1. Unit 3 Travel journal Reading 高一人教新课标版必修一 学科网

2. This river is called our mother river. The Yellow River – 黄河

3. This river is the longest one in China. The Changjiang River – 长江

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

5. The countries the Mekong River flows through: China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam

6. China Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam South China Sea Myanmar

7. Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the Lancang River ? The Chinese part of the river is called the Lancang River and after flowing in other countries the river is called the Mekong River. zxxkw

8. Journey down the Mekong Reading Part 1 The dream and the plan

9. Read the whole passage quickly and decide which is the main idea of the passage. _______ A. The dream of Wang Kun and Wang Wei and their preparation for the bike trip. B. Their dream and the journey down the Mekong. C. Their plan to travel down the Mekong and the attitudes of two people. D. The proper trip down the Mekong. A

10. Read the text in details.

11. New words about geography: altitude 海拔高度 glacier 冰河 rapids 急流 valley ( 山 ) 谷 waterfall 瀑布 plain 平原 delta 三角洲

12. 1. 梦想做某事 2. 骑自行车旅游 3. 说服 … 做 … 4. 关心, 介意 5. 改变主意 6. 下定决心 7. 屈服, 让步 8. 使某人对 ····· 感兴趣 dream of / about doing sth take a bike trip persuade sb to do care about change one’s mind make up one’s mind give in get sb interested in Useful words and phrases

13. 1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip? Their idea was to take a great bike trip. Answer the questions.

14. 2. Who planed the trip to the Mekong? Wang Wei.

15. 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.

16. 4. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains. glacier valley rapids delta waterfall plain

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

18. 1. Their dream was to go hiking along the river. 2. Wang kun is a high school student. 3. Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnan province. F True or False F F

19. 4. Wang Wei persuaded their cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang, to join in their cycling. 5. Before flowing in other countries, the Mekong River is called the Lancang River. 6. The source of the river is in QingHai Province and it enters the east China Sea. T T F

20. 7. They found few atlas and books about Mekong River in library. 8. All parts of the Mekong River are in china. 9. There are no waterfalls in the Mekong River. 10. You can see glacier, rapids, valleys, waterfalls and plains along the river. F F F T

21. 1.Rather than ______ on a crowded bus, he always prefers a bicycle ． A ． ride; ride B ． riding; ride C ． ride; to ride D ． to ride; riding 2. I preferred ___ at home ____to the noisy party. A. to stay; going B. staying; rather than go C. to stay; rather than going D. staying; to going C D zxxkw 学科网 学.科.网学.科.网 高考链接

22. While shopping, people sometimes can’t help ____ into buying something they don’t really need. A. to persuade B. persuading C. being persuade D. be persuaded C

23. We had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was ____ ________ had a meeting in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was __________ ______ we had in the meeting room yesterday afternoon. It was ____________________ ______ we had a meeting yesterday afternoon. It was ____________________ ______ we had a meeting in the meeting room. wewho/that a meetingthat in the meeting roomthat yesterday afternoon that

24. 高考链接 1)Was it ___ that I saw last night at the concert? A. you B. not you C. that yourself 2)It was because of bad weather ____ the football match had to be put off. A. so B. so that C. why D. that A D

25. I insisted that a doctor ___ immediately. A. has been sent for B. sent for C. will be sent for D. be sent for 高考链接 D

26. give up 放弃, 认输 give out 筋疲力尽 ; 分配 give away 捐赠, 泄露 give off 发出 ( 光、气味 ); 长出 ( 枝、杈 ) ---Smoking is bad for your health. ---Yes, I know. But I simply can’t ____. A. give it up B. give it out C. give it in D. give it away A

27. 1) After the long trip, both the men and the horses ________. 2) Because of his small salary, he had to _______ his dream trip to Europe. 3) Seeing that he could not persuade me, he had to ________ my view. gave out gave up gave in to 练一练

28. 4) He _________ most of his fortune to the poor. 5) Please keep the secret, don’t ____ it ______. 6) I _______ trying to persuade him to continue with his studies. 7) The government refused to ______ to their demands. gave away gave away gave up give in

29. The new railway winds its way to Hong Kong, ___ mountains ___ tunnels and ___ rivers. A. across; over; through B. over; across; through C. over; through; across D. through; over; across C

30. Practice 1. 这个小女孩梦想成为流行歌星。 (dream about) _______________________________ 2. 我决定不听他的劝告。 (determine) ________________________________ The little girl dreamed about becoming a pop star. I deternined not to follow his advice.

31. 3. 说服他放弃这个计划很难。 (persuade) _________________________________ 4. 最后, 我不得不做出让步。 (give in) __________________________________ 5. 他总是喜欢和小孩子玩。 (be fond of) __________________________________ It’s difficult to persuade him to give up this plan. Finally, I had to give in. He is always fond of playing with children.