1. Unit 3
Travel journal

2. the longest river in Southeast Asia
the Mekong River

3. In China it is called
the Lancang River – 澜沧江

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

5. What countries does the Mekong River flow through?
Myanmar
Laos
Cambodia
Thailand
Vietnam a

6. Journey down the Mekong
Predict
What’s the reading about?
Journey down the Mekong
Part1 The dream and the plan

7. Skimming Decide which is the main idea of the passage
A. The author and his sister’s plan about their winter holiday.
B. The experience during the author and his sister’s trip in Qinghai.
C. The author and his sister’s plan and preparations for their trip.
D. anecdotes(轶事）that happened during their trip.　

8. Read and find the main idea of each paragraph:
Dream
Paragraph 1:_____________
Paragraph 2:_____________
Paragraph 3:_____________
A stubborn sister
Preparation
Preparation
Dream
A stubborn sister

9. Careful Reading 1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
Read Paragraph1 quickly and answer the following questions
1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
2.What is their dream?
3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

10. Skimming: Kun and Wang Wei? and sister, and both are college students.
1.Who are Wang
Kun and Wang
Wei?
They are brother
and sister,
and both are
college students.

11. was to take a great bike trip.
2. What was
their dream?
Their dream
was to take
a great bike
trip.

12. 3.Who are Dao Wei
and Yu Hang?
They are Wang
Kun’s cousins
who are at a
college in
Kunming.

13. Paragraph 2: A stubborn sister
Q1: Did Wang Wei give Wang Kun a determined look when Wang Kun told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai?
Q2: Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?
Yes

14. Q2: Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?
Yes. She insisted that she ______________ the trip properly. Once she has ________________, nothing can change it.
(should) organize
made up her mind
xlj

15. Preparation What can they see along the Mekong?
Paragraph 3:
Preparation What can they see along the Mekong?
xlj

16. glacier
plain
waterfall
delta
valley
rapids

17. 1
glacier 2
valley 3
waterfall
plain 4
delta 5

18. Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong?
The Mekong begins
in a _____ on a _______.
At first, the river is small.
Then it becomes _____ as
it passed through deep ______,travelling across_______ ______ Province. Sometimes the river becomes a_______ and enters ______ ______.
It makes wide______or meanders through ____ _______ to the______where rice grows.
At last the river delta
enters _________________.

19. Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong?
The Mekong begins
in a ________
on a ______________.
glacier
Tibetan mountain

20. Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong?
At first, the river is small.
Then it becomes _____ as
it passed through deep ______,travelling across_______ ______ Province. Sometimes the river becomes a_______ and enters ______ ______.
rapids
valleys
western
Yunnan
waterfall
wide valleys

21. Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong?
It makes wide______or meanders through ____ _______ to the______where rice grows.
bends
low valleys
plains

22. Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong?
At last the river delta enters _________________.
the South China Sea

23. What do you think of the plan of reading ?Why?
Discuss
What do you think of the plan of reading ?Why?
I think it is…
because …

24. I think it is
interesting
because…..

25. Summary and homework
1.Search the Internet for more information about the Mekong River
2. Review the passage after class and pay attention to new words and phrases.
3.Write down your opinions about the question in the discussion.

26. Goodbye