1、Travel Journal Period 1 Warming upIn the National Day and Labours Day, many people including you may prefer to go traveling for a break.1. Why do people like traveling ?2. If you are going traveling, where are you going?3. How are you going?Do you know the following places, have you ever traveled to

2、 them?Tiananmen SquareThe Great WallForbidden CityThe Heaven TempleEiffel TowerArc de Triomphe Louvre MuseumThe North PoleThe South PoleUnder the seaThe MoonThe EarthWhat do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?means of transportationon footby bikeby moto

3、rby busat the bus stopby jeepby carby trainby ship/boat/seaat the port/ harborby plane/ airat the airportby spaceshipWhat do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?Cost(花費)Safety(安全) Comfort (舒適) Quickness Convenience (方便)According to the following chart, i

4、n pairs ,discuss the fares and decide where to go.FromTo By Travel fareXiningQinghaiVientiane LaosTrainAirRMB 1320RMB 3200XiningQinghaiPhnom PenhCambodiaTrainAirRMB 1490RMB 2600XiningQinghaiHo Chi Minh City VietnamTrainAirRMB 1650RMB 3500While you are discussing with your partner , ask each other th

5、e following questions:When are you leaving?Where are you going? How are you going to? How long are you staying in? When are you arriving in/at?When are you coming back?Discuss in groups of four and join the great rivers and their locations in the world in the following form.Names of riverLocationMek

6、ong riverSeineNileGongoAmazonMississippiThamesEnglandEgyptCentral AfricaUSFranceChinaBrazil The great rivers in the worldHow do people who live along a river use it?Braingo swimmingtravel along a riverto irrigate their fieldsto make electricitystormingHave you ever travelled along a river? If you ha

7、ve a chance to travel along a river with your friends, what should you prepare?the basic equipment:good shoes, clothes, and a backpackactivities to doDont hike alone.Tell someone where you are going.Bring water and a good map.Watch out for dangers, such as spiders, snakes or poisonous plants.Wear a

8、hat to protect yourself from the sun.Bring a cellphone if you have one.The usage of the equipments3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming. Discuss the text in details.dream about /of +n./ pron. /v-ing夢見（想）；Many students dream about studying in Beijing

9、 University one day. 她一直夢想成為一名老師。The young soldier sometimes dreams of his hometown. She always dreams of becoming a teacher. dream vi&vtdream that I dreamed that I was flying like a bird in the sky. Language pointspersuade v. persuade sb. to do sth. persuade sb. into doing sth. persuade sb. not to

10、do sth. persuade sb. out of doing sth. 說服某人做某事說服某人不做某事1. My mother persuaded my father to give up smoking. 3. My mother persuaded my father not to smoke.2. My mother persuaded my father into giving up smoking.4. My mother persuaded my father out of smoking. persuade/advise My mother persuaded my fat

11、her to give up (into giving up)smoking. And now my father doesnt smoke. My mother advised my father to give up smoking, but he didnt accept it . persuade 指“成功地說服”，指不僅勸說了，而且說服了advise =try to persuade 意為“試圖說服”，只表達勸說的動作，不表明結果如何persuade sb. of sth. sb. be persuaded of sth. 使某人信服某事I am almost persuaded o

12、f his honesty. persuade sb. that+從句 使某人相信某事；使某人信服We persuaded Henry that he was wrong. How can I persuade you that Im telling the truth?insist v. 堅持；堅決主張insist on/upon (doing) sth. 堅決要求/硬要(做)某事He always insists on the best. She insists on/upon getting up early and playing her radio loudly. 他總是要求完美。i

13、nsist that+從句1. 堅決主張; 堅決要求 2. 堅持說從句謂語動詞用should +v.從句謂語動詞按需要選擇時態I insisted that he (should) come with us.He insisted that he hadnt stolen the girls handbag. I insisted on his coming with us.care about 憂慮;關心;惦念;介意;計較Do you care about anybody?I dont care about what happens to him. care for 關懷;照顧;喜歡dete

14、rmine v.決定;決心We determined to start early.Weather determines the crops.Have you determined where you are going to spend your holiday?determine +to do sth./n. /從句He determined on going to college. determine on/upon (doing)sth.下決心They determined on an early start. determined adj. 堅決的;下決心的a determined

15、look/ attitude/fighter堅定的神情/態度/戰士be determined to do sth. 決心做某事I am determined to do better than Mike. Most students are determined to go to college. She is a determined woman. If she determines to do something, she will do it well.她是個意志堅強的人,如果她下決心做什么事,就一定要做好.Journey down the MekongreadingSKimming:W

16、ho are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?What was their dream?Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? They are brother and sister, and both are college students.2. What was their dream? Their dream was to take a great bike trip.Scan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong Ri

17、ver flows through.LaosThailandBurmaCambodiaVietnamChinaRead and answer the following questions:Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?1,The source of the river is i

18、n Qinghai province and it enters the South China sea.2,You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.3,Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.Read again and get the main idea of each paragraph and tell the reaso

19、n:Para.1 Wang Kun and Wang Wei dream.Para.2Wang Wei is stubborn.Para.3 Preparing for their trip.(Students have to tell the reason why they summarize the main idea like that.)Similar attitudes about the trip Different attitudes about the tripBoth Wang Wei and Wang Kun think Wang Wei believesWang Kun

20、believesWork in pairs and fill in the following form:1. taking this trip is a dream come true.2. that they will enjoy this trip a lot.3. they should see a lot of the Mekong.4. that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia. 1. they must start in Qinghai where the river begins /see all of th

21、e Mekong.2. that they dont need to prepare much1. it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.2. that using an atlas is very important. Their dreamWang Weis suggestionFinding_ and beginning there.Their preparationsBoth of them bought_, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to _in the

22、library.Taking a great bike trip.the sourceexpensive bikesthe atlasWhy excitedTheir journey would begin at_.The Mekong RiverIt begins at a _on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through_. Half of it is in China. It enters the_. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters_.an altitude of more than