small part of the river is in China. F half of the river is in china
8.As it enters Southeast Asia, it moves slowly. T
Task2：Scan the text quickly, then answer some questions
1. Who will travel in the text? Wang Kun and Wang Wei and their cousins
2. Where are they going ? Mekong River
3. How are they getting there? They will cycle there.
4.What did Wang Wei prepare for the trip? (BD)
1) Two years ago,she bought an expensive mountain bike
2) Then , she persuaded Wang Kun to buy one
3) Last year,she visited…Dao Wei and Yu Hang and persuade them to join in.
4) Several months before our trip,we went to library to find a large atlas with
good maps
5What didn’t she prepare for the trip?
•（1）。
She didn’t know the best way of getting to the places.
（2）.She hadn’t looked at a map to find where we will leave
（3）.She doesn’t know when we are coming back.
6. Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why? Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where is hard to breathe and very cold.
7.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?
You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
Task3：Careful reading
1 Read the text again and try to complete a form.
2. The details of the Mekong River give out the outline to help ss to do it( blackboard design)
• 1.It begins at… a glacier on a Tibetan mountain
• 2.As it passes through valleys…it moves quickly
• 3. It enters…the Southeast Asia
• 4.After it leaves…china and high altitude, it becomes wide, brown and warm.
• 5. As it enters.. southeast Asia, its pace slows
• 6. At last it enters …the South China Sea
Task4：Consolidation
Fill in the blanks
Wang Kun and Wang Wei have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. when they _graduated from college. They decided_to cycle_along the Mekong River with。