1. Reading Journey down the Mekong
Unit 3 Travel Journal
Reading Journey down the Mekong
教师：胡巧稚
班级：高一八班

4. to irrigate their fields How do people who live along a river use it?
Pre-reading—II (2m)
travel along a river
Brain
storming
to irrigate their fields ……
How do people who live along a river use it?
to make electricity
go swimming

5. This river begins in Qinghai Province
and flows through several countries.
The Mekong River

6. List the countries that the Mekong River flows through.

7. China
Myanmar
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
South China Sea

8. Journey down the Mekong
reading
Journey down the Mekong

9. F Wang Wei T True or False
1.Wang Kun persuaded his cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang, to join in their cycling.
2. Wang Wei insisted that they began the journey from where it begins to where it ends. F
Wang Wei T

10. a large atlas with good maps
3. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe.
4. The source of the Mekong River is in Sichuan province.
5. They found few maps about the Mekong River in the library. T T F
a large atlas with good maps

11. It is located at an altitude of more than 5000 metres. B
1. Why is it so hard to breathe in Qianghai Province?
A. The weather is cold.
B. Because of the high altitude.
C. Because of the rivers.
D. Because of the low altitude.
It is located at an altitude of more than 5000 metres. B

12. D 2. Which sentence is not true according to the text?
A. Wang Wei advised Wang Kun to buy a mountain bike and he agreed.
B. Wang Wei seldom listened to others.
C. Before their trip they went to the library.
D. Wang Wei knew the best way of getting to places. D
Wang Wei is so stubborn, so she think
The proper way is always her way.

13. A 3. From the text, we can infer that _______.
A. their trip will be difficult.
B. their trip will be very easy because they prepared a lot.
C. they must be successful after enough preparations.
D. they know very well about the Mekong River. A

14. 4. What does Wang Kun mean by saying “the proper way is always her way”?
A. Wang Wei is reliable, because she always knows the proper way.
B. Wang Wei always insists on her way, even though she doesn’t know the proper way.
C. Wang Kun thinks that his sister is stubborn and can’t do anything properly.
D. Wang Kun thinks that his sister can find the best way to get to the places. B

15. C 5. What does the last paragraph tell us?
A. They wanted to know how soon they would come back.
B. They wanted to learn the world’s geography.
C. They went to the library to know something about the Mekong River.
D. Wang Kun wanted to let Wang Wei know how difficult their trip. C

16. Their dream
Wang Wei’s suggestion
Finding___________ and beginning there.
Their preparations
Both of them bought________________, got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to _____________in the library.
Taking a
great bike trip.
the source
expensive bikes
the atlas

17. an altitude of more than
Why excited
Their journey would begin at___________________________.
The Mekong River
It begins at a _______on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and passes through___________. Half of it is in China. It enters the______________. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it enters__________________.
an altitude of more than
5000 meters
glacier
deep valleys
Southeast Asia
the South China Sea

18. Discussion
Imagine that you will have National Holiday. Choose the place you want to visit. Get into pairs and discuss it.

19. --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

20. Homework
1. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great trip.
2. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries.
3. It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends.

21. 4. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.
5. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it.
6. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it.
7. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.

22. 讲课结束
感谢各位老师!
Thank You !