How do people who live beside a river make use of it in their daily life?to irrigate the fields. to go swimming in it in summer. to make electricity. to travel along it. Yangtze Can you guess what the names of these rivers are?Yellowthe longest river in Southeast Asiathe Mekong Riverthe Lancang River 澜沧江澜沧江 In China it is calledOut of China, it is calledthe Mekong RiverLaosThailandMyanmarVietnamWhat countries does the Mekong River flow through?CambodiaThe countries the Mekong River flows through: China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, VietnamJourney down the MekongPredictPart1 The dream and the planPart1 The dream and the planWhats the reading about?ReadingPara.1Para.2Para.3 A. Preparing for their trip.B. Wang Kun and Wang Weis dream. C. Wang Wei is stubborn.Read and find the main idea of each paragraph (key words and topic sentences)SkimmingSkimmingDecide 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 sisters plan and preparations for their trip.D. anecdotes(轶事）轶事）that happened during their trip.SkimmingSkimming Read Paragraph1 quickly and answer the following questions 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 Wang Wei?They are brother and sister, and both are college students. (line1,2,11) Skimming:2. What was their dream? Their dream was to take a great bike trip.(line2,3)3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming. (line5,6,7,8)Paragraph 2: A stubborn sisterQ1: Did Wang Wei give Wang Kun a determined look when Wang Kun told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai?Q2: Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?Q3: Where is the source of the Mekong River?Yes(Line 21)Q2: Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?Yes. She insisted that she _ the trip properly. Once she has _, nothing can change it.made up her mind(should) organizexlj4. Where is the source of the Mekong River?The source of the river is in Qinghai Province.(Line 20,21)Paragraph 3: PreparationWhat can they see along the Mekong?xljglacierwaterfallplainvalleydeltarapidsglaciervalleywaterfallplaindelta12345which sea does the Mekong River enter?It enters the South China Sea.Complete Form 1Their dreamTheir preparationsThey bought _, got their cousins _and found_.Taking a great bike trip.expensive bikesinterested in travellingan atlasThe Mekong RiverIt begins at _ _, moves _ and passes through _. Half of it is in _.It enters _. Then it travels slowly through _.At last it enters _ _. a glacier on a Tibetan mountainquicklydeep valleysChinathe Southeast Asiahills and low valleys and plains the South China Sea