Unit3TravelJournalReading3

1、JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG,Reading,Part 1 The Dream And The Plan,Do you like travelling?,To show off their power and wealth.,Enjoy beautiful scenery.,Why?,Increase our knowledge,Make friends Be good for health,He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man.,QING HAI,Scotland,Laos,Cambodia,Have

2、you visited any river? How many great rivers do you know? If you could travel down only one of them, which one would you choose? Why?,Changjiang River,Yellow River,Rhine(莱茵),Volga（伏尔加）,(Thames)泰吾士河,Seine（塞纳）,Nile（尼罗）,The Mekong River (known in Tibet as Dza-chu, China as Lancang Jiang and Thailand as

3、 Mae Nam Khong), is a major river in southeastern Asia. It is the longest river in the region. From its source in Chinas Qinghai Province near the border with Tibet, the Mekong flows generally southeast to the South China Sea.,Brief Introduction,The map of Mekong,China 中国 Laos 老挝 Burma 缅甸 Thailand 泰

4、国 Cambodia 柬埔寨 Vietnam 越南,Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through?,Sights along Mekong river,canoes,sunset,waterfall,catfish,altitude 海拔高度；高处 glacier 冰河 rapids 急流 valley （山）谷；流域 waterfall 瀑布 plain 平原 delta 三角洲,New words about geography:,Lets read the text and try to finish the

5、 following tasks.,1. Who are Wang kun and Wang Wei?,2.What are their dreams?,3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?,4.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?,Scanning-Task 1,They are brother and sister,and both have graduated from college.,They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in

6、Kunming.,Taking a great bike trip.,mountains; valleys; plains,Fill in the blanks-Task 4,Mekong River begins _ a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first ,The river is small and the water begins to move_. It becomes _as it passes _ deep valleys. Traveling _western Yunnan Province. Sometimes The River

7、_ wide Valley and becomes a_. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China . After it leaves china and the high altitudes, the Mekong becomes _ , brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly _hills and low valleys, and the _ where rice grows. at last the river

8、s delta enters the South China Sea.,at,quickly,rapidS,through,across,enters,waterfall,wide,through,plains,Wang Wei,Which character do you like,Wang Kun or Wang wei? Why?,Task 6-Debate,Wang Kun,She is stubborn and determined. She is not easy to change her mind. She loves nature;she ,He is careful and

9、 serious,Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于有毅力者.,Thank you for your attention!,An attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Weis and Wang Kuns similar and different attitudes about the trip.,Tas

10、k 5- Make comparison,Similar attitude Different attitudes,Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think. 1. 2. 3,Wang Wei believes. 1. 2. Wang Kun believes. 1. 2.,It would be a great bike trip. They should do the trip properly. .,It would be an interesting experience. It is worth visiting and she is determined to do it.,it would be a difficult journey. They should get well prepared for it or they should change their minds.,Details:Task3 -Read the passage again to complete the form,Taking a great bike trip,Finding the source. Along the Mekong River fr