Journey down the Mekong Part I The Dream and the Plan

the Yangtze River

Mississippi River

River Nile

Amazon River

Which river do you choose ? Why do you choose that one? How will you travel along it? ???

Name of River Location Mekong China,SE Asia Rhein Germany Ganges India Seine France Nile Egypt Thames England Danube Central Europe Amazon Brazil Mississippi US

Lancang River---Mekong River

Mekong Lancang River South sea Map of the Mekong

Skimming Who takes part in the journey? What’s their dream? How do they travel?

Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? sisters and brothers Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? Qinghai Province, South China Sea Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? cousins Scanning

Difficulties:

How does the scenery change when you travel along the Mekong? At first… Then… Sometimes… After… As… At last…

Discuss: similar attitudes about the tripdifferent attitudes about the trip Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think… Wang Wei believes… Wang Kun believes… Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?

Homework: Describe the Mekong River Describe Wang Wei

The main idea of the text This part tells us the background of the bike trip, especially the planning that went into it. This part also introduces us to the four young people who made the trip: Wang Kun, the writer of the journal and his sister, Wang Wei and their cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang. This section also introduces us to many of the geographical terms they will use throughout the later parts of their story.