Unit 3 Travel journal Reading

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Unit 3
Travel Journal
Pre-reading and Reading
Discuss in groups of four and match the great rivers with their locations(位置) in the world in the following form.
Names of river Location(位置)
LiJiang River
Seine[sein]塞纳河
Nile
Kongo刚果
Amazon亚马逊河
Mississippi
Thames[temz]泰晤士河 England
Egypt
Central Africa
the US
France
China
Brazil
The great rivers in the world
……
How do people who live beside a river make use of it
Brain
go swimming
travel along a river
to irrigate(灌溉)their fields
to make electricity
storming
Pre-reading—II (2m)
List the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
Myanmar
Thailand
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
China
Journey down the Mekong
Reading
Wang Wei insisted on finding the source of the river and beginning their journey there.
From the atlas, they learned a lot about the Mekong River.
Para. 1:
Para. 2:
Para. 3:
The writer and his sister finally got a chance to take a great trip.
Match the main ideas with the paragraphs.
Discuss
the text
in details.
Who and what
Wang Kun and ___ ____ Wang Wei are dreaming about_____________________.
his sister
taking a great bike trip
Where and How
They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River from ______ it ______to _____ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends
What can they see during the journey
It begins in a ______ on a ______ _________.
glacier
Tibetan
mountain
Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
rapids
valleys
Sometimes, the river becomes a _______ and enters ____ _____ .
wide valleys
waterfall
At last, the river _____ enters
the South China Sea.
delta
1.What are Wang Kun
and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip
Their idea was
to take a great bike trip.
2. Who planed the trip
to the Mekong
Wang Wei.
3. Where is the source of
the Mekong River and
which sea does it enter
The source of the river is in
Qinghai Province and
it enters the South China Sea.
4. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong
You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
5. What difficulties did Wangkun and Wangwei find about their journey
The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
6 what are the characters of wangwei and wangkun
Wangwei’s character: imaginative, organized, eager,
persistent, stubborn, risk-taking
Wangkun’s character:
enthusiastic, critical, sensible
Some proverbs :
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。