Unit 3 Travel Journal（必修1）
作者：周 彦
单元学习目标 1. Talk about traveling
2. How to make preparations for traveling 3. Use the present continuous tense for future use 4. Be able to write a travel journal
5. Tell the difference between a diary and a journal
Period 1 Warming up ﹠ Reading
Warming up I. Free talk
1.Do you like traveling? Why?
2. Where have you been?
3. Where do you want to go and why?
II. Speak out some famous rivers in China.
Reading
I. Fast reading 1. True or False?
1） Dao Wei and Yu Huang belong to the Han nationality.
2）Some of the Dai live in Western Yunnan.
3）The Mekong River is in China and it includes the Lancang River.
4）Although it is not easy to travel along the Mekong River, Wang Wei insisted on doing so.
5）The Tibetan Mountain where the Mekong River begins is 5,000 meters high.
2) Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para.1 a. The preparation before the trip and details about Mekong river Para.2 b. Different attitudes between them
Para.3 c. Decide to take a great bike trip along the Mekong river
II. Careful Reading para.1.
1. Read and answer:
1）Who will travel in the text?
2）Where are they going ?
3） How are they getting there?
2. This paragraph is written in time order. Fill in the form. Since middle school… Two years ago? Last year? When we graduated from college… now
para.2.
1. What different opinions do they have? source altitude air Wang Kun Wang Wei
2. Could you use some words or phrases to describe the characters of Wang wei and Wang kun? Wang Wei:
Wang kun:
para. 3
1. The Mekong River begins in on a Tibetan mountain. At first the river is and the water is and .
2. It becomes as it passes through deep , traveling across western Yunnan Province.
3. Sometimes the river becomes a and enters wide valleys.
4.After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes ,
and . As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows.
5.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the where rice grows. At last, the river enters the South China Sea.
III. Summary (Fill in the blanks according to the text)
_________ middle school, Wang Kun and his sister had _____________ taking a great bike trip. After _______________college, with cousins they finally got the ________ to take the trip. Once Wang Wei had___________________, nothing could change her mind. Finally, they agreed to start their journey at _____________ more than 5,000 metres. From the atlas they learnt that the Mekong begins in a Glacier on a ________________. At first it is small and the water is _____ and _____. As it enters Southeast Asia, its _____slow and at last it flows into the ___________.
Some proverbs :
Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于有毅力者。
No success in life merely happens.
人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的
Period 2 Language Points
单词学习
1.persuade ?vt.?说服；劝说;使某人相信? 自我观察?
Thank you for persuading my mother to let me join the army.? 谢谢你说服了我的妈妈让我参军。 ? I persuaded him into doing it.? 我说服他去做这件事。 ?
I persuaded Robert that the journey was too dangerous and he didn’t go.? 我对罗伯特说那个旅行太危险,他被说服了,所以没有去。 ? I am firmly persuaded that such is the fact.? 我坚信事实就是这样。?
He has persuaded me of its truth.? 他使我相信这是真的。? 自我归纳
persuade表示“说服”时。常构成以下搭配:? persuade sb.to do sth.劝服某人做某事?
persuade sb.into doing sth.劝服某人做某事?
persuade sb.that...使某人相信??,劝服某人??? persuade sb.of sth.使某人相信??? 探究拓展
(1)persuasion? n.?说服；说服力?
persuasive ?adj.?有说服力的,易使人信服的? (2)persuade和advise的区别:? persuade一词常指已说服某人?
advise一词则是尝试劝说某人,结果不一定如愿。? 例如:?
I persuaded him to go home.我说服他回家了。? I advised him to go home,but he refused.? 我劝他回家,他拒绝了。 牛刀小试 (1)Mr Li no longer smokes now because his wife_____him A.suggested B.advised ? C.persuaded D.told(2)The businessman tried to_______me of his honesty and goodwill at first,but he turned out a deceiver.?
A.advise B.persuade? C.remind D.understand?(3)Much to our delight,Dr.John was finally______into to the South Pole.?
A.advised B.agreed ? C.admitted D.persuaded?⑷While shopping, people sometimes can’t help ____ into need.
A. to persuade B. persuading C. being persuade 翻译下列句子。
1） 他被说服和我们一起去上海。
2）尽管我们劝他不要喝酒, 他还是喝了不少。
2. schedule 自我观察：
1. The train arrived on schedule.
2. We should do the work according to schedule. 3. The president is scheduled to make a speech tomorrow. [自我归纳]
a. schedule作______词（句1、句2），意为“时间表，进度表according to schedule的意思是as planned。
b. schedule可用于固定结构______ （句3），意为“定于……探究拓展
be scheduled for意为“定在某一天进行”； behind schedulegive up smoking last year.?
our adventurous something they don’t D. be persuaded ”; on schedule与on time做某事”。
to ? joining travel
buying really 同义，误了进度。a bus schedule 汽车时刻表 a schedule of guide tours 导游时刻表 ahead of schedule = ahead of time 提前 牛刀小试：
1） The builders were lazy and failed to finish the boat ______ (按进度表). 2） The meeting ______ (被安排在) for Friday afternoon. 3）The tunnel project has already ______ (误了进度
3.determine ?vt.?决定；确定；下定决心自我观察?
Demand determines supply.需求决定供给。?They have determined where the new school will be built.他们已确定这所新的学校将建造在什么地方。?She determined to go that very afternoon.她决定就在那天下午走。?
My mom’s encouragement determined me to go on with my study.?我母亲的鼓励使我决心继续我的学业。?He was determined to win the game.?他决心要赢得那场比赛。? 自我归纳
determine表示“决心做某事”时,可用sb.determines to do sth.。 探究拓展?
determined ?adj.?有决心的;意志坚强的?determination ?n.?毅力,决心 ? be determined to do sth
同义词组:decide,make up one?s mind to do sth.决心做某事牛刀小试
1）______to train his daughter in English,he English teacher for a ten-year-old girl.”?A.Determined;Wanted? B.Determined;WantingC.Determine;Wanted? D.Determining;Wanting2)I left him,____never to come back again.
A. being determined B.was determined C.determining D.determined 3) ---What about the person?
---Seldom in all my life____such a____person.
A. I met;determining B.I have met;determining C. did I meet; determined D.have I met; determined 用determine的适当形式填空。
). ? to do sth.也可用 put an ad like this in ? ? ?
? sb.is determined the paper,“,an