Unit 3 Travel journal

Reading

Step1 . Can you guess what the names of these rivers are?

This river is called our mother river.

This river is the longest one in China.

This is the famous river in Guangdong Province.

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

Brain Storming : How do people who live beside a river make use of it?

Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?

                               It runs through ______ countries

Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the Lancang River ?

Part 1  The dream and the plan

Listen to the tape and get the main idea of each paragraph

Paragraph 1:_____________

Paragraph 2:_____________

Paragraph 3:_____________

Decide which is the main idea of the passage

A. The author and his sister’s plan about their winter holiday.

B. The experience during the author and his sister’s trip in Qinghai.

C. The author and his sister’s plan and preparations for their trip.

D. anecdotes(轶事）that happened during their trip.　

Read the text in details.

Paragraph 1: Dream

      Who      and     What

Wang Kun and ___ _____ Wang Wei are

dreaming about _____________________.

Where   and   How

They have the idea to ____ _____ the Mekong River from ______  it ______ to _____ it _____.

Paragraph 2: A stubborn sister

Q1:Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?

Q2:Where is the source of  the Mekong River?

Paragraph 3: Preparation

What can they see during the journey?

It begins in a ____________ on a _______ _________.   

Then, it ______ quickly. It becomes______ as it passes through deep ______.

Sometimes, the river becomes a ________ and enters ____ ______.

After, it travels slowly through __________ to _____________.

At last, the river _____ enters the________________.

Reading comprehension:

1. Which sentence is not true according to the text?

A. Wang Wei advised Wang Kun to buy a mountain bike and he agreed.

B. Wang Wei seldom listened to others.

C. Before their trip they went to the library.

D. Wang Wei knew the best way of finding the source of the river.

2. What does the last paragraph on Page18  tell us?

A. They wanted to know how soon they would come back.

B. They wanted to learn the world’s geography.

C. They went to the library to know something about the Mekong River.

D. Wang Kun wanted to let Wang Wei know how difficult their trip was.

3. When you travel along the Mekong River maybe you can not see _________.

A. Waterfalls                 B. hills and villages 

C. Plains where rice grows      D. desert

4. What kind of person is Wang Wei? Which answer is wrong?

A. stubborn           B.  determined

C. careless            D. careful

What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?

Wang Kun’s character:

Wang Wei’s character:

Retelling: 

My name is Wang Wei. My brother Wang Kun and I have _________________ taking a great bike trip. When we _____________ college, we decided to ride bicycles to travel along the Mekong River. Although I didn’t know the best way of getting to places, I ______ I organize the trip ______. When I knew that the journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, I seemed to be ______ about it. When I was told the air there would be cold and hard to _______, I thought it would be an interesting __________. Once I have _______________, nothing can change it. So Wang Kun had to ______. Because I wouldn’t change my mind, someone says I am a little _________, but I think I am just a person with great determination.

Some proverbs:

Success belongs to the persevering.

胜利属于有毅力者。

Hitch your wagon to a star.

树雄心, 立大志。

No success in life merely happens.

人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。