Unit 3 Travel Journal Reading 课件 3

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To show off their power and wealth.
Enjoy beautiful scenery.
Increase our knowledge
Make friends
Be good for health…
Have you visited any river
How many great rivers do you know
If you could travel down only one of them, which one would you choose Why
Changjiang River
Yellow River
Rhine(莱茵)
Germany
Volga（伏尔加）
Russia
(Thames)泰吾士河
England
Seine（塞纳）
France
Nile（尼罗）
Egypt
Sights along Mekong river
canoes
sunset
waterfall
catfish
JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
Reading
Part 1 The Dream And The Plan
China
缅甸Myanmar
老挝Laos
越南Vietnam
柬埔寨Cambodia
泰国Thailand
The Mekong River flows through….
Lancang River
Mekong River
South China Sea
柬埔寨Cambodia
泰国Thailand
China 中国
Laos 老挝
Myanmar 缅甸
Thailand 泰国
Cambodia 柬埔寨
Vietnam 越南
Can you list the countries
that the Mekong River
flows through
altitude 海拔高度；高处
glacier 冰河
rapids 急流
valley （山）谷；流域
waterfall 瀑布
plain 平原
delta 三角洲
New words about geography:
read para1,answer the following questions:
Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei
They are brother and sister.
What is their dream
Their dream is to take a long bike trip.
Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang
They are Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s cousins.
What do you think they will see when they travel
along the Mekong River
I think they will see glaciers, rapids, deep valleys, waterfalls and a delta.
Careful-reading: Read Para.2 and answer the following questions.
1.What kind of person is Wangwei How do you know
2.Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River Why
She is very stubborn. Although…..
Source
(起源) of the river
altitude
air
weather
The difficulties
WangWei’s reaction(反应)
Qinghai
Province
More than 5,000 meters
Hard to breathe
Very cold
a determined look ；wouldn’t change her mind
excited about it
an Interesting experience
glacier
plain
waterfall
valley
rapids
Meander
delta
Para 3: Try to find out the geographical terms(地理名词)
bend
Careful-reading: Para3
What can you see along the Mekong
The Mekong River begins
in a _____ on a _______
In Qinghai Province.
At last the river’s delta
enters _____________.
At first, the river is cold.
Then it becomes _____ as
it passed through ______
travelling across_______ ______ province. Sometimes the river becomes a _______ and enters__________
As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace ______. It makes wide _____ or meanders through low valleys to the _______ where rice grows.
glacier
mountain
rapids
valleys
wide valleys
western
Yunnan
waterfall
the south China Sea
slows
bends
plains
Their dream To take a long bike trip
Wang Wei’s suggestion
Their preparations
Why is it such a difficult journey
To find the source and begin there
Both of them bought expensive bikes, got their cousins to join them and researched in the atlas in the library
It begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres where it is hard to breathe and very cold
a brief summary
Thank you
for your attention!