高中英语必修一unit3课本教材(人教版)
上海大学专业排名-中高考改革
Unit 3
Travel journal
1 Which
kind of transport do you prefer to use: bus or
train? Think
about the advantages and
disadvantages of each form ol transport and
fill in the following chart,
Transport
Disadvantages
bus
train
Advantages
j
ship
airplane
^Imagine that you plan to spend a
holiday. Choose a place you want to
visit*
Think about the fare for different kinds of
transport and decide
how to get there. Then,
get into pairs. Use these questions to make a
dialogue about your holidays.
When are
you leaving?
How are you going to...?
When are you arriving Inat?
.?
Where are you etayng?
How
long are you staying In ...?
When am you coming back?
.tea*
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Many people live beside a
riven How do they make use of it in their daily
life?
The world has many great rivers* If
you
could follow the route of only one of
them,
which one would you choose? Why?
Look at the map on page 18 and list the
countries that the Mekong River flows
through.
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journal
JOURNEY DOWN THE
MEKONQ
Pm i
THE
.
DRUM AND THE PUN
I
My name is Wang
Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei
and 1
have dreamed
about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she
bought an
expensive mountain bike and then she
persuaded 5 me to buy one. Last year,
she
visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their
college in Kunming.
They are Dai and grew up
in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River,
the Chinese pan of the river that is called
the Mekong River in other countries.
to Wang
Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. After
graduating from
college, we finally got the
chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister,
are we going?
Mekong River from where
it
15 begins to where it ends- Now she is
planning our schedule for the trip.
I am
fond of my sister but she has one serious
shortcoming. She can be really
stubborn.
Although she didn't know the best way of gettingto
places, she
insisted that she organize the
trip properly. Now* I know thai the proper way is
always her way, I kept asking her,
coming
back?
20 course she hadn't; my sister
doesn*t care about details. So I told her that the
source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province.
She gave me a determined look -
the kind that
said she would not change her mind. When I told
her that our
Journey would begin at an
altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she seemed to
be excited about it. When I told her the air
would be hard to breathe and it would
be very
cold, she said it would be an interesting
experience. I know my sister
well.
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Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change
it* Finally, I had to
give in.
Several
months before our trip, Wang Wei and 1 went to the
library- We found
a large atlas with good maps
that showed details of world geography. From
the atlas we could see that the Mekong River
begins in a glacier on a Tibetan
mountain. At
first the river is small and the water is clear
and cold. Then it
begins to move quickly- It becomes
rapids as it passes through deep
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valleys, travelling across western Yunnan
Province. Sometimes the river
becomes a
waterfall and emers wide valleys. We were both
surprised to learn
that half of the river is
in China. After it leaves China and high altitude,
the
Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it
enters Southeast Asia, its
pace slows. It
makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys
to the
plains where rice grows. At last, the
river delta enters the South China Sea.
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Travel jovrn&l
Comprehending
Read the passage carefully and
answer the following questions.
1 What was
Wang Kun and Wang Wei's idea of a good trip?
2
Who planned ihe trip to the Mekong?
3 Where is
the source of the Mekong and which sea does it
enter?
4 What can you see when you travel
along the Mekong?
What difficulties did Wang
Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? 6
What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang
Wei?
2 Look at the following sentences
from the text and explain them
in your own
words.
1 She gave me a determined look - the
kind that said that she would
not change her
mind.
2 ... my sister does not care about
details.
3 It makes wide bends or meanders
through low valleys to the plains where
rice
grows.
3 An attitude is what a person
thinks about something. Write down
Wang Wet's
and Wang Kun's attitude to the trip. Then add your
own
opinion.
Wang Wei's attitude
Wang Kun's attitude
My attitude
4 Work in pairs. Imagine that you are Wang Kun
and Wang Wei.
Choose a paragraph from the
passage and use the information to
help you
make up a dialogue.
WANG WEI: You know* wee
always wanted to do a long hike trip. Why
don)
we go on one
after we graduate from
college? WANG KUN:
That's a good
idea....
5 Compare the following sentences
with different stresses and explain the
meaning, EXAMPLE: We were both surprised
to learn that half the river is in
China.
