1. 1. ['ɔ:gənaiz]
2. ['dʒə:ni]
3.喜爱，喜欢
4.投降，屈服，让步
5. 下决心，决定
6.关心；忧虑；惦念
7.改变主意
8.坚决的，有决心的
9.大学毕业生
10.时间表，进度表

2. Your Travel Schedule the National Holidays Time Destination(目的地)
Transport
Travel partner
Preparation
the National Holidays
Tibet
Atlas,umbrella….

3. Journey down the Mekong
Unit 3
Journey down the Mekong

4. the Mekong River the Lancang River – 澜沧江 Vietnam Burma Laos Thailand
Cambodia
the Lancang River – 澜沧江
the South China Sea

5. Multiple Choice: 1) The Mekong River flows through _____ countries.
A B C. 6
2. The source of the Mekong River is in ___ Province.
A. Qinghai B. Yunnan C. Sichuan
3. The river’s delta enters _____ .
A. the East China Sea B. the Yellow Sea
C. the South China Sea

6. Main Idea Preparation: atlas of Mekong River Para 1 Dream and plan
Different attitudes towards the plan

7. Travel Plan (Para 1) Wang Wei Plan maker Time
Destination(目的地)
Transport
Travel partner
Preparation
after graduating from college
along the entire Mekong river
take a bike/cycling trip
Wang Kun, Wang Wei,
Dao Wei & Yu Hang
atlas of Mekong River

8. Different attitudes (Para2)
Wang Wei, my sister insisted…
Wang Kun, the writer believed…
organize
properly
that she _______ the trip _______ .
2. they start the journey from the ________.
3. that it would be an _________ experience.
source of the MK
interesting
1. it would be a _____ journey to start in Qinghai.
2. They should __________the details.
hard
care about

9. Different Attitudes (Para 2)
1) Why did Wang Kun disagree with the plan?
Because Wang Wei has a serious shortcoming.
Because Wang Wei doesn’t care about details
Because the journey would be very difficult; it
would begin at a high altitude and the air would
be cold and hard to breathe
D. None of the above
2) Who finally gave in? Why?
Wang kun had to give in because once his sister
made up her mind, it will be hard to change her mind.

10. Atlas of the Mekong (Para3）
1) What is the source of the Mekong?
2) Which sea does it enter?
3) What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
a glacier on a Tibetan Mountain
The South China Sea
glacier, rapids, valleys, waterfalls, plains

11. True or False? F
Dao Wei and Yu Huang belong to the Han nationality.
2. Some of the Dai live in Western Yunnan.
3.The Mekong River is in China and it includes the Lancang River.
4. Although it is not easy to travel along the Mekong River, Wang Wei insisted on doing so.
5. The Tibetan Mountain where the Mekong River
begins is 5,000 meters high. T F T F

12. 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
decided
cycle
cousins
stubborn
determined
change
insisted
source

13. care for: 表示“喜欢” like love
I don’t really care for red wine.
care for 照料；照顾 look after, take care of,
Who will care for your child if you are out?
--- Aidan, you have been said that you wouldn’t help your
friends.
--- I don’t ______ what people think.
A. care for B. care about C. care of D. care at