Unit 3 Travel journal Discovering useful structures 1 Look at the questions in the Warming Upagain. They are in the present continuous tense but they express future actions. Can you find similar sentences from the 2 In the following dialogue, a newspaper reporter is interviewing Wang Wei about her plans 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 River. Have you got everything ready? W: Almost (leave)? W: Next Monday R: How far (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: The weather forecast is not good so we take)a large parcel of warm clothes with t R: Where stay)at night? Ww: Usually in our tent, but sometimes in the villages along the river bank. R: What happens if you have an accident W: 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 joumey. Thank you for your time. 3 You have got some plans for the future. Use the present continuous tense to express your future actions. Give as much information as you can EXAMPLE: (this evening)I,'m going out this evening. /I'm not doing anything this evening./ I don t know what /'m doing this evening. I (tomorrow morning) 2(the day after tomorrow 3 (next Saturday evening) 4 (next month)
Unit 3 Travel journal Using Language Reading and discussing JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS Although it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in Tibet, Our legs were so heav and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? Tha 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 didnt need to encourage her. 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 see 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 pper 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 names of our fire for company. As I lay beneath the stars I thought about w 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 1 Read the passage above and discuss these questions in pairs I 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 they 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? 3 Listen to the tape and mark the rising and falling tone of each sense group and sentences from"To climb the mountains.. " to".T-shirts and shorts".Then practise reading it aloud
Unit 3 Travel journal listening and speaking 1 Before you listen, read the exercises below and try to predict what the listening is 2 Listen to the tape and tick the statement which tells the main idea of the dialogue AA girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how Laotians use the Mekong River B Agirl told Wang Kun about what they would see along the Mekong River C Agirl 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 the country. Laotian people use the river for goods and people around the country. They call the Mekong"the of Laos. but in Tibet people call it"the water of the If you follow the river in Laos. you can visit temples, caves At night. you can sleep in some small by the river 4 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 niceleood time Have a nice/good trip. Take care ave fun Good luck on your journey Write to me Day hello to Give my love /best wishes to. Writing Imagine that you are a friend of wang Kun. write a short email asking about Laos o In pairs brainstorm some question EXAMPLE: What is the food like in Laos? What do you think of the country o 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.? Could you tell me about.?
Unit 3 Travel joumal You can start your email like this Mail7Addresses save as a Draft Spell Ched To: Wang Kun Subject: About Laos My dear brave Wana Kun How are you these days? I keep wondering how you feel about Your friend forey SUMMING UP Write down whot you have learned obout trowelling From this unit you have olso learned O useful verbs: Useful nouns: ● other expressions oonew grammar item LEARNING TIP RUEADJNG FOR FUN 好好好 When you go on a journey, why not keep a travel joumal? There are always TO WANG LUN so many new people to meet and by Li Bai interesting things to see. Describe them I was about to soil way in a junk and the scenery in your travel journal When suddenly I heard as if you are writing to a friend who The sound of stamping and sing ng on the bank- has never seen them. You may be It was you and your friends come to bid me farewell teaching yourself a whole new job, as The Peach Flower Lake is a thousand fathoms deep many people enjoy reading about But it cannot compare. o Wang Lun, journeys and seeing the world through with the depth of somebody elses eyes
Unit Earthquakes Warming Up Many people believe that"It is always calm before a stonn. "Look carefully at the two photos. Now, imagine there has been a big earthquake. Describe to your partner what might happen to the objects in the photos. Then have a class discussion San francisco 6ugpeal-ald I Imagine your home begins to shake and you must leave it right away. You have time to take only one thing. What will you take? Why? 2 What do you think will happen before an earthquake?