Unit 3 Travel journalSection Ⅱ Learning about Language & Using LanguageⅠ.重点单词1．boil vi. (指液体)沸腾；(水)开2．forecast n．&vt. 预测；预报3．parcel n. 小包；包裹4．insurance n. 保险5．wool n. 羊毛；毛织品6．reliable adj. 可信赖的；可靠的rely v. 依靠；信赖7．view n. 风景；视野；观点；见解；vt. 观看；注视；考虑8．beneath prep. 在……下面Ⅱ.重点短语1．feel_like 感觉像2．as_usual 照常3．put_up 建造；搭建；举起；张贴4．at_midnight 在午夜5．take_care 小心，当心6．get_back 返回，回去Ⅲ.重点句式1．“no matter＋疑问词”引导让步状语从句A determined person always tries to finish the job, no matter how hard it is.不管多困难，一个有决心的人总是尽力完成工作。2．so...that...如此……以至于……Our legs were so_heavy_and_cold_that they felt like blocks of ice.我们的腿又沉又冷，感觉就像大冰块。3．can hardly wait to do sth. 迫不及待地想做某事We can hardly wait to_see (see) them!我们迫不及待地想要见到他们！课文预读JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONGPART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINSAlthough it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like ① blocks of ice ②. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles③？ That's what we looked like④！ Along the way children dressed in long wool⑤ coats⑥ stopped to look at us. In the late afternoon we found it was so cold that our water bottles froze. However, the lakes shone like glass in the setting sun and looked wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of me as usual⑦. She is very reliable⑧ and I knew I didn't need to encourage⑨ her. To climb the mountains was hard work but as we looked around us⑩， we were surprised by the view⑪. We seemed to be able to see for miles. At one point we were so high that we found ourselves cycling through clouds⑫. Then we began going...
