Unit3 Travel JournalReadingI. Reading: Journey down the Mekongdown prep. 沿着.而下Journey (down the Mekong) 沿湄公河而下的旅行If you follow the route of the Mekong River, how many countries will you cross? What are they?(The map on page 18)ChinaMyanmarLaosVietnamCambodiaThailandIt runs through _ countriessixLancang RiverMekong RiverII. Fast Reading: Journey down the Mekong Part1 The dream and the plan 1. How many people are mentioned(提及)?2.What is their dream?3.Who planned the trip to the Mekong?II. Fast ReadingMatch the main idea with the right paragraphPara. 1Para. 2Para. 3The geographical information of the river. The plan of the schedule for the tripThe dream of cycling along the Mekong RiverIII. Careful ReadingPara.1 Finish the following events.(chart1)TimeEventsEver since middle schoolWang Wei and I have 1._ taking a great bike trip.Two years agoShe bought 2._. And she 3._ me to buy one.Last yearShe visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming.4._We 5._ got the chance to take a bike trip.NowShe is planning our 6._ for the trip.III. Careful ReadingParticipants(参与者)TraffictoolStartingplaceDestination(目的地)Para.1 Chart2Where the Mekong beginsWhere it endsWang Wei, Wang Kun, Dao Wei and Yu Hang Mountain bikeIII. Careful ReadingPara.21.What is Wang Weis shortcoming? 2.Where is the source of the Mekong?3.What difficulties did Wang Kun find about the journey?4.But what did Wang Wei think of the difficulty? Para.2 Vocabularybe fond of shortcomingstubbornthe best way of getting to placescare about the source of the Mekonga determined lookchange ones mindmake up ones mindgive inIII. Careful ReadingPara.3What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?Glacier, rapids, deep valley, waterfall, wide valleys, plains.III. Careful ReadingPara.4 The characteristics(特点) of the Mekong River It begins in a glacier_ It becomes rapids as it passes_ After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes_-_ Entering Southeast Asia, its pace slows. Finally,_