1、At the end of class,students will be able to:1.get a good view of the Mekong.2.get the main ideas of the passage or paragraphs.Lan Chang RiverThe Mekong RiverCan you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?ChinaMyanmar（缅甸）（缅甸）LaosThailandCambodia（柬埔寨）（柬埔寨）Vietnam（越南）（越南）Go through the passa
2、ge quickly and answer the questions:1.What is the text mainly about?2.What does Part 1 mainly talk about?A journey down the Mekong.The dream and the plan.Read Para.1 and answer the questions:1.Who had the dream?2.What were the dream and the plan?3.Who made the plan?Main idea:Wang Kun and Wang Weis d
3、ream and their plan.Taking a great bike trip and cycling along the entire Mekong River.Wang Kun and Wang Wei.Wang Wei.Read Para.2 and answer the questions:1.What is Wang Kuns attitude towards Wang Wei?2.What kind of person is Wang Wei?3.Who planned the trip at last?He is fond of his sister.She can b
4、e stubborn.Wang Wei.Their different attitudes towards the plan.Read Para.3 and answer the questions:1.What did they do for the trip?2.What is an atlas?They went to the library to look for some information about the Mekong.An atlas is a book with good maps that show details of world geography.3.What
5、can they see during the journey down the Mekong River?It begins at a _ on a _ _.glacierTibetanmountainThen,it quickly.It becomes_ as it passes through deep _.movesrapidsvalleySometimes,the river becomes _ and enters _ _.wide valleywaterfall After,it enters _ _,paces slowly and makes _ through _to_.l
6、ow valleys plainsSoutheast AsiabendsAt last,the rivers _ entersthe South China sea.deltaThe information about the Mekong River.Read the passage again then do the following“T”or“F”:1.Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in Qinghai.2.Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way.3.Wang Wei
7、 was a stubborn and careful girl.4.The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 6000 meters,where it is hard to breathe and very cold.5.Wang Kun gave in at last.6.Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in Qinghai.TFTFTFA Summary Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _ about taking a great bike
8、trip.when they _ from college.They _ to _ along the Mekong River with their _.Wang Wei is very _.Once she is _ to do something she will never _ her mind.Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike,she _ that they find the _ of the river and begin their journey there.dreamedgraduateddecidedcyclecousinsstubborndeterminedchangeinsistedsourceHomework:1.Recite the vocabulary from“detail”to“attitude”.2.Finish Reading Exercise D.3.Read and recite Para.3,from“Mekong River begins”to the last sentence.
