新课标高中英语必修一Unit 3 Warming up and reading

Unit3WarmingupandreadingEnjoyasong,TravelingLight(轻装前行),fromJoelHanson&SaraGroves.Haveyouheardaboutthebook,WePullHandstoTravelfromBeginningtoEnd?Theauthorisayoungcouple,TangXiaominandZhangQianli.Theyhaveknowneachotherfor27yearsandgotmarriedin2004,budgettraveling(自助旅行)for10yearsthrough31countries,takingtenpiecesofphotographs.Haveyouheardaboutthetwoseniorbackpackers,ZhangGuangzhuandWangZhongjin?Thecouplestartedin2008.TheyknowlittleEnglishbutbackpackedthrough40countriesinfouryears.3.Wheredoyouwanttogoandwhy?1.Doyouliketraveling?Why?2.Wherehaveyoubeen?TheGreatWallTheYellowMountainGuilinLhasaTheForbiddenCityAustraliaGobiDesertBrazilianrainforestTheworldisabook,andthosewhodonottravelreadonlyapage.~St.AugustineIfyourejectthefood,ignorethecustoms,fearthereligionandavoidthepeople,youmightbetterstayhome.~JamesMichenerbycar/busbymotorcyclebytrainonahorsebyair/planebybikebyshiponfoot...Howdopeopletravel?Whataretheadvantagesanddisadvantagesofeachform?speed,timeneeded,safety,pollution…HerearesomefamousriversinChina.Doyouknowtheirnames?theYellowRiverItiscalledourmotherriver.ItisthelongestriverinChina.theChangjiangRiverThisisthefamousriverinGuangdongProvince.thePearlRiverTheriverbeginsinQinghaiProvinceandflowsthroughseveralcountries.CanyoutellthedifferencesbetweentheMekongRiverandtheLancangRiver?TheChinesepartoftheriveriscalledtheLancangRiverandafterflowinginothercountries,itiscalledtheMekongRiver.WhichcountriesdoestheMekongRiverflowthrough?WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiverandwhichseadoesitenter?What’sthenameoftheChinesepartoftheriver?LaosThailandBurmaCambodiaVietnamChinaThecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough:TheSourceoftheMekongRiver:TheLength:Thelongestriverintheworld.theJifuMountainsinZaduoCounty,YushuTibetAutonomousRegionofnorthwestChina'sQinghaiProvince,whichisabout5,200metersabovesealevel4,880km12thThenameoftheChinesepart:LancangRiver1.ThesourceoftheMekongRiverisin_____Province.A.QinghaiB.YunnanC.Sichuan2.Theriver’sdeltaenters_____.A.theEastChinaSeaB.theYellowSeaC.theSouthChinaSeaACReadfastandchoosethecorrectanswer.•WhoareWangKunandWangWei?Theyarebrotherandsister.•Whatistheirdream?Theirdreamistotakealongbiketrip.Readcarefullyandanswer.•WhoareDaoWeiandYuHang?TheyareWangKunandWangWei’scousins.•WhatdoyouthinktheywillseewhentheytravelalongtheMekongRiver?Ithinktheywillseeglaciers,rapids,deepvalleys,waterfallsandadelta.ThemainideaofeachparagraphP1TakeagreatbiketripalongtheMekongRiver.P2DifferentattitudesbetweenthemP3Thepreparationbeforethetrip&detailsaboutMekongRiver.TheirdreamWangWei’ssuggestionTheirpreparationsWhyisitsuchadifficultjourney?TofindthesourceandbeginthereBothofthemboughtexpensivebikes,gottheircousinstojointhemandresearchedintheatlasinthelibrary.Itbeginsatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metreswhereitishardtobreatheandverycold.TotakealongbiketripFillinthefollowingchart.TrueorFalseFTF1.DaoWeiandYuHuangbelongtotheHannationality.2.SomeoftheDailiveinWesternYunnan.3.TheMekongRiverisinChinaanditincludestheLancangRiver.TF4.AlthoughitisnoteasytotravelalongtheMekongRiver,WangWeiinsistedondoingso.5.TheTibetanMountainwheretheMekongRiverbeginsis5,000metershigh.ASummaryWangKunandWangWeihave_________abouttakingagreatbiketrip.whenthey__________fromcollege.They_______to_____alongtheMekongRiverwiththeir________.WangWeiisvery_________.Oncesheis__________todosomethingshewillnever_______hermind.AlthoughitisdifficulttotravelalongtheMekongRiverbybike,she________thattheyfindthe________oftheriverandbegintheirjourneythere.dreamedgraduateddecidedcyclecousinsstubborndeterminedchangeinsistedsourceWangKunandhissistermiddleschoolaftergraduatinggotthechancetothoughtoftheideacycletheMekongRiverboughtbicyclesgotsb.interestedinjourneybeginatanaltitudeofchangeone’smindatlasinthelibraryRetellthetextaccordingtothekeywordsandexpressions.Haveyoueverbeentosomeplaces?Whatisthemostexcitingplaceyouhaveeverbeento?Trytodescribetheplaceforus.1.Workinpairsandtrytousethefollowingexpressionstotalkaboutatrip.2.Actoutyourdialogue.Usefulexpressions•Whatdoyouthinkofthecity?•Howdoyoufindthecity?•Arethereanyplacesofhistoricinteresttoseeinthiscity?•Whatisthecityfamousfor?•Wouldyoupleasetellmesomethingaboutthehistoricartofthecity?•I’dliketolookaroundthecity.•HowIwishIcouldgotheresomeday!Whydomoreandmorepeopleliketotravel?Peopletravelfordifferentpurposes:enjoythebeautyofnaturelearnabouttheoutsideworldgetexcitementorrelaxoneselfdosomeresearchstudywildlifeorplantsbeinterestedindeliciousfooddobusinessormakefriends…1.Reviewthetextagainandfindtheusefulwordsandexpressions.2.Retellthetextusingyourownwords.