JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG Reading Part 1 The Dream And The Plan

To show off their power and wealth. Enjoy beautiful scenery. Increase our knowledge Make friends Be good for health…

He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. QING HAI Scotland Laos Cambodia

Have you visited any river? How many great rivers do you know? If you could travel down only one of them, which one would you choose? Why?

Changjiang River Yellow River

Rhine ( 莱茵 )

Volga （伏尔加）

(Thames) 泰吾士河

Seine （塞纳）

Nile （尼罗）

Names of River Location Mekong 湄公河 Rhine 莱茵河 Seine 塞纳河 Nile 尼罗河 Thames 泰吾士 Congo 刚果 Amazon 亚马逊河 Mississippi 密西西比 Volga 伏尔加 Egypt Brazil Central Africa France Russia Germany China, SE Asia England USA

The Mekong River (known in Tibet as Dza-chu, China as Lancang Jiang and Thailand as Mae Nam Khong), is a major river in southeastern Asia. It is the longest river in the region. From its source in China's Qinghai Province near the border with Tibet, the Mekong flows generally southeast to the South China Sea.

The map of Mekong

China 中国 Laos 老挝 Burma 缅甸 Thailand 泰国 Cambodia 柬埔寨 Vietnam 越南 Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through?

Sights along Mekong river canoes sunset waterfall catfish

altitude 海拔高度；高处 glacier 冰河 rapids 急流rapids valley （山）谷；流域valley waterfall 瀑布 plain 平原 delta 三角洲 New words about geography:

following tasks. Let’s read the text and try to finish the following tasks.

1. Who are Wang kun and Wang Wei? 2.What are their dreams? 3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? 4.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River? Scanning---Task 1 They are brother and sister,and both have graduated from college. They are Wang Kun’s cousins who are at a college in Kunming. Taking a great bike trip. mountains; valleys; plains

Fill in the blanks---Task 4 Mekong River begins ___ a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first,The river is small and the water begins to move_______. It becomes ______as it passes ______ deep valleys. Traveling ______western Yunnan Province. Sometimes The River ______ wide Valley and becomes a_________. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. After it leaves china and the high altitudes, the Mekong becomes _____, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly _________hills and low valleys, and the _____ where rice grows. at last the river ’ s delta enters the South China Sea. at quickly rapidS through across enters waterfall wide through plains

Wang Wei Which character do you like,Wang Kun or Wang wei? Why? Task 6---Debate Wang Kun She is stubborn and determined. She is not easy to change her mind. She loves nature;she … He is careful and serious…

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的. Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于有毅力者.

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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. Task 5--- Make comparison Similar attitude Different attitudes Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think… Wang Wei believes… Wang Kun believes… It would be a great bike trip. They should do the trip properly. …. It would be an interesting experience. It is worth visiting and she is determined to do it. it would be a difficult journey. They should get well prepared for it or they should change their minds.

Details:Task3 ---Read the passage again to complete the form their dream Their journey Their preparation Taking a great bike trip Finding the source. Along the Mekong River from the source. 1.Wang Wei persuaded me to buy an expensive mountain bike. 2.Wang Wei got their cousins interested in cycling. 3.They turned to the atlas in the library.