Q1. Who are Wang kun and Wang Wei? Q2.What are their dreams? Q3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
Q4. Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why? Q5.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?
Task2: 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.
2.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnan province 3.The source of Mekong is in Qinghai province .
4.Finally Wang Kun agreed with his sister to cycle with her.
5.They found few atlas and books about Mekong River in library. 6. Mekong river begins at glacier on a Tibet mountain. the water there is clear but not cold. 7. Only a small part of the river is in China. 8.As it enters Southeast Asia, it moves slowly. Task3: Careful reading
Read the text again and try to complete a form. their dream Their journey Their preparation Task4: Consolidation Fill in the blanks
Mekong River begins ___ a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first ,The river is small and the water begins to move_______. It becomes ______as it passes ______ deep valleys. Traveling ______western Yunnan Province. Sometimes The River ______ wide Valley and becomes a_________. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China . After it leaves china and the high altitudes, the Mekong becomes _____ , brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly _________hills and low valleys, and the _____ where rice grows. at last the river’s delta enters the South China Sea. Step V Post-reading
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An attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and different attitudes about the trip. Task2: Debate
Which character do you like,Wang Kun or Wang wei? Why? Task3: Understand two mottos
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. Success belongs to the persevering Step VI Homework
1． Read the text again.
2． Write a passage about their journey.
The Third Period Learning about language
Teaching goals
1.To revise the useful words and expressions.
2. To learn useful structures--- the Present Continuous Tense to express future actions. Teaching important points
the Present Continuous Tense to express future actions. Teaching difficult points
How to use the Present Continuous Tense to express a plan or something to be done according to plan.. Teaching aids
a projector and a computer Step 1:Greeting ： A song. Step 2:Practice
一、Use the reading passage to find the correct word or expression for each of the following sentences.
1.He is so stubborn that no one can ____________ him to do anything.
2.A ___________ person always tries to finish the job, no matter how hard it is. 3._______ she has made up her mind, nothing will ___________________. 4.Is it_______ for us to take off our hats in church?
5.He ________ that we find the source of the trouble as soon as possible. Everyone agreed.
6.Do you remember every _____ of the story you have just read.
7.I wanted to pay the train ____ , but my friend insisted. _______I gave in. 8.She persuaded all of us to _______ to work instead of taking the bus。 Answer: 1.
4.
persuade 2.
determined 3.
proper 5. insisted 6. detail 7
Once; change her mind fare; Finally 8. cycle
二、Match the words and the meanings
valley a high place from which a river suddenly goes down. plain a fast-moving part of a river. waterfall a long, low, wide place between hills. delta the long place where a river enters the sea rapids a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley canyon a large flat place glacier a deep, very wide valley, usually with a river 超级链接: some pictures of all these words to help Ss understand the meaning of the words more clearly.
三、Complete this passage with some of the above words.
I really enjoyed my school field trip in geography. We saw so many beautiful things: a _________ that flowed like a river of ice through a _______ that cut the mountains into two parts. We also discovered a river which fell off the mountains and become a wonderful __________this was even more exciting to see than the _______ where the water seemed to boil.
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Answer: glacier valley waterfall rapids canyondelta
STEP 3 : Grammar
Enjoy a song to present the Present Continuous Tense:
I'm babysitting on Thursday Would you like to go out on Monday?
No, sorry, I can’t
Why not?
I’m babysitting on Monday. Would you like to go out on Tuesday?
No, sorry, I can’t.
Why not?
I’m doing my laundry on Tuesday. Would you like to go out on Wednesday?
No, sorry, I can’t.
Why not?
I’m working overtime on Wednesday. Would you like to go out on Thursday?
No, sorry, I can’t.
Why not?
I’m working out on Thursday.
