Unit 3 reading

课件20张PPT。let's discover the beauty of the world! loquatThe Grand Canal of ChinaIt is the world’s longest and oldest man-made waterway, being 1800 kilometers long. The canal connects the present cities of Beijing in the north and Hangzhou in the south. It flows through six provinces.Where there is a river , there is a city.waterdrinkwashswim/ skateproduce electricitytraveltransport goodsthe longest river in Southeast AsiaLaos
(老挝)Myanmar
(缅甸)
Thailand
(泰国)
Cambodia
(柬埔寨)
Vietnam
(越南)
Journey down the Mekong(Part I: the dream and the plan)1. Read the whole passage and get the main idea of each paragraphPara.1
Wang Kun and Wang Wei have a d_____.
Para.2
Wang Wei is s________.
Para.3
They p_________ for their trip.reamtubbornrepareSkimming:2. Decide which is the main idea of the passageA. The author and his sister’s plan about their winter holiday.B. The experience during the author and his sister’s trip in Qinghai.C. The author and his sister’s plan and preparations for their trip.D. anecdotes(轶事）that happened during their trip.　Scanning:What’s Wang Wei and Wang Kun’s dream?
What’s the name of the river in Chinese part? And how about in other countries?They dream to take a great bike trip.The Lancang River – 澜沧江 In China it is calledOut of China, it is calledthe Mekong RiverParagraph 2:Why did Wang Kun say that his sister is stubborn?
Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River? Why?Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
1. What can they see when they travel along the Mekong River?
Paragraph 3:You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
glacierwaterfallplainvalleyrapidsdeltarapidsMatch each word to the proper meanings1. rapids2. waterfall3. glacier4. delta5. plaina. A high place from which a river suddenly goes downb. A large flat placec. A fast-moving part of a riverd. A large body of ice moving slowly down a high valleye. The low place where a river enters the sea. ,the river is very small. The water is
and cold. Then it begins to move . It becomes and passes through deep
.Sometimes the river wide valleys and becomes . China and high , the Mekong becomes wide,
and . , the river’s
enters the South China Sea.At firstclearquicklyrapidsvalleysenterswaterfallsFill in the blanks:LeavingaltitudebrownwarmAt lastdeltadiscussionAfter reading the travel journal, now it’s our turn to get our journey prepared.Homework:
1.Search the Internet for more information about the Mekong River
2. Review the passage after class and pay attention to new words and phrases.Thank you
for your attention!