— * Not only my sister, but also I was
surprised to learn that.
We were both
surprised to learn that half the river is in
China. We were both
surprised to learn that
half the river is in China. We were both surprised
to
learn that half the river is in China.
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T^rt***
tiaS9
uage
Discovering useful words and
expressions
Find the correct words or
expressions from the text for each sentence.
1 He is so stubborn that no one canhim to do
anything.
2 Aperson always tries to finish the
job, no matter how hard it is. My
grandpafishing and sometimes he fishes all day
in the river. Liu Xiaoding is a
good teacher
andhis students very much. I
the red dress
to
the green one because it fits me better
The concert went like clockwork
because Li
Pei hadit so wclL
I wanted to pay the
train 8
She persuaded all of us to
. but my friend insisted. Finally I to work
instead of taking the bus.
1
2
Choose the correct words or phrases to complete
the sentences.
As neither of them would,
no decision was taken that day. (give in give
up)
I _the first flat we sawbecause it was
larger, (like... better prefer... to)
The
task was difficult, but Helen'sexpression let me
know that she would
not give
up.
(stubborn determined)
4
The list
of gifts was very long, and we don't know why, but
the most
important
p
the golden cup. was
forgotten, (detail item)
5
Sarah,
(journey voyage)
0 When he returned from his
successful climb of Mount Qomolongma,
Andrew
finished his travel(journal diary) and gave it to
the newspaper.
She had only one: she was very
stubborn, (disadvantage shortcoming)
8 The
very first time that Joe saw the film
heto
become a director too. (make up one's mind
change one's mind)
3 Complete this passage
with some of the following words.
rapids
glacier
mountain
delta
plain
valley
waterfall
bank
1 really enjoyed my school field
trip in geography two months ago. We saw so
many beautiful things; athat flowed like a
river of ice through athat cut the
mountains
into two parts. We also discovered a river that
was falling off the
mountain and became a
wonderful . This was even more exciting to see
than
thewhere the water
seemed to
boll. loiter we followed the river to a quieter
and the sea.
and finally into a
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Discovering useful structures
1 Look
at the questions in the Warming Up again. They are
in the
present continuous tense but they
express future actions* Can you find
similar
sentences from the reading passage?
2 In
the following dialogue, a newspaper reporter is
interviewing
Wang Wei about her ptans for the
trip along the Mekong River,
However, they are
not sure about some of the verb tenses. Please
complete their conversation.
R: Miss Wang.
I hear that you(travel) along the Mekong Riven
Have you got
everything ready? W: Almost.
R: So whenyou(leave)?
W: Next Monday.
R: How faryou_ (cycle) each day?
W:
It's hard to say. If the weather is fine, I think
we'll be able to ride 75 km a
day. R: What
about the weather in Qinghai Province? W; Die
weather
forecast is not good so we(take) a
large parcel of warm clothes
with us,
R: Where__________you__________(stay) at
night?
W: Usually in our tent, but sometimes
in the villages along the river bank.
R:
What happens if you have an accident?
Y Don't
worry. I had some medical training at my college.
Besides*
we(take) out
insurance to
cover any problems. R:
Well, it sounds
fun. I hope you'll have a
pleasant journey. Thank you for your
time.
3 You have got some plans tor the
future. Use the present continuous
tense to
express your future actions. Give as much
information as you
can.
EX AMPLE:
(this evening) I'm going out this evening, fVm not
doing
anything this evening. I don) know what
Vm doing this evening.
1 (tomorrow
morning) _
2 (the day after
tomorrow)_____
_______________________________________________
3 (next Saturday evening)
4 (next month)
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JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONQ
PMtt E
A MIGHT IN THE MOUNTMNS
Although
it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to
fall in Tibet, Our
legs were so heavy and cold
that they felt like blocks of ice- Have you ever
seen snowmen ride bicycles? That's what we
looked like! Along the way
children dressed in
long wool coats stopped to look at us. In the late
afternoon
we found it was so cold that our
water bottles froze. However, the lakes shone
like glass in the setting sun and looked
wonderful. Wang Wei rode in front of
me as
usual. She is very reliable and I knew I didn't
need to encourage hen
To climb the mountains
was hard work but as we looked around us, we were
surprised by the view. We seemed to be able to
sec for miles. At one point we
were so high
that we found ourselves cycling through clouds.
