Unit 3 Travel Journal

Do you like travelling? Do you like to see beautiful scenery in the world? Now let’s enjoy “2012 the world’s top ten tourist destinations”.

Number 10 Darwin（Australia）达尔文（澳洲）

Number 9 Orlando ( USA ) 奥兰多（美国）

Number 8 Hongkong ( China 香港（中国）

Number 7 Santiago ( Chile) 圣地亚哥(智利)

Number 6 Yoshima Roi ( Portugal) 吉马朗伊什(葡萄牙)

Number 5 Stockholm ( Sweden) 斯德哥尔摩(瑞典)

Number 4 Cadiz ( Spain) 加的斯(西班牙)

Number 3 Bangalore ( India) 班加罗尔(印度)

Number 2 Muscat ( Oman ) 马斯喀特(阿曼)

Number 1 London ( UK) 伦敦(英国)

If you have a chance to travel, how are you going there? on foot by bike by bus by train by ship/sea by plane/air

Transport Advantages disadvantages Bus What kind of transport do you prefer to use? Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport and fill in the form. (p 17) Transport Advantages disadvantages Bus 1 very cheap 2 efficient for short journeys 3 goes to small towns/ cities 1 takes longer than the train or airplane 2 does not provide meals

Train Ship 1 cheaper than the airplane 2 journey ends in the center of the town/ city 1 takes longer than the airplane 2 does not provide meals 1 cheaper than the airplane 2 provides accommodation and meals 1 more expensive than the train or bus 2 not convenient for visiting inland places

airplane 1 quick 2 efficient 3 provides meals 1 expensive 2 journey ends far from the city

Imagine that you are to spend a holiday Imagine that you are to spend a holiday. Choose a place you want to visit. Think about the fare for different kinds of transport and decide how to get there. Then, get into pairs. Use the following questions to make a dialogue about your holidays.

When are you leaving? How are you going to …? When are you arriving at/in …? Where are you staying? How long are you staying in …? When are you coming back?

Sample dialogue A: Tom, where are you going on holiday? B: I’m going to Laos. A: When are you leaving? B: Next Sunday. A: How are you going to Laos? B: I’m taking a plane. A: How long are you staying in Laos? B: About two weeks. A: Great. Have a good trip. B: Thanks.

Pre-reading 1 Many peopl live beside a river. How do they make use of it in their daily life?

1. Many people live beside a river 1. Many people live beside a river. How do they make use of it in their daily life?

2. The world has many great rivers 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 Yellow Amazon Pearl Nile Mekong

3. Look at the map and list the countries that the Mekong flows through. China China Myanmar Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam

Preparation for their trip. Wang Wei is stubborn. Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream.

1. What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s 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 Wei’s idea of a good trip? 2. What is the Chinese part of Mekong 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. What’s Wang Wei’s attitude to the trip? 4. What’s Wang Kun’s attitude to the trip?

Did Wang Wei know the best way of getting to places? 2. Who insisted on organizing the trip? Why? No, she didn’t. Wang Wei. Because she first had the idea of the trip.

3. What’s Wang Wei’s attitude to the trip? 4. What’s Wang Kun’s attitude to the Positive to the trip. She wants to organize 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. She gave me a determined look — the kind that she would not change her mind. 2. … my sister does not care about details.

1. She gave me a determined look — the kind that she would not change her mind. This sentence means that she has decided to do something and will not change her idea.

2. … my sister does not 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 …

Where is the source of the Mekong River 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 of the Mekong River 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 slows 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 The Mekong River is called _____________ in China. It goes through ____________ _____, _________, _________, _________ and pours into the ________________. Lancang River Myanmar Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam South China Sea

Wang Kun and ___ _____ Wang Wei are dreaming about ____________________. his sister taking a great bike trip

They have the idea to _____ ______ the Mekong River from ______ it ______ to ______ it _____. cycle along where begins where ends

It begins in a _______ on a ________ _________. What can they see during the journey? glacier Tibetan mountain

Then, it ______ quickly. It becomes ______ as it passes through deep ______. moves rapids valleys

Sometimes, the river becomes a ________ and enters ____ ________. waterfall wide valleys

At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea. delta

Do you know Xu Xiake. Do you think his way of traveling is meaningful Do you know Xu Xiake? Do you think his way of traveling is meaningful? Why?

Try to retell the reading in the third person.