3Usinglanguage.ppt

A night in the mountain snow mountains PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS Have you ever been to Tibet? Potala Palace 布达拉宫 What can you see if you visit the Tibetan mountains? yak 牦牛 sheep Fast-reading Match each paragraph with its own main idea. Para 1 Camping in the open air Para 2 Our thoughts to see our cousins Para 3 What we saw in the journey They reached Tibet in winter. ( ) Wang Wei always rode in front of me. ( ) 3. When we reached a valley, it became warmer. ( ) 4. They went to sleep early in their tent. ( ) 5. Their cousins will join them in Dali. ( ) F T T F T True or false ? On the mountain they saw: _________________ 2. _________________ 3. _________________ snowfall clear sky bright stars In the valleys: ___________ flying around us 2. ________________ eating grass butterflies yaks and sheep At midnight, they heard no sound of ______ but that of _____. wind fire What did they do? 1. _________ in the snow. 2. change _______ clothes for ___________ clothes. 3. _________ tent to make camp. ride bike winter summer put up 1. Legs were ________________. 2. To climb the mountain was ___________ but to go down the hills was great _____. 3. They can ___________ to see their cousins. How did they feel? heavy and cold hard work fun hardly wait 1. Before you listen, read the exercises on Page 23 and predict what the listening is about. Listening : 2. Listen to the tape and tick the statement which tells the main idea of the dialogue. A. A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how Laotians use the Mekong River. B. A girl told Wang Kun about what they would see along the Mekong River. C. A girl from Laos told Wang Kun about how important and beautiful the Mekong is. 3. Listen again and complete the passage below. The Mekong is the most important r