1、Unit 3 Travel journalReading: Journey down the MekongTeaching goals1. Learn something about the Mekong River through reading.2. Students can use what they have learned to introduce the Mekong River.3. Students should get some new words and expressions.Teaching important and difficult points:1. Under
2、stand the text well.2. Try to master the useful new words & expressions in this period.Teaching aids: a computer & a projectorTeaching proceduresStep Warming UpT: Do you like travelling?Present some pictures of beautiful places to arouse their interest of travelling. Meanwhile, the teacher can also
3、ask some more questions to make the students say something about their journey, such as their plans of trips, the difficulties they met in their journey and so on.Step Lead InT: Q1: Have you visited any river? Q2: How many great rivers do you know?Q3: If you could travel down only one of them, which
4、 one would you choose? Why?Ask the students the locations of some famous rivers in the world. (Mekong, Rhein, Seine, Nile, Thames, Congo, Amazon, Mississippi, Volg)Step Pre-readingT: Have you visited the Mekong River? If no, lets learn something about it.1. Show a picture of the Mekong River and the
5、 brief introduction of it. Ask them:Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through?3. Enjoy the beautiful sights along the Mekong River to arouse their interest of it.Step IV ReadingIn this step, get the students to read the text and finish some tasks.Task1: Listen to the tape, then
6、match the main idea of each para.Para.1 preparation for their tripPara.2 their dreamPara.3 a stubborn sisterTask2: Read para.1 and para.2 carefully, then answer some questionsQ1. Who are Wang kun and Wang Wei?Q2.What are their dreams?Q3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?Q4. Is it a difficult journey to cy
7、cle along the Mekong? Why?Q5.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?Task3: Careful reading for para.3 and find out the information of the Mekong.Task4: Group workWork in groups of 4 and try to be a tour guide and introduce the Mekong.Fill in the blanks The Mekong River which is call
8、ed the Lancang River in China begins in a _ on a Tibetan mountain and enters the _ at last. At first the river is small and the water is _ and _. Then it begins to move _. Sometimes it becomes _, sometimes it becomes a _.After it leaves China and high altitude, it becomes _, _ and _. As it enters So
9、utheast Asia, its _ slows. Step V Post-readingTask 1: Make comparisonAn attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Weis and Wang Kuns similar and different attitudes about the trip. Task 2: DebateWhich character do you like, Wang Kun or Wang wei? Why?Task 3: Understand two mottosKeep everything before a rainy day.未雨绸缪，有备无患。Beforehand preparation leads to success.凡事预则立。Step VI HomeworkRead the text again and find the useful words and expressions.
