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Unit 3 Travel journal Pre-reading & Reading

Part 1. Pre-reading Task1.

Watch a flash and answer the Qs below？

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1.What is the man doing？

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2.How many

transportations he takes？

Task 2.

How do people make use of the river?

Task 3. List the countries the Mekong River flows through.

Part 2. While—reading TASK1. Skimming 1. The main idea of the passage is ____. A.

their dream and their preparation for the trip B.

their dream and the journey down the Mekong C.

their plan to travel down the Mekong and the attitudes of two people 2. The passage is a ____________. A.

travel journal

B. letter

C. news report Skimming for the main idea of each paragraph Para.1

My stubborn sister

Para.2

Preparing for their trip

Para.3

Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream

TASK2. Reading for details Para 1 Their dream

1.

What is their dream?

2.

Who will travel?

3.Where are they travelling?

3.

How are they getting there?

Para 2

My stubborn sister

Is the statement about her T or F? 1. She did know the best way of getting to the place,

so

she insisted she organize the trip properly.

2. Before she decided the place, she didn’t see the map.

3. Wang Wei is very careful about details. 4. When she knew the source of the river is in Qinghai province, she changed

her mind.

Paragraph 3

Preparing for the journey

Mekong River begins in a _______ on a Tibetan mountain. At first, The river is small and then begins to move quickly. It becomes ________ as it passes through deep ________. Sometimes The river becomes a ___________ and enters wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China . After it leaves china and high ________, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the ________ where rice grows. At last the river ________ enters the South China Sea. Paragraph 4

Discuss the text in details.

PART3. Post reading-------A Summary Wang Kun and Wang Wei have ______ about taking a great bike trip，

when they __________ from college. They _________ to _________ along the Mekong River with their ________. Wang Wei is very _______. Once she is __________ to do something she will never

__________

her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she ________ that they find the ________ of the river and begin their journey there.