1. Unit 3 Travel Journal Unit 3 Travel Journal Journey Down the Mekong

2. Huangshan Mountain

3. Huangguoshu Waterfall

4. Emei Mountain

5. Jiuzhaigou

6. Lushan Mountain

7. Let’s share our travel experience

8. Led in 1.Do you like traveling? 2.Why do you like traveling ? And why not? 3.Where have you ever been before? 4.How did you get there? 5.If you are given a chance to travel around the world, what kind of transportations will use and why ?

9. transportadvantagesdisadvantages bus train ship airplane Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form transport and fill in the following chart.

10. Discuss the following questions National day When are you leaving? How are you going to… ? When are you arriving? Where are you staying? How long are you staying in…? When are you coming back?

11. the present continuous tense 现在进行时 现在进行时除表示现在正在进行的动作外, 还可以 表示将来, 常有 “ 意图 ” “ 安排 ” 或 “ 打算 ” 的含义. 它 常表示最近或较近 的将来, 所使用的动词多是转 移动词. 表示将来的现在进行时除用于转移动词外, 也可以用于某些非转移动词. We’re leaving for Beijing tomorrow. When are you starting? They are coming here this afternoon. What are you doing next Sunday? I’m meeting you after class.

12. Unit 3 Travel Journal Unit 3 Travel Journal Journey Down the Mekong

13. List the countries that the Mekong River flows through List the countries that the Mekong River flows through China Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Mekong Laos Vietnam Thailand Cambodia Myanmar Myanmar

14. scanningscanning Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? What was their dream? Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? Brother and sister. To take a great bike trip. Cousins.

15. ReadingReading 1. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? 2. Why is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? 3. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?

16. ReadingReading 1. 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.

17. ReadingReading 2. Why is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? 3. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold. Glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.

18. Read the passage again to complete the form. their dream Their journey Their preparation The Mekong River Reading Details

19. Read the passage again to complete the form(I). Their dream Their journey Their preparation Taking a great bike trip Along the Mekong River from the source. 1.They bought expensive mountain bikes. 2.They turned to the atlas in the library.

20. Read the passage again to complete the form(II). The Mekong River 1.begin /glacier on a Tibetan mountain / small/clean/cold. 2.move quickly /pass through deep valleys 3.half/in China /Lancang River. 4.wide brown and warm/enter

21. An attitude is what a person thinks about something. Write down Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s attitude to the trip. Then add your own opinion. Wang Wei’s attitude Wang Kun’s attitude My attitude Positive to the trip. She wants to organise it as it was her idea. Less positive to the trip as he wants to organise it and thinks he can do that better than his sister. It sounds like a wonderful trip and I would love to be able to do a trip like that myself one day.

22. What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei? Wang Kun’s character: enthusiastic, critical, sensible Wang Wei’s character: imaginative, organized, eager, persistent, stubborn, risk- taking Discussion

23. Look at the following sentences from the text and explain them in your own words. 1.She gave me a determined look—the kind that said she would not change her mind. 2.…my sister does not care about details. 3.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows.

24. 1.She gave me a determined look—the kind that said she would not change her mind. This sentence means that she has decided to do something and will not change her ideas. 2. …my sister does not care about details. This means that she concentrates on the broad outline of the trip but not the particulars: where they will stay, what they will take with them etc.

25. 3. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. A meander is a geographical term to describe the snakelike bends that a river makes as it slows down to flow through valleys to the plains. The sentence means that the Mekong River flows slowly and gently through the valleys and reaches the farming plains.

27. Advantages: 1. very cheap 2. efficient for short journeys 3. goes to small towns/cities Disadvantages: 1. takes longer than the train or airplane 2. does not provide meals bus

28. Advantages: 1. cheaper than the airplane 2. journey ends in the center of the town/city Disadvantages: 1. takes longer than the airplane 2. does not provide meals train

29. Advantages: 1.cheaper than the airplane 2. provides accommodation and meals Disadvantages: 1. more expensive than the train or bus 2. not convenient for visiting inland places ship

30. Advantages: 1. quick 2. efficient 3. provides meals Disadvantages: 1. expensive 2. journey ends far from the city plane