New Year’s Day is coming. That means we’ll have a holiday. Warming-up

 What’s your dream or plan for the coming holidays?  What place would you like to go, mountains, cities, suburbs, rural areas, or famous rivers? Let’s discuss!

1.Where are you going? ( destination ) 2. How are you going there? ( transport ) 3.When are you leaving/arriving/ coming back? ( schedule ) 4.Where are you staying? ( shelter )

5. What are you going to do each day? ( routine ) 6. How much will you spend on the journey? ( expense ) 7. How much will you spend on the tickets? ( fare ) 8. What are you going to take? ( objects )

 Destination ( 目的地 )  Transport （交通）  Fare ( 费用 )  Schedule （日程安排）  Shelter （栖身处所）  Routine （常规事件）  Expense （开支）  Object ( 物品 ) Useful words when talking about journey:

Singapore, Thailand, Philippines, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, India, etc. What countries do you know are in Southeast Asia?

Laos Vietnam Cambodia South Asia

Xining---Capital of Qinghai Vientiane---Capital of Laos Phnom Penh---Capital of Cambodia Ho Chi Minh City---city of Vietnam

Your friend is going on a trip to Southeast Asia. You are curious about his/her trip. Ask your friend the following questions. When are you leaving? How are you going to…? When are you arriving in/at…? Where are you staying? How long are you staying in…? When are you coming back?

A: Tom, where are you going on holiday? B: I am going to Laos. A: When are you leaving? B: Next Sunday. A: How are you going to Laos? B: I am going to take a plane. A: How long are you staying here? B: About two weeks A: Great. Have a good trip. B: Thanks.

1. How do people who live along a river use it? Pre-reading irrigate their fields make electricity go swimming go fishing travel along the river ……

2. The world has many great rivers. What great rivers do you know in China or in the world? KeyKey 3. If you could travel down only one of them, which one would you choose? Why? 4. The largest river in South East Asia ---- The Mekong

Yangtze RiverYellow River Danube River (Central Europe) Amazon River (Brazil) Nile River (Egypt) The Pearl River

Mississippi(USA) Thames (England) Mekong Seine ( France) Lancang River back

Mekong River

Now we’re going to read a passage about Wang Kun’s travel journal along the Mekong River. Reading: Journey Down The Mekong

Read the passage quickly and answer the questions. Fast Reading

1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 2. What are their dream? 3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? They are sister and brother, and both are college students. Taking a great bike trip. They are Wang Kun’s cousins who are at a college in Kunming.

Scanning Read the passage again and give the main ideas of each paragraph.

Different attitudes between them The preparation before the trip & details about Mekong River. Take a great bike trip along the Mekong River. Para 1 Para 2 Para 3

Careful Reading Listen to the tape and finish the following paragraph by paragraph.

Read paragraph 1 and answer the questions. 1.What does Wang Wei love to do? She loves to go for long bike rides in the countryside. 2. Would the cousins join them ? Yes, they would. 1).They bought expensive mountain bikes. 2).Wang Wei got their cousins interested in cycling. 3).They turned to the atlas in the library. 3.How did they prepare for the trip?

1.Read paragraph 2 and do “T” or “F” exercises. 1. Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in Qinghai. 2. Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way. 3. Wang Wei was a stubborn and careful girl. 4. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold. 5. Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in Qinghai.

1. How does the water of Meikong River change? 2. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter ? small,clear and cold rapids waterfall wide,brown and warm Read paragraph 3 and answer the questions. In Qinghai province and it enters the South China Sea.

3. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River? We can see a glacier,rapids, valleys, waterfalls, hills and plains. Yes, it is. We know that the travelers had to climb over a Tibetan mountain and pass through deep valleys. 4. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River? 5. Which countries does the Mekong River flow through?

Which countries does the Mekong River flow through? China, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam. What’s the name of the Chinese part of the river ? Lancang River

An attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and different attitudes about the trip.

Similar attitudesDifferent attitudes Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think… Wang Wei believes: Wang Kun believes: 1.taking this trip is a dream that comes true. 2.that they will enjoy the trip a lot. 3.they should see a lot of the Mekong. 4.that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia 1.they must start in Qinghai where the river begins/ see all of the Mekong. 2.that they don’t need to prepare much. 1.It is too cold and high to start in Qinghai. 2.that using an atlas is important.

