4. Talking about Tibet.
Tibet lies on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau of the southwest border of China. The average is more than 4,000 meters above sea level, for which Tibet is known as “Roof of the World”. The Himalayas and in the whole world, is Everest Peak, which is as . It is mainly inhabited by Tibetans, a minority nationality of old and mysterious people. Tourist attractions include the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Jokhang Temple, and a number of Buddhist sacred places. Tibet (Xi Zang in Chinese) is to the south of Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qing Hai Province, to the west of Sichuan, to the northwest of Yunnan and to the north of India and Nepal. Its population of 2.3 million people come from a variety of ethnic groups including Tibetan, Han, Monba and Lhota. Its capital city is Lhasa. Northwest Tibet, mainly Qing Hai plateau, is expanse of Tibet, you can see vast grasslands where -tzanpo River Valley lies in east Tibet. It is freezing cold in most time of the year. Most tourists come to visit Tibet only in the warmest seasons, June, July, August and early September. Step 2 Reading
We know Wang Wei and Wang Kun the Mekong. Today they Mountains. They will stay there for a night. Now let’s look at the passage “A night in the mountains” on page 22. Read it quickly to
13 find the main idea. Show some questions. 1.How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now? 2.What do you think not to feel lonely?
4.Would you feel the same way in this situation? Why or Why not? Step 3 Listen and mark
Let the students listen to the recorder and mark the rising and falling tone of each sense group and sentence. Then practice reading aloud. Pay attention to pronunciation and intonation. Step 4 Dialogue
Suppose Wang Wei and Wang Kun leave their camp the next morning and go on with the journey. Make a short dialogue between them.
Sample dialogue : --Oh , up so early?
--Early? It’s nearly 9 o’clock.
--Oops! (Look at ask students to make up their own dialogues. They may discuss and practice in pairs. Step 5 Guided writing 1.reading
In this unit, we a journal and a diary? Let’s read the passage on page 23 and find out the difference between the two.
14 A diary A travel journal 2 Writing a letter
Now let’s do a writing practice. Imagine that you are a friend of Wang Wei. Write a short letter to wish your journey. Say “Hello” to …. Write to me.
Give my bestlove wishes to …. Have fun.
In pairs. Choose the details from the journey that are most interesting. Think of what else you would like to know about the journey. Write these ideas down as questions.
Now choose two or three of the best questions for your letter. Each question should .
Put them in an order that makes sense.
Begin your letter as shown in the textbook and add your questions for Wang Wei.
Finish your letter as shown in the textbook. A sample writing: Hi, brave little Wei, Take care!
15 Yours, Wang Lin Step 6 Homework 1. Finish writing the letter
2. Review the whole unit
3. Read the passage in workbook( page 59) “The end of our
journey ”.
Language points
1. one-way fare single-way fare (单程票价), round-way fare (往返双程票价)
2. different kinds of transport (Br.E) transportation(Am.E) 3. journey down the Mekong 湄公河之旅 有 “沿着”之意,相当于 “along”,
1) 由北向南,由西向东用down, 反之用up;
2) 由城镇向农村时用down, 反之用up;
3) 依门牌号码,由大数字向小数字行进时,应用down ,反之用
up;
4) 由上而下,如:沿着山坡而下,沿着江河顺流而下,从楼上到楼下
由住宅到街上，应用down, 反之用up
Para.1: 4. dream of about doing 梦想，梦见（后接名词，代词，动名词）
e.g. What a small world! I wouldn’t dream of meeting you .
5.
dream n. （常用复数）决赛，期末考试 e.g. We waited and waited, and the train finally arrived. What is the final score of the table tennis single for men? How are you prepared for your finals?
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