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Unit3Traveljournal WarmingupandReading Wordsandexpressions Manypeopleincludingyoumayprefertogotravelingforabreak 1 Whydopeopleliketraveling 2 Ifyouaregoingtraveling whereareyougoing 3 Howareyougoing Warmingup Doyouknowthefollowingplaces haveyouevertraveledtothem Warmingup II Tian anmenSquare TheGreatWall ForbiddenCity TheHeavenTemple EiffelTower ArcdeTriomphe LouvreMuseum TheNorthPole TheSouthPole Underthesea TheMoon TheMars 火星 Whatdoyouhavetoconsiderbeforeyoudecidewhichmeansoftransportationyouwilluse meansoftransportation onfoot bybike bymotor Warmingup III bybus atthebusstop byjeep bycar bytrain byship boat sea attheport harbor byplane air attheairport byspaceship Whatdoyouhavetoconsiderbeforeyoudecidewhichmeansoftransportationyouwilluse Cost 花费 Safety 安全 Comfort 舒适 QuicknessConvenience 方便 Warmingup IV Whatkindoftransportdoyouprefertouse bus trainorairplane Why bus Advantage Disadvantages verycheapefficientforshortjourneysgoestosmalltowns cities takeslongerthantrainorairplanedoesnotprovidemeals uncomfortable train Advantage Disadvantages cheaperthantheairplanejourneyendsinthecentreofthetown city takeslongerthantheairplanedoesnotprovidemealscrowded ship Advantage Disadvantages cheaperthantheairplaneprovidesaccommodationadmeals moreexpensivethanthetrainorbusnotconvenientforvisitinginlandplaces airplane Advantage Disadvantages quickefficientprovidesmeals expensivejourneyendsfarfromthecity Accordingtothefollowingchart inpairs discussthefaresanddecidewheretogo Warmingup V Whileyouarediscussingwithyourpartner askeachotherthefollowingquestions Whenareyouleaving Whereareyougoing Howareyougoingto Howlongareyoustayingin Whenareyouarrivingin at Whenareyoucomingback SampledialogueA Tom whereareyougoingonholiday B I mgoingtoLaos A Whenareyouleaving B NextSunday A HowareyougoingtoLaos B I mtakingaplane A HowlongareyoustayinginLaos B Abouttwoweeks A Great Haveagoodtrip B Thanks 1 Manypeoplelivebesideariver Howdotheymakeuseofitintheirdailylife Pre reading irrigatetheirfields makeelectricity goswimming gofishing travelalongtheriver Theworldhasmanygreatrivers Ifyoucouldfollowtherouteofonlyoneofthem whichonewouldyouchoose Why I dliketotraveltothe River Becauseitis YangtzeRiver YellowRiver DanubeRiver CentralEurope AmazonRiver Brazil NileRiver Egypt ThePearlRiver Mississippi USA Thames England Mekong Seine France LancangRiver Laos Thailand Vietnam Myanmar Cambodia Lookatthemaponpage18andlistthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough China SouthChinaSea Moonriver widerthanamile I mcrossingyouinstylesomeday Oh dreammaker youheartbreaker Whereveryou regoin I mgoin yourway MoonRiver Twodrifters offtoseetheworld There ssuchalotofworldtosee We reafterthesamerainbow s Waitin roundthebendmyhuckleberryfriend Moonriver andme Introduction TheMekongisthelargestriverinSouthEastAsiaataround4 500kmslong TherivercomesfromtheTibetinChina flowingthroughTibet Myanmar 缅甸 Laos 老挝 Thailand Cambodia 柬埔寨 andtheMekongdeltainVietnam TheTibetansknowtheriverasthe Turbulent 动荡的 River theCambodiansas GreatWater theVietnameseasthe NineDragonsRiver andclosertohometheThaiandLaopeoplerefertoitas MaiNamKong MotherofWaters TheMekonghasalonghistoryofexplorationandofbothslowandmodernboatscarryingpassengersalongit swaters ItiswellknownattheGoldenTriangle JourneydowntheMekong Reading Scanning Readthepassageandgivethemainideasofeachparagraph Tellthereason Para1Para2Para3 Dream Reallystubborn Plan middleschool