Unit3Traveljournal(reading)Teachinggoals1.LearnsomethingabouttheMekongRiverthroughreading.2.Studentscanusewhattheyhavelearnedtodescribeatrip.3.Studentsshouldrealizeiftheywanttobesuccessful,whatpersonalitiestheyshouldhave.Teachingimportantanddifficultpoints:1.Understandthetextwell.2.Trytomastertheusefulnewwords&expressionsinthisperiod.Teachingaids:Computer,recorderandprojectorTeachingprocedures:Step1:WarmingupT:Doyouliketravelling?Presentsomepicturesofbeautifulplacestoarousetheirinterestoftravelling.Meanwhile,theteachercanalsoasksomemorequestionstomakethestudentssaysomethingabouttheirjourney,suchastheirplansoftrips,thedifficultiestheymetintheirjourneyandsoon.Step2:LeadInTask1:Theworldhasmanygreatrivers.Askthestudentsiftheycouldtraveldownonlyoneofthem,whichonewouldtheychoose?Why?通过多媒体向学生提供一些风景名胜的图片引导其进行热烈地讨论。T:Askthestudentstoguessthenamesoftherivers.S:Trytonametherivers.(AmapofChinaandsomepicturesoftheriversareshownonthescreen..)(通过地图以及河流的图片来增长学生的地理知识，从而引发学生的兴趣，从而引出课题。)Task2:Askthestudentsthelocationsofsomefamousriversintheworld.(Mekong,Rhein,Seine,Nile,Thames,Congo,Amazon,Mississippi,Volg)Step3:Pre-readingT:HaveyouvisitedtheMekongRiver?Ifno,let’slearnsomethingaboutit.1.ShowapictureoftheMekongRiverandthebriefintroductionofit.Askthem:CanyoulistthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough?2.EnjoythebeautifulsightsalongtheMekongRivertoarousetheirinterestofit.Step4:While-readingInthisstep,getthestudentstoreadthetextandfinishsometasks.Task1:Fastreading,scanthetext,andanswersomequestions.Q1.WhoareWangkunandWangWei?Q2.Whataretheirdreams?Q3.WhoareDaoWeiandYuHang?Q4.IsitadifficultjourneytocyclealongtheMekong?Why?Q5.WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekongRiver?Task2:Listentothetapeandpayattentiontothepronunciation,thendotheTorFexercises.1.Wangkunisahighschoolstudent.2.BothDaoWeiandYuHangareDaiandtheygrewupineasternYunnanprovince3.ThesourceofMekongisinQinghaiprovince.4.FinallyWangKunagreedwithhissistertocyclewithher.5.TheyfoundfewatlasandbooksaboutMekongRiverinlibrary.6.MekongriverbeginsatglacieronaTibetmountain.thewaterthereisclearbutnotcold.7.OnlyasmallpartoftheriverisinChina.8.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itmovesslowly.Task3:CarefulreadingReadthetextagainandtrytocompleteaform.TheirdreamTheirjourneyTheirpreparationTheMekongRiverTask4:ConsolidationFillintheblanksMekongRiverbegins___aglacieronaTibetanmountain.Atfirst,Theriverissmallandthewaterbeginstomove_______.Itbecomes______asitpasses______deepvalleys.Traveling______westernYunnanProvince.SometimestheRiver______wideValleyandbecomesa_________.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.Afteritleaveschinaandthehighaltitudes,theMekongbecomes_____,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,ittravelsslowly_________hillsandlowvalleys,andthe_____wherericegrows.atlasttheriver’sdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.Step5:Post-readingTask1:MakecomparisonAnattitudeiswhatapersonthinksaboutsomething.MakelistsofWangWei’sandWangKun’ssimilaranddifferentattitudesaboutthetrip.Task2:Discussion(Groupwork)Whichcharacterdoyoulike,WangKunorWangWei?Why?Task3:UnderstandtwomottosLifeisjustaseriesoftryingtomakeupyourmind.SuccessbelongstotheperseveringStep6:Homework1.Revisethecontentsofthepassage2.CompletethepassageonPage56inWorkbook
