Unit 3 Travel Journal

What does the Mekong look like ？ The water is clear and cold. Then it begins to move quickly. It becomes rapids & passes through deep valleys. Sometimes the river enters wide valleys and becomes waterfalls. waterfalls. At first, the river is very small.

The Lancang River – 澜沧江 In China it is called

Out of China, it is called the Mekong River

the longest river in Southeast Asia the Mekong River

Laos ( 老挝 ) Myanmar ( 缅甸 ) Thailand ( 泰国 ) Cambodia ( 柬埔寨 ) Vietnam ( 越南 ) The Mekong River flows through….

It runs through ______ countriessix LanCang River Mekong River

(Part I: the dream and the plan)

the main idea of each paragraph:(choose A.B.C ) Paragraph 1:_____________ Paragraph 2:_____________ Paragraph 3:_____________ A.Preparation B.Dream C.A stubborn sister Dream Preparation A stubborn sister

2. 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.

Discuss the text in details.

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.

Paragraph 2: A stubborn sister Q1: what did she do when I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai? Q2:Was she well prepared for their journey? Q3:Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why? Yes. she insisted that we find the source of the river and begin our journey there. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. She just give me a determined look

glacier rapids valley waterfall bends/ meanders plain Read Para3, and try to find out the geographical terms ( 地理术语 ). delta

Circle the following geographical words. Paragraph 3 Match each word to the proper meanings 1. rapids 2. waterfall 3. glacier 4. delta 5. plain a. a high place from which a river suddenly goes down b. a large flat place c. a fast-moving part of a river d. a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley e. the low place where a river enters the sea.

The Mekong begins in a ______ on a Tibetan Mountain. At last the river ______ enters the ______________ ． Then, it becomes _____ as it passes through deep _____, sometimes it becomes _______. As it enters Southeast Asia, it runs slowly. It makes ______ or _________ to the ________. glacierrapids valleys a waterfall bends meanders plain delta South China Sea Careful Reading Paragraph 3: Preparation Find out more information about how the Mekong changes. What can you see along the Mekong?

1. begin glacier 2. become rapids pass through valleys 3. become sometimes a waterfall 4. make bends through valleys to plains 5. delta the South China Sea

,the river is very small. The water is and cold. Then it begins to move. It becomes and passes through deep.Sometimes the river wide valleys and becomes. China and high, the Mekong becomes wide, and., the river’s enters the South China Sea. At first clearquickly rapids valleys enters waterfalls Fill in the blanks: Leaving altitude brownwarm At last delta

Discussion The National Holiday is coming, where are you going to spend your holiday? Task: Work with your partners and make a travel plan for your group.

Our Travel Plan Destination Traffic Tool Schedule Information about the place Our expectation … …… …

We are going to … to spend our National Holiday. We plan to go there by …. We are leaving … so that we can arrive …. It is known that ….And we want to know more about it, for example, ….What’s more, we … Our Travel Plan

Homework: 1.Write a short passage about the Mekong River. 2.Underline the difficult sentences and useful structures in the passage.