(课件网) 高一外研版必修四 Module 5 A Trip Along the Three Gorges Introduction & Reading and Vocabulary Introduction Introduction-1 Brainstorm What can you see from the picture wood River valley slope A _____ is the low ground between the sides of mountains. 2. A _____ is a large area of flat low ground. 3. The _____ is the area where the land meets the sea or a lake. 4. A _____ is the side of the mountain. Introduction-2. Vocabulary Fill in the blanks. valley plain shore slope _____ are the steep sides of mountains at the edge of a river or the sea. 6. A _____ is the top of a mountain. 7. A _____ is an area of water surrounded by land. 8. A _____ is a small forest. 9. A _____ is a large hole in a cliff or a mountain. 10. A _____ is a large area of flat high ground. Cliffs peak lake wood cave plateau lake Introduction-3. Matching cliff lake wood valley cave shore slope plain cliff woods valley cave shore slope plain The Yangtze River is the _____ river in the world. longest second longest (c) third longest Introduction - 4. Quiz Do the quiz about the Yangtze River. (2) It flows from the Himalayas in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the _____. south (b) north (c) east (3) The world’s biggest dam was opened on the Yangtze River in _____. 2001 2003 (c) 2005 Reading & Vocabulary Do you know the Three Gorges What are the Three Gorges The Qutang Gorge The Wu Gorge The Xiling Gorge A poem about the Three Gorges The Qutang Gorge The Wu Gorge The Xiling Gorge To get general ideas Read the passage and check the items in activity 1 which the writer talks about. the boat the food life along the river the scenery the weather ★ ★ ★ ★ To get detailed information Who took a trip along the Three Gorges Where were they from Peter Hessler and his colleague. They were from America. Fast reading Find out the answers to the following questions. 3. Where did they start their trip 4. When did they start their trip The town of Fuling. On a beautiful afternoon. Peter and his friend went downstream _____. (a) to see the dam (b) to see the Three gorges (c) to get to Fuling Reading & Vocabulary -3. Careful reading 1 Complete the statements about the writer’s journey. He choose the Jiangyou boat because _____. (a) it was crowded (b) it didn’t stop at temples (c) it didn’t usually carry foreigners. When they started the trip it was _____. sunny cold (c) evening 4. When the boat went through the first gorge. Peter and his friend _____. (a) took lots of photographs (b) spent most of the time on deck (c) were asleep 5. When they reached the site of the dam _____ came to look. everyone no one (c) only the foreigners 6. Peter was impressed by the Yangtze River’s sense of _____. power history danger A Trip Along the Three Gorges Time: _____ Passengers: _____ _____ Means of transport: _____ a holiday for Spring Festival a young American teacher of English and his colleague by boat Reading & Vocabulary -4. careful reading ... ...
