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Unit 3　Travel journalPeriod 1　Warming up and Reading Brainstorming some questions Do you like traveling? Why do you like traveling? Where have you ever been before? How did you get there? If you are given a chance to travel around the world, what kind of transportations will you use and why? Meansof transportation Reasons by car (in a car) by bike by plane (by air) by train ( on a train) by bus ( on a bus) by ship (by water or by boat) in a hot balloon by motorbike (on a motorbike) by jeep by truck Imaging and sharing Do you like traveling along a river? What role does a river play in people’s daily life? That is, how do people who live along a river use it? Suggested answers: People can drink the water in a river. People can wash their clothes in a river. People can swim in summer and skate in winter. People can irrigate their fields. People can use a river to produce electricity. People can travel along a river. . . . Talking and sharing As is known, the world has many great rivers. On the left are names of some great rivers and the right locations where the rivers lie. Please match them. Names of River Locations Mekong Germany Rhine China，SE Asia NileEgypt Congo England Thames Central Africa Amazon US Mississippi Brazil Fill in the table: Type of writing Main idea of the passage Topic sentence of the 1st paragraph Topic sentence of the 2nd paragraph Topic sentence of the 3rd paragraph Choose the best answers according to the passage. (1)What’s the author’s attitude towards his sister, Wang Wei? A. He doesn’t like her at all. B. He is a bit proud of her and admires her. C. He has to obey her because she is his sister. D. He thinks that her knowledge of geography is very poor. (2)Altogether there are______________ people who have to take the great bike trip. A. one 　B. two C. three 　D. four (3)According to the text, which