Unit3TraveljournalTheFirstPeriod●从容说课Thisisthefirstperiodofthisunit.Thisunitisabouttravel，sotheteachercanfirstbrainstormthewordsorphrasesabouttravel.SincetherearesomenewwordsforthenamesofthecountriesandcitiesinSoutheastAsia，theteachercanfirstdealwiththemwiththehelpofamap.ThenSsaresupposedtofindouttheone-wayfaretogettothedestinationfordifferentkindsoftransportation.ThistaskgivesSsachancetopractisegettinginformationthroughtheInternet.LaterSsarerequiredtotalkinpairsaboutthefollowingsixquestions：（1）Whenareyouleaving？（2）Howareyougoingto...？（3）Whenareyouarrivingin/at...？（4）Whereareyoustaying？（5）Howlongareyoustayingin...？（6）Whenareyoucomingback？ThispartisdesignstosmoothawaySs’difficultyinunderstandingthepresentcontinuousforfutureuse.Toleadinthetext，theteachercanaskSstodiscusswhyariverisgreatorwhatarivercanbeusedfor.ThentellSstheMekongisagreatriverliketheChangjiangRiver，anditisthebirthplaceofoldcivilizationandlifebloodoftheSoutheastAsia.Readingskillsareveryimportantforseniorstudents.Forthefirstreading，weintendtocultivateSs’skimmingability.Theyarerequiredtolistthewordsreferringtodifferenttopographicalfeaturesinthetext.ThentheyarerequiredtomatchthesewordswiththeEnglishexplanations.ThroughthispartwecandevelopSs’abilityofguessingthemeaningsofnewwordsaccordingtothecontexts.TostimulateSstotakepartintheclassactivitymoreactively，theteachercanorganizeagroupcompetition，toseewhichgroupcanfinishthetaskfastestandbest.ToshowSsthedifferenttopography，theteachercanpresentsomepictures.Lateron，theteacherwillteachsomeothernewwordsinthetextandaskSstopronouncethesewordscorrectly.Forthesecondreading，theteacherwillpresentfivestatementsforthestudentstojudge.ThispartisdesignedtogetSsintothehabitofreadingapassageasawhole，thatis，togetthegeneralidea.AnotherpurposeofthispartistoaskSstopayattentiontothedetails.TheteacherasksSstoreadthetitleandsubtitleinordertomakethemthinkabouttheorganizationofthewholepassage，andthismethodcanhelpthemnotonlyintheirunderstandingbutalsoinwritingapassage.TodevelopSs’scanningability，theteacherdesignsfivequestions，someofwhichareverydifficult.Sotheteacherwillhelpthemtoreadbetweenthelines，thusSscangraduallygettheabilitytounderstandthewriter’simpliedmeanings.Toconsolidatethenewwordsinthepassage，theteacherasksSstofinishPart1andPart3onPage20afterclass.Atthesametime，theyarerequiredtofindoutwhattheyshouldpayattentiontowhengoingtraveling.ThispartisdesignedtohelpSstogetthesenseofprotectingthemselvesandnature.●三维目标1.Knowledge：（1）Learnthefollowingnewwordsandtheirpronunciation：journal，fare，transport，Vientiane，Laos，PhnomPenh，Cambodia，HoChiMinh，Vietnam，Mekong，finally，cycle，persuade，stubborn，insist，source，proper（ly），detail，determine，determined，altitude，atlas，glacier，Tibetan，rapids，valley，waterfall，plain，delta.,（2）Gettoknowthatthepresentcontinuoustensecanbeusedforfutureuse.（3）Gettoknowwhatarivercanbeusedfor.2.Ability：（1）LearntogetinformationthroughtheInternet.（2）Graspsomereadingskills.3.Emotion：StimulateSs’lovefornaturebygettingthemtoknowthegreatnessofariver.