Unit 3 Travel journal reading

课件24张PPT。How will you make a plan before traveling?travel cost/budgetdestinationtimeWhat to do…Points for attentionmeans of transportationthings to take1. Do you like traveling along a river ?1. Do you like traveling along a river?
Which countries does the Mekong river flow through?MekongChina Laos BurmaThailand 泰国Cambodia柬埔寨 South China Sea Gulf of ThailandThe river begins in Qinghai ProvinceLaos 老挝Vietnam越南Burma 缅甸ThailandCambodia South China Sea中国南海Vietnam Unit3 Travel journal
Journey Down The Mekong What was the dream ?Taking a great bike trip  Fast Reading： 1. Who will travel in the text? 2. Where are they going ? 3. How are they getting there?
4.Who will prepare for the trip?
Wang Kun ,Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang Along the Mekong river from …to… cycle = go there by bike
Wang Wei (Wang Kun ‘s sister)Para 1Questions: DifficultiesWang Wei’s attitude:excited about itInteresting experienceQinghai Provincemore than 5,000 metershard to breathe
very colda determined lookPara 2Different attitudes while making a planCould you use some words or phrases to describe the character(性格） of Wang wei and Wang kun? Wang Wei: Wang kun:stubborn; determined; wouldn’t change her mind;  adventurous （喜欢冒险的）doesn’t care about detailsserious = careful;
How does the water of Meikong River change?
What can you see when you travel along the river? It begins in a ________ on a ______ _________. At first, the river is ______ and the water is ______ and ______. glacierTibetanmountainsmallclearcoldThen, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.movesrapidsvalleysSometimes, the river becomes _______ and enters ____ _____.wide valleyswaterfall After it leaves China, the Mekong becomes ____ , _____, and ____.As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels ______ through ____ _______ to the _______.
low valleys widebrownwarmslowlyplainsAt last, the river’s _____ enters
___ _____ _____ ___deltathe South China Sea.
How does the water of Meikong River change?
The Mekong River begins in a _____ on a Tibetan mountainAt first, the river is _____ , and the water is _____ and______Then it begins to move _____. It becomes ______ as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river becomes a _______ and enters wide _____ . After it leaves China,the Mekong becomes ____, _____, and____. As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels ______ through ____ _______to the _______. At last, it enters____ _____ ______ _____.
glaciersmallcoldquicklyvalleyswaterfallbrownwarm slowlyclearrapidswide low valleysplainsthe South China Sea.Use the words or expressions from the passage to describe the YangtzeAt first, the Yangtze begins in a glacier on the west of Geladandong mountain . It runs through the eastern part of Qinghai and enters deep valleys at the border of Sichuan and Tibet. In the course of this valley, the river drops from above 5000 m to less than 1000 m. And then it runs acrossYunnan and enters the basin of Sichuan. It then passes through the famous Three Gorges into Hubei . After leaving Hubei, it travels across Jiangxi. The river then runs through Anhui and Jiangsu provinces, and finally reaches the East China Sea at Shanghai.
.Summary:Their dream:__________________________.
Wang Wei’s suggestion:Finding the _______ of the river and beginning there.
Their preparation:Both of them _________________ got their cousins interests in traveling and turned to the ______in the library.
Why excited:Their journey would begin at an altitude of more than ____________.
Why is it such a difficult journey? It begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres where it is _________________________.
taking a great bike trip.sourcebought expensive bikes5000 metershard to breathe and very cold atlas ProverbsKeep everything before a
rainy day.
Beforehand preparation
leads to success.
未雨绸缪，有备无患。 凡事预则立。

Life is just a series of trying to make your mind.
Where there is a will, there is a way.


有志者，事竟成。生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。
1.Surf the internet and get more information about the Mekong River.
2. Describe the Yangtze river.
Thank you
for your attention!