高一英语（上）必修一unit 3 reading

JOURNEYDOWNTHEMEKONGReadingPart1TheDreamAndThePlanDoyouliketravelling?HewhodoesnotreachtheGreatWallisnotatrueman.QINGHAIScotlandLaosCambodiaHaveyouvisitedanyriver?Howmanygreatriversdoyouknow?Ifyoucouldtraveldownonlyoneofthem,whichonewouldyouchoose?Why?

NamesofRiver

Location

MekongRheinSeineNileThamesCongoAmazonMississippiVolgaEgyptBrazilCentralAfricaFranceRussiaGermanyChina,SEAsiaEnglandUSThemapofMekongTheMekongRiver(knowninTibetasDza-chu,ChinaasLancang

JiangandThailandasMaeNamKhong),isamajorriverinsoutheasternAsia.Itisthelongestriverintheregion.FromitssourceinChina'sQinghaiProvinceneartheborderwithTibet,theMekongflowsgenerallysoutheasttotheSouthChinaSea.CanyoulistthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough?China,Laos,Burma,Thailand,Cambodia,VietnamBriefIntroductionSightsalongMekongrivercanoessunsetKongwaterfallcatfish

Let’sreadthetextandtrytofinishthefollowingtasks.

1.WhoareWangkunandWangWei?2.Whataretheirdreams?3.WhoareDaoWeiandYuHang?4.IsitadifficultjourneytocyclealongtheMekong?Why?5.WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekongRiver?Scanning---Task1Theyarebrotherandsister,andbothhavegraduatedfromcollege.TheyareWangKun’scousinswhoareatacollegeinKunming.Takingagreatbiketrip.Itbeginsataveryhighaltitudeandhasdifficultyinbreathingandthetemperatureisverylow.mountains;valleys;plains

1.Wangkunisahighschoolstudent.2.BothDaoWeiandYuHangareDaiandtheygrewupineasternYunnanprovince3.ThesourceofMekongisinQinghaiprovince.4.FinallyWangKunagreedwithhissistertocyclewithher.5.TheyfoundfewatlasandbooksaboutMekongRiverinlibrary.6.MekongriverbeginsatglacieronaTibetmountain.thewaterthereisclearbutnotcold.7.OnlyasmallpartoftheriverisinChina.8.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itmovesslowly.ListeninganddoTorF-----Task2FFTTFFFTDetails:Task3---Readthepassageagaintocompletetheform

theirdreamTheirjourneyTheirpreparationTakingagreatbiketripFindingthesource.AlongtheMekongRiverfromthesource.1.WangWeipersuadedmetobuyanexpensivemountainbike.2.WangWeigottheircousinsinterestedincycling.3.Theyturnedtotheatlasinthelibrary.

Fillintheblanks---Task4MekongRiverbegins___aglacieronaTibetanmountain.Atfirst,Theriverissmallandthewaterbeginstomove_______.Itbecomes______asitpasses______deepvalleys.Traveling______westernYunnanProvince.SometimesTheRiver______wideValleyandbecomesa_________.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.Afteritleaveschinaandthehighaltitudes,theMekongbecomes_____,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,ittravelsslowly_________hillsandlowvalleys,andthe_____wherericegrows.atlasttheriver’sdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.atquicklyrapidthroughacrossenterswaterfallwidethroughplainsAnattitudeiswhatapersonthinksaboutsomething.MakelistsofWangWei’sandWangKun’ssimilaranddifferentattitudesaboutthetrip.Task5---Makecomparison

SimilarattitudeDifferentattitudesBothWangWeiandWangKunthink….1.2.3WangWeibelieves….1.2.WangKunbelieves….1.2.Itwouldbeagreatbiketrip.

Theyshoulddothetripproperly.….Itwouldbeaninterestingexperience.Itisworthvisitingandsheisdeterminedtodoit.itwouldbeadifficultjourney.Theyshouldgetwellpreparedforitortheyshouldchangetheirminds.

WangWeiWhichcharacterdoyoulike,WangKunorWangwei?Why?Task6---Debate

WangKunSheisstubbornanddetermined.Sheisnoteasytochangehermind.Shelovesnature;she…Heiscarefulandserious…Lifeisjustaseriesoftryingtomakeupyourmind.

生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的.

Successbelongstothepersevering.