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-1-Unit3Traveljournal许多人都会用旅行写作来记录自己的旅行经历，那到底什么是旅行写作呢？让我们一起来了解一下吧！WhatIsTravelWriting?Beforewediscusswhattravelwritingis,perhapsweshouldsaywhatitisn’t.Travelwritingisn’twritingaboutyourfamily’svacation.Itisn’twritingaboutwhatyoulikedordidn’tlikeaboutyourlasttrip.Anditdefinitely(明确地)isn’twritingaboutdestinations(目的地)thatyoucantravelforfree.Travelwritingiswritingaboutplaces,personsandthingsinotherplaces(alsowritingabouthowtotravel,whentotravel,andadviceontravelling—allwithreadersinmind).It’saboutrelaying(传递)yourtravelexperiencestootherssothattheymayfollowthemoratleastnotmakethesamemistakesasyoudid.Andit’swritingaboutthingsinyourownbackyardthataredifferenttoeveryoneelse—alocalfarmer’smarket,historicsite,restaurant,museum,etc.Beforewegofurtherintotravelwriting,weneedtotakealookatthereadersthatwillreadwhatyousayaboutaplace.Therearethreepartsinthecommunicationprocess—thesender(thewriter),thereceiver(thereader),andthemessage.When-2-youwereinschool,yousubconsciously(潜意识地)learnedthatthewriterwasthemostimportantpartoftheprocessbecauseinacademic(学术的)writing,that’sthecase.Butingeneralwriting,includingtravelwriting,thereaderisthemostimportantpartoftheprocess.Ifawriterdoesn’tthinkaboutthereaderbeforewriting,thereaderwillbelessinterestedormightpossiblynotunderstandwhatthewriterissaying.Howdidtravelwritingbegin?Travelhasalonghistory.Peoplehavealwaystravelledfromancientcaravansaries(旅行商社)tomodernresorts(名胜).Buttravelwritingbegan,moreorless,duringElizabethantimes.Shakespearegotmuchofthebackgroundmaterialforhisplays,suchastheMerchantofVeniceandRomeoandJulietfromElizabethantravelguidestoItaly.Whyisitneeded?Travelwritingcelebratesthedifferencesinmannersandcustomsaroundtheworld.Ithelpsreadersunderstandotherpeopleandplaces.Andithelpsreadersplantheirowntripsandavoidcostlymistakeswhenthey’retraveling.But,mostofall,itletsreaderstraveltofar－offdestinationsthattheymayneversee.SectionⅠWarmingUp&Reading—Comprehending重点单词写作词汇1.transportn．&vt.运送；运输2.flowvi.流动；流出n.流动；流量3.cyclevi.骑自行车4.persuadevt.说服；劝说5.bendn.弯；拐角vt.使弯曲vi.弯身；弯腰6.schedulen．时间表；进度表vt.为某事安排时间7.stubbornadj.顽固的；固执的8.shortcomingn.缺点-3-9.attituden.态度；看法10.journeyn.旅行；旅程拓展词汇11.prefervt.更喜欢；选择某事物(而不选择其他事物)→preferencen.偏爱；爱好12.disadvantagen.不利条件；不便之处→advantagen.有利条件；优势13.graduatevi.毕业n．大学毕业生→graduationn.毕业；毕业典礼14.organizevt.组织；成立→organizern.组织者→organizationn.组织→organizedadj.有组织的15.determinevt.决定；确定；下定决心→determinedadj.坚决的；有决心的→determinationn.决心16.finallyadv.最后；终于→finaladj.最后的阅读词汇17.journaln．日记；杂志；定期刊物18.faren.费用19.routen.路线；路途20.detailn.细节；详情21.sourcen．来源；水源22.altituden.海拔高度；高处23.valleyn.(山)谷；流域24.pacevi._缓慢而行；踱步n.一步；速度；步调重点短语1.eversince自从；自……以后2.befondof喜爱；喜欢3.careabout关心；忧虑；惦念4.changeone’smind改变主意5.makeupone’smind下决心；决定6.givein投降；屈服；让步7.dreamabout/of梦想8.getsb.interestedin使某人对……感兴趣9.graduatefrom从……毕业10.persuadesb.todosth.说服某人做某事重点句型1.强调句型Itis/was＋被强调部分＋that/who...-4-Itwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheidea(是我姐姐首先想到这个主意)tocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.2.insistthatsb.shoulddosth.坚决主张某人做某事Althoughshedidn’tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly(坚持要自己把这次旅游安排得尽善尽美).3.主语＋系动词＋adj.＋todo...WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreathe(空气稀薄，呼吸困难)anditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.4.once引导状语从句，意为“一旦”Onceshehasmadeuphermind(一旦她下定决心),nothingcanchangeit.ⅠFastreadingSkimthetextandchoosethebestanswer.1．What’sthemainideaofthepassage?A．ThepropertripdowntheMekong.B．TheirdreamandthejourneydowntheMekong.C．TheirplantotraveldowntheMekongandtheattitudesoftwopeople.D．ThedreamofWangKunandWangWeiandtheirpreparationsforthebiketrip.答案：D2．Findoutthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1A．Showsushowstubbornhissisterisbyinsistingonherideaabouttheirplan.Para.2B．Tellsussomethingabouttheirgreatdreamandhowtheystarted“thejourneydowntheMekongRiver”tomaketheirdreamcometrue.Para.3C．IntroducessomebasicknowledgeabouttheMekongRivertous.答案：BACⅡCarefulreadingReadthetextcarefullyandchoosethebestansweraccordingtothetext.1．Fromthetext,wecaninferthat________．A．theirtripwillbedifficultB．theirtripwillbeveryeasybecausetheypreparedalotC．theymustbesuccessfulafterenoughpreparationsD．theyknewverywellabouttheMekongRiverbefore-5-2．WhatdoesWangKunmeanbysaying“theproperwayisalwaysherway”？A．WangWeiisreliable,becauseshealwaysknowstheproperway.B．WangWeialwaysinsistsonherway,eventhoughshedoesn’tknowtheproperway.C．WangKunthinksthathissisterisstubbornandcan’tdoanythingproperly.D．WangKunthinksthathissistercanfindthebestwaytogettoplaces.3．ItcanbeinferredfromthetextthatWangKunisa________person.A．stubbornB．kindC．braveD．careful4．Whatdoesthelastparagraphtellus?A．Theywantedtoknowhowsoontheywouldcomeback.B．Theywantedtolearntheworld’sgeography.C．TheywenttothelibrarytoknowsomethingabouttheMekongRiver.D．WangKunwantedtoletWangWeiknowhowdifficulttheirtripwas.答案：1－4.ABDCⅢStudyreadingAnalyzethefollowingdifficultsentencesinthetext.1．TheyareDaiandgrewupinwesternYunnanProvinceneartheLancangRiver,theChinesepartoftheriverthatiscalledtheMekongRiverinothercountries.[翻译]他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，澜沧江流出中国后