Tibet Pre reading What kind of difficulties do you think Wang Wei and Wang Kun will meet in the mountains Please read Part 2 A Night In The Mountain quickly and quietly to get the main idea of it Here are the questions 1 How does Wang Kun feel about the trip now 2 What do you think has changed his attitude 3 Is it natural for Wang Kun not to feel lonely 4 Would you feel the same way in this situation Why or Why not The teacher and the class may have the following dialogue Now let s go on with the journey down the Mekong with Wang Wei and Wang Kun They are in Tibet now T Who volunteer to answer the first question S1 He is starting to enjoy the trip T What about the second S2 Seeing the beautiful land has changed Wang Kun s attitude T Who d like to give the answer to the third one S3 Yes We can see that the scene Wang Kun saw is beautiful The clear sky the bright stars and the fire accompany him Besides their cousins are waiting for them They will meet soon So he doesn t feel lonely T What s your opinion about the fourth one S4 Yes because beautiful scenery will make people happy Especially when his best friend is waiting for him Somewhere ride bicycle in front of as usual need to do sth be great fun reach a valley change into in the early evening stop to do sth make a camp put up after supper go to sleep stay awake at midnight become clear join sb can hardly wait to see change one s attitude Speaking p22 Reading and speaking Imagine Wang Wei and Wang Kun have a talk the next morning before they leave their camp Can you make up short dialogue between them with your partner Sample dialogue 1 1 Oh up so early Early It s nearly 9 o clock oops Look at his watch I guess you re right Why were you so tired Well I stayed up late last night to watch the stars That s nice They must be pretty Yes they are Sample dialogue 2 2 You look so tired Yes I stayed up the whole night Really Yes I watched the stars and the clear sky Great That must be pretty Yes they were Look at the sun and the clouds How nice Wonderful Now let s listen to the tape and do a listening practice Mark the rising and falling tone of each sense group and sentence Then practice reading aloud Prepare dialogues by themselves according to the samples 1 Listen to Part 3 CHATTING WITH A GIRL and tick the words you hear on the tape mountains forests valleys canyons fish waterfalls floods horses Laos Thailand Tibet Dali Listen to this material again and answer the questions 1 Where is the girl from 2 What do people in Laos use the river for 3 Why do people in Laos call the river the sea of Laos 4 What is the river called in Tibet and Vietnam 5 What other beautiful sights along the Mekong River in Laos TopicSouthwest ChinaLaos Local name of the river Uses of the river What to see Scenery Fill in the chart The water of the rocks The sea of Laos Washing fishing and transport Many different animals plant and bird species Small villages and so 0n Waterfalls and rapids Mountains forests temples caves and a waterfall Homework 1 Follow the tape to read the passages again and pay attention to the rising and falling tone of each sense group and sentence 2 Try to memorize the useful words and expressions Bye bye