1. Unit 3 Travel Journal
PRE-READING
READING FR

2. WORLD’S GREATEST RIVERS
“Greatest rivers” here means rivers that are either quite large and/or play an important role in the regions where they are located.

3. Yangtze River

4. Yellow River

5. The great rivers in the world
Names of river
Location
Mekong river
Seine
Nile
Congo
Amazon
Mississippi
Thames
England
Egypt
Central Africa US
France
China,SE Asia
Brazil

6. 2. How do people who live along a river make use of it?
Brain
travel along a river
storming
to irrigate( 灌溉) their fields ……
2. How do people who live along a river make use of it?
to make electricity
go swimming

7. Journey down the Mekong
reading
Journey down the Mekong

8. Part1 The dream and the plan SB Reading P18
Unit 3 Travel Journal
Part1 The dream and the plan SB Reading P18
Part2 A night in the mountans P22
SB Using Language (Reading and discussing)
Part3 Chatting with a girl P23
SB Using Language (Listening and speaking)
Part4 Our journey through Laos p55
Wb Listening
Part5 By the river in Laos p58
Wb Listening task
Part6 The end of our journey p59
Wb reading task

9. Countries it passes through:
BACKGROUND
FACTS ABOUT THE MEKONG RIVER
Location: the source is located in the Jifu Mountains in Zaduo County,Yushu Tibet Autonomous[ ɔ:'tɔnəməs ] Prefecture[ 'pri:fektjuə, -tʃuə ] of northwest China’s Qinghai Province, which is some 5,200 meters above sea level.
Countries it passes through:
China, Myanmar[ 'mjænmɑ:(r) ], Thailand[ 'tailænd ], Laos, Cambodia[ kæm'bəudiə ], and Vietnarm[ .viət'næm ]
Exact length :4909km. Chinese section: 2,198km

10. Names for the Mekong River:
Tibetans:Dza Chu,which means “River of rocks”
People of Yunnan: the Lancang Jiang “wild river.”
People of Thailand: “mother of waters” (or Mekong).
Laos: “the sea of Laos”
Cambodians: “great water”
Vietnam: “river of nine dragons”since it divides into nine tributaries[ 'tribjutəri ], or smaller rivers, in the delta of that country.

11. Map of the
Mekong

13. China Laos Burma Thailand Cambodia Vietnam
Scan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
China
Laos
Burma
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam

14. Some necessary words Phnom Penh [ pə'nɔm'pen ]n.金边(今之柬埔寨首都)
journal n. 日记;杂志;定期刊物
fare n.费用
transport n.&vt.运送;运输
Vientiane[ vjen'tjæn ] 
n. 万象[老挝首都](在湄公河中游北岸,隔河为泰国)
Laos n.老挝国（东南亚国家）
Phnom Penh [ pə'nɔm'pen ]n.金边(今之柬埔寨首都)
Cambodia n.高棉, 柬埔寨
Ho Chi Minh n.胡志明(越南民主共和国主席, )
Vietnam n. 越南
Mekong 湄公河

15. Laos - Burma –
Thailand, here
they meet
Temple in Vientiane
Traditional house
northern Laos
Laos & the Mekong River

16. The Silver Pagoda of Phnom Penh
Central market of Phnom Penh
Angkor wat Cambodia
southern Cambodia

17. Ho Chi Minh Statute
Church in
Southern Vietnam
Pond
in Ho Chi Minh
One Foot in China &
One Foot in Vietnam
Mekong Delta, in Vietnam

18. Reading through paragraph 3, try to find out the geographical terms(地理术语). (P18)
Glacier Rapids Valley Waterfall
Plain Delta

19. a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valley.
Glacier

20. a fast—moving part of a river
Rapids

21. a long, low, wide place between hills
Valley

22. Waterfall
a high place from which a river suddenly goes down

23. Plain
a large flat place

24. the low place where the river enters the sea
Delta
Yangtze delta

25. Skimming: Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? What was their dream?
Reading through paragraph 1, then answer the questions below:
Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
What was their dream?
Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

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

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

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

29. Reading through paragraph 2, then decide true or false.
1. Wang Wei does not care about the source of the river.
2. Wang Wei had looked at a map before she started her journey.
3. Wang Kun though it would be an interesting experience.
4. Wang Wei thought it would be hard to breath there.
5. According to Wang Kun, Wang Wei is a stubborn girl. F F F F T

30. Answer the following questions (Page19)
Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?
What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?
The source of the river is in Qinghai province and it enters the South China sea.
You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.

31. Read again and get the main idea of each paragraph:
Wang Kun and Wang Wei’ dream.
Para.2
Wang Wei is stubborn.
Para.3
Preparing for their trip.

32. Homework:
Read the passage and find out the sentences or expressions you appreciate and then share them with your desk mates.

33. Thanks for your attention!

34. Canyon
a deep, very wide valley, usually with a river

35. Read again and get the main idea of each paragraph:
Wang Kun and Wang Wei’ dream.
Para.2
Wang Wei is stubborn.
Para.3
Preparing for their trip.

36. Arc de Triomphe
Eiffel Tower
Louvre Museum

37. Tian’anmen Square
The Great Wall
Forbidden City
The Heaven Temple

38. Ss read and answer the following questions:
What was Wang kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip？
Who planned the trip to the Mekong?
Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?
What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?
Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?