Unit 3 Travel journal Warming up and Reading 课件（34张PPT）

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Huzhou: the region of rivers and lakes
Can you name some in Huzhou?
How do people make use of a river ?
to drink water
to transport goods
to irrigate the fields
to travel along it
to make electricity
to wash things
to go swimming
in summer
How do people make use of a river?
The river is a giver of life!

How much do you know
about the world of rivers?
Match: Great Rivers in the world
Names of River Location
Rhine莱茵河 Egypt
Ganges 恒河 India
Seine 塞纳河 Central Africa
Nile 尼罗河 Russia
Thames 泰晤士河 Brazil
Congo 刚果河 US
Volga伏尔加河 France
Danube 多瑙河 Germany
Amazon 亚马逊河 England
Mississippi 密西西比河 Central Europe
Can you name
one or two
international rivers
in China?
Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the Lancang River ?
Look at the map carefully.
The Chinese part of the river is called the Lancang River and after flowing in other countries the river is called the Mekong River.
Look at the map again and list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
China
Laos(老挝)
Thailand(泰国)
Vietnam(越南)
Cambodia(柬埔寨)
Myanmar(缅甸)
Myanmar
Cambodia
Thailand
Laos
Vietnam
Vientiane
Phnom Penh
Yangon
Bangkok
Hanoi
Journey Down the Mekong Part1 the Dream and the Plan
Wang Kun & Wang Wei
taking a great bike trip
along the Mekong River
interested in cycling
an atlas in the library
after graduating from college

Dream Who:
When:
What:
Where:
Preparations for
the plan 1.They bought ______________
______________
2.Wang Wei got their cousins
____________________
3.They found ___________________.
An attitude is what a person thinks about something.
Read Para.2 carefully to find out 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
Similar attitudes about the trip
Taking this trip is the dream that______ _____
They will ______the trip a lot
They know more about__________________
Different attitudes about the trip
Must start in _________where the river begins
don’t need to _________ much
It’s too _____________ to start in Qinghai
Use ________ is very important
Qinghai
prepare
cold and high
an atlas
comes true
enjoy
the Mekong River
wide brown warm
Southeast Asia
pace
bends
China Sea
South
Read Para.3 carefully to fill in the blanks

The Mekong River begins in a ______
on a
Tibetan
mountain At first… small, clear, cold.
Then…moves quickly, becomes______ as it passes through _______.
Sometimes…becomes a ________.
After…leaves China and high altitude
…becomes_____,______,_____.
As…enters ________ _____,its _____ slows. It makes _____ or meanders to the _________.

At last… the river _________enters the ______ _____ ____.
glacier--- a river with large body of ice
Sights along Mekong river
rapids--- a part of the river which flows fast
Sights along Mekong river
deep valley
Sights along Mekong river
a long ,low place between hills
Sights along Mekong river
wide valley
waterfall--- a river goes down from a high place
Sights along Mekong river
plain--- a large flat place
Sights along Mekong river
the low place where
a river enters the sea
delta
Sights along Mekong river

Read after the tape , pay attention to the pronunciation and intonation. Then please recommend useful / beautiful words, expressions or sentences in the text and tell the reason why you think they are worth recommending. You can also underline the difficult points in the passage. We’ll work together to get the answers.
Imagine you’re Wang Kun and Wang Wei. Choose a paragraph from the passage and use the information to help you make up a dialogue. Creative ideas are welcome!
Eg.
Wang Wei: You know, we’ve always wanted to do a long bike trip. Why don’t we go on one after we graduate from college?
Wang Kun: That’s a good idea. …
Make up a dialogue
What can you get from the whole passage?


Never try to such an adventurous trip for it’s too dangerous.
B. Success in life is easy to get so long as you try.
C. Do not travel with a stubborn friend.
D. Success needs determination but safety is the key.

Your ideas…
Who What and When
Wang Kun and ___ ____ Wang Wei are dreaming about_____________________
after________________
her sister
taking a great bike trip
graduating from college
Retell the text according to the pictures and key words
Where and How
They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River. From ______ it ______to _____ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends
A stubborn sister
Wang Wei believes…
1. They must____ ___ ______ where the river begins in order to see all of the Mekong.
2. They don’t need to _______ much.
start in Qinghai
prepare
1. It is too ___ ____ ____ to start in Qinghai.
2. That _____ __ ____ is very important.
cold and high
using an atlas
Wang Kun believes…
Finally, who gives in?
Bought_________________________.
Wang Wei got their cousins______________________.
They turned to _________in the library.
Preparations:
expensive mountain bikes
the atlas
interested in cycling
The Mekong River flows through______?
Half of the river is in ______?
China
What can they see during the journey?
It begins at a ______ on a ______ _________.
glacier
Tibetan
mountain
Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
rapids
valley
Sometimes, the river enters ____ _____
and becomes _______ .
wide valley
waterfall
After that, It makes wide bends or meanders through __________, and______.
low valleys
plains
At last, the river’s _____ enters the South China sea.
delta
Review the text and read it fluently. Recite the second paragraph.
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