1. Travel Planning & News Online by Nicole Huang @AFL.NHUST

2. Hands-on Practice 1. Please plan your summer trip from the following websites: You would like to go to California with your partner this summer. You are planning to leave on Sept. 3 rd and return on Sept. 10 th Taiwan Time. You ’ ll fly directly to San Francisco,then pick up your rental car at the airport to start your journey. You ’ ll stop at Monterey for 3 days, and Lake Tahoe for another 3 days. Since you ’ re a student without luxury budget, you ’ re trying to find the best prices online. Please list in detail of how much money you have to prepare for this romantic journey? Fly $$ ( airline company; fly itinerary) Accommodations: rate ranges from USD$39 - USD$65 ($$ Hotel/motel name, URL) Car Rental : ($$ Car rental company; car type, URL ) Websites : Yahoo Taiwan: http://tw.yahoo.comhttp://tw.yahoo.com Yahoo USA : http://yahoo.comhttp://yahoo.com

3. Hands-on Practice 2 2. CNN San Francisco Bureau News http://www.literacynet.org/cnnsf/ Please click on Story Archives and pick one article to read and 1.Identify the three parts of the news (title, lead, and body) 2.Write the six basic questions and answer them. 3.Practice the activities that the website provides, and write down which activity you would value the highest for your language learning and how does it help you learn English? Send your traveling findings and news online practices to Your own BLOG before the end of the class.