1. Beauty of the Mekong

9. The great rivers in the world
Names of river
Location(位置)
Lancang River
Seine[sein]塞纳河
Nile
Kongo刚果
Amazon亚马逊河
Mississippi
Thames[temz]泰晤士河
England
Egypt
Central Africa
the US
France
China
Brazil

10. Imagine you are helping the cyclists to prepare for their trip down the Mekong. Do you think which of the following objects is the most useful.And your reasons?
tent
compass
raincoat
map
flashlight
umbrella
matches
water bottle
blanket
Can & bottle openers
radio
tyre/ tire

11. Unit3 Travel Journal
WELCOME

12. Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?
Lan Chang River
The Mekong River
Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?

13. China
Laos
Myanmar
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam

15. Journey down the Mekong
(Part I: the dream and the plan)

16. Fast reading:
1.What’s their dream?
dream about doing…

17. 2. Who will travel in the text?
3. Where are they going ?
4. How are they getting there?
Wang Kun ,Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
Along the Mekong river from …to…
cycle = go there by bike

18. Discuss
the text
in details.

19. Who and what
Wang Kun and ___ ____ Wang Wei are dreaming about_____________________.
her sister
taking a great bike trip

20. Where and How
They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River. From ______ it ______to _____ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends

21. What can they see during the journey?
It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________.
glacier
Tibetan
mountain

22. Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
valleys
rapids

23. waterfall
Sometimes, the river becomes a _______ and enters ____ _____ .
wide valleys

24. At last, the river _____ enters
the South China Sea.
delta

25. Listen to the tape
Listen to the tape and answer the 6 questions on page19

26. and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip? to take a great bike trip.
1.What was Wang Kun
and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip?
Their idea was
to take a great bike trip.

27. 2. Who planed the trip
to the Mekong?
Wang Wei.

28. The source of the river is in it enters the South China Sea.
3. Where is the source of
the Mekong River and
which sea does it enter?
The source of the river is in
Qinghai Province and
it enters the South China Sea.

29. 4. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
5. What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find bout their journey?
The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.

30. Reading comprehension:
Which sentence is not true according to the text?
Wang Wei advised Wang Kun to buy a mountain bike and he agreed.
Wang Wei seldom listened to others.
Before their trip they went to the library.
Wang Wei knew the best way of finding the source of the river.

31. What does the last paragraph on Page 18 tell us?
They wanted to know how soon they would come back.
They wanted to learn the world’s geography.
They went to the library to know something about the Mekong River.
Wang Kun wanted to let Wang Wei know how difficult their trip was.
When you travel along the Mekong River maybe you can not see_________.
A. Waterfalls B. hills and villages C. Plains where rice grows D. desert

32. Imagine you are helping the cyclists to prepare for their trip down the Mekong. Do you think which of the following objects is the most useful.And your reasons?
tent
compass
raincoat
map
flashlight
umbrella
matches
water bottle
blanket
Can & bottle openers
radio
tyre/ tire

33. Homework 1.Underline useful expressions in the text.
2. Retell the text.

34. Thank you !