,Unit 3,Travel Journal,Pre-reading and Reading,How do people who live beside a river make use of it?,Brain,go swimming,travel along a river,to irrigate their fields,to make electricity,storming,Pre-reading,There are many great rivers in the world. How many do you know? Can you give some examples?,The great rivers in the world,Here are some famous rivers in China. Do you know their names?,This river is called our mother river.,The Yellow River,This river is the longest one in China.,The Changjiang River,This is the famous river in Guangdong Province.,The Pearl River,This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries.,The Mekong River,Lan Chang River,The Mekong River,Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?,China中国 Myanmar缅甸 Laos老挝 Thailand泰国 Cambodia柬埔寨 Vietnam越南,Read the passage quickly and answer the following questions .,Reading,Journey down the Mekong,Skimming,What was their dream? Who planned the trip to the Mekong? Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?,1. What was their dream?,Their dream was to take a great bike trip.,2. Who planned the trip to the Mekong?,Wang Wei.,3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?,They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.,Who and what,Wang Kun and _ _ Wang Wei are dreaming about _.,her sister,taking a great bike trip,Where and How,They have the idea to _ _ the Mekong River from _ it _ to _ it _.,cycle along,where,begins,where,ends,Para. 2,2. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.,3. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River? Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.,1.What kind of person is Wang Wei? How do you know ?,She is very stubborn. Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly.,Paragraph 3 What can they see during the journey?,It begins at a _ on a Tibetan Mountain.,glacier,Then, it _ quickly. It becomes _ as it passes through deep _.,moves,rapids,valleys,Sometimes, the river enters _ _ and becomes _.,wide valleys,waterfall,After, It travels slowly through _, _, and _.,hills low valleys,plains,At last, the rivers _ enters the South China sea.,delta,Delta*,三角洲,a glacier on a Tibetan Mountain,deep valleys,China,the Southeast Asia,low valleys to the plains,the South China Sea,quickly,Read the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph :,Para.1 Wang Kun and Wang Weis_. Para.2 Wang Wei is_ . Para.3 _ for their trip.,dream,stubborn,Preparing,bike,Mekong River,Wang Wei,Dao Wei,atlas,A Summary,Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _ about taking a great bike 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.,dreamed,graduated,decided,cycle,cousins,stubborn,determined,change,insisted,source,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 was a stubborn and careful girl.,T,T,F,but not,4. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 6,000 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.,F,F,T,5,000,hard,Since middle school: Two years ago: Last year: Graduate from college: Several months before the trip,dreamed about taking a great bike trip,got the chance to take a bike trip,bought an expensive mountain bike,Wang Wei got her cousins interested in cycling too,went to the library to get some information about the river,Homework,Assignment: Revise the contents of the passage, Review the words and expressions in Reading. Complete the passage on Page 56 in the Workbook Do exercise 2 on page 57 in you exercise books.,