Unit 3 Travel JournalEiffel TowerArc de Triomphe Louvre MuseumTiananmen SquareThe Great WallForbidden CityThe Heaven TempleYangtze RiverYellow RiverNames of riverLocationMekong river Seine Nile Congo Amazon Mississippi ThamesEngland Egypt Central Africa US France China Brazil The great rivers in the world2. How do people who live along a river use it?Braingo swimmingtravel along a riverto irrigate( 灌溉) their fieldsto make electricitystormingJourney down the MekongreadingMap of the MekongScan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.LaosThailandBurmaCambodia VietnamChinaReading through paragraph 3, try to find out the geographical terms(地理术语). (P20)GlacierRapidsValleyWaterfallPlainDeltaCanyon a large body of ice moving slowly down a high valleya fastmoving part of a river a long, low, wide place between hillsa high place from which a river suddenly goes downa large flat place the low place where the river enters the seaa deep, very wide valley, usually with a riverGlacierRapidsValleyWaterfallPlainDeltaYangtze deltaCanyonSkimming:1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 2. What was their dream? 3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?Reading through paragraph 1, then answer the questions below: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 whoare at a college in Kunming. Reading through paragraph 2, then decide true or false.1. Wang Wei does not care about the source of the river.2. Wang Wei had looked at a map before she started her journey.3. Wang Kun though it would be an interesting experience.4. Wang Wei thought it would be hard to breath there.5. According to Wang Kun, Wang Wei is a stubborn girl.FFFFTAnswer the following questions (Page19)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?The source of the river is in Qinghai province and it enters the South China sea.You can see glacier, rapids ,hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.Homework: Read the passage and find out the sentences or expressions you appreciate and then share them with your desk mates.