●教学重点GetSstolearndifferentreadingskills，especiallytheabilitiesofunderstandingtheimpliedmeanings.●教学难点（1）Knowthemeaningsandpronunciationofthenewwords.（2）Learndifferentreadingskillsfordifferentreadingpurposes.●教具准备Multi-mediaclassroomandothernormalteachingtools.●教学过程Step1GreetingsTeacher：Hello，myfriends.Students：Hello，MissXu.Step2Warming-upT：Wehaveknowneachotherfor2weeksandIthinkwehavebecomefriends.Canyoutellmewhatyourhobbiesare？S：Ilikesinginganddancing/football/surfingontheInternet/skiing/traveling...T：Good.Thenwhenyoucomeacrosstheword“traveling”，whatwillyouthinkof？S：Travelcost/means/destination/plan...T：Yes.Beforewesetoff，weshouldfirstmaketravelplan，Imeanweshouldfirstdecidethedestination，themeansoftransportanditsfare.（Writethethreewordsontheblackboard.）Here“destination”means“aplacetowhichsb.isgoing”.Wecangotoourdestinationbydifferentmeansoftransport，forexample，bybus，bytrain，byplaneandsoon.“Transportfare”referstohowmuchyoupayfortheplane/trainticket.Now，lookatthescreen，readaftermethethreewords.SupposeyouandyourfriendaregoingtoSoutheastAsia，whichcountryorcitydoyousuggestvisiting？Hereisamaptohelpyou.S：Thailand，Philippines，Singapore，越南，柬埔寨，老挝...T：Good，Icanseeyouaregoodatgeography.Butyou’dbettersaythesenamesinEnglishandpronouncethemcorrectly.Pleasereadafterme：Vientiane，Laos，PhnomPenh，Cambodia，HoChiMinh，Vietnam.T：NowIgiveyouseveralminutestocompletethechart.T：Pleasetellmewhatyouhavegot.S：...T：Then，I’llaskyouandyourpartnertoaskandanswerthefollowingsixquestions：（1）Whenareyouleaving？（2）Howareyougoingto...？（3）Whenareyouarrivingin/at...？（4）Whereareyoustaying？,（5）Howlongareyoustayingin...？（6）Whenareyoucomingback？T：Tellmewhattenseisusedineachsentence？S：Thepresentcontinuoustense.T：Doyouthinkitdescribeswhatishappeningnoworatpresent？S：...T：No，itdescribeswhatwillhappeninthefuture.Question1means“Whenareyougoingtoleave/Whenwillyouleave？”Canyousaytherestfivequestionsinanothertwoways？S：...Step3Pre-readingT：Nowlookatthemapagainandwecanseeagreatriverflowsthroughthecountriesmentionedabove.Doyouknowitsname？S：眉公河。T：Yes，theMekong.Bytheway，whatcanariverbringus？Orwhatdoweuseariverfor？S1：Arivercanprovidesuswithdrinkingwater.S2：Wecanusearivertowashdifferentthingslikeclothes，vegetables.S3：Wecangetfishfromariver.S4：Ourcropsandplantsneedtobewatered.（Wecanuseariverforirrigation.）S5：Ariverwasandnowstillisoneofthegreatmeansoftransport.S6：Watercanbeusedtomakeelectricity.T：Great，sowealwayssayariveristhebirthplaceofcivilizationandlifebloodofacertainplace.AndtheMekongisonesuchriver.Todayourtextwillshowusaroundthegreatriver.Step4FirstreadingT：AlongtheMekong，wecanseedifferenttopographicalfeatures.Gothroughthepassagequicklyandfindout7suchwords.Haveyoufinishedthejob？Herearethesevenwords：waterfall，rapids，valley，delta，glacier，plain，canyon.NowI’lldivideourclassintofourgroups.Eachgroupchoosesonestudenttotakepartinthecompetition.WewillseewhocanmatchthenewwordswiththeEnglishexplanationscorrectly，andusetheleasttime.