Unit3 Travel journal

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Unit3 Travel journal
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Lead-in

• Q1. Do you like traveling?

Q2. Why do you like traveling ?
Q3. If you have a chance to travel ,how will you
go there?
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Relax ourselves
Increase our knowledge
traveling
Be good to health
Make friends
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on foot
by bus
by bike
by train
by plane / by air
by boat/ ship/ sea
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Warming Up
Advantages
Disadvantages
Transport
1.Very cheap 2.Efficient for short journeys
Takes longer than the train or plane.
bus
1.Faster than bus, cheaper than plane 2.ends in
the centre of the town/city.
train
Takes longer than the plane.
1.Cheaper than plane
1.More expensive than train 2.Not convenient for
visiting inland places
ship
1.Expensive 2.Journey ends far from the city.
1.Quick 2.Efficient 3.Provides meals
airplane
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Pre-reading
irrigate their fields
make electricity
go swimming
go fishing
travel along the river

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Yellow River
Nile River (Egypt)
Thames (England)
Mississippi (USA)
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Which countries does the Mekong River flow
through?
China, ?? Laos, ??Myanmar,?? Thailand,
??Cambodia???Vietnam. ??
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Journey Down The Mekong
Reading
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Fast-reading
Match the paragraph and the main idea.
Different attitudes between them
Para 1 Para 2 Para 3
Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River.
The preparation before the trip details about
Mekong River.
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Careful Reading
1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Weis idea of a
good trip? 2.Who Planned the trip to the
Mekong? 3.Where is the source of the Mekong and
which sea does it enter?
Their idea was to take a long bike trip.
Wang Wei planned the trip.
Qinghai Province the South China
Sea
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4.What can you see when you travel along the
Mekong? 5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and
Wang Wei find about their journey? 6.What do
you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?

You can see the source glacier ,rapids,
hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
The journey will begin at an altitude of more
than 5,000 metres, where it is hard to breathe
and very cold.
Wang Kun enthusiastic, critical, sensible Wang
Wei imaginative, organized, eager, persistent,
stubborn, risk-taking
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Homework
1.Page19, exercise 3
2.Page20, exercise 1
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Thank you!