Unit 3 Travel Journal

Huangshan

Huangguoshu Waterfall

Oriental Pearl TV & Radio Tower

Do you like travelling? Where have you been? How did you find your travel?

Why do people travel?  To see other countries  To visit famous, interesting or beautiful places  To meet new friends  To try new kinds of food  To experience life in other parts of the world  To get away from cold weather  To get an unusual experience

What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?  speed  time  comfort  convenience  safety  price/cost

Always remember when you travel:  Leave nothing behind except your footprints.  Take nothing away except your good memory.

Laos Vietnam Cambodia Thailand Myanmar

Now choose one place to visit Make up a dialogue by asking each other the following questions: 1.Where are you going on holiday? 2.When are you leaving? 3.How are you going there? 4.How long are you staying there?

Game Time Name of the RiverLocation Mekong Rhein Ganges Seine Nile Thames Volga Danube Amazon Mississippi England Egypt India Russia Brazil France Germany SE Asia US Central Europe

Keys to Exercise 1 : 1.They are brother and sister, and both are college students. 2. Their dream was to take a great bike trip. 3.They are Wang Kun’s cousins who are at a college in Kunming. 4. In Qinghai province and it enters the South China Sea. 5.You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains. 6.Yes. The journey begins at a altitude of more than 5000 metres where it is hard to breathe and very cold.

Their dream Wang Wei’s idea Their preparations The Mekong river Taking a ….trip Cycle along…from…to… Bought…, got their cousins…,went to…found… begins at …on…; at first, the river is…the water is…;then …Half of it... ;As it enters the Southeast Asia, it travels…, at last it enters… Outline( 概要 ) of the story

The language points; 1.fare – money spent on a journey taxi/bus/air fare, a single/one-way fare eg. How much is the air fare to Beijing? 2.dream about/ dream of; dream that … have a dream; dream a dream; realize one’dream eg. The young soldier often dreams of his hometown. My brother dreams of becoming a spaceman. I dreamed that I was flying like a bird in the sky.

3.Sentence Structure for emphasis: It is/was + 被强调部分 +that/who+… Eg. All the members held a meeting in the club yesterday. It was all the members that/who held a meeting in the club yesterday. It was a meeting that all the members held in the club yesterday. It was in the club that all the members held a meeting yesterday. It was yesterday that all the members held a meeting in the club.

It is I that/who am your true friend. Practise: put the sentences into emphasis sentences separately A group of foreigners made a journey along the Yangtze River last year. 4.insist insist on/upon doing 坚持做某事 insist on one’s doing insist that … Eg. I’ll go with you if you insist. They insisted on talking to the manager. 他坚持要独自一人去西藏旅游。 He insisted on travelling to Tibat by himself.

…,she insisted that we find the source of the river and begin our journey there. (anything wrong with the sentence)  注意： insist 表达 “ 坚持，坚决主张 ” 时，所跟的 宾语从句使用虚拟语气：主语 +should do ， 其中 should 可省略；表达 “ 坚持一种说法，看法 或事物 ” 时，宾语从句使用陈述语序和相应的时 态 Some students insisted that they (should) hold a party but others insisted that they had no interest in it. He insisted that a doctor_______ immediately. (has been sent for / sends for / will be sent for / be sent for )

4.Then she persuaded me to buy one. persuade sb. to do sth. =persuade sb. into doing sth. 说服了某人做某 事 Wang Kun couldn’t persuade his sister to change her mind. advise sb. to do sth. 劝某人做某事 His wife advised him to give up smoking, but he didn’t listen.

5.care about :be worried, concerned or interested 在乎，关心，惦念 She doesn’t care much about her dressing. Don’t you care about anybody? care for 关心，喜欢 We should care for each other and help each other. Would you care for a walk now? 6. a determined look 坚定的眼神 determine (v) 决定，决心，确定 determine to do sth.=decide to do sth. be determined to do sth.=make up one’s mind to do sth.

Weather determines the harvest. He firmly determined to rise in the world whatever it took. Are you determined to learn every subject well? 7.When are we leaving and when are we coming back? =When are we going to leave and when are we going to come back. 现在进行时表将来动作，表示主观打算或安排。 下列动词常有这种用法。 go, leave, come, arrive, start, stay, meet, travel, do, buy, sing, give… (now almost every verb can be used in this way)

1.dream about/of 2.take a bike trip 3.graduate from 4.persuade sb. to do sth. 5.insist on/upon doing sth. 6.change one’s mind 7.give in 8.pass through 9.give a determined look,

 Retell the text  Wang Kun and his sister dreamed about taking a great bike trip since middle school. After graduation from college,they finally got the chance to make their dream come true. His sister thought of an idea to cycle along the Mekong river. They both bought expensive bikes. They also got their cousin interested in cycling. Wang Wei stuck to the idea that they found the source and began their journey there. When she heard that the source of the river is in Qinghai province, she wouldn’t change her mind. She even became excited when she got to know their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters. Before the trip they found a large atlas in the library. From the atlas they knew clearly about the Mekong River.