1. Journey down the Mekong
Unit 3
Travel journal
Journey down the Mekong

2. The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
The longest river in China is
The Yangtze River
The longest canal(运河) in the world is
The Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal
The river flows through the most countries in Asia is
The Mekong River

3. Myanmar Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam The South China Sea
the countries that the Mekong
River flows through

4. Reading Comprehension I
Skimming
Reading Comprehension I
the main idea of the passage
The passage is mainly about
__________ and ____ ______ dream and _____ for taking a great _____ ____ along the Mekong River.
his sister’s
Wang Kun
bike
plan
trip

5. Match the main ideas of each paragraph.
A . Different attitudes between Wang Wei and Wang Kun.
Para. 1
Para. 2
Para. 3
B . The preparations before the trip & details about the Mekong River.
C . Dream of taking a great bike trip along the Mekong River.

6. Wang Kun ,Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
Para.1
Who will travel in the text?
2. Where are they going to travel?
3. How will they travel?
4. What did Wang Wei prepare for the trip?
1). Two years ago,
2). Then,
3). Last year,
Wang Kun ,Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
Along the Mekong river from …to…
cycle = go there by bike
…bought…
…persuaded…
…visited…

7. Reading Comprehension II
Scanning
Reading Comprehension II
Choose the correct answer.
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.

8. Scanning
2. 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 was.

9. Scanning
3. When you travel along the Mekong River maybe you can not see_________.
A. waterfalls B. hills and valleys
C. plains where rice grows D. desert
4. The source of the Mekong is in _______
and it enters the________.
A. Yunnan Province; South China Sea
B. Guizhou Province; East China Sea
C. Hunan Province; East China Sea
D. Qinghai Province; South China Sea

10. Reading Comprehension III
Scanning
Reading Comprehension III
True or false
Wang Wei insisted that they begin the
journey in Qinghai.
2. When they arrived in Tibet, it was
winter then.
3. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.

11. 4. The source of the Mekong River is in Qinghai province.
Scanning
4. The source of the Mekong River is in Qinghai province.
5. They found few atlases/maps or books
about the Mekong River in the library.
6. The Mekong river begins in a glacier on
a Tibetan mountain, the water there is
clear but not cold.
7. The end of the River enters the South
China Sea.

12. Reading Comprehension IV
Scanning
Reading Comprehension IV
Answer the questions below.
1. What can you see when you travel
along the Mekong River?
2. What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?
3. What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?

13. glacier
plain
waterfall
valley
rapids
hills

14. 2. What difficulties did Wang Kun
and Wang Wei find about their
journey?
The journey will begin at an altitude
of more than 5,000 meters, where it
is hard to breathe and very cold.

15. What do you think about Wang Kun?
Serious
careful
Wang Kun’s
character
sensible
Enthusiastic
critical …

16. What do you think about Wang Wei?
Imaginative
organized
Wang Wei’s
character
persistent
eager
stubborn …
risk-taking

17. glacier rapids ______ deep valleys ______ waterfall wide,brown,warm
Tibetan Mountains
Western Yunnan Province
rapids
glacier
______
becomes
begins
______
deep valleys
through
_____________
small,clear,cold
leaves China
sometimes
waterfall
__________
becomes
becomes
wide,brown,warm
___________________
enters
wide valleys
enters Southeast Asia
through
low valleys to the plains
makes
wide bends or meanders
__________________________
river
delta
enters the
____
South China Sea
__________________

18. Suggestions Where will they go? What objects will they take?
Please give Wangkun and WangWei some useful suggestions. Why？ .
Where will they go?
What objects will they take?
What will you pay attention to?
When and how will you get back?
…………

19. Homework
1.retell the passage
2. make your suggestions into a passage

20. Goodbye!
Thank you for your cooperation!
Wish you health and happiness!