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1、Unit 3 Travel JournalReadingGuess:This river is called our mother river.The Yellow RiverGuess:This river is the longest one in China.The Yangtze River (Changjiang River)The Nile RiverThe longest river in the world It is in Egypt.Now lets make a journey by air to find :the countries the Mekong River

2、flows through.Now we reach the Mekong Riverthe longest river in southeast Asia.Lets take off! Now!ChinaMyanmar 缅甸缅甸Laos 老挝老挝Vietnam越南越南Cambodia 柬埔寨柬埔寨Thailand 泰国泰国It runs through _ countriessixLancang RiverMekong RiverPart I: THE DREAM AND THE PLANReadingSkimming What is the writer name? Where do th

3、ey dream to go? Who first had the idea?Wang KunThe Mekong River.Wang Wei.Scanning Match the main idea with the right paragraphPara. 1Para. 2Para. 3The geographical information of the river. The plan of the schedule for the tripThe dream of cycling along the Mekong RiverCareful reading Para. 1:What i

4、s their plan? Participants (参与者参与者)Traffic toolStarting placeDestination(目的地目的地)Wang Wei, Wang Kun, Dao Wei and Yu Hang Mountain bikeWhere the Mekong begins (Qinghai)Where it ends (South China Sea)Para. 2: True or False? ( ) 1. Wang Wei insisted she organize the trip, because she knows the proper wa

5、y to get to the places. ( ) 2. Once Wang Wei has decided something, nothing will change her mind. ( ) 3. Wang Wei feels worried when she learns about the difficulties of the trip.Careful readingQuestion: What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? The journey will begin at

6、an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.It begins in a _ on a _ in Qinghai Province . glacier mountain Careful readingCareful reading Para 3. What can they see during the journey down the Mekong River?Then, it begins to_quickly. It becomes _ as it passes thro

7、ugh deep _. moverapidsvalleysSometimes, the river becomes a _ and enters _ _ .wide valleyswaterfall As it enters _ _ , paces slowly and makes _ through _ to _.low valleys plainsSoutheast AsiabendsAt last , the river _ enters the South China Sea.delta Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _ about taking a great

8、 bike trip when they _ from college. They _ to _ along the Mekong River with their _. Wang Wei is very _. Once she is _ to do something she will never _ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she _ that they find the _ of the river and begin their journey there.

9、A Summarydreamedgraduateddecidedcyclecousinsstubborndeterminedchangeinsistedsource When Wang Wei was told that the _ would begin at an _ of more than 5,000 meters, she was excited about it. When he told her the difficulties they would come across during the journey, she gave him a _ lookthe kind tha

10、t said she would not _ _ _. Wang Kun knew once she have made up her mind, nothing can change it, so he had to _ _.journey altitude determined change her mind give in 3. What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?Wang Kuns character:Wang Weis character: enthusiastic, carefulimaginative, stubborn,

11、risk-takingLife is just a series of trying to make your mind.生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。的。Success belongs to thepersevering.胜利属于有毅力者。胜利属于有毅力者。Group workThe National Day is coming, where are you going to spend your holiday?Task: Work with your partners and make a travel plan for your group.Use

12、ful sentences:When are you leaving? Where are you staying?How are you going to ? How long are you staying in ?When are you arriving in/at ?When are you coming back?Sample dialogueA: Tom, where are you going on National Day?B: Im going to Canada.A: When are you leaving?B: Next Sunday.A: How are you going to Canada?B: Im