IntheNationalDay,manypeopleprefertogotraveling.1.Doyouliketraveling?Why?2.Wherehaveyoubeen?3.Howdoyougothere?NamesofriverLocationMekongriverSeineNileGongoAmazonMississippiThamesEnglandEgyptCentralAfricaUSFranceChinaBrazilThegreatriversintheworld……Howdopeoplewholivealongariveruseit?Braingoswimmingtravelalongarivertoirrigatetheirfieldstomakeelectricitystorming“JourneydowntheMekong”reading1.WhoareWangKunandWangWei?2.WhoareDaoWeiandYuHang?3.Whatwastheirdream?4.WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiverandwhichseadoesitenter?5.WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekongRiver?6.IsitadifficultjourneyalongtheMekongRiver?Paragraph11.WhatdoesWangWeilovetodo?Shelovestogoforlongbikeridesinthecountryside.2.Wouldthecousinsjointhem?Yes,theywould.1)Theyboughtexpensivemountainbikes.2)WangWeigottheircousinsinterestedincycling.3.Howdidtheyprepareforthetrip?4.What’sthenameoftheChinesepartoftheriver?LancangRiver1.WangWeiinsistedthattheybeginthejourneyinQinghai.2.WangWeithoughtthatherwaywastheproperway.3.WangWeiwasastubbornandcarefulgirl.4.Thejourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5000meters,whereitishardtobreatheandverycold.5.WangKunthoughtthatitwouldbeeasytostartinQinghai.paragraph2TTFTFHowdoesthewaterofMeikongRiverchange?small,clearandcoldrapidswaterfallwide,brownandwarmParagraph3ListthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough.•China•Laos•Burma•Thailand•Cambodia•VietnamDifferentattitudesbetweenthemThepreparationbeforethetrip&detailsaboutMekongRiver.TheirdreamPara1Para2Para3TheirdreamWangWei’ssuggestionFinding___________andbFinding___________andbeginningthere.eginningthere.Theirpreparations•bought_______________,bought_______________,•gottheircousinsinterestedgottheircousinsinterestedintravelingintraveling•turnedto_______inthelibturnedto_______inthelibrary.rary.Takingagreatbiketrip.Takingagreatbiketrip.thesourcethesourceexpensivebikesexpensivebikestheatlastheatlasWhyexcitedTheirjourneywouldbeginTheirjourneywouldbeginat_____________________at_____________________TheMekongRiverItbeginsata_______onaItbeginsata_______onaTibetanmountain,movesTibetanmountain,movesquicklyandpassesquicklyandpassesthrough___________.Halfofthrough___________.HalfofitisinChina.ItentersitisinChina.Itentersthe______________.Thenitthe______________.Thenittravelsslowlythroughhillstravelsslowlythroughhillsandlowvalleysandplains,atandlowvalleysandplains,atlastitenterslastitenters__________________.__________________.analtitudeofover5000metersglacierglacierdeepvalleysdeepvalleysSoutheastAsiaSoutheastAsiatheSouthChinaSeatheSouthChinaSeaThemainideaofthetextThepassagetellsusthatnosuccessinlifemerelyhappensbydescribingmysister’sandmydream-takingabiketripandpreparationsforthetrip.Theauthoralsomainlydescribessister’s“stubborncharacter”,“alwaystakingherwayforaproperway”andherbeingdetermined.Nosuccessinlifemerelyhappens.人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。Lifeisjustaseriesoftryingtomakeyourmind.生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。Hitchyourwagontoastar.树雄心，立大志。Successbelongstothepersevering.胜利属于有毅力者。Tian’anmenSquareTheGreatWallForbiddenCityTheHeavenTempleEiffelTowerTriumphalArchLouvreMuseum“meansoftransportation”onfootbybikebymotorbybusbyjeepbycarbytrainbyship/boat/seabyplane/airWhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekongRiver?Youcanseeglacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfallsandplains.glacierAlargebodyoficemovingslowlydownahighvalleyrapidsAfast-movingpartofarivervalleyAlong,low,wideplacebetweenhillswaterfallAhighplacefromwhichariversuddenlygoesdownplainAlargeflatplacedeltaThelowplacewhereariverenterstheseacanyonAdeep,verywidevalley,usuallywithariverIsitadifficultjourneyalongtheMekongRiver?Yes.Thejourneybeginsatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000meters,whereitishardtobreatheandverycold.
