2013

Unit 3

Travel journal

Do you want to travel?

Where have you been?

Why do you like travelling?

broaden one’s view/mind/outlookenrich one’s knowledge/experiencescontact different cultures meet people of different colorsget to know the vastness of natureRelax our mindbring enjoyment and good memories

How do you prepare for traveling?

things to do

time to set out

destination

backgroundinformation

cost

points for attention

means of transportation

things to take

A travel plan

Tiananmen Square The Great Wall

Forbidden City The Heaven Temple

Eiffel Tower

Arc de Triomphe

Louvre Museum

The North Pole The South Pole

Under the sea

The Moon

What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?

means of transportation

on foot by bike by motor

by busat the bus stop

by jeep

by car by train

by ship/boat/seaat the port/ harbor

by plane/ airat the airport

by spaceship

What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?

Cost(花费 ) Safety(安全 )

Comfort (舒适 ) Quickness

Convenience (方便 )

What to take? backpack ( 背包 ) / suitcase / money (cas

h) / an atlas (a book of maps) / compass ( 指南针 ) / food / medicine / water bottle / clothes/ a pen / notebook / camera / a cell phone / hat / umbrella / daily /passports / ID cards ( 身份证 )

language / history / culture /

customs / religion / politics /

weather …

Background information

Don’t forget to have your life insured;Don’t throw away waste;Don’t make a fire freely; Don’t feed animals;Protect animals and plants;Do as the guide tells you to do; Don’t park your bike or car in the wrong parking lot …

Points for attention:

The world has manygreat rivers.

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 a famous river in Guangdong Province.

The Pearl River

This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries.

The Mekong River

Do you know the Mekong River?

Now we reach the Mekong River!

Where is the Mekong River? Find the countries that the Mekong River flows through.

3. Look at the map and list the countries

that the Mekong flows through.

China

Myanmar

Laos

Thailand

Cambodia

Vietnam

Myanmar

China

Laos

Thailand

Cambodia Vietnam

the longest river in Southeast Asia

the Mekong River

The Mekong River in Burma

The Mekong River in Laos

The Mekong River in Cambodia

The Mekong River in Vietnam

(Part I: the dream and the plan)

Reading Comprehension ISkimming

What is the main idea of the text? A. A brief introduction to the Mekong River. B. Some tips on how to travel along the Mekong River. C. Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s plan for their summer holidays. D. Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s plan and preparations for their trip along the Mekong River.

1. Find out the main idea of each paragraph:(choose A.B.C )

Paragraph 1:_____________

Paragraph 2:_____________

Paragraph 3:_____________

ComprehendingII: Read the passageComprehendingII: Read the passage

A.Preparation

B.Dream

C.Different attitudes

DreamDream

PreparationPreparation

Different attitudesDifferent attitudes

Wang Kun, Wang Wei, Dao Wei and Yu Hang

Along the Mekong river from …to…

cycle = go there by bike

Read and answer:

1. Who will travel in the text?

2. Where are they going ?

4. How are they getting there?

3. When did they finally get the chance to take a bike trip? After graduating from college, they ...

What different opinions do they have?

Wang WeiWang Kun

too far a determined look ;wouldn’t change her mind

too high be excited about

be hard to breathe; cold

an interesting experienceair

altitude

source

1.What did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find in the library?

We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography.

Preparation

What can they see along What can they see along

the Mekong?the Mekong?

xlj

glacier

clear

cold

glacier

The Mekong River begins in on a Tibetan mountain. At first the river is and the water is and .

small

In China

It becomes as it passes through deep

, traveling across western Yunnan

Province.

rapids

valleys

rapids valley

Sometimes the

river becomes a

_____________

and enters wide

valleys.

waterfall

waterfall

After it leaves China and high altitude, the

Mekong becomes , and

. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows.

wide brown

warm

out of China

It makes wide bends or meanders through

low valleys to the where rice grows.

At last, the river enters the South

China Sea.

plains

delta

plain delta

Their dream

Their preparations

Both of them Both of them bought_____________, bought_____________, gotgot their cousins their cousins interested in interested in traveling traveling and turned to and turned to _______in the library._______in the library.

Taking a Taking a great bike trip.great bike trip.

expensive bikesexpensive bikes

the the atlasatlas

Why excited

Their journey would begin Their journey would begin at___________________________.at___________________________.

The Mekong

River

It begins at a _______on a Tibetan It begins at a _______on a Tibetan mountain. Then it moves quickly mountain. Then it moves quickly and becomes ______as it and becomes ______as it passes passes throughthrough___________. ___________. Half of Half of it is it is in China. Then it travels slowly in China. Then it travels slowly through hills and low valleys and through hills and low valleys and plains, plains, at last, at last, it it enters__________________.enters__________________.

an altitude of an altitude of more thanmore than 5000 meters5000 meters

glacierglacier

deep deep valleysvalleys

the South China Seathe South China Sea

rapidsrapids

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.

dreamedgraduated

decided cyclecousins

stubborn determinedchange

insistedsource

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。

Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于有毅力者。

No success in life merely happens.人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。