人教版高中英语必修1 Unit3 Journey Down the Mekong教案

Unit3Travel Journal
Journey Down the Mekong
Teaching Aims
1.To talk about traveling and how to make preparations for traveling by brainstorm an
d fre
e talk.
2.To learn something about the Mekong River by a brief introduction of a student.
3.To guide students to find out the main idea and some details in each paragraph by sc anning and skimming the passage.
Teaching important points
To comprehend the text is very important.Get students to find out the main idea and s ome details in each paragraph.
Teaching difficult points
How to grasp the main idea of the text and how to tell the writer’s attitude Teaching procedures&ways教学过程和方法
Pre-reading
Task1: Warming up
Show some beautiful pictures of famous places on the PowerPoint.（The Great Wall; Budala Palace;Forbidden City;Eiffel Tower;etc.）
Ask students whether they know where they are.
Task2: Free talk
T:Do you like traveling?
T:Why do you like traveling?
(Enjoy beautiful scenery;Increase our knowledge;Make friends;Be good to health…T: If you have a chance to travel,how are you going there?
(on foot;by bike;by bus;by car;by plane/by air;by boat/by ship/by sea)
Task3:Brainstorm
Many people live beside a river,how do they make use of it in their daily life.
The suggested answers:
People can drink the water in a river or wash their clothes.
People can swim in a river in summer.
People can use a river to irrigate their fields.
People can use a river to produce electricity.
People can travel along a river; Raise ducks;
While-reading
There are many great rivers in the world. Have you ever dreamed about travelling along one of them? Today we will follow Wang Kun and Wang Wei to travel along the Chinese part of Mekong River.
Task 1 One student will introduce the Mekong River.
Task 2 Co-operation study,
After listening, skim the passage and find out the answers to the following questions para by para.
Para.1
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 planned the trip to the Mekong?
Para.2
1. 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?
Para.3
1. Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it end?
2. Translate the following sentence in Chinese.
It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.
Task 3
Co-operation study fill in blanks with the help of illustrations
The Mekong River is called _____________ in China. It goes through ____________ _____, _________, _________, _________ and pours into the ________________.
Wang Kun and ___ _____ Wang Wei are dreaming about ____________________. They have the idea to _____ ______ the Mekong River from ______ it ______ to ______ it _____.
It begins in a _______ on a ________ _________. Then, it ______ quickly. It becomes______ as it passes through deep ______.Sometimes, the river becomes a ________ and enters ____ ________.
At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea.
Post-reading：Discussion
In groups of four, summarize the main idea of the passage and tell why.
(The passage tells us a main idea that no success in life merely happens by describing my sister’s and my dream---taking a bike trip and preparations for the trip.) Homework:
Imagine that you are Wang Wei, tell your classmates your experiences about your traveling, and write it down.。