(共16张PPT)
Journey down the Mekong
Unit 3 Reading
The Yellow River
the second largest in China
You can never wash yourself clean even if you jump into the ____river.
our mother river
three Gorges Dam
the third longest in the world
the longest in China
the river has 6300 km
The Changjiang River
In Egypt
the longest in the world
The Nile River
……
Wash their clothes
How do people who live along a river use it
3.Brain
go swimming
to irrigate their fields
to make electricity
storming
Mekong
Lancang River
South sea
4.Can you list the countries that the Mekong River flows through
China
Laos
Myanmar/Burma
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
True or False
1. Wang kun and Wang Wei have dreamed of a long bike trip for a long time.
2. Wang kun is a high school student.
3. Dao Wei and Yu Huang belong to the Han nationality .
4.Wang Wei has studied the map of the Mekong carefully .
5.They wanted to take trip from the beginning of the Mekong River to its end .
F
T
F
Fast reading: Read the passage
F
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Line 11
Line 7
Line 31
Careful reading: Para.1
1.How many people are there in the story Who are they
2. What was their dream
3. Who planned the trip to the Mekong
Four. They are Wang Kun,Wang Wei ,Dao Wei and Yu Hang.
Their dream was to take a great bike trip.
Wang Wei.
Since middle school:
Two years ago:
Last year:
Graduate from college:
Now
Fill in the chart
dreamed about taking a great bike trip
bought an expensive mountain bike
Wang wei got her cousins interested in cycling too
got the chance to take a bike trip
Panning schedule for the tip
Careful reading: Para.2
1.What kind of person is Wangwei how do you know
2.Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter
3.Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River Why
4.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip
1.What kind of person is Wangwei How do you know
2.Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter
She is very stubborn. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.
The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.
3. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River why
4.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip
Yes, The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
Determined, excited, interested
Careful reading: Para.3
The Mekong River It begins at ___________________ _________, moves ______ and passes through __________. Half of it is in ______.It enters _________________.
Then it travels slowly through _________________where rice grows.At last it enters ___________________ .
a glacier on a Tibetan
mountain
quickly
deep valleys
China
the Southeast Asia
low valleys to plains
the South China Sea
Homework:
1. Do Exercise 1 on page 19.
2. Pay more attention the phrases and expressions in the text.