Unit3TravelJournalUsefulExpressionsWords:journal;transport;prefer;disadvantage;fare;persuade;graduate;finally;schedule;organize;journey;pace;bend-bent-bent;Phrases:eversince;befondof;careabout;changeone’smind;makeupone’smind;giveintheWestLaketheGreatWallWuTownMountTaiYangtzeRiverYellowRiverPearlNileTheMekongRiverUnit3TraveljournalWouldyouliketotravelalongtheMekongRiver?Howmuchdoyouknowaboutit?ListthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthroughChinaLaosThailandCambodiaVietnamMekongMyanmarLancangRiverFastReadingSkimquicklytogetthemainideaofthetext.Keywords:dream,plan,agreatbiketrip,theMekongRiverMainidea:What’sthemainideaofthetext?ItismainlyaboutWangKunandhissister’sdreamandplanfortakingagreatbiketripalongtheMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.Para.1Para.2Para.3Readagainandmatchthemainideaofeachparagraph:B.WangKunandWangWei’sdream.C.WangWeiisstubborn.A.Usefulinformationfortheirtrip.Ⅰ.Tureorfalse1).WangKunpersuadedhiscousins,DaoWeiandYuHang,tojoinintheircycling.()2).WangWeiinsistedthattheybeginthejourneyfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.()CarefulReading3).Thejourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres,whereitishardtobreathe.()4).ThesourceoftheMekongRiverisinSichuanProvince.()Ⅰ.Tureorfalse1).WangKunpersuadedhiscousins,DaoWeiandYuHang,tojoinintheircycling.()2).WangWeiinsistedthattheybeginthejourneyfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.()CarefulreadingFT3).Thejourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres,whereitishardtobreathe.()4).ThesourceoftheMekongRiverisinSichuanProvince.()TFⅡ.Multiplechoice1).WhyisitsohardtobreatheinQinghaiProvince?A.Becauseofthehighaltitude.B.Becauseoftherivers.C.Becauseofthelowaltitude.2).WhichsentenceisNOTtrueaccordingtothetext?A.WangWeiseldomlistenedtoothers.B.Beforetheirtriptheywenttothelibrary.C.WangWeiknewthebestwayofgettingtoplaces.3).Fromthetext,wecaninferthat________.A.theirtripwillbedifficultB.theirtripwillbeveryeasybecausetheypreparedalotC.theymustbesuccessfulafterenoughpreparations4).WhatdoesWangKunmeanbysaying“theproperwayisalwaysherway”?A.WangWeiisreliable(可信赖的),becauseshealwaysknowstheproperway.B.WangWeialwaysinsistsonherway,eventhoughshedoesn'tknowtheproperway.C.WangKunthinksthathissistercanfindthebestwaytogettotheplaces.Ⅱ.Multiplechoice1).WhyisitsohardtobreatheinQinghaiProvince?A.Becauseofthehighaltitude.B.Becauseoftherivers.C.Becauseofthelowaltitude.2).WhichsentenceisNOTtrueaccordingtothetext?A.WangWeiseldomlistenedtoothers.B.Beforetheirtriptheywenttothelibrary.C.WangWeiknewthebestwayofgettingtoplaces.3).Fromthetext,wecaninferthat________.A.theirtripwillbedifficultB.theirtripwillbeveryeasybecausetheypreparedalotC.theymustbesuccessfulafterenoughpreparations4).WhatdoesWangKunmeanbysaying“theproperwayisalwaysherway”?A.WangWeiisreliable(可信赖的),becauseshealwaysknowstheproperway.B.WangWeialwaysinsistsonherway,eventhoughshedoesn'tknowtheproperway.C.WangKunthinksthathissistercanfindthebestwaytogettotheplaces.QinghaiProvince(glacier)SmallclearcoldYunnan(valleys)rapidsEnterswidevalleys(waterfall)LeavesChinaWidebrownwarmSoutheastAsia(lowvalleysandplains)deltaseaⅢSceneandchangewaterfulglaciervalleydeltarapids1.ItwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.(line13)Comprehensionofsentences意思:首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我姐姐。本句为_______句式,itwaswho/that强调______,whereitbegins和whereitends都是由where引导的__________,分别做from和to的宾语。强调主语宾语从句2.Ikeptaskingher,“Whenareweleavingandwhenarewecomingback?”(line19)意思:我不停地问她:“我们打算什么时候出发,什么时候回来啊?”Keepdoingsth.持续做某事,重复做某事。语法:bedoingsth.现在进行时表示“将来”。表示计划或安排即将发生的事,比较生动,给人一种期待感。它常表示较近的将来。3.WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.(line23)当我告诉她那里空气稀薄呼吸困难,而且天气很冷时,她却说这将是一次有趣的经历。sth+be+adj.+todo结构中主动表被动,例如easy,difficult,hard,comfortableClozingofthetextMysisterandIhave______________takingagreatbiketripalongtheMekongRiverfrom________________to_______________.Finallywegotthechancetodoitsinceweall_________fromcollege.WangWeiwasso________thatshe________thatwe_____ourjournayfromthesourceoftheriver.Itmeantthatweshouldbeginatan_______ofmorethan5,000metersandtheairwouldbehardto______.Finally,Ihadto________.Beforeourtrip,wefoundlarge_____thatshowdetailsoftheworld’s__________.MekongRiverbeginsin________withclearandcoldwater.Itbecomesrapidsasit____________deepvalleys.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspaceslows.Atlast,theriverdelta_______theSouthChinaSea.ClozingofthetextMysisterandIhave______________takingagreatbiketripalongtheMekongRiverfrom________________to_______________.Finallywegotthechancetodoitsinceweall_________fromcollege.WangWeiwasso________thatshe________thatwe_____ourjournayfromthesourceoftheriver.Itmeantthatweshouldbeginatan_______ofmorethan5,000metersandtheairwouldbehardto______.Finally,Ihadto________.dreamedaboutwhereitbeginsgraduatedstubbornwhereitendsinsistedbeginaltitudebreathegiveinBeforeourtrip,wefoundlarge_____thatshowdetailsoftheworld’s__________.MekongRiverbeginsin________withclearandcoldwater.Itbecomesrapidsasit__