dreamabout graduatefromthecollege getthechance lastyear visitthecousins gettheminterestedin aninterestingexperience findthesourceoftheriver dothetripproperly beexcitedaboutthealtitude gotothelibrary findalargeatlaswithgoodmaps 1 WhatwasWangKunandWangWei sideaofagoodtrip Theirideawastotakealongbiketrip 2 WhoplannedthetriptotheMekong WangWeipannedthetrip CarefulReading Readthepassagecarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions 1 3 WhereisthesourceoftheMekongandwhichseadoesitenter ThesourceoftheriverisinQinghaiProvinceanditenterstheSouthChinaSea 4 WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMelong Youcanseethesourceglacier rapids hills valleys waterfallsandplains glacier waterfall plain valley canyon rapids delta 5 WhatdifficultiesdidWangKunandWangWeifindabouttheirjourney Thejourneywillbeginatanaltiudeofmorethan5 000metres whereitishardtobreatheandverycold 6 WhatdoyouthinkaboutWangKunandWangWei WangKun scharacter enthusiastic critical sensibleWangWei scharacter imaginative organized eager persistent stubborn risk taking Shegavemeadeterminedlook thekindthatsaidthatshewouldnotchangehermind Thissentencemeansthatshehasdecidedtodosomethingandwillnotchangeherideas Lookatthefollowingsentencesfromthetextandexplaintheminyourownwords 2 mysisterdoesnotcareaboutdetails Thissentencemeansthatshehasdecidedtodosomethingandwillnotchangeherideas Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows ThesentencemeansthattheMekongriverflowsslowlyandgentlythroughthevalleysandreachesthefarmingplains Anattitudeiswhatapersonthinksaboutsomething WritedownWangWei sandWangKun sattitudetothetrip Thenaddyourownopinion 3 Positivetothetrip Shewantstoorganiseitasitwasheridea Lesspositivetothetripashewantstoorganiseitandthinkshecandothatbetterthanhissister ItsoundslikeawonderfultripandIwouldlovetobeabletodoatriplikethatmyselfoneday CompletetheForm Takingagreatbiketrip expensivebikes interestedintravelling anatlas aglacieronaTibetanmountain quickly deepvalleys China theSoutheastAsia hillsandlowvalleysandplains theSouthChinaSea Workinpairs ImaginethatyouareWangKunandWangWei Chooseaparagraphfromthepassageandusetheinformationtohelpyoumakeupadialogue 4 WW Youknowwe vealwayswantedtodoalongbiketrip Whydon twegoononeafterwegraduatefromcollege WK That sagoodidea Butwherewegoing WW WhataboutcyclingalongtheMekongRiver WK Itsoundsinteresting buthowdoyouwanttoplanit WW Ithinkweshoulddoitproperly Wemustfindthesourceoftheriverandstartfromthere WK Well theMekongRiverbeginsinQinghaiProvince Thatmeanswe regoingtobecyclingatanaltitudeofmorethan5 000metres WW Oh Ithinkthat sexciting don tyou WK Rememberthattheairwillbehardtobreatheandit llbeverycold WW That sgoingtomakeitaninterestingexperience WK Iwishyouweren tsostubborn Youdon tknowwhereitisbutyoustillinsistthatknowbetterthananyoneelse NowIknowthattheproperwayisalwaysyourway buthaveyoulookedatamapyet WW No Ihaven t That sjustadetail WK OK Icanseebyyourdeterminedlookthatyouwon tchangeyourmind Comparethefollowingsentenceswithdifferentstressesandexplainthemeaning WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalftheriverisinChina meanswedidn tknowthis 5 WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalftheriverisinChina meanswethoughtthatmaybemorethanhalfwasinChina WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalftheriverisinChina meansthatwedidn tknowthathalftheriverisinChina Whodoyouthinkwasrightaboutthetrip Why IthinkWangKunisright becauseifitistoocoldandtoohigh thetripw