必修1Unit3Reading

1、人教课标人教课标高一高一 必修必修 1Unit 3Unit 3 Travel JournalDo you like travelling? Do you like to see beautiful scenery in the world? Now lets enjoy “2012 the worlds top ten tourist destinations”. Number 10 Darwin（Australia）达尔文（澳洲）达尔文（澳洲）Number 9 Orlando ( USA )奥兰多（美国）奥兰多（美国）Number 8 Hongkong (China) 香港（中国）香港（中国

2、）Number 7 Santiago (Chile) 圣地亚哥圣地亚哥(智利智利) Number 6 Yoshima Roi (Portugal) 吉马朗伊什吉马朗伊什(葡萄牙葡萄牙)Number 5 Stockholm (Sweden) 斯德哥尔摩斯德哥尔摩(瑞典瑞典) Number 4 Cadiz (Spain) 加的斯加的斯(西班牙西班牙) Number 3 Bangalore (India) 班加罗尔班加罗尔(印度印度) Number 2 Muscat (Oman) 马斯喀特马斯喀特(阿曼阿曼) Number 1 London (UK) 伦敦伦敦(英国英国) If you have a

3、 chance to travel, how are you going there? on foot by bike by bus by train by ship/sea by plane/airWhich kind of transport do you prefer to use: bus or train? Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport and fill in the form.Transport Advantages disadvantagesbus 1 very che

4、ap 2 efficient for short journeys3 goes to small towns / cities1 takes longer than the train or airplane2 does not provide mealstrain ship 1 cheaper than the airplane 2 journey ends in the center of the town / city1 takes longer than the airplane 2 does not provide meals1 cheaper than the airplane 2

5、 provides accommodation and meals1 more expensive than the train or bus2 not convenient for visiting inland placesairplane1 quick 2 efficient 3 provides meals 1 expensive 2 journey ends far from the cityImagine that you plan to spend a holiday. Choose a place you want to visit. Think about the fare

6、for different kinds of transport and decide how to get there. Then, get into pairs. Use these questions to make a dialogue about your holidays.When are you leaving?How are you going to ?When are you arriving in/at ?Where are you staying?How long are you staying in ?When are you coming back? Sample d

7、ialogueA: Tom, where are you going on holiday?B: Im going to Laos.A: When are you leaving?B: Next Sunday.A: How are you going to Laos?B: Im taking a plane.A: How long are you staying in Laos?B: About two weeks.A: Great. Have a good trip.B: Thanks.1. Many people live beside a river. How do they make

8、use of it in their daily life? 2. The world has many great rivers. If you could follow the route of only one of them, which one would you choose? Why?Yangtze YellowPearlNileAmazonMekong 3. Look at the map and list the countries that the Mekong flows through.ChinaMyanmarLaosThailandCambodiaVietnamPre

9、paration for their trip.Wang Wei is stubborn.Wang Kun and Wang Weis dream.1. What was Wang Kun and Wang Weis idea of a good trip? 2. What is the Chinese part of Mekong River? 3. Who planed the trip to the Mekong? What was Wang Kun and Wang Weis idea of a good trip?2. What is the Chinese part of Meko

10、ng River?3. Who planed the trip to the Mekong?Their idea was to take a great bike trip.The Chinese part is the Lancang River. Wang Wei. Did Wang Wei know the best way of getting to places? 2. Who insisted on organizing the trip? Why? 3. Whats Wang Weis attitude to the trip? 4. Whats Wang Kuns attitu

11、de to the trip? Did Wang Wei know the best way of getting to places? 2. Who insisted on organizing the trip? Why?No, she didnt.Wang Wei. Because she first had the idea of the trip.3. Whats Wang Weis attitude to the trip?4. Whats Wang Kuns attitude to the trip?Positive to the trip. She wants to organ

12、ize it as it was her idea.Less positive to the trip as he wants to organize it and thinks he can do that better than his sister.Look at the following sentences in this Para and explain them in your own words. my sister doesnt care about details. 2. She gave me a determined look the kind that said sh

13、e would not change her mind.1. my sister doesnt care about details.This means that she has concentrated on the broad outline of the trip but not the particulars: where they will stay, what they will take with them 2. She gave me a determined look the kind that said she would not change her mind.This

14、 sentence means that she has decided to do something and will not change her idea. Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it end? 2. Explain the following sentence in your own words. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. Where is the source

15、 of the Mekong and which sea does it end?The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.A meander is a geographical term to describe the snakelike bends that a river makes as it slow

16、s down to flow through valleys to the plains. The sentence means that the Mekong River flows slowly and gently through the valleys and reaches the farming plains. The Mekong River is called _ in China. It goes through _ _, _, _, _ and pours into the _. Lancang RiverMyanmarLaosThailandCambodiaVietnam

17、South China SeaWang Kun and _ _ Wang Wei are dreaming about _.his sistertaking a great bike tripThey have the idea to _ _ the Mekong River from _ it _ to _ it _.cycle alongwherebeginswhereendsIt begins in a _ on a _ _. What can they see during the journey? glacierTibetanmountainThen, it _ quickly. It becomes_ as it passes through deep _.movesrapidsvalleysSometimes, the river becomes a _ and enters _ _.wide valle