UNIT 3 Travel Journal Jenny Bi

Journey down the Mekong

China Myanmar Laos Vietnam Cambodia Thailand It runs through ______ countries six Finally ， it flows into The South China Sea

Read and find the main idea of each paragraph: A.Preparation B.Dream C.A stubborn sister Dream Preparation A stubborn sister Paragraph 1:_____________ Paragraph 2:_____________ Paragraph 3:_____________ Part1 The dream and the plan

Read Paragraph1 quickly and find out their dream. Their dream: Take a great bike trip.

Ever since middle school Two years ago Last year After graduating from college Now List the key words about their action in different time stages. para1 Dreamed about Bought a mountain bike, persuaded Complete the whole sentence. Retell their dream. Visited, got interested Got the chance Planned the schedule persuade vt. 说服，劝说 Schedule n. 时间表，进度表

What did they prepare in the passage? complete the sentence. *First, bought … *Then, visited… * Next, planned… * At last, went to…

para2 Wang Kun and Wang Wei have different attitudes and characters. 性格特点 Attitudes Characters Wang Wei’s Wang Kun’s excited, positive willing to take a trip less positive careless, determined, stubborn, brave careful, considerate, thoughtful, rational, rational adj. 理性的

What can they see along the Mekong River? para3

glacierwaterfall plain valley delta rapids

Find out what each picture is about and put them in a right order 7.The river delta enters… 4.Pass through deep valleys 6.Make wide bends or meanders through low valleys to plains where rice grows 5. Wide, brown and warm 2.Small river with clean and cold water 3.Move quickly and become rapids 1.Begin in a glacier on a mountain in…

Predict their difficulties Language Weather Food … Group discussion

Post-reading --A Summary Wang Kun and Wang Wei have ______ about taking a great bike trip. when they __________ from college. They _________ to _________ along the Mekong River with their ________. Wang Wei is very _______. Once she is __________ to do something she will never __________ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she ________ that they find the ________ of the river and begin their journey there. dreamed graduated decidedcycle cousins stubborn determined change insisted source

Post-reading Check yourself and finish the cloze text to see if you have learn the lesson well. Ever________ middle school, Wang Kun and his sister Wang Wei have______________ taking a great bike trip. Two years ago, Wang Wei____________Wang Kun to buy an expensive mountain bike. After____________ from college, they________ got the chance to take a bike trip. Wang Wei brought forward the idea to _________ along the Mekong River. In Wang Kun’s eyes, he is _________ of his sister, but he thinks his sister can be too___________. Once she has made up her___________, she will never change it. And her another _____________ is that she doesn’t care about details. Finally, Wang Kun had to__________. They went to libraries and found a large__________ with good maps that showed_________of world geography, where they learned something about the Mekong river. since dreamed about persuaded graduating finally cycle fond stubborn mind atlas shortcoming give in details

Journey down the Mekong Predict Part1 The dream and the plan What’s the reading about?

What preparations will you make before travelling? Write down your ideas. money, map, clothes, pills, raincoat, flashlight…