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TryEverythingImesseduptonight.IlostanotherfightIstillmessupbutI'lljuststartagainIkeepfallingdown.IkeeponhittingthegroundIalwaysgetupnowtoseewhat'snextBirdsdon'tjustfly.TheyfalldownandgetupNobodylearnswithoutgettingitwonIwon'tgiveup.No,Iwon'tgiveinTillIreachtheendandthenI'llstartagainNo,Iwon'tleave.IwannatryeverythingIwannatryeventhoughIcouldfail…Unit3TraveljournalJourneydowntheMekongReadthefollowingsentences.1.Heissostubbornthatnoonecanpersuadehimtodoanything.2.Jerrygraduatedfromuniversitylastyearandworksasateacher.3.Wehavealotofthingstodoinashorttime.Weareworkingtoatightschedule.4.Attitudeisaltitude.5.Forme,musicisagreatsourceofhappiness.6.Hepacednervouslyupanddowntheroom,waitingfortheimportantnews.7.Iamnotveryfondofcountrymusic.Ilikefolkmusicbetter.8.Ijustcouldn’tmakeupmymind,soIboughtboth.9.Ihavechangedmymind.I’llhaveabeerinstead.plainvalleywaterfallglacierrapidsglacierwaterfallrapidsvalleyplainTheworldisabook.Ifyoujuststayathomeinsteadoftraveling,itmeansthatyoujustlookatonepageofthebook.世界就像一本书，没有旅行过的人就好像只读了其中一页。enjoybeautifulandinterestingsceneryandsightsFindsometimetotakeatriptrynewkindsoffoodmakenewfriendsandexperiencenewculturesandlifestylesCatcheverychancetotravelandenjoytheworldaroundyou.todrinkwatertotransportgoodstoirrigatethefieldstotravelalongittomakeelectricitytowashthingstogoswimminginsummerHowdopeoplemakeuseofariver?Theriverisagiveroflife!Howmuchdoyouknowabouttheworldofrivers?Match:GreatRiversintheworldNamesofRiverLocationRhine莱茵河EgyptGanges恒河IndiaSeine塞纳河CentralAfricaNile尼罗河RussiaThames泰晤士河BrazilCongo刚果河USVolga伏尔加河FranceDanube多瑙河GermanyAmazon亚马逊河EnglandMississippi密西西比河CentralEuropeCanyounameoneortwointernationalriversinChina?CanyoutellthedifferencesbetweentheMekongRiverandtheLancangRiver?•Lookatthemapcarefully.•TheChinesepartoftheriveriscalledtheLancangRiverandafterflowinginothercountriestheriveriscalledtheMekongRiver.LookatthemapagainandlistthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough.ChinaLaos(老挝)Thailand(泰国)Vietnam(越南)Cambodia(柬埔寨)Myanmar(缅甸)Myanmar缅甸Cambodia柬埔寨ThailandLaos老挝Vietnam越南Vientiane万象PhnomPenh金边Yangon仰光Bangkok曼谷Hanoi河内JourneyDowntheMekongPart1theDreamandthePlanDreamWho:When:What:Where:Preparationsfortheplan1.Theybought____________________________2.WangWeigottheircousins____________________3.Theyfound___________________.WangKun&WangWeitakingagreatbiketripalongtheMekongRiverexpensivemountainbikesinterestedincyclinganatlasinthelibraryaftergraduatingfromcollegeReadPara.2carefullytofindoutWangWei’sandWangKun’sattitudetothetrip.Thenaddyourownopinion.WangWei’sattitudeWangKun’sattitudeMyattitudeAnattitudeiswhatapersonthinksaboutsomething.Similarattitudesaboutthetrip•Takingthistripisthedreamthat___________•Theywill______thetripalot•Theyknowmoreabout__________________DifferentattitudesaboutthetripWangKun(I)WangWei(sister)Muststartin_________wheretheriverbeginsdon’tneedto_________muchIt’stoo_____________tostartinQinghaiUse________isveryimportantQinghaipreparecoldandhighanatlascomestrueenjoytheMekongRiverTheMekongRiverbeginsina______onaTibetanmountainAtfirst…small,clear,cold.Then…movesquickly,becomes______asitpassesthrough_______.Sometimes…becomesa________.After…leavesChinaandhighaltitude…becomes_____,______,_____.As…enters_____________,its_____slows.Itmakes_____ormeanderstothe_________.Atlast…theriver_________entersthe_______________.widebrownwarmSoutheastAsiapacebendsChinaSearapidsvalleyswaterfallglacierSouthplainsReadPara.3carefullytofillintheblanksdeltaglacier---ariverwithlargebodyoficeSightsalongMekongriverrapids---apartoftheriverwhichflowsfastSightsalongMekongriverdeepvalleySightsalongMekongriveralong,lowplacebetweenhillsSightsalongMekongriverwidevalleywaterfall---arivergoesdownfromahighplaceSightsalongMekongriverplain---alargeflatplaceSightsalongMekongriverthelowplacewhereariverenterstheseadeltaSightsalongMekongriverReadafterthetape,payattentiontothepronunciationandintonation.Thenpleaserecommenduseful/beautifulwords,expressionsorsentencesinthetextandtellthereasonwhyyouthinktheyareworthrecommending.Youcanalsounderlinethedifficultpointsinthepassage.We’llworktogethertogettheanswers.•Howareyougoingthere?•Howlongareyoustaying?•Whomareyougoingtravelingwith?…MonumentforLiberation/JiefangbeiTherearesomequestionsthatyoushouldthinkaboutwhenyouplantotravel.JourneydowntheMekongPart1ThedreamandtheplanintroductionoftheMekongRiverTheMekongRiverbeginsinaglacieronaTibetanmountain.Atfirsttheriverissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.Thenitbeginstomovequickly.Sometimestheriverbecomesawaterfallandenterswidevalleys.AfteritleavesChinaandthehighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspaceslows.Atlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.JourneydowntheMekongPart1Thedreamandtheplanskimming(略读，抓住主旨)●What’stheirdream?●What’stheirplan?WangKunandhissisterWangWeiaredreamingabout_____________________.takingagreatbiketripTheywouldcyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromto.whereitbeginswhereitendsParagraph1scanning：(跳读，浏览文章找到细节信息)HowdidWangWeiprepareforthetrip?●Twoyearsago.●Then.●Lastyear.●Soon.●F