Period 2 Reading up Unit 3 Travel journalJourney down the MekongreadingSKimming1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 2. What was their dream? 3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?ReadingI (1m)1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?They are brother and sister, and both are college students.2. What was their dream?Their dream wasto take a greatbike trip.3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming. Scan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong River flows through. LaosThailandBurmaCambodiaVietnamChinaReading II (3m)Read and answer the following questions: 1. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? 2. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? 3. Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?Reading III (4m)1.The source of the river is in Qinghai province and it enters the South China sea.2.You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains. 3.Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.Read again and get the main idea of each paragraph and tell the reason:Para.1 Wang Kun and Wang Wei dream. Para.2 Wang Wei is stubborn. Para.3 Preparing for their trip.(Students have to tell the reason why they summarize the main idea like that.)Reading IV (4m)Similar attitudes about the trip Different attitudes about the tripBoth Wang Wei and Wang Kun think Wang Wei believesWang Kun believesWork in pairs and fill in the following form:1. taking this trip is a dream to come true. 2. that they will enjoy this trip a lot. 3. they should see a lot of the Mekong. 4. that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia. 1. they must start in Qinghai where the river begins /see all of the Mekong. 2. that they dont need to prepare much.1. it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai. 2. that using an atlas is very important. ReadingV (5m)Discussing the text in detailsReadingVI (3m)Their dreamWang Weis suggestionFinding_ and Finding_ and beginning there.beginning there.Their preparationsBoth of them Both of them bought_, got bought_, got their cousins interested in their cousins interested in traveling and turned to traveling and turned to _in the library._in the library.Taking a great bike Taking a great bike trip.trip. the sourcethe sourceexpensive bikesexpensive bikesthe atlasthe atlasWhy excitedTheir journey would begin Their journey would begin at_.at_. _ The Mekong RiverIt begins at a _on a Tibetan It begins at a _on a Tibetan mountain, moves quickly and mountain, moves quickly and passes through_. Half passes through_. Half of it is in China. It enters of it is in China. It enters the_. Then it the_. Then it travels slowly through hills and travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains, at last it low valleys and plains, at last it enters_.enters_.an altitude of more thanan altitude of more than 5000 meters5000 meters glacierglacierdeep valleysdeep valleysSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asiathe South China Seathe South China SeaWhats the main idea of the text?The passage tells us a main idea that no success in life merely happens by describing my sisters and my dream- taking a bike trip and preparations for the trip.In groups of four , summarize the main idea passage and tell why.Reading VII (3m)Discussion:(Students can have their own opinions.)Do you know some proverbs about it? What can we learn from the text?ReadingVIII (2m)Life is just a series of trying to make your mind. 生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。Hitch your wagon to a star. 树雄心，立大志。Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于有毅力者。No success in life merely happens. 人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。Homework: Read the passage and find out the sentences you appreciate and then share with your deskmates.