人教版必修一 Unit3 Travel Journal
The first Period Reading
Teaching goals 教学目标 1.Target language 目标语言 a. 重点词汇和词组
dream about, finally, persuade, stubborn, insist, properly, determined, attitude, change one’s mind, give in. b. 重要句式
Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.
Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one.
It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.
Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.
She gave me a determined look – the kind that said that she would not change her mind.
Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. 2.Ability target 能力目标
Enable the students to conclude Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s attitude to the trip and then add their own opinion with the target language. 3.Learning ability goals学能目标
Enable the students to learn how to conclude Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s attitudes about trip.
Teaching important points 教学重点
To comprehend the text is very important. Get Ss to express their plans and wishes. Help them learn that traveling is a good way to widen one view and add to one knowledge.
Teaching difficult points 教学难点
How to grasp the main idea of the text and how to tell the writer’s attitude Teaching methods 教学方法 Talking, discussing, reading Teaching aids: 教学工具
a tape recorder, a projector and a computer Teaching procedures & ways 教学过程和方法
一 课文图解
Read the text, and then fill in the chart.
Journey down the Mekong River
Their dream Wang Wei’s suggestion Their preparations Why excited The Mekong River Taking a great bike trip Finding the source and beginning there Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to the atlas in the library Their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5ooo meters It begins at a glacier on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through deep valleys. Half of it is in China. It enters the Southeast Asia. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters the South China Sea. 二 课文复述
Retell the text in about 100 words. Notes:
1. Ask Ss to retell the story in the third person;
2. Try to use proper conjunctions; 3. Refer to the chart while retelling
4. The possible version below can be used as a material for both retelling and dictation. One possible version:
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 the idea to cycle along the Mekong River. They both bought expensive bikes. They also got their cousins 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 Mekong River is in Qinghai Province, she wouldn’t change her mind. She even felt excited when she knew that their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters. Before the trip they found a large atlas in the library. From the atlas they knew clearly about the Mekong River. 三 德育渗透
Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。
Hitch your wagon to a star. 树雄心，立大志。
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。
四 文章体裁及写作技巧
This is a travel journal. The author begins with his dream in his childhood and talks about the main topic: a bike trip. In the order of occurrence of events, the author describes their preparations before their journey: thinking of the idea of taking a trip down the Mekong River, buying bikes, getting their cousins interested in bike travel and turning to an atlas in the library for information about the river. The author also shows us a stubborn and determined sister, who always regarded her way as a proper way. That the author describes what has happened and what he experienced as the first person makes the passage real, natural and vivid. His description about his sister
人教版必修一 Unit3 Travel Journal
