Unit3TraveljournalTheFirstPeriod●从容说课Thisisthefirstperiodofthisunit.Thisunitisabouttravel，sotheteachercanfirstbrainstormthewordsorphrasesabouttravel.SincetherearesomenewwordsforthenamesofthecountriesandcitiesinSoutheastAsia，theteachercanfirstdealwiththemwiththehelpofamap.ThenSsaresupposedtofindouttheone-wayfaretogettothedestinationfordifferentkindsoftransportation.ThistaskgivesSsachancetopractisegettinginformationthroughtheInternet.LaterSsarerequiredtotalkinpairsaboutthefollowingsixquestions：（1）Whenareyouleaving？（2）Howareyougoingto...？（3）Whenareyouarrivingin/at...？（4）Whereareyoustaying？（5）Howlongareyoustayingin...？（6）Whenareyoucomingback？ThispartisdesignstosmoothawaySs’difficultyinunderstandingthepresentcontinuousforfutureuse.Toleadinthetext，theteachercanaskSstodiscusswhyariverisgreatorwhatarivercanbeusedfor.ThentellSstheMekongisagreatriverliketheChangjiangRiver，anditisthebirthplaceofoldcivilizationandlifebloodoftheSoutheastAsia.Readingskillsareveryimportantforseniorstudents.Forthefirstreading，weintendtocultivateSs’skimmingability.Theyarerequiredtolistthewordsreferringtodifferenttopographicalfeaturesinthetext.ThentheyarerequiredtomatchthesewordswiththeEnglishexplanations.ThroughthispartwecandevelopSs’abilityofguessingthemeaningsofnewwordsaccordingtothecontexts.TostimulateSstotakepartintheclassactivitymoreactively，theteachercanorganizeagroupcompetition，toseewhichgroupcanfinishthetaskfastestandbest.ToshowSsthedifferenttopography，theteachercanpresentsomepictures.Lateron，theteacherwillteachsomeothernewwordsinthetextandaskSstopronouncethesewordscorrectly.Forthesecondreading，theteacherwillpresentfivestatementsforthestudentstojudge.ThispartisdesignedtogetSsintothehabitofreadingapassageasawhole，thatis，togetthegeneralidea.AnotherpurposeofthispartistoaskSstopayattentiontothedetails.TheteacherasksSstoreadthetitleandsubtitleinordertomakethemthinkabouttheorganizationofthewholepassage，andthismethodcanhelpthemnotonlyintheirunderstandingbu...
