【正文】 of the Mekong.4). that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia.Wang Wei believes:1). they must start in Qinghai where the river begins/see all of the Mekong.2). that they don’t need to prepare much.Wang Kun believes:1). it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.2). that using an atlas is very important.IV. Closing down Closing down by answering questions What should you do before traveling? (Before traveling, we should make good preparations, that is, to make a plan, decide the place to visit and get enough information about the place. With full preparations we’ll have a good time during the trip.) What will your family and your fiends say when you leave home to travel? (When we leave home, my family and my friends will say, “Have a good trip. /Have a good journey. /Have a good time.”)Closing down by translatingIn the last few minutes you are asked to translate some difficulty sentences in the passage.AssignmentRevise the contents of the passageComplete the passage on Page 56 in WorkbookDo exercise 2 on page 57 in you exercise books.Period 2: A sample lesson plan for Learning about Language(The Present Continuous Tense for future action)AimsTo learn about the Present Continuous TenseTo discover and use some useful words and expressions Procedures I. Warming upWarming up by discovering useful words and expressionsHello everyone. After reading the passage, we have got to know the usage of the words and expressions, but we should do more practice. Now turn to page 20 to find the correct words and expressions from the passage to finish the sentences. You are given two minutes to finish them and discuss with your partners. Two minutes later, check in pairs and then check with the whole class.II. Learning about language1. Reading and finding Good, you have mastered these words and expressions. Let’s turn to page 17 and look at the questions in Warming up 4. Underline the verbs in the questions, and pay attention to the verb forms and do some explanations by yourselves.2. Learning GrammarWe can see that the verbs are all used in the “ing” form. They are “the present continuous tense”, but they express future actions or plans. The Present Continuous Tense may be used to denote an action that can be preplanned or prearranged instead of the future indefinite in colloquial English. But please note that, not all verbs can be used in the “ing” form to express future actions. Such verbs as e, go, leave, fly, walk, ride, drive, stay, meet, die, see, have, arrive etc. are mainly used in the “ing” form to express future actions.3. Doing exercises No. 2 and 3 on page 21Now turn to page 21 and do exercise 2. In the dialogue a newspaper reporter is interviewing Wang Wei about her plans for the trip along the Mekong River. However, they are not sure about some of the verb tenses. Can you help them plete their conversation?Let’s continue to do exercise 3. Do you have any plans for the future yourselves? If you have any, please use the Present Continuous Tense to express your future actions. Give as much information as you can.III. Ready used materials for the present continuous tense for future actions or plansbe + ，表示不久的將來，含義是“預定要做”。（這種結(jié)構(gòu)中常用動作動詞或去向動詞：go, e, leave, start, arrive, travel, fly等，不適用于狀態(tài)動詞）I’m leaving for Beijing this Friday. My friends came over last night, and they are ing over this evening, too. We are going to Laoshan this May Day holiday.We had an English class this morning, and we are having another English class tomorrow.We took six subjects last term, and we are taking seven subjects next term.I have arrived in Beijing. I’m visiting the Great Wall tomorrow morning.After class we are playing football on the playground.We are flying to Shanghai next Friday.IV. Closing down Closing down by making a dialogueTo end the period you are going to make a dialogue in pairs to tell the whole class your plan on this Sunday.Closing down by writingSuppose you are planning a holiday trip. Write a short passage about your plan. You must pay great attention to the tense. The following questions can help you.Where are you going for your holiday? Who are you going with?How are you getting there? What are you doing there?Where are you staying? What are taking with you?When are you returning?Period 3: A sample lesson plan for Using Language (A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS)AimsTo read the passage A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINSTo use the language by reading, listening, speaking and writing ProceduresI. Warming up by talking about Tibet Have you ever been to Tibet? Do you want to travel in Tibet? Can you tell me something about Tibet?Tibet lies on the QinghaiTibet Plateau of the southwest border of China. The average height of the whole region is more than 4,000 meters above sea level, for which Tibet is known as “Roof of the World”. The highest peak of Tibet, also the highest in Himalayas and in the whole world, is Everest Peak, which is as high as 8, meters above sea level. Although a part of China, Tibet has a unique culture of all its own. It is mainly inhabited by Tibetans, a minority nationality of old and mysterious people. Tourist attractions include the Potala Palace in Lhasa, Jokhang Temple, and a number of Buddhist sacred places.Tibet (Xi Zang in Chinese) is to the south of Xin Jiang Uygur Autonomous Region and Qing Hai Province, to the west of Sichuan, to the northwest of Yunnan and to the north of India and Nepal. Its population of million people e from a variety of ethnic groups including Tibetan, Han, Monba and Lhota. Its capital city is Lhasa.Northwest Tibet, mainly Qi