1、Unit 3 Travel Journal What does the Mekong look like？The water is clear and cold.Then it begins to move quickly.It becomes rapids&passes through deep valleys.Sometimes the river enters wide valleys and becomes waterfalls.At first,the river is very small.The Lancang River 澜沧江澜沧江 In China it is called
2、Out of China,it is calledthe Mekong Riverthe longest river in Southeast Asiathe Mekong RiverLaos(老挝老挝)Myanmar(缅甸缅甸)Thailand(泰国泰国)Cambodia(柬埔寨柬埔寨)Vietnam(越南越南)The Mekong River flows through.It runs through _ countriessixLanCang RiverMekong River(Part I:the dream and the plan)the main idea of each par
3、agraph:(choose A.B.C)Paragraph 1:_Paragraph 2:_Paragraph 3:_A.PreparationB.DreamC.A stubborn sister 2.Decide which is the main idea of the passageA.The author and his sisters plan about their winter holiday.B.The experience during the author and his sisters trip in Qinghai.C.The author and his siste
4、rs plan and preparations for their trip.D.anecdotes(轶事）轶事）that happened during their trip.Discuss the text in details.Paragraph 1:DreamSince middle schoolWhen we graduated from collegeTwo years agoLast year my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.we finally got the chanc
5、e to do it.she bought an expensive mountain bike.Then she persuaded me to buy one.she visited our cousins,Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming.Paragraph 2:A stubborn sisterQ1:what did she do when I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai?Q2:Was she well prepared for their jou
6、rney?Q3:Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl?Why?Yes.she insisted that we find the source of the river and begin our journey there.Once she has made up her mind,nothing can change it.She just give me a determined lookglacierrapidsvalleywaterfallbends/meandersplainRead Para3,and try to find out the geographic
7、al terms(地理术语地理术语).deltaCircle the following geographical words.Paragraph 3Match each word to the proper meanings1.rapids2.waterfall3.glacier4.delta5.plaina.a high place from which a river suddenly goes downb.a large flat placec.a fast-moving part of a riverd.a large body of ice moving slowly down a
8、 high valleye.the low place where a river enters the sea.The Mekong begins in a _ on a Tibetan Mountain.At last the river _ enters the _Then,it becomes _ as it passes through deep _,sometimes it becomes _.As it enters Southeast Asia,it runs slowly.It makes _ or _ to the _.glacierrapidsvalleysa water
9、fallbendsmeandersplaindeltaSouth China SeaCareful ReadingCareful Reading Find out more information about how the Mekong changes.1.begin glacier2.become rapids pass through valleys3.become sometimes a waterfall4.make bends through valleys to plains5.delta the South China Sea12345 ,the river is very s
10、mall.The water is and cold.Then it begins to move .It becomes and passes through deep .Sometimes the river wide valleys and becomes .China and high ,the Mekong becomes wide,and .,the rivers enters the South China Sea.At firstclearquicklyrapidsvalleysenterswaterfallsFill in the blanks:Leavingaltitude
11、brownwarmAt lastdeltaDiscussionThe National Holiday is coming,where are you going to spend your holiday?Task:Work with your partners and make a travel plan for your group.Our Travel PlanDestinationTraffic ToolScheduleInformation about the placeOur expectation We are going to to spend our National Holiday.We plan to go there by.We are leaving so that we can arrive.It is known that.And we want to know more about it,for example,.Whats more,we Our Travel PlanHomework:1.Write a short passage about the Mekong River.2.Underline the difficult sentences and useful structures in the passage.
