Journey down the Mekong,the longest river in Southeast Asia,the Lancang River 澜沧江,In China it is called,Out of China, it is called,the Mekong River,Laos 老挝,Myanmar 缅甸,Thailand 泰国,Cambodia 柬埔寨,China,Task 1,Match the main idea of each paragraph.,Read Par.1:Their dream 1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 2.What is their dream? 3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?,Careful Reading,1.Who are Wang Kun and WangWei?,They are brother and sister, and both are college students.,2.What is their dream? Their dream was to take a great bike trip. 3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.,1. Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?,Yes. She insisted that she _ the trip properly. Once she has _, nothing can change it.,organize,made up her mind,Par.2: A stubborn sisiter,What can they see during the journey?,It begins in a _ on a _ _.,glacier(冰川),mountain,in Qinghai Province,Par. 3: Preparation,Then, it begins to _ quickly. It becomes _ as it passes through deep _.,moves,rapids,valleys,Sometimes, the river becomes a _ and enters _.,wide valleys,waterfall,It makes wide bends or meanders through_ to _.,low valleys,the plains(平原),bend,meander,the plains(平原),At last, the river _ enters the South China Sea.,delta,delta,Par. 3: Preparation,The Mekong begins in a _ on a _.,At last the rivers delta enters _.,At first, the river is cold. Then it becomes _ as it passes through _ travelling across_ _ province. Sometimes the river becomes a _ and enters _.,It becomes warm and it travels slowly through _ where rice grows.,glacier,Tibetan mountain,rapids,valleys,western,Yunnan,the south China Sea,the plains,waterfall,wide valleys,Fill the Information about the River,The Mekong River which is called the Lancang River in China begins in a _ on a Tibetan mountain and enters the _ at last. At first the river is small and the water is _ and _. Then it begins to move _. Sometimes it becomes _, sometimes it becomes a _.After it leaves China and high altitude, it becomes _, _ and _. As it enters Southeast Asia, its _ slows.,