课件23张PPT。Journey down the MekongreadingSkimming:Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
What was their dream?
Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?
Reading—I (1m)1.Who are Wang Kun
and Wang Wei? They are brother
and sister,
and both are
college students.2. What was their dream? Their dream was
to take a great
bike trip.3.Who are Dao Wei
and Yu Hang?They are Wang Kun’s
cousins who
are at a college
in Kunming. Journey down the MekongNames for the Mekong RiverTibetans: Daz Chu, which means “River of Rock”People of Yunan:The Lancang Jiang “wild river”People of Thailand: “mother of waters”
Laos : “the sea of Laos “
Cambodians: “great water”
Vietnam: “river of nine dragons”Some facts about the Mekong River
Source: begins in Qinghai Province near the border with Tibet
Countries it passes through:
Exact length: 4,909km
Chinese section: 2,198kmList the countries that the Mekong River flows through.ChinaLaosMyanmarThailandCambodiaVietnamJourney down the MekongEnters the South China SeaScan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.LaosThailandBurmaCambodiaVietnamChinaReading –II (3m)Read and answer the following questions: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?
Reading –III (4m)1,The source of the river is in Qinghai province and it enters the South China sea.2,You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
3,Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.Read again and get the main idea of each paragraph and tell the reason:Para.1
Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream.
Para.2
Wang Wei is stubborn.
Para.3
Preparing for their trip.Reading –IV (4m)Discuss
the text
in details.Reading—VI (3m)Taking a
great bike trip.the sourceexpensive bikesthe atlasan altitude of more than
5000 metersglacierdeep valleysSoutheast Asiathe South China SeaDo you know some proverbs about it?
What can we learn from the text?Reading—VIII (2m)Life is just a series of trying to make your mind.
生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。
Hitch your wagon to a star.
树雄心,立大志。
Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于有毅力者。
No success in life merely happens.
人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。
Discovering new words and expressions1. Ever since middle school, my sister and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip
2. persuade me to buy one
3. Wang Wei got them interested in cycling too.
4. After graduating from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.5. Now she is planning our schedule.
6. I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really stubborn.
6. She insisted that she organize the trip properly.
7. My sister doesn’t care about details.8. She gave me a determined look – the kind that said she would not change her mind.…our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres,
10. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in.
Some geographical terms in the textrapids n.急流
glacier n. 冰河
delta n. 三角州
plain n. 平原, 草原
valley n. (山)谷, 流域
waterfall n.瀑布, 瀑布似的东西
meander n.漫步, 弯曲, 曲流
altitude n.(尤指海拔)高度, 高处
source n.来源, 水源, 消息来源