The Potala Palace

The Qinghai Lake

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Journey Down The Mekong

(Part II: A Night In The Mountains )

Journey Down The Mekong

(Part II: A Night In The Mountains )

Pre-reading

• 1. What do you know about Tibet?

• It’s in the southwestern part of China.

• It is recognized as “Roof of the world”.

• It is at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters.

• The air there is hard to breathe.

• …

2. What difficulties do you think you will meet with if you want to travel in the mountains in Tibet?

it is very cold, and the air is hard to breathe

3. If you want to spend a night in the mountains in Tibet, what will you take with you and why?

thick clothes, bottles, compass, tent, rain coat

Fast reading

• How is the text organized? In order of time or in order of place?

• In order of time.

• Before the late afternoon

• In the late afternoon

• In the early evening

• After supper

• At midnight

Careful reading

• What did they see, hear, do and feel during these periods of time?

Before the late afternoon

feel

do

see

felt like blocks of ice

rode bicycles in the snowSnowfall, children dressed in long wool coats

冰块

Be dressed in,穿着

In the late afternoon

see

do

feel

The lakes shone like glassThe setting sun, colorful butterflies, the valleysYaks, sheep, green grass

Shine, shone, shone,发光，闪耀

cycle through clouds,change winter clothes for summer clothes

It was hard to climb the mountains,It was great fun going down the hills

In the early evening

do

After supper do

At midnight

see

hear

feel

make camp, put up a tent

Sleep, stay awake

clear sky, bright stars,the flames of the fire for company

quiet

can hardly wait to

see their cousins

• From what they saw, heard, did and felt, how does Wang Kun feel now and what has changed his attitude?

•

• Wang Kun is starting to like it because he has seen beautiful sights.

What have you learnt?

• 1. 穿着• 2 落日• 3 照常• 4 扎营• 5. 搭起• 6. 保持清醒• 7. 作为陪伴• 8. 在午夜• 9. 冰块

• Be dressed in • The setting sun• As usual• Make camp• Put up• Stay awake• For company• At midnight• Blocks of ice

• 1. Have you ever seen snowman ______ (ride) bicycles?

ride

See / watch/ hear/ notice sb. do sth sb. doing sth sb. done

• 1) They knew him very well. They have seen him ________ ( grow up ) from childhood.

• 2) I saw Michael Jackson _______ (dance) the moment I turned on the TV.

• 3)I saw a bird _______ (kill).

grow up

dancing

killed

• 2. To climb the mountains was hard work.

• 每天早上读英语对我们来说非常重要。• To read English every morning is very

important for us.

• It is very important for us to read English every morning.

• 1) To lose the bid for 2016 Olympic Games _______ (be) disappointing for Chicago.is

It is disappointing for Chicago to lose the bid for 2016 Olympic Games.

It is +adj+ for sb to do sth.

• Sb find oneself doing sth 主动• done 被动

• 1 ） The thief found himself ______ (tie) up when he woke up.

• 2) Tom found himself ________ (sleep) on the ground when he woke up.

cycling

tied

sleeping

•3. …we found ourselves ________ (cycle)

through clouds.

• 4. We can hardly wait to see them!

• Can’t wait to do sth

• for sth

我们等不及看到那个歌手。• We can not wait to see the singer.

• We can not wait for a view of the singer.

迫不及待做某事

• 1. 从那以后• 2. 梦想• 3. 说服某人做某事• 4. 长大• 5. 毕业• 6. 喜欢• 7. 坚持• 8. 关心、忧虑、惦念• 9. 改变主意

• Ever since

• Dream about/ of

• Persuade sb to do sth

• Grow up

• Graduate from

• Be fond of

• Insist on

• Care about

• Change one’s mind

• 10. 在。。。的高度• 11. 下决心、决定• 12. 屈服、投降、让步

• 13. 坚定的表情• 14. 一大包的

• At an altitude of

• Make up one’s mind

• Give in

• A determined look

• A large parcel of

P 25• Ex1• 1. disadvantages• 2. persuaded• 3. prefers• 4. determined• 5. attitude• 6. graduated• 7. journey• 8. valley• 9. pillow• 10. finally

• Ex2

• 1. change his mind

• 2. care about

• 3. ever since

• 4. dressed in

• 5. gives in

• 6. dream of

• 7. is fond of

• 8. As usual

• Ex3

• 1. insisted that he (should ) come

• insisted on his coming

• 2. gave in ; bought …for…

• 3. followed / took; changed his mind

• 4.

What use can you make of water/ a What use can you make of water/ a river?river?

water

drink

wash swim/ skate

produce electricitytravel

transport goods

listening

• 1. main idea

• Read the choice and predict

• Take notes of key words

• Ex2

• appears

• flag

• washing

• fishing

• transporting

• sea

• rocks

• waterfall

• villages