Unit Three

TRAVEL DIARYTRAVEL DIARY

Frank

Tower of the Oriental Pearl

He who doesn’t reach the Great Wall

is not a true man.

The scenery in Guilin

is the best of all!

Potala Palace, Tibet

Original Forest

Tropical rain forests grow near the equator , where the weather is warm and humid all year round. Amazon rain forest is one of them.

1.How did they travel?

2. What were they doing there?

3. Who was the man cooking on an open fire?

Listen and answer:

Let’s talk about the picture: They traveled by boat because there were no roads. It was late afternoon and they were sitting on a rock, tired and hungry. Their guide was cooking supper for them on an open fire. He really took good care of them.

Read for detailed information:1.How did they travel?

2. What did they see?

3. What did they hear?

4. What did they eat?

5. What did they do?

6. What couldn’t they do?

7. How did they feel?

Note Making:

Way of traveling

See

Hear

Eat

Do

Couldn’t do

Feel

Read for detailed information:1.How did they travel?

2. What did they see?

3. What did they hear?

4. What did they eat?

5. What did they do?

6. What couldn’t they do?

7. How did they feel?

Note Making:

Way of traveling

See

Hear

Eat

Do

Couldn’t do

Feel

A boat trip through the forest; took a taxi to the airport; took a plane across the country

Saw parrots flying; saw nothing except a great fire and lots of smoke for miles and miles from the plane

Heard the strange sounds of wild birds and animals

Ate the food cooked by themselves; ate chickens, eggs, birds or monkeys; ate fish

Tied the boat to a big tree by the river bank at night; sat by the fire and played the guitar

Swam in the river because the fish in the river could eat a person with their sharp teeth

Piranha

This kind of fish is the piranha( 南美比拉鱼 ),a small freshwater fish found in South America.The fish have very sharp teeth.A great number of them together can eat up a human being in a short time.

Note Making:

Way of traveling

See

Hear

Eat

Do

Couldn’t do

Feel

A boat trip through the forest; took a taxi to the airport; took a plane across the country

Saw parrots flying; saw nothing except a great fire and lots of smoke for miles and miles from the plane

Heard the strange sounds of wild birds and animals

Ate the food cooked by themselves; ate chickens, eggs, birds or monkeys; ate fish

Tied the boat to a big tree by the river bank at night; sat by the fire and played the guitar

Swam in the river because the fish in the river could eat a person with their sharp teeth

Enjoyed the boat trip very much; had a wonderful time; it was wrong to eat monkeys

Language Focus1. …I was just about to go swimming when luckily… (Para.4)

be about to do sth. 正要做某事

be about to do sth. when… 正要做某事，这时…

be doing sth. when… 正在做某事，这时… * We were about to set off when the rain began to pour down.

* The woman was about to open the door when she heard a strange sound

from inside.

* Frank was still smiling when the door

opened and his wife came in.

Language Focus 2. …I could see nothing except a great fire and… (Para.5 )

all/ every/ no… except /but 除了……之外 ( 都 )…* No one except me knows his secret.

(or: No one knows his secret except me.)

* Children go to school every day except on Sundays.

* The students all went to the library except Tom.

* The boy did nothing at home except

watch TV.

Language Focus3. We can see them flying along the river. (Para.3)

see sb. doing sth. 看到某人正在做某事 ( 表示动作正在进行 )

see sb. do sth. 看到某人做了某事 ( 指动作的全过程 )

被动语态时 to 不省略 (be seen to do sth.)

see sb./sth. done 看到某人 / 某事被…* Passing his room, I found him working hard at his lessons.

* I heard him shout at his mother the other day.

* Walking on the street yesterday, I saw an old man

knocked down by a passing car.

* The man was seen to fall off his bike.

Consolidation (Multiple choice)

1. The traveller couldn’t go through the forest by road because _______ A. it was very dangerous B. it was too large C. there were no roads

2. They took a trip through the forest by _______ A. train B. boat C. bus

3. In the forest ________ was their main food. A. monkey B. chicken D. fish

4. At night they could hear the strange sounds of _______

A. people B. wind C. birds and animals5. The fish living the river were very dangerous

because _______. A. they were very big B. they had big mouths C. they had sharp teeth6. Many people had to move into the forest because

_______ A. they couldn’t find work in the capital B. the capital was too small C. it was dangerous in the capital

Consolidation

Discussion

Discussion﹡not enough land

﹡the growing population

﹡can’t find work ﹡move into the forest﹡cut down trees/burn them

﹡make a living by planting

crops

﹡destroy the forest

Discussion

a: Control the population

b: Provide enough jobs

c: Pass laws to protect forests

d: Plant more trees/take good

care of them

Homework

ⅰ.Learn the text by heart

ⅱ.Write a short passage about one of

your trips

ⅲ. Finish off all the exercises in L.14

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