3. Mekong River

4. Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?
Lan Chang River
Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?
The Mekong River

5. China Laos Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam South China Sea
The Mekong River flows through…
China
Myanmar
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
South China Sea

6. Journey down the Mekong
(Part I: the dream and the plan)

7. Go through the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph
Skimming
Go through the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph

8. *Match the main idea with each paragraph
A. The preparation before the
trip and details about Mekong
river
B. Different attitudes between
wang kun and wang wei
C. Deciding to take a great bike trip along the Mekong river

9. Para.1 Read it and answer the questions.
Scanning
Para.1 Read it and answer the questions.
1.How many people are there in the story?Who are they?
Four. They are Wang Kun,Wang Wei ,Dao Wei and Yu Hang.
2. What was their dream?
Their dream was to take a great bike trip.
3. Who planned the trip to the Mekong?
Wang Wei.

10. dreamed about taking a great bike trip Since middle school:
Finish the event.
dreamed about taking a great bike trip
Since middle school:
Two years ago:
Last year:
Graduate from college:
bought an expensive mountain bike
Wang wei got her cousins interested in cycling too
got the chance to take a bike trip

11. 1.What kind of person is Wangwei? 2.How do you know ?
Read Para.2 and answer the following questions.
1.What kind of person is Wangwei?
2.How do you know ?
3.Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?
4.Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?
5.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip?

12. 1.What kind of person is Wangwei?
para 2
1.What kind of person is Wangwei?
She is very stubborn.
2.How do you know ?
Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.
3. Where is the source of the Mekong River
and which sea does it enter?
The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.

13. 4. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?
Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
5.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip?
Determined, excited, interested

14. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
para3
What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
glacier
It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________.
Tibetan
mountain

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

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

17. It makes wide bends or
meanders through low
valleys to the ___________
where rice grows.
plains
At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea.
delta

18. waterfall
plain
glacier
delta
rapids
valley

19. a glacier on a Tibetan mountain
The Mekong River
It begins at ___________________ _________, moves ______ and passes through __________. Half of it is in _____.It enters _________________.
Then it travels slowly through _________________where rice grows.At last it enters ___________________ .
quickly
deep valleys
China
the Southeast Asia
low valleys to plains
the South China Sea

20. Listen to the tape and do some questions.
Post-reading
Listen to the tape and do some questions.

21. Task 4 Summary (Fill in the blanks)
Wang Kun and Wang Wei have d______ about taking a great bike trip， when they g__________ from college. They d_________ to c________ along the Mekong River with their c________. Wang Wei is very s_______. Once she is d_________ to do something she will never c_______ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she i_______ that they find the s________ of the river and begin their journey there.
dreamed
graduated
decided
cycle
stubborn
cousins
determined
change
insisted
source

22. = 性格
Disccusion Could you use some words or phrases to describe the characteristics of Wang wei and Wang kun? Wang Wei: Wang kun:
stubborn; determined; wouldn’t change her mind;
adventurous （喜欢冒险的）
serious = careful;
clever
thoughtful

23. Tick out the sentences that you feel difficult.
Homework
Retell the text.
Tick out the sentences that you feel difficult.

24. Thank you for attention!