（1）waterfall（2）rapids（3）valley（4）delta（5）glacier（6）plain（7）canyona.thelowplacewhereariverenterstheseab.alargeflatplacec.alargebodyoficemovingslowlydownahighvalleyd.adeep，verywidevalley，usuallywithariver.e.alonglowwideplacebetweenhillsf.afast-movingpartofariverg.ahighplacefromwhichariversuddenlygoesdownS1：...,S2：...S3：...S4：...T：waterfall：ahighplacefromwhichariversuddenlygoesdownrapids：afast-movingpartofarivervalley：alonglowwideplacebetweenhillsdelta：thelowplacewhereariverenterstheseaglacier：alargebodyoficemovingslowlydownahighvalleyplain：alargeflatplacecanyon：adeep，verywidevalley，usuallywithariverTomakeyoubetterunderstandwhatdifferenttopographicalfeaturesarelike，Iwillshowyousomepictures.Tellmewhattheyare.Picture1Itisaglacier.WhataboutPicture2？Itisacanyon.（theLancangRiver）Picture3It’stheMekongDelta.TheMekongDeltaisthebottomhalfofVietnam’stworicebaskets.（TheotheristheRedRiverDeltaintheNorth.）Ofcourse，Picture4showsusawonderfulsceneofwaterfalls.,Picture5Thepictureshowsusamanisraftingonrapids.Therearesomeothernewwordsinthepassage：Pleasereadafterme.（withChinesemeaningaftereachword）finally，cycle，persuade，stubborn，insist，source，proper（ly），detail，determine，determined，altitude，atlas，Tibetan，Step5SecondreadingNowIthinkthereshouldbelittledifficultyinyourunderstandingthetext.Pleasereadthepassageandjudgewhetherthefollowingstatementsaretrueorfalse.1.WangKungfirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheMekong.2.WangKungandWangWeihavehadthedreamtocyclealongtheMekongsincemiddleschool.3.TheydecidedtobegintheirtripfromthesourceoftheMekong.4.WangWeididn’tthinkmuchaboutthedifficultyofthetrip.5.TheMekongflowsthroughfivecountries.S1/S2/S3/S4/S5：...T：Statement1isfalse.NotWangKungbutWangWeifirsthadtheidea.Statement2isfalse.Theyhavehadtheirdreamtotakeagreatbiketripsincemiddleschool.Statement3istrue.Statement4istrue.Statement5isfalse.TheMekongactuallyflowsthroughsix,countries：China，Burma，Thailand，Cambodia，LaosandVietnam.Step6ReadingaloudT：Pleaselookatthesubtitle：TheDreamAndThePlan.Howmanypartscanthepassagebedividedinto？S：Fromthesubtitle，weknowthepassagecanbedividedintotwoparts.Part1talksabouttheirdream，whilePart2talksabouttheirplan.T：Youareclever.Part1isParagraphOne.Part2consistsofParagraph2andParagraph3.Nowpleasereadthesecondpartaloud.Payattentiontotheirplan.Now，pleasediscusswithyourpartnersabouttheanswerstothequestions：（1）WhoareDaoWeiandYuHang？（2）WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiver？（3）WhichseadoestheMekongenter？（4）IsitadifficultjourneyalongtheMekongRiver？Why？（5）IsWangKungveryeagerforthetrip？S1：DaoWeiandYuHangaretheircousins.S2：ThesourceoftheMekongRiverisinQinghaiProvince.S3：TheMekongenterstheSouthChinaSea.S4：Yes.BecausetheMekongbeginsataglacieronaTibetanmountain，thenitbecomesrapidswhenitpassesthroughdeepvalleys，sometimesenterswidevalleysandbecomesawaterfall.T：Yes，inshort，wemaysaythetripisdifficultbecausethetopographyalongtheriverisverycomplicated.S5：...T：Stilllookatthesecondparagraph，“Iknowtheproperwayisalwaysherway.”ThatmeansWangKungdoesn’tcompletelyagreewithhissisterandisnotverypleasedwithher；meanwhile，fromthesentence“Itoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold.”