Unit 3 Travel Journal 教案
教学目标 【知识目标】
To learn about the words and phrases about geography To know about the Mekong River
To understand the character of Wang Kun and Wang Wei 【能力目标】 Learn to read a map
Improve Ss’ reading skills (skimming and scanning) 【情感目标】
Know to respect and communicate with others when having different opinions Know to love and protect the rivers in the world 教学重难点 【教学重点】
Help Ss to improve their reading skills
Help Ss to understand the author’s trip down the Mekong River 【教学难点】
Help Ss to understand Wang Kun’s and Wang Wei’s attitudes to the trip Help Ss to analyze the characters of Wang Kun and Wang Wei 【考点同步解读】 一、重点短语
1. travel----泛指旅行journey----指长时间长距离的陆上旅行voyage----指长距离的水上旅行，也可以指乘飞机旅行trip----常指短时间短距离的旅行tour----指
周游，巡回旅游，
2. prefer to 更加喜欢，宁愿 prefer A to B 比起B，更喜欢A prefer doing to doing 比起做…，宁愿做… prefer to do rather than do 与其做…, 不如… 3. flow through 流过，流经4. ever since 自从
5. persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人做某事6. be fond of 喜欢 7. insist on doing 坚持做某事 insist + that 从句（用should+ V原） 8. care about 关心. change one’s mind 改变想法 10. altitude 高度attitude 态度，看法
11. make up one’s mind to do下定决心做某事 = decide to do = make a decision to do
12. give in 让步，屈服give up 放弃
13. be surprised to … 对…感到惊奇to one’s surprise 令某人惊讶的是… 14. at last = finally = in the end 最终
15. stop to do 停下来去做某事stop doing 停止做某事 16. as usual 像往常一样
17. so…that 如此… 以至于… So + adj + a/an + n. + that Such + a/an +adj. + n. + that
18. be familiar with 对…熟悉（人作主语）be familiar to 为…所熟悉（物作主语）
二、语法:现在进行时表将来
现在进行时表将来，表示最近按计划或安排要进行的动作，常见的现在进行时表将来的动词有：come/ go / leave/ arrive / travel / take / stay/ do等.
【核心素养聚焦】
1. Encourage students to learn more about traveling and tourist culture 2. Enable students to become more interested in traveling and experience the beauty of nature so as to be fond of nature.
3. Train the students’ ability to cooperate with others
4. Try to make the students to use some useful words and expressions correctly 5. Try to make the students to review the useful sentence patterns 6. Train the students to interest in learning English 课前准备
Tape recorder, Multimedia 教学过程 Step1. Warm-up
A competition between groups:
1) Which country is Mississippi River located in? 2) Which country is Thames River located in? 3) Which river is the longest river in the world? 4) Which river is the second longest river in the world? 5) Which river is the longest river in China?
6) Which river is the most important river in Southeast Asia? 【设计意图】
通过小组竞赛激发学生参与课堂的积极性，并让学生了解和积累世界河流的知识，为进一步阅读理解文章做准备。 Step2. Pre-reading
Unit 3Travel Journal教案
