1. Reading

2. Moon River Moon river, wider than a mile; I'm crossing you in style some day; Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker; Wherever you're goin', i'm goin' your way; Two drifters, off to see the world; There's such a lot of world to see; We're after the same rainbow's; Waitin’ round the bend, my huckleberry friend; Moon river, and me …

3. Questions: Do you like travelling? Where have you been? Can you tell your partner something about it? I Warming Up

4. by bus by plane / by air Which kind of transport do you prefer to use? by bike on foot by car

5. Where are you going on holiday? When are you leaving? How are you going to…? How long are you staying ? When are you arriving in /at…? Where are you staying? When are you coming back? Suppose you have four days, discuss where you might go in pairs. Remember to ask the following questions: Warming Up

6. Yangtze Amazon Nile Mekong Yellow River Look at the pictures and try to guess the names of the rivers.( 教师先出示相 关河流图片。 )

7. plain valley waterfall glacierrapids

8. II Pre-reading China Laos Myanmar Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?

9. Skimming 1. Read the text quickly and answer the following questions: Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? What is their dream? Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? What do you think they will see when they travel along the Mekong River? III Reading

10. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? They are brother and sister. What is their dream? Their dream is to take a long bike trip. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? They are Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s cousins. What do you think they will see when they travel along the Mekong River? I think they will see glaciers, rapids, deep valleys, waterfalls and a delta. 2. Read the text again, and fill in the following chart:

11. Their dream To take a long bike trip Wang Wei’s suggestion _________________________ Their preparations _________________________ Why a difficult journey? _________________________ Wang Kun believes… 1.they must start in __________ where the river begins. 2.that they don’t need to_______ much. Wang Wei believes… 1.it is _____________ to start in Qinghai. 2.that ______________ is very important.

12. Their dreamTo take a long bike trip Wang Wei’s suggestion Their preparations Why is it such a difficult journey? To find the source and begin there Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins to join them and researched in the atlas in the library It begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres where it is hard to breathe and very cold

13. Wang Kun believes… 1.they must start in __________ where the river begins. 2.that they don’t need to ______________ much. Wang Wei believes… 1.it is ___________________ to start in Qinghai. 2.that ______________ is very important. Qinghai prepare too cold and high using an atlas

14. 3. Read the text and the notes P80-82 No.1-9 carefully, and find some difficult sentences in the text. 4. Discuss Wang Kun’s and Wang Wei’s attitude to the trip in groups, and finish Exercise 3 on page 19.

15. Wang Wei’s attitude Wang Kun’s attitude My attitude Positive. She wants to organize it as it was her idea. Less positive as he wants to organize it and thinks he can do that better than his sister. It sounds a wonderful trip and I would love to be able to do a trip like that myself one day.

16. Wang Kun and his sister middle school after graduating got the chance to thought of the idea cycle the Mekong River bought bicycles got sb. interested in journey begin at an altitude of change one’s mind atlas in the library IV Retelling

17. 1. Read the text again, underline the important words and phrases and find out the difficult sentences for you. 2. Finish SB P20 Ex. 1-3. 3. Retell the text using your own words. V Homework