Consolidation The outline of the reading

Their dream Wang Wei’s suggestion Their preparations Why excited The Mekong River Taking a great bike trip. Finding the source and beginning there. Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to the atlas in the library. Their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters. It begins at a glacier on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through deep valleys. Half of it is in China. It enters the Southeast Asia. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters the South China Sea.

Unit 3 Reading

1. Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. dream about/of (doing) sth. 梦想, 想象 She dreams of running her own business. It was a kind of trip most of us only dream about. dream n. 梦, 梦想, 理想 He realized his dream of becoming an actor. His dream of becoming an actor came true.

2.When we graduated from college,… graduate v. 毕业 Last year, he graduated from Zhongshan University. graduation n. 3. It was my sister who first had the idea to … 强调句型 : It is/was + 被强调部分 +that/who+ 其余部分 注意 :1. 该句型可用来强调除谓语外的各种成分 ; 2. 如果原句是现在时, 用 is; 若是过去时用 was; 3. 被强调部分是人时, 用 that 或 who, 其它一律用 that.

We had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was ____ ________ had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was __________ ______ we had in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was ____________________ ______ we had a meeting yesterday afternoon. It was ____________________ ______ we had a meeting in the meeting room. wewho/that a meetingthat in the meeting roomthat yesterday afternoonthat

4.Then she persuaded me to buy one. persuade sb. to do sth. persuade sb. into doing sth. persuade sb. that-clause persuade sb. out of doing sth. He persuaded her to go /into going with them. It will be difficult to persuade them that there’s no other choice. I persuaded him out of smoking. persuade sb. to do sth. 说服某人干了某事 advise sb. to do sth. 试着说服某人干了某事, 但不 一定成功

5. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling,too. “get sb./sth. + 形容词或分词 ” 表示 “ 使某人 或某物处于某种状态 ” Have you got the supper ready ？ He didn‘t want to get himself involved in the matter.

6. She insisted that we find the source of… insist 作 “ 坚决主张 ” 、 “ 坚持（让某人做某 事） ” 时，宾语从句用 should+ 动词原形 insist 作 “ 坚决认为 ” 时，宾语从句根据需要 选用时态 The teacher insisted that the students （ should ） not be late again. I insisted that he ( should ) be sent to hospital. He still insists he wasn’t there at that time.

7….my sister doesn’t care about details. care about sth. 在乎, 在意 care about sb. 关心, 关怀 They didn’t care about the expenses. She is very selfish. She doesn’t care about other people. 8. She gave me a determined look. determined adj. 坚定的, 坚决的 be determined to do sth. 决心做 …… He is always a determined man. He would try his best to get what he wants. The workers are determined to finish their work on time.

9.Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. once conj. 一旦 (if ever) Once opened, the food must be eaten up within three days. He once knew her, but they are no longer friends. (adv. 曾经 ) make up one’s mind 决心, 决定 We couldn’t make up our minds what to do next. She made up her mind to go and settle in the USA.

10. Finally, I had to give in. give in 屈服, 投降, 提出, 呈交 The mother gave in and bought a toy for the child. He would rather die than give in. Please give your work in before Monday. 11. I kept asking her… kept asking 不断, 一直. 老是做某事 The boy keeps asking his mother the same question. Keep going along the road until you see a shop.

Pre-reading The Mekong is the largest river in South East Asia at around 4,500 kms long. The river comes from the Tibet in China, flowing through Tibet, Myanmar ( 缅甸 ), Laos( 老挝 ), Thailand, Cambodia( 柬埔寨 ) and the Mekong delta in Vietnam. The Tibetans know the river as the “Turbulent( 动荡的 ) River", the Cambodians as "Great Water", the Vietnamese as the "Nine Dragons River" and closer to home the Thai and Lao people refer to it as "Mai Nam Kong" - Mother of Waters! The Mekong has a long history of exploration and of both slow and modern boats carrying passengers along it's waters. It is well known at the Golden Triangle.

Tibetan mountainsThe Mekong River

Text retelling: dream about – bike trip – graduation – college – chance – come true – think of the idea – cycle along the Mekong River -- buy expensive bike – get cousins interested –Wang Wei – stick to the idea – source -- begin their journey – Qinghai Province – not change her mind– excited – altitude – 5000 meters –before the trip -- atlas – library -- know clearly about