人教课标版高一必修 1 Unit 3

人教课标版 高一必修 1 Unit 3

Listening

Listening P23

Can you imagine what happened when Wang Kun and Wang Wei travelled down the Mekong river? chatting with the passers-by ……. see some beautiful sceneries Whathappened? meet some thing dangerous get lost

1. Before you listen, read the exersises on P23 and 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 about what they would see along the Mekong River. C A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how important and beautiful the Mekong is.

3. Listen again and complete the passage below. The Mekong is the most important river in Laos. It even _______ on the national _____ of the country. Laotian people use the river for _______, _______ and ___________ goods and the people around the country. They call the Mekong appears flag washing fishing transporting

“the ____ of Laos, you can visit temples, but in Tibet people call it “the water of _______”. If you follow the river in Laos, you can visit temples, caves and a _________. At night, you can sleep in some small _______ by the river. sea rocks waterfall villages

Listening P55 Wang Kun and Wang Wei continues their journey through Laos. Discuss what you know about Laos and go over the exercises on the book before listening.

□ Laos □ village □ Tibet □ candles □ Vientiane □ lights □ Vietnam □ truck □ plains □ ducks □ border □ chickens 1. Listen and tick the words you hear.

2. Listen to the tape again and answer the questions. 1. Which border of Laos is made by the Mekong River? 2. What did Wang Kun and his sister see when they cycled across the plains? The western border of Laos. They saw how mountains covered in trees.

3. Which is the best season to travel to Laos? Why? Autumn is the best season to travel in Laos because it is cool and dry.

4. What did the river sound like? 5. How did they go to Vientiane after lunch? The river sounded like a man singing in a low voice. After lunch they went to Vientiane by bus.

Listening Task P58 Life on the river has changed with the coming of dams to make electricity. People have been moved from their homes. As a result, some of the old ways of life by the river have changed.

Pre-listening Work in pairs to list the ways that people use large and important rivers. • transporting goods and people • connections between towns and cities • fishing • water for personal use and for cooking

Talk about what kind of things might happen to change this life on the life with your partner. • pollution of water supply • decline in fish supplies • silting up the river

Look at the picture on the book and discuss the questions with your partner. 1. Is the photo a modern one or was it taken many years ago? How do you know? 2. What information can you get from the passage?

While-listening 1. Listen and write the main idea in one sentence. Wang Kun and Wang Wei met an old man fishing by the river in Laos, and they talked about the life on the river and the changes.

2. Listen again and fill in the information on the chart.

Answers: Life along the river in the past There were many small villages by the river. 2. The fishermen used to catch fish. 3. They sold the fish to make money.

Life along the river now • Some villages have disappeared. • 2. New dams have been built. • 3. Some people have moved to the towns and work there.

After-listening Discuss the following questions in pairs. 1. How did Wang Kun and Wang Wei greet the old man when they met him on the river bank? 2. What did they talk about? 3. Do people like the change of lifestyle? What about the old man’s attitude? 4. Why does the man prefer the old way of life?

人教课标版高一必修 1 Unit 3