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Period 4¡¡Listening
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This is the fourth teaching period of this unit. As usual, the teacher will first get the students to review what they learned in the last period, and then lead in the new lesson.
The emphasis of this period should be placed on developing students’ listening ability. Listening and speaking on Page 23 in the textbook is the third part of JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG:CHATING WITH A GIRL. The teacher can first lead in the topic by talking about the first part of JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG:THE DREAM AND THE PLAN. Tell the students on the way to meet their cousins, the two travelers Wang Wei and Wang Kun see a girl walking along the road. Wan Kun stops to chat with her. Then ask the students to turn to Page 23 and play the tape for them to do each exercise in turn. While they are listening, the teacher should pause and repeat the key sentences to help students understand. When checking the answers, explain some difficult listening points if necessary.
As to the parts Listening on Page 55 and Listening task on Page 58 in the Workbook, the teaching procedure can be approximately the same as the above.
Perhaps some students will find it hard to listen and understand listening materials. Encourage them not to give up. The more they listen to English, the easier it becomes.
½ÌѧÖص㪥Develop the students’ listening ability.
½ÌѧÄѵ㪥Get the students to listen and understand different listening materials.
½Ìѧ·½·¨ª¥1. Task-based listening
2. Cooperative learning
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Knowledge aims:
1. Get the students to learn some useful new words and expressions.
2. Get the students to know about the simile.
Ability aims:
1. Enable students to catch and understand the listening materials.
2. Develop the students’ ability to get special information and take notes while listening.
Emotional aims:
Get the students to know more about the Mekong Delta region by listening to and understand listening materials, thus stimulate the students’ love for nature.
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→Step 1 Revision
1. Check the homework exercises.
2. Ask some students to make a dialogue, using the Present Continuous Tense for future actions.
→Step 2 Warming up
1. Ask some students to talk about Part 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN.
2. Tell the students:We are going to listen to Part 3 CHATING WITH A GIRL. On the way to meet their cousins, the two travelers Wang Wei and Wang Kun see a girl walking along the road. Wan Kun stops to speak to her.
→Step 3 Listening
Turn to Page 23 and do each exercise in turn. Before listening, read aloud the tasks and make sure the students understand what to do. Try to guess what the listening is about.
1. Play the tape, then let the students do Exercise 2:Listen to Part 3 CHATING WITH A GIRL and tick the statement which tells main idea of the dialogue.
Check the answer with the whole class.
2. Play the tape again for the students to answer the following questions:
Where is the girl from?
What do people in Laos use the river for?
Why do people in Laos call the river “the sea of Laos”?
What is the river called in Tibet and Vietnam?
What other beautiful sights along the Mekong River in Laos?
3. Play the tape for the third time for students to finish the passage in Exercise 3.
Several minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Play the tape again if necessary.
4. Get into pairs and continue the dialogue between Wang Kun and the girl, using the expressions for good wishes and farewells.

→Step 4 Listening (on Page 55 in the Workbook)
Tell the students:Turn to Page 55. We are going to listen to Part 4 OCTOBER IN LAOS. Go through the tasks first and make sure you understand what to do.
1. Play the tape for the students to do Exercise 2:Listen to Part 4 of JOURNAL DOWN THE MEKONG and tick the words you hear on the tape.
2. Play the tape again for the students to do Exercise 3:Listen to this material again and answer the questions.
3. In groups make a list of adjectives to describe the countryside in Laos.
4. Check the answers with the whole class. Play the tape again if necessary.
→Step 5 Listening task (on Page 58 in the Workbook)
Tell the students:We are going to listen to Part 5 ON THE ROAD IN LAOS. In this part, Wang Kun is describing a few of the things they saw during their tour.
1. Before listening, look at the picture and discuss the questions.
1)Is this photo a modern one or was it take many years ago? How do you know?
2)What information can you get from the picture?
2. Play the tape for the students to write the main idea in one sentence.
3. Play the tape again for the students to fill in the information on the chart.
Life along the river in the past Life along the river now

4. Discuss the questions.
1)How did Wang Kun and Wang Wei greet the old man?
2)What did they talk about?
3)Do people like the change of lifestyle? What about the old man’s attitude?
4)Why does the man prefer the old day of life?
Several minutes later, check the answers with the whole class. Play the tape again if necessary.
→Step 6 Homework
1. Finish off the Workbook exercises.
2. Try to retell Part 3 CHATING WITH A GIRL, Part 4 OCTOBER IN LAOS and Part 5 ON THE ROAD IN LAOS.
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Unit 3¡¡Travel journey
Listening
Part 3 CHATING WITH A GIRL On the way to meet their cousins, the two travelers see a girl walking along the road. Wan Kun stops to chat with her. . .
Part 4 OCTOBER IN LAOS . . .
Part 5 ON THE ROAD IN LAOS . . .

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Go to the library to read or get online to search in order to find some places of interest in China and in the world. Take notes of your findings and tell the class which place you want to visit most.
Sample notes:
Of all the notable mountains in China, Mount Huangshan, to be found in the south of Anhui Province, is probably the most famous. Originally known as Mt. Yishan it was renamed Mt. Huangshan in 747 AD in recognition of the legendary Huang Di, who was the reputed ancestor of the Chinese people and who made magic pills for immortality here.
Wu yue is the collective name given to China’s most important mountains, namely Mt. Taishan in Shandong Province, Mt. Huashan in Shaanxi Province, Mt. Hengshan in Shanxi Province, Mt. Songshan in Henan Province and Mt. Hengshan in Hunan Province. It is said that you won’t want to visit any other mountains after seeing wu yue but you won’t wish to see even wu yue after returning from Mt. Huangshan. This saying may give you some idea of the beauty and uniqueness of Mt. Huangshan. Together with the Yellow River, the Yangtze River and the Great Wall, Mt. Huangshan has become one of the great symbols of China.
Mt. Huangshan can boast not only of its magnificence but also its abundant resources and great variety of zoological species, for which it has been listed as a World Natural and Cultural Heritage Site.