Unit 3 Travel journal

Questions: Do you like traveling? Why do people travel? Which place/country do you like to travel best?

Tian’anmen Square The Great Wall Forbidden City The West Lake

Huangshan Eiffel Tower 埃菲尔铁塔 Pyramid 金字塔

The National Day is coming, and many people including you may prefer to go traveling for a break. means of transportation

Advantages & Disadvantages

Imagine a place you want to visit and make a dialogue with these questions. Where are you going to? How are you going to…? When are you arriving in/at…? Where are you staying? How long are you staying in…? When are you coming back?

There are many great rivers both in China and in the world.

Heilong Jiang – 黑龙江

The Yellow River – 黄河

Yarlung Zangbu River – 雅鲁藏布江

The Yangtze River –长江

The Pearl River – 珠江

Thames(泰晤士河) in England

Rhine(莱茵河 ) in Germany

Mississippi River in the USA

River Nile in Egypt

Congo -Central Africa

If you could travel down only one of them, which one would you choose?

The Lancang River – 澜沧江

What about the Mekong River? Part of it is in China!

The Mekong flows from South-West China through all the mainland South East Asian countries - China, Myanmar , Laos, Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam

Myanmar / Burma (before 1989) is one of the largest countries in South East Asia. Population: 52.17 million(2003) Capital: Yangon

Laos Laos is a country in SE Asia between China and Cambodia. Population: 5.9million (2005). Capital:Vientiane

Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. Population: 63.36 million (2003) Capital: Bangkok

Cambodia Cambodia is a country in SE Asia between Thailand and Vietnam. Population:13.4 million (2003) Capital: Phnom Penh.

Vietnam Vietnam is a country in SE Asia, next to Cambodia and China. Population:81.4 million(2003). Capital: Hanoi.

Now we reach the Mekong River! After reaching the Mekong, an old man told me a story about the journey in the Mekong of a boy and a girl ? Do you want to know?