，wecanseethatWangKungisafraidofthedifficultythatmightmeetwith，soheisveryeagerforthetrip.Step7HomeworkFinishPart1andPart3onPage20.●板书设计Unit3TraveljournalTheFirstPeriodNewwordsDiscussion1.fear9.PhnomPenhWhatcanariverbeusedfor？2.stubborn10.Cambodiatransport3.delta11.HoChiMinhdrinkingwater4.glacier12.Vietnamwashing5.Transport...irrigation7.Vientianefish8.Laos●活动与探究Formyourowntravelinggroup，discusswhatyoushoulddoandwhatyoushouldneverdowhentraveling.Don’tsDosnolitteringprotectanimals,nofeedinganimalsIfyouhavemoretosay，youcanchangetheform.●备课资料1.MekongRiver—TheLifebloodofSoutheastAsiaTheMekongRiveristheheartandsoulofmainlandSoutheastAsia.The12thlongestriverintheworld，theMekongruns4800kilometersfromitsheadwatersontheTibetanPlateau（高原）throughYunnanProvinceofChina，Burma，Thailand，Cambodia，LaoPDRandVietnam.Over60millionpeopledependontheMekonganditsbranchesforfood，water，transportandmanyotheraspectsoftheirdailylives.Itsannualflooddroughtcyclesareessentialforthesustainableproductionofriceandvegetablesonthefloodplains（洪泛区）andalongtheriverbanksduringthedryseason.KnownastheMotherofwaters，theriversupportsoneoftheworld’smostdiverse（多种经营的）fisheries（渔场），secondonlytotheAmazon.Thisvitalecosystemandlifebloodoftheregioniscurrentlyunderthreat.Overthepasttenyears，morethan100largedamshavebeenproposedfortheMekongbasinbyinstitutionsliketheAsianDevelopmentBank（ADB）andtheMekongRiverCommission.Someoftheseprojectshavealreadybeenbuilt.OneofthegreatestthreatsisChina’splanstoconstructeightdamsontheUpperMekongLancang.Twoofthesedamshavealreadybeencompleted，andconstructiononthethirdproject，Xiaowan，beganinJanuary2002.ThesedamswillhavewidespreadimpactsonthelivelihoodsofMekongcommunitiesandonthenaturalecologyoftheriversystem.InLaos，IRNisworkingtostopWorldBanksupportfortheDamandensurethatcommunitiesreceivejustcompensationforlossessufferedduetotheADB-fundedNamandDams.IRNisalsomonitoringbroaderregionalwaterresourcedevelopments，particularlythosefundedbytheADB.InThailand，IRNhasbeenworkingwithcommunitiesaffectedbythePakMunandRasiSalaidamswhoarecampaigningforthegatesofbothdamstobepermanentlyopenedandfortheMunRivertoberestored.IRNisalsomonitoringtheimpactsoftheYaliFallsDaminVietnam，whichhasaffectedcommunitiesinbothVietnamandCambodia.2.theMekongDeltaTheMekongDeltaisthebottomhalfofVietnam’stworicebaskets，theotherbeingtheRedRiverDeltaintheNorth.Thisvastdeltaisformedbythedepositionofthemultipletentaclesandtributaries（支流）ofthemightyMekongRiverwhichhasitsoriginintheTibetanhighlandplateau2800milesaway.Fromitssource，therivermakesitswaythroughChina.Myanmar（Burma），Laos，CambodiaandSouthVietnambeforeflowingoutintotheSouthChinaSea.TheMekong’s—thepeopleofSouthVietnamareoftenveryproudoftherichnessandvastnessofthisland.Whenreferringtothericefieldsinthisarea，theyoftensay，“cobaythangcanh”，meaningthelandissolargethatthecranescanstretchtheirwingsastheyfly.Today，theregionisoneofVietnam’shighestproducerofricecrops，vegetablesandfruits.
