必修1 Unit 3 Travel journal reading

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Here are some famous rivers. Do you know their names
This river is called our mother river.
The Yellow River
The Nile River
It is in Egypt.
Mississippi(USA)
Thames (England)
Seine ( France)
Amazon River (Brazil)
Nile River (Egypt)
This river is the longest one in China.
The Yangtze River (Chang Jiang River)
This is a famous river in Guangdong Province.
The Pearl /pE:l/ River
the longest river in Southeast Asia
the Mekong River
Many people live beside a river. How do they make use of it in their daily life
River
travel
……
How do people who live along a river use it
Brain
go swimming
travel along a river
to irrigate their fields
to make electricity
storming
Pre-reading—II (2m)
Journey Down The Mekong
How much do you know about the Mekong River
Part of it is in China, too!
the Lancang River – 澜沧江
In China it is called
Out of China, it is called
the Mekong River
This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries.
The Lancang River
Let’s take off! Now!
Laos
(老挝)
Myanmar
(缅甸)
Thailand
(泰国)
Cambodia
(柬埔寨)
Vietnam
(越南)
The Mekong River flows through….
(Part I: the dream and the plan)
Unit 3 Travel journal
Journey down the Mekong
Predict
Part1 The dream and the plan
What’s the reading about
Skimming
to get
general ideas
which is the main idea of the passage_____
A. The author(作者) and his sister’s plan about their winter holiday.
B. The experience during the author and his sister’s trip in Qinghai.
C. The author and his sister’s plan and preparations(准备) for their trip.
D. anecdotes(轶事）that happened during their trip.　
Find out the main idea of each paragraph:(choose A.B.C )
Paragraph 1:_____________
Paragraph 2:_____________
Paragraph 3:_____________
Comprehending: Read the passage
Preparation
Dream
Different attitudes
Dream
Preparation
Different attitudes
Scanning
to get
detail information
Journey plan
Who Wang Kun, Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
When after graduating from college
How by bike
Where along the Mekong River
Paragraph 1: Dream
2. What was their dream
1.How many people are there in the story Who are they
Four. They are Wang Kun,Wang Wei ,Dao Wei and Yu Hang.
Their dream was to take a great bike trip.
3. Who planned the trip to the Mekong
Wang Wei.
Q:What different opinions
do they have
source
altitude
air
Wang Wei
Wang Kun
too far
a determined look ;
wouldn’t change her
mind
too high
be excited about
be hard to
breathe; cold
an interesting
experience
1.What kind of person is Wangwei
2.How do you know
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.
She is very stubborn.
Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.
4. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River
Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
5.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip
Determined, excited, interested
Paragraph 3:
Preparation
xlj
glacier
rapids
valley
waterfall
bends/
meanders
plain
Read Para3, and try to find out the geographical terms (地理术语).
delta
Paragraph 3: Preparation
What can you see along the Mekong
The Mekong begins
in a _____ on a _______.
At last the river delta
enters _________________.
At first, the river is small.
Then it becomes _____ as
it passed through deep ______,travelling across_______ ______ Province. Sometimes the river becomes a_______ and enters ______ ______.
It makes wide______or meanders through ____ _______ to the______where rice grows.
What can you see when you travel along the Mekong
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
It makes wide bends or
meanders through low
valleys to the ___________
where rice grows.
plains
Paragraph 3: Preparation
What can you see along the Mekong
The Mekong begins
at a _____ on a _______.
At last the river’s delta
enters _____________.
At first, the river is cold.
Then it becomes _____ as
it passed through ______
travelling across_______ ______ province. Sometimes the river enters__________ and becomes a _______..
It becomes warm and
it travels slowly through _______ and _______ and _______ where rice grows.
glacier
Tibetan mountain
rapids
valleys
wide valleys
western
Yunnan
waterfall
the south China Sea
hills
low valleys
the plains
Attitudes about the trip
Similar attitudes about the trip
Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think
taking this trip is a dream that
comes true.
2. they will enjoy the trip a lot.
3. they should see a lot of the Mekong.
4. that most of the Mekong will be
found in Southeast Asia.
Different attitudes about the trip
Wang Wei believes
they must start in Qinghai where the
river begins/see all of the Mekong.
2. they don’t need to prepare much.
Wang Kun believes
1. it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.
2. using an atlas is very important.
Complete Form
Their dream
Their preparations They bought _____________, got their cousins ____________________and found_______.
Taking a great bike trip.
expensive bikes
interested in travelling
an atlas
The Mekong River It begins at ___________________ _________, moves quickly and passes through __________. Sometimes it becomes______ ___
and enters_________ __. Then it enters______________.It travels slowly through ___________ _______. At last it enters _______________
a glacier on a Tibetan mountain
deep valleys
wide valleys
a waterfall
Southeast Asia
plains
low valleys and
the South China Sea