必修一,unit3教案

Unit 3 Travel journal---Reading

Teaching goals

1.Knowledge objectives：Learn something about the Mekong River through

reading.

2.Ability objectives：Students can use what they have learned to describe a trip.

3.Moral objectives：Students should realize if they want to be successful, what

personalities they should have.

Teaching important and difficult points：

1.Understand the text well.

2.Try to master the useful new words & expressions in this period.

Teaching method：Task-based teaching, listening, reading, speaking

Teaching aids：a computer & a projector

Teaching procedures

Step 1 warming up

T. Do you like traveling along a river?

T. As we all know, there are a lot of rivers in the world. Now look at the chart.

In the left column are names of some great rivers. In the right column are locations where the rivers lie. Please match them. What role does a river

play in people’s life? In other words, how do people who live along a river use

it?

The suggested answers：

Step 2 Lead In

T. If you plan to travel along a river, what will you do? You may not know what will you do right now, after this class, you will know the answer. Now, let’s learn the reading “Journey down the Mekong”

Step 3 Pre-reading

T：Have you visited the Mekong River? If no, let’s learn something about it. Enjoy a clip of video.

1.Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through?

A.China, Myanmarˈmjænmɑː], Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

Step 4 Reading

Task1：Listen to the tape and pay attention to the pronunciation, then do the T or F exercise.

1.Wang kun is a high school student. F college students

2.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are grew up in eastern Yunnan province F their college is in Kunming

3.The source of Mekong is in Qinghai province . T

4.Finally Wang Kun agreed with his sister to cycle with her. T

5.They found few atlas and books about Mekong River in library. F a large

7. Only a small part of the river is in China. F half of the river is in china

8.As it enters Southeast Asia, it moves slowly. T

Task2：Scan the text quickly, then answer some questions

1. Who will travel in the text? Wang Kun and Wang Wei and their cousins

2. Where are they going ? Mekong River

3. How are they getting there? They will cycle there.

4.What did Wang Wei prepare for the trip? (BD)

1) Two years ago,she bought an expensive mountain bike

2) Then , she persuaded Wang Kun to buy one

3) Last year,she visited…Dao Wei and Yu Hang and persuade them to join in.

4) Several months before our trip,we went to library to find a large atlas with