1 Unit 3 Travel journal Chuanliao High School Zhao Bijun

2 …… How do people who live beside a river make use of it? Brain go swimming travel along a river to irrigate( 灌溉 )their fields to make electricity storming

3 Yangtze River Amazon The world has many great rivers. Can you guess what the names of these rivers are? Yellow River Pearl River ( 珠江 ) Nile

4 Names of river Location( 位置 ) Mekong Rhine 莱茵河 Nile Congo 刚果 Amazon 亚马逊河 Mississippi Thames [temz ] 泰晤士河 England Egypt Central Africa the US Germany China,SE Asia Brazil Discuss in pairs and match the great rivers with their locations( 位置 ) in the world in the following form.

5 Laos Thailand Myanmar Cambodia Vietnam Which countries does the Mekong River flow through? China

6 Journey down the Mekong Reading What’s the difference between the Lancang River and the Mekong River?

7 the Lancang River – 澜沧江 In China it is called

8 Out of China, it is called the Mekong River

9 Decide which is the main idea of the passage A. The author and his sister’s plan about their winter holiday. B. The experience during the author and his sister’s trip in Qinghai. C. The author and his sister’s plan and preparations for their trip. D. anecdotes( 轶事） that happened during their trip. Skimmin g

10 Read and find the main idea of each paragraph: A.Preparation B.Dream C.A stubborn sister Dream Preparation A stubborn sister Paragraph 1:_____________ Paragraph 2:_____________ Paragraph 3:_____________

11 Scanning

12 Discuss the text in details.

13 Who and what Wang Kun and ___ ____ Wang Wei are dreaming about_____________________. his sister taking a great bike trip

14 Where and How They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River from ______ it ______to _____ it _____. cycle along where begins whereends

15 A stubborn sister---Wang Wei She is a ________ girl and has a serious ____________. She doesn’t _____ _______ details and never change her ______ easily. She visited her _______ and got them ___________ in cycling too. stubborn shortcoming careabout mind cousins interested

16 Can you use some adjectives to describe Wang Wei ? stubborn curious brave determined crazy excited organized careless imaginative persistent risk-taking

17 What can they see along the Mekong?

18 glacier waterfall plain valley delta rapids

19 What can they see during the journey? It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________. glacierTibetan mountain

20 Then, it______ quickly. It becomes ______ as it passes through deep _____. moves rapids valleys

21 Sometimes, the river becomes a _______ and enters ____ _____. wide valleys waterfall

22 At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea. delta

23 Comprehending 1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip? 2.Who planned the trip to the Mekong? 3.Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? 4. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? 5. What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? Their idea was to take a long bike trip. Wang Wei planned the trip. The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea. You can see the source glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains. The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres,where it is hard to breathe and very cold.

24 my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. we finally got the chance to do it. she bought an expensive mountain bike. Then she persuaded me to buy one. she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. Now……She is planning our schedule for the trip.

25 Information about the River The Mekong River begins in a _____ on a Tibetan mountain At first, the river is_____,and the water is _____ and______ Then it begins to move ______ It becomes ______ as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river enters wide _______ and be- comes a _____. The Mekong becomes ____,_____,and___ after it leaves China. As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels ______ through hills and low valleys, and the plains. glacier small clearcold quickly rapids valleys waterfall wide brownwarm slowly

26 ① The Mekong River which is called the Lancang River in China begins in a ______ on a Tibetan mountain and enters the ________________ at last. ② At first the river is small and the water is ______ and cold. Then it begins to move ______. After it leaves China and high altitude, it becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. ③ Sometimes it becomes ______, sometimes it becomes a waterfall. Information about the River glacier South China Sea clear quickly rapids

27 Some proverbs : Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于有毅力者。 No success in life merely happens. 人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。

28 Find the words from the text that mean the same diary the price, expense a means or system of carrying passengers from one place to another at last,in the end ride a bike make sb to do sth With a strong will,determined To declare firmly journal transport finally cycle persuade stubborn insist fare

29 decide The height of an object or place above sea level An area of land lying between two lines of hills or mountains A feeling or thinking about sb or sth determine altitude valley attitude