1、Unit 3 Travel journalReading 1.Do you live by the river?2.Have you ever travelled along a river?If you have a chance to travel along a river with your friends,what should you prepare?Journey Down The Mekongthe basic equipment（装备）（装备）:good shoes,clothes,a backpack,water and food,tent and sleeping bag
2、Brainstormingactivities to doDont hike alone.Tell someone where you are going.Bring water and a good map.Discuss in groups of four and join the great rivers and their locations in the world in the following form.Pre-reading Names of riverLocationLancang RiverNileGongoMississippiThamesMekong RiverEng
3、landEgyptCentral AfricaUSChina?The great rivers in the worldPre-reading3.The River Mekongflows through:ChinaChina Laos Laos Myanmar Myanmar Thailand Thailand Cambodia Cambodia Vietnam Vietnam 缅甸缅甸泰国泰国越南越南老挝老挝柬埔寨柬埔寨Journey down the MekongReadingPart 1 The dream and the plan Task 1 Skimming Skim the t
4、ext and answer the following questions:What is Wang Wei and Wang Kuns dream?Who wrote the journal?Where were they cycling?When did they have the chance to take the trip?Task 2 Scanning Para 1 1.Altogether there are _ people who have to take the great bike trip.A.one B.two C.three D.four2._ firstly m
5、ade a plan to cycle along the Mekong River.A.Wang Kun B.Dao Wei C.Wang Wei D.Yu HangDCPara 2Whats the authors attitude towards his sister,Wang Wei?_A.He doesnt like her at allB.He is a bit proud of her and admires herC.He has to obey her because she is his sisterD.He thinks that her knowledge of geo
6、graphy is very poorDPara 3 Which is the proper order according to the text?_ a.The Mekong River enters the South China Sea._ b.The Mekong River begins at a glacier on a Tibetan Mountain._ c.At first,the Mekong River is small and the water is clear and warm._ d.The Mekong River enters Southeast Asia.
7、_ e.The Mekong River travels across western Yunnan Province._ f.The Mekong River leaves China.123456Word studyGo through the text and try to understand the words in bold.Other geographic terms:glacierrapidsvalleywaterfallplainbendsmeanderdeltan.弯曲弯曲n.缓慢流动缓慢流动n.三角洲三角洲1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Weis
8、 idea of a good trip?2.Who planned the trip to the Mekong?ComprehendingTask 3Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.Their idea was to take a long bike trip.Wang Wei planned the trip.3.Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter?4.What can you see when you tra
9、vel along the Mekong?The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.You can see the source glacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfalls and plains.5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 50
10、00 meters,where it is hard to breathe and very cold.6.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?Wang Kuns character:enthusiastic,critical,sensible Wang Weis character:imaginative,organized,eager,persistent,stubborn,risk-taking1.Their dream was to go hiking along the river.2.Wang kun is a high sc
11、hool student.3.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnan province.FComprehending:True or FalseFF4.Wang Wei persuaded their cousins,Dao Wei and Yu Hang,to join in their cycling.5.Before flowing in other countries,the Mekong River is called the Lancang River in China.6.The so
12、urce of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the East China Sea.TTF7.They found few atlas and books about the Mekong River in library.8.All parts of the Mekong River are in china.9.There are no waterfalls in the Mekong River.10.You can see glacier,rapids,valleys,waterfalls and plains along
13、 the river.FFFT An attitude is what a person thinks about something.Discuss with your desk mates and write down Wang Weis and Wang Kuns attitude to the trip.Then add your own opinion.Wang Weis attitudeWang Kuns attitudeMy attitudePositive.She wants to organize it as it was her idea.Less positive as he wants to organize it and thinks he can do that better than his sister.It sounds a wonderful trip and I would love to be able to do a trip like that myself one day.Homework1.Read the text again,underline the important words and phrases and find out the difficult sentences for you.