Then we began
going down the hills. It was
great fun especially as it gradually became much
warmer In the valleys colourful butterflies
flew around us and we saw many
yaks and sheep
eating green grass. At this point we had to change
our caps,
coats, gloves and trousers for
T-shirts and shorts.
In the early evening
we always stop to make camp. We put up our tent
and then
we eat. After supper Wang Wei put her
head down on her pillow and went to
sleep but
I stayed awake. At midnight the sky became clearer
and the stars
grew brighter. It was so quiet.
There was almost no wind - only the flames of
our fire for company. As I lay beneath the
stars I thought about how far we had
already travelled.
We will reach Dali
in Yunnan Province soon, where our cousins Dao Wei
and Yu Hang will join us. We can hardly wait
to see them!
JjRead the passage above and
discuss these questions in pairs.
1 What
items are Wang Kun and Wang Wei carrying with
them? What do
you think they will have to
leave behind in Dali? What should thev take
instead?
2 How does Wang Kun feel
about the trip now? What do you think changed
his mind?
2 Imagine that in the morning
there is a dialogue between Wang Kun
and Wang
Wei, What do you think they would say before they
leave camp?
jjjListen to the tape and
mark the rising and falling tone of each sense
group and sentences from
shorts
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Listening and speaking ill
Before you
listen, read the exercises below and try to
predict what
the listening is about
2
Listen to the tape and tick the statement which
tells the main idea
of the dialogue.
A
A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how Laotians
use the Mekong River.
B A girl told Wang
Kun a bom what they would see along the Mekong
River.
C A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about
how important and beautiful
the Mekong is.
Listen again and complete the passage
below*
The Mekong is the most important
river in Laos. It even
the country- l^iotian
people use the river for — * ?
people around
the country. They call the Mekong
call it
caves
and a, At night, you can sleep
in some smallby the river.
on the
nationalof
andgoods and
of Laos**,
but in Tibet people
What else would you
expect Wang Kun and the girl to talk about?
Get into pairs and continue the dialogue
between them. Use the
following expressions to
end your conversation.
Have a nicegood
time. Have fun. Say hello to....
Have a
rAcefqood cans.
Good luck oti your to
me.
Give my love best wi&hee to ....Beet
w)ehe&
Writing
Imagine that you are a friend of
Wang Kun* Write a short email
asking about
Laos*
# In pairs brainstorm some
questions. EXAMPLE
What is tlwfood like in
Laos? What do you think of the country?
?
Choose two or three questions and use each as a
new paragraph.
How was your trip?
What did
you do when ...?
Have you met...?
When did you get back?
What kind of
things did you see?
Could you give me more
details about ...7
Could you tell me
about...?
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journal
You can start your email like
this.
Addresses
w
Calendar
Send
S
Notepad
Save as o
DroM
Spell Cho
Cancel
Io:|
Cc:
Wang Kuii
Subject:
1
About Lao*
My dear brave Wang Kun,
How are you theee daye? 1 tosep wondering how
you feel about....
Your friend
forever,
JUMM1NO
UP
LUrite doom oihot you hove
leorned obout travelling.
from this unit
you hove olso Icorned
useful nouns:
other expressions:
o new grammar
item:
? useful
verbs;___________________
LEARNING TIP
When you go On a journey, why not keep a
travel journal? There are always
so many new
people to meet and interesting things to see.
Describe them and
the scenery in your travel
journal as if you are writing to a friend who has
never
seen them. You may be teaching yourself
a whole new job, as many people
enjoy reading
about journeys and seeing the world through
somebody else's
eyes*
TO WANG LUN
byliBai
I was about to sail away in a
jutk.
When suddenly I heard
The
sound of stamping and singing on the bank -
Tt was you andyoir friends come to bid me
farewell
ThePeoch Flower Lake is a
thousand fathoms deep.
But it cannot
compare,
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O Wang Lin,
with
the depth of your love for me.