Module 5　A Trip Along the Three Gorges

　　Brief Statements Based on This Module

　　The Analysis of Teaching Contents in This Module

　　Introduction

　　Show the students several pictures to lead in new words in this part,such as cliff,peak,slope,valley,etc.Encourage the students to describe what they see.Then use the words in Activity 1 to complete the definitions in Activity 2.After that,give the students a quiz about the Yangtze River,the Three Gorges,which is the main topic in this module.That is the warming up.

　　Vocabulary and Reading

　　Before the students read the passage,let the students imagine if they are going on a trip through the Three Gorges,which of the following topics will they talk about,the boat,the food,life along the river,the scenery,the weather.While reading this passage,pay attention to the writer's travel route and underline the new words and the details.After first reading,finish questions in Activity 1 and words study in Activities 4 and 5.Then read the passage again,complete the statements about the writer's journey in Activity 3 and a form with some key words.If time permits,ask the students to retell the text in class;if not,leave it as homework.

　　Grammar

　　Grammar in this module is the revision of modal verbs.This part can be led in by doing some exercises of modal verbs.In this part,we'll revise the usage of modal verbs,such as can,could,must,have to,should,etc.Modal verbs are important and difficult English grammar points and it is rather confusing.Ask the students to pay much attention to them.In this part,we'll deal with four activities.First,do some true or false questions in Activity 2 to know how much the students know about modal verbs.In activity 1,the teacher ask the students to complete the sentences from the passage and then answer the five questions given.After that,in Activity 3,ask the students choose the correct answers.Seven sentences are designed.Then,do a further practice based on Activity 3.

　　Listening

　　This is a short listening.The listening material is not long and only two activities are designed.Before listening,the teacher can divide the students into groups of six.Let each of them describe one picture with one or two sentences and guess where the speakers are.By doing this,teach the students how to predict the content of listening.In Activity 1,listen to the tape and check where the speakers are.In Activity 2,six pictures are given.After listening,tick the things you can do on a classic Three Gorges Cruise.It aims to train the students' ability of grasp detailed information.

　　Function

　　The function in this module is talking about obligation,permission and prohibition.First,the teacher may ask the students to speak out the way used to express obligation,permission and prohibition.The teacher can give them some examples.Then ask the students to choose the correct answers in Activity 1.There are five questions in this activity.In Activity 2,the teacher may encourage the students to find more examples of be allowed,had to and let in vocabulary and reading on page 42 and some examples of their own.

　　Vocabulary and Speaking

There are some signs in Activity 1.Let the students work in pairs,and then ask some of them