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Unit3TravelJournalReadingByJanetZhuLeadin•Manypeoplelivebesideariver.Howdotheymakeuseofitintheirdailylife?RivertravelPre-readingWhataboutthegreatriversintheworld?DoyouknowsomeothergreatriversinChina?NamesofriverLocationTheNileTheAmazonTheMississippiTheThamesTheDanubeTheMekongriverEnglandCentralEuropeSoutheastAsiaEgyptUSBrazilMatchthegreatriverswithitslocationlongestmostlargestChinaMyanmarLaosVietnamCambodiaThailandItrunsthrough______countriessixLancangRiverMekongRiverPartI:THEDREAMANDTHEPLANReadingSkimming•Whoisthewriter?•Wheredotheydreamtogo?•Whofirsthadtheidea?WangKunTheMekongRiver.WangWei.Scanning•MatchthemainideawiththerightparagraphPara.1Para.2Para.3Thegeographicalinformationoftheriver.TheplanofthescheduleforthetripThedreamofcyclingalongtheMekongRiverCarefulreading•Para.1:Whatistheirplan?Participants(参与者)TraffictoolStartingplaceDestination(目的地)WangWei,WangKun,DaoWeiandYuHangMountainbikeWheretheMekongbeginsWhereitendsPara.2:TrueorFalse?•()1.WangWeiinsistedsheorganizethetrip,becausesheknowstheproperwaytogettotheplaces.•()2.OnceWangWeihasdecidedsomething,nothingwillchangehermind.•()3.WangWeifeelsworriedwhenshelearnsaboutthedifficultiesofthetrip.Carefulreadingdeterminedcarefulshyenergetic(fullofenergy)stubbornbraveunreliablehelpful√√√√glacierrapidsvalleywaterfallbends/meandersplainReadPara3,andtrytofindoutthegeographicalterms(地理术语).deltaTheMekongbeginsina______onaTibetanMountain.Atlasttheriver______entersthe______________．Then,itbecomes_____asitpassesthroughdeep_____,sometimesitbecomes_______.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itrunsslowly.Itmakes______or_________tothe________.glacierrapidsvalleysawaterfallbendsmeandersplaindeltaSouthChinaSeaCarefulReadingFindoutmoreinformationabouthowtheMekongchanges.•1.Whoistheorganizerofthetrip?A.WangKunB.WangWeiC.DaoWeiD.YuHang•2.WhatisWangWei’sattitudetothetrip?A.Shewasconfidentaboutit.B.Shewasworriedaboutthedifficulties.C.Shedidalotofpreparationsaboutit.D.Sheplannedtheschedulecarefully.Choices√√•3.WhatdoesWangKunmeanbysaying,“theproperwayisalwaysherway”?A.WangWeiisreliable(可信赖的),becauseshealwaysknowstheproperway.B.WangWeialwaysinsistsonherway,eventhoughshedoesn’tknowtheproperway.C.WangKunthinksthathissisterisstubbornandcan’tdoanythingproperly.D.WangKunthinksthathissistercanfindthebestwaytogettotheplaces.Choices√4.WhydidWangKunusethetitleJourneyDOWNTheMekong?DowntotheSouthItbeginsatanaltitudeof5000metres.Itrunsthroughlowvalleystotheplains,andtheriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.Post-reading•HowdidWangKunandWangWeimakeaplanfortheirjourney?journeydestinationtraffictoolinformationabouttheplaceexpectation……scheduleDiscussionTheNationalHolidayiscoming,whereareyougoingtospendyourholiday?Task:Workwithyourpartnersandmakeatravelplanforyourgroup.OurTravelPlanDestinationTrafficToolScheduleInformationabouttheplaceOurexpectation……Wearegoingto…tospendourNationalHoliday.Weplantogothereby….Weareleaving…sothatwecanarrive….Itisknownthat….Andwewanttoknowmoreaboutit,forexample,….What’smore,we…OurTravelPlanHOMEWORK•A.Improveyourtravelplanafterclass.•B.Readthetextaftertheclassandrewritethetextwithin100words.•C.CollectmoreinformationaboutMekongRiver.