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 Mekong in China is called the Lancang River.

China Laos M y a n m a r C a m b o d i a T h a i l a n d Vietnam LiZhengyang is traveling on foot happily !

Glacier Valley

Delta Plain

Waterfall Rapids

Now we’re going to read a passage about a boy’s travel journal along the Mekong River. Journey Down The Mekong Reading:

Fast Reading Read the passage quickly and answer the followings

his sister WangWei taking a great bike trip WangKun and are dreaming of Who and What Where and How Why and When

They have the idea to_________the Mekong River from _____ it ______ to ______ it _____. cycle along where begins where ends Where and How

Why and When Ever since … have dreamed about taking… after graduating from colleage

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

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.

About Wang Wei (para2) 1. Which adjectives can best describe Wang Wei’s attitude about the trip? Why? uninterested crazy curious scared brave determined stubborn excited careless

Find the words from the text that mean the same diary the price, expense a means or system of carrying passengers from one place to another at last,in the end ride a bike make sb to do sth With a strong will,determined To declare firmly journal transport finally cycle persuade stubborn insist fare

decide The height of an object or place above sea level An area of land lying between two lines of hills or mountains A feeling or thinking about sb or sth determine altitude valley attitude

Imagine that you are Wang Wei, tell your classmates your experiences about your traveling, and write it down.