1. Unit 3
Travel journal

2. Travelling 1.When are you leaving? 2.How are going to…?
3.When are you arriving in/at …? 4.Where are you staying?
5.How long are you staying in….? 6.When are you coming back?

3. topic insists Tibet altitude Tibetan persuade stubborn
Choose suitable words below in their proper forms to
complete the short passage.
Source, persuade, topic, stubborn, insist, altitude,
Vietnam (Vietnam’s), Tibet (Tibetan), attitude,
Where to travel for the National Holidays has been the only
_____ of conversation for weeks. All of us want to go to the
beach in Hainan, but Xiaoliang _______on going to _______.
He said he wants to know how he will feel at an ________ of
4,000meters in ________ plateau! We have been trying to
_______ him, however, he is as _________ as a mule. I think
we will be soon persuaded by him.
topic
insists
Tibet
altitude
Tibetan
persuade
stubborn
Tibetan Plateau
Potala palace
the Lancang River

4. Journey down the Mekong
Laos
Myanmar
Vietnam
Thailand
China
Cambodia

5. Different topographical features (geographical characters of an area)
glacier
rapids
valleys
waterfall
plain
delta

6. glacier rapids a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley
a fast –moving
part of a river

7. valley waterfall a long ,low, wide a high place from which
place between hills
a high place from which
a river suddenly goes down

8. delta plain a large flat place a river enters the sea
the low place where
a river enters the sea
a large flat place

9. Go through the passage quickly and divide it.
Part 1(para 1),
which talks about their dream.
Part 2 (paras2-3),
which talks about their plan.

10. Listen to the tape and follow it. Discuss the questions on Page 19.
1.who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
2. what are their dream?
3. who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
4. where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?
5. Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?
They are brother and sister , and both are college students.
Their dream was to take a great bike trip.
They are Wang Kun’s cousins who are at a college in Kunming.
The source of the river is in Qinghai Province; and it enters the South
China Sea.
Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.

11. Their attitudes about the trip
Similar attitudes about the trip
Different attitudes about the trip
They both think
Wang Wei believes
Wang Kun believes
1.they must start in Qinghai where the river begins/see all of the Mekong.
2.that they don’t need to prepare much
1.taking this trip is a dream that comes true
2.they will enjoy the trip a lot
3.they should see a lot of the Mekong
4.that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia
1.it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai
2.that using an atlas is very important

12. Imagine you are Xiaoliang, planning for your bike trip to Qinghai
Imagine you are Xiaoliang, planning for your bike trip to Qinghai. What are you preparing for the trip?
-buying a good mountain bike
-taking a big bag
-taking a map/a compass
-money
-student ID
-camera/battery/films
-sunglasses/hat
-tent/umbrella/raincoat
-flashlight/matches
-heavy coats/blankets

13. Homework
Required:
Rewrite the text in your own words ( words)
Optional: Search the internet and find some information about the information of the Mekong River.