［ 作者：蔣秋霞 ］

The fifth period

Teaching aims:

1. Review means of transportation.

2. Write travel letters.

Teaching methods:

1. Talking and writing

2. Sentence-making.

Teaching Process:

1. a. Review different means of transportation.

b. Ask students to say something about hiking and rafting.

2. Say something about their future travel plans.

Questions:

a. Where would you like to go?

b. How will you go ?

c. Why would you like to go there?

d. Do you think about it’s an eco-travel? Why ?

3. Go through the short passage on page 20.

Ask about the Chinese meaning of the following:

1)combine A with B

2)for pleasure / fun

3)use ----as a way to protect the environment

4)on the other hand

5)travel responsibly be responsible for

6)at least at most

7)as well as

Peter , as well as his parents, is going to Beijing by train.

4. Work in groups of four. Imagine that four of you are going on an eco-travel. Prepare role card for the discussion and decide where you are going. Then prepare reasons for visiting one of the places.

5. Ask students to report their discussion.

6. Talk about our future trip to Tianmu Lake.

7. Teach how to write English letters. Read the tips first.

8. Ask the students to make sentences with the phrases given to describe what you are doing, what you will do and what you have done. Put the sentences together. Work and check in pairs. Polish their letters.

9. Go through checkpoint 3.

10. Collect the useful expressions in this unit.

11. Homework:

a. Finish the letter. b . Review the whole unit.

c. Finish the essay on page 101. (Writing)

The sixth period

Teaching Aims:

1. Develop the skill of listening and speaking.

2. Develop the skill of reading.

Teaching methods:

1. Listening and speaking.

2. Question-and-answer activity.

3. Pair work.

Teaching aids:

A tape recorder

Some maps ads and pictures of different places.

Teaching process:

1. Revision of the phrases in this unit.

2. Listening:

a. Teach the word security, security check.

b. Listen and arrange the pictures in the right order.

c. Check their answers in pairs.

3. Discuss: What do you have to do before you get on the train.

4. Talking:

a. Read the role card.

b. List more ideas.

c. Demonstrate with a student.

5. Integrating skills:

a. Read the text and try to find the main idea of the text.

b. Read again, try to find some Dos and Don’ts while swimming with a dolphin.

c. Do questions and answers in pairs.

d. Finish the table.

6. Show some of the maps ads and pictures. Arrange different positions of each person in a group. Work out the project in a week.

7. Homework: Do some research on the project by surfing the Internet or going to the reading-room.

Useful expressions in Unit 3

1. means of transportation

2. by means of

3. boarding calls

boarding cards

on board

4. final destination

5. Forbidden City

6. Eiffel Towel

7. South Pole

8. polar bear

9. travel in time

10. with a time machine

11. travel to the past

12. would most like to go

13. in the future in future

14. adventure travel eco-travel

15. try new kinds of food

try doing sth try to do sth

16. experience life

17. get away from

18. look for an unusual experience

19. instead of doing sth

20. spend one’s vacation/ holiday

on vacation/holiday

go on a vacation/holiday

go for a vacation/holiday

21. get close to nature

22. take exercise

23. at the same time

24. do hiking

25. the basic equipment for hiking

a piece of equipment

26.successful tips for hiking

27.watch out for possible dangers

28.poisonous plants

29.protect------from

30.paddle down rivers

31.a normal rafting trip

32.whitewater rafting

33.a quite stream

34.look for more excitement

35.as with hiking

36.the basic skills of rafting

37.wear a life jacket

38.famous sites

39.put ------in danger

40.have no effect on

41.in a few days’ time

42.be off

43.see sb off

44.say “hi” to Bob for me

45.used to do sth

46.a form of

47.combine A with B

48.instead of doing sth

49.for pleasure

50. use ----as a way to protect the environment

51.on the other hand

52.travel responsibly be responsible for

53.at least at most

54.as well as

55.go for walks

56.learn about nature

57.the schedule for Sue’s trip

58.list good idea

59.make notes make a note of

60.give examples of

61.security check

62.pay an airport fee/tax

63.check-in counter

64.open a local mountain

65.turn---into a tourist resort

66.exchange A with B

67.fill one’s heart with happiness

68.bring joy to sb

69.keep in mind

70.catch up with

71.take care of their young

72.reach out

73.frighten frightened frightening

74.make a wonderful memory

75.give away

76.come up with

77.get started

78.create an achievement chart