A Trip Along the Three Gorges教学设计
Teaching Content: Reading and Vocabulary
Teaching Aims：
Language Knowledge:
1. New words: colleague, construction site, legend, deck, dock, detour, exploit,
2.Key sentences:
1. We could see the sun setting behind the white pagoda.
2. Every…, every stream that joined…, every… was heavy with the past.
3. On a distant mountain was a sign in 20-foot characters.
Ability Goals:
1. Guess the meaning of some new words.
2. Enable the Ss to describe the scenery of the Three Gorges with the target language.
Moral education goals:
To cultivate Ss’love for our beautiful motherland.
Teaching Important Points:
Get the students to describe the scenery of the Three Gorges.
Teaching Difficult Points:
Enable the students to find the clues about the writer’s journey.
Teaching Methods:
1.Skimming and scanning
2.Discussion
3.Individual, pair or group work to finish each task
Teaching Aids:
A computer and a projector
Pictures&videos
Four task sheets
Teaching Procedures:
Step I Lead-in
Free talk about National Day travelling plan, and T. elicits “The Three Gorges” through Li Bai famous poem “Leaving Baidicheng in the Morning”.
Step II Pre- Reading
Quiz about “The Three Gorges”. Ss can choose different “Stars” questions to answer in the quiz.
1.Which is the best way to enjoy the Three Gorges ?
A. by ship
B. by boat
C. by plane
2. Which is the most dangerous gorge ?
A. The Qutang Gorge
B. The Wu Gorge
C. The Xiling Gorge
3.On which gorge was the great Dam constructed (built) ?
A. The Qutang Gorge
B. The Wu Gorge
C. The Xiling Gorge
4. Who was the first person to advise exploiting the river ?
A. Mao Zedong
B. Sun Yatsen
C. Qiang Jieshi
5.What cann’t we enjoy during the trip along the Three Gorges?
A. The beautiful scenery of nature
B. The museums and parks
C. The historical sites
D. The attractive legends(传说)
6. What can be seen along the trip of the Three Gorges?
Step III While -Reading
1. Skimming
Read the Travel Notes(Diary)quickly and find out :
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Time (When)
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Passengers (Who)
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Means of transport (How)
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2. Pair work :
Read the passage again and put the following events in the right order
A.bought tickets B.docked C.sailed D.made a detour
E.slept F. took pictures G.. passed
3.Find out the route of this trip.
瞿塘峡 (Qutang Gorge) 巫 峡(Wu Gorge) 西 陵 峡(Xiling Gorge)
4. Scanning
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People’s life and the scenery
(the things they saw)
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From Fuling to Fengdu
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Along the Wu Gorge
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Step IV Vedio wacthing and acting
Wacth the video of the Three Gorges and get Ss to act as a tour guide to introduce the different parts of the three gorges.
Step Ⅴ Homework
1. Surf the Internet and get information about other scenic spots to share with the class.
2. Read the text loud again and again and .find out the difficult points