Unit 3

Travel Journal

insist on/upon doing 坚持做某事insist on one’s doinginsist that …

Eg. I’ll go with you if you insist.They insisted on talking to the manager.他坚持要独自一人去西藏旅游。He insisted on travelling to Tibet by himself.

…,she insisted that we find the source of the river and begin our journey there. (anything wrong with the sentence?)

一个坚持，两个命令，三个建议，四个要求

1.insist

2.order/ command

3.suggest/ advise/ recommend

4.require/ request/ demand/ desire

以上动词加宾语从句时，从句谓语动词都应该是 should+V 原， (should 可以省略）

Wang Kun couldn’t persuade his sister to change her mind.无法说服： try to persuade sb. to do sth

persuade sb. to do sth. =persuade sb. into doing sth.说服了某人做某事

give ina determined look 坚定的眼神 determine (v) 决定，决心，确定 determine to do sth.=decide to do sth. be determined to do sth.=make up one’s mind to do sth.

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Huangguoshu Waterfall

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CompetitionCompetition 11stst round : round :

Each group get 5 words.Each group get 5 words.10 10 points fpoints for each. There are 7 groups of words tor each. There are 7 groups of words to choose from. o choose from.

Group A Group B Group C Group D GroupE GroupF GroupG

Group A

journal transport prefer disadvantage determine

Group B fare stubborn finally cycle altitude

Group C organize persuade flow graduateshortcoming

Group D insist attitude valley schedule journey

Group Epacebendboilforecast

Group Fparcelinsurancewool reliableview

Group Gpillowflamebeneathtemplecave

22ndnd round : round :

20 20 points for each correct points for each correct word, but if the answer is word, but if the answer is incorrect, 10 points will be taken incorrect, 10 points will be taken away from the group, and the other away from the group, and the other groups still have a chance to try. groups still have a chance to try. Put up your hands as quickly as Put up your hands as quickly as you can. you can.

P17

Warming up Ex.1

Let’s enjoy our journey!

We can go traveling by different means of transport,like…

Qinghai

Xining

Phnom Penh

Vientiane

Ho Chi Minh City

Now have a talk with your partner:

* Where are you going for your holiday?* How are you going there?* Who are you going with…?* What are you doing there?* How long are you staying in…?* When are you coming back?* When you leave home, what will your family and your friends say to you?

Have a good trip./ Have a nice journey./ Have a good time.

1.What was WangKun and WangWei’s idea of a good trip?Their idea was to take a long bike trip.2.Who planned the trip?WangWei3.Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter?The source: in Qinghai ProvinceIt enters the South China Sea.4.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?You can see the source glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls an

d plains.5.What difficulties did WangKun and WangWei find about their jo

urney?The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres w

here it is hard to breathe and very cold.6.What do you think about WangKun and WangWei?W.K: enthusiastic, critical, sensibleW.W: imaginative, organized, eager, persistent stubborn, risk-taki

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P19 Ex2.

1.She has decided to do something and will not change her ideas.

2.Details are not important to my sister. This means that she concentrates on the broad outline of the trip but not the particulars.

3. A meander is a geographical term to describe the snakelike bends that a river makes as it slows down to flow through valleys to the plains. The sentence means that the Mekong River flows slowly and gently through the valleys and reaches the farming plains.

Similar attitudes about the trip

Different attitudes about the trip

Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think…

Wang Wei believes…

Wang Kun believes…

Fill in the following form:

1. taking this trip is a dream come true.2. that they will enjoy this trip a lot.3. they should see a lot of the Mekong.4. that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia.

1. they must start in Qinghai where the river begins /see all of the Mekong.2. that they don’t need to prepare much

1. it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.2. that using an atlas is very important.

Ex3.

W.W’s attitude: positive to the trip.She wants to organize it as it was her idea.

W.K’s attitude: less positive to the trip as he wants to organize it and thinks he can do that better than his sister.

My attitude: It sounds like a wonderful trip and I would love to be able to do a trip like that myself one day.

Read again and get the main idea of each paragraph:

Para.1

Wang Kun and Wang Wei’ dream.

Para.2

Wang Wei is stubborn.

Para.3

Preparing for their trip.