1. Travel journal
Unit 3

2. Do you know the following places, have you ever traveled to them?
Warming up
Do you know the following places,
have you ever traveled to them?

3. Tian’anmen Square
The Great Wall
The Trunk Mountain
Mount Huang
(象鼻山)

4. The Forbidden City

5. The Mount Huangshan

6. the Pyramids
the Statue of Liberty
the Great Wall
the Terracotta Army

7. ['aifəl]
Mount Fuji
(富士山)
Eiffel Tower
巴黎艾菲尔铁塔
(位于塞纳河南岸)

8. Mount Qomolongma
The Moon
(Mount Everest)
['evərist]

9. Guessing Game

10. Here are some famous rivers. Do you know their names?

11. It is in Egypt.
The Nile River

12. This river is called our mother river.
The Yellow River

13. The Yangtze River (Chang Jiang River)
This river is the longest one in China.
The Yangtze River (Chang Jiang River)

14. This is a famous river in Guangdong Province.
The Pearl /pE:l/ River

15. the Heilongjiang River
It is in Heilongjiang Province.
the Heilongjiang River
The Heilungkiang River(黑龙江)

16. Mississippi(USA) Seine ( France) Thames (England)
Amazon River (Brazil)
Nile River (Egypt)

17. TheLancang River
This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries.

18. Out of China, it is called
the Mekong River

19. How much do you know about the Mekong River?
Part of it is in China, too!

20. Let’s take off! Now!

21. The Mekong River
Laos
Myanmar
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia

22. List the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
China
Myanmar
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam

23. The Langcang river begins in Qinghai Province,China

24. the longest river in southeast Asia(4,909km)

25. the beautiful scenery

27. Mekong River (湄公河)
　澜沧江 —— 湄公河是东南亚最重要的一条国际河流，有 “ 东方多瑙河 ” 之美称。源头在我国青海唐古拉山，全长 4880 公里 ，在我国内河道里程长 2161 公里 ，其中在云南境内 1247 公里 ，从勐腊县南腊河口 244 号界桩处出境后，澜沧江始称湄公河，流经缅甸、老挝、泰国、柬埔寨、越南 5 个国家，最后在越南胡志明市附近注入太平洋。 　
许多重要城市、港口和商贸重镇坐落在湄公河畔。它的下游孕育了世界最大的粮仓 —— 湄公河粮仓，闻名全球的四大米市均在湄公河畔。紧靠岸边的 “ 金三角 ” ，从前以种植、制造、贩卖鸦片而闻名于世，而今已变成泰国的旅游胜地，每年吸引着 400 多万游人前去观光。 　　澜沧江 —— 湄公河是沿岸 6 国人民的共同财富。据考察，我国西南和东南亚各国间，开展水陆联运。所以，这条天然的水上大动脉，被誉称为未来的 “ 黄金水道 ” ，沿江各国人民把它奉为 “ 幸福之母 ” 、 “ 生命之江 ”.

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

29. Go through the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph
Fast-reading
Go through the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph

30. *Match the main idea with each paragraph
A. The preparation before the
trip and details about Mekong
river
B. Different attitudes between
wang kun and wang wei
C. Deciding to take a great bike trip along the Mekong river

31. A outline of the text 1. prepare to take a bike trip
2.Wang Wei organized the trip
3.Information about the MeKong River

32. Para.1 Read it and answer the questions.
1.How many people are there in the story?Who are they?
Four. They are Wang Kun,Wang Wei ,Dao Wei and Yu Hang.
2. What was their dream?
Their dream was to take a great bike trip.
3. Who planned the trip to the Mekong?
Wang Wei.

33. dreamed about taking a great bike trip Since middle school:
Finish the event.
dreamed about taking a great bike trip
Since middle school:
Two years ago:
Last year:
Graduate from college:
bought an expensive mountain bike
Wang wei got her cousins interested in cycling too
got the chance to take a bike trip

34. 1.What kind of person is Wangwei? 2.How do you know ?
Read Para.2 and answer the following questions.
1.What kind of person is Wangwei?
2.How do you know ?
3.Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?
4.Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?
5.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip?

35. 1.What kind of person is Wangwei?
para 2
1.What kind of person is Wangwei?
She is very stubborn.
2.How do you know ?
Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.
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.

36. 4. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?
Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
5.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip?
Determined, excited, interested

37. para3
a glacier on a Tibetan mountain
The Mekong River
It begins at ___________________ _________, moves ______ and passes through __________. Half of it is in _____.It enters _________________.
Then it travels slowly through _________________where rice grows.At last it enters ___________________ .
quickly
deep valleys
China
the Southeast Asia
low valleys to plains
the South China Sea

38. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
glacier
It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________.
Tibetan
mountain

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

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

41. It makes wide bends or
meanders through low
valleys to the ___________
where rice grows.
plains
At last, the river _____ enters the South China Sea.
delta

42. 1. rapid 2. waterfall 3. glacier 4. delta 5. plain
Match each word to the proper meanings
a. A high place from which a river suddenly goes down
1. rapid
2. waterfall
b. A large flat place
c. A fast-moving part of a river
3. glacier
d. A large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley
4. delta
5. plain
e. The low place where a river enters the sea.

43. waterfall
plain
glacier
delta
rapids
valley

44. Listen to the tape and do some true or false questions.
Post-reading
Listen to the tape and do some true or false questions.

45. 1.Wang kun and Wang Wei are brother and sister.
2.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnan province.
3.The source of Mekong is in Qinghai province .
4.Finally Wang Kun agreed with his sister to cycle with her. T F T T

46. 5.They found few atlas and books about Mekong River in library.
6. Mekong river begins at glacier on a Tibet mountain, the water there is clear but not cold.
7. The end of the River enters South China Sea.
8. The River does not flows through Thailand. F F T F

47. = 性格
Disccusion Could you use some words or phrases to describe the characteristics of Wang wei and Wang kun? Wang Wei: Wang kun:
stubborn; determined; wouldn’t change her mind;
adventurous （喜欢冒险的）
serious = careful;
clever
thoughtful

48. Thank you for attention!