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Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges

Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges. Introduction and Pre-Reading. Look at the picture ,and tell me what can you see and guess the topic we will discuss today. What can you see from the picture?. cliff. gorge. wood. river.

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Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges

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  1. Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges Introduction and Pre-Reading

  2. Look at the picture ,and tell me what can you see and guess the topic we will discuss today.

  3. What can you see from the picture? cliff gorge wood river

  4. Complete the definitions(meaning) with the help of the pictures. A _____ is the low ground between the sides of mountains. valley

  5. A ____ is a large area of flat low ground. plain

  6. The _____ is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake. shore

  7. A ____ is the side of the mountain. slope

  8. ____ are the steep side of Mountains at the edge of A river or the sea. Cliffs

  9. A ____ is the top of a mountain. peak

  10. A ____ is an area of water surrounded by land. lake

  11. A ____ is a small forest. wood

  12. A ____ is a large hole in a cliff or a mountain. cave

  13. A _______ is a large area of flat high ground. plateau

  14. gorge A gorge is a deep, narrow passage with steep(陡峭的) rocky sides

  15. cave cliffs lake peak plain plateau shore slope valley wood valley • A ______is the low ground between the sides of mountains. • A _____ is a large area of flat low ground. • 3.The ______ is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake. • 4.A _____ is the side of the mountain. • 5. _____ are the steep sides of mountains at the edge of a river or the sea. plain shore slope Cliffs

  16. peak 6. A ____ is the top of a mountain. 7. A ____ is an area of water surrounded by land. 8. A ____ is a small forest. 9. A ____ is a large hole in a cliff or a mountain. 10. A ______ is a large area of flat high ground. lake wood cave plateau

  17. What do you know about the Yangtze River? C 1.The Yangtze River is the ___river in the world. A. longest B. second longest C. third longest 2. It flows from the Himalayas in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the ___. A. South B. north C. east 3. The world’s biggest dam was opened on the Yangtze River in ___. A. 2001 B. 2003 C. 2005 C B

  18. Group work: Speaking What do you know about the Yangtze River? (hints: its length, its history, the cities alone its banks, the world’s biggest dam on it etc.)

  19. How do you deal with your holiday ? • Take exercise to keep fit (healthy) • Surf the internet to learn more about information • Have a trip(journey) to know more about the world • Play computer games to relax oneself(enjoy oneself) • Watch TV • Do some reading to improve oneself • Barbecue • Do some shopping

  20. Pre-reading 1. Do you like traveling? 2. Have you traveled to theThree Gorges? 3. Imagining you’re going on a trip through theThree Gorges, what topics will you talk about? 4. What do the three gorges refer to?

  21. While-reading Note making: A Trip Along the Three Gorges Time: __________________________ Passengers: _______________________ _________________________ Means of transport: _______ a holiday for Spring Festival a young American teacher of English and his colleague by boat

  22. What they saw and what they did bamboo rafts and coal boats on the river From Fuling to Fengdu:____________ _______________________ Along the Qutang Gorge:___________ ________________________ Alone the Wu Gorge: ______________ _________________________________ Alone the Xiling Gorge: ____________ ____________________________ narrow gorge, two-mile-high mountains Wushan, Daning river, some smaller gorges, Wu gorge Xiang River, rock, stream, hill, Xiling Gorge

  23. Complete the statements about the journey. • Peter and his friend went downstream _____. • (a) to see the dam • (b) to see the Three gorges • (c) to get to Fuling • He choose the Jiangyou boat because _____. • (a) it was crowded • (b) it didn’t stop at temples • (c) it didn’t usually carry foreigners. • When they started the trip it was ______. • (a) sunny (b)cold (c) evening

  24. 4. When the boat went through the first gorge. Peter and his friend _____. (a) took lots of photographs (b) spent most of the time on deck (c) were asleep 5. When they reached the site of the dam _______ came to look. (a) everyone (b) no one (c) only the foreigners 6. Peter was impressed by the Yangtze River’s sense of ______. (a) power (b) history (c) danger

  25. Homework • Finish activity 4 and activity 5 • Review the important words and phrases in the reading passage.

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