Unit3TraveljournalWarmingUpandReadingHerearesomefamousriversinChina.Doyouknowtheirnames?Canyouguesswhatthenamesoftheseriversare?TheYellowRiverThisriveristhelongestoneinChina.TheChangjiangRiverAmazonMississippi(USA)Thames(England)NileRiver(Egypt)Ifyouhaveachancetotraveltheseplaces,howareyougoingthere?meansoftransportationonfootbybikebymotorWarmingupbybusatthebusstopbyjeepbycarbytrainbyship/boat/seaattheport/harborbyplane/airattheairportbyspaceshipAdvantagesandDisadvantagesTransportAdvantagesDisadvantagesfootbikebuscarshipplanegosomewherethatcarscannotgo，cheaper，environmentaltootired；affectedbytheweatherfasterthanonfootcheaper，environmentalcheaperuncomfortableconvenienttooexpensiveenjoytheriverortheseaseasickveryfasttooexpensivetootired；affectedbytheweatherTheMekongRiverMekongLancangRiverSouthseaCanyoulistthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough?ChinaLaos老挝Myanmar/Burma缅甸Thailand泰国Cambodia柬埔寨Vietnam越南JourneyDowntheMekongReading:Part1TheDreamandthePlanwhichisthemainideaofthepassage?A.ThedreamofWangKunandWangWeiandtheirpreparationforthebiketrip.B.TheirdreamandthejourneydowntheMekong.C.TheirplantotraveldowntheMekongandtheattitudesoftwopeople.D.ThepropertripdowntheMekong.WangWei'sshortcomingandherdeterminationThepreparationbeforethetrip&detailsaboutMekongRiverThedreamoftakingagreatbiketripPara1Para2Para3Task1SkimmingMatchtheparagraphandthemainidea.Task2ScanningPara11.Whendidtheygetthechancetotakeabiketrip?______A.DuringmiddleschoolB.AftergraduatingfrommiddleschoolC.DuringcollegetimeD.Aftergraduatingfromcollege2.______firstlymadeaplantocyclealongtheMekongRiver.A.WangKunB.DaoWeiC.WangWeiD.YuHangDCPara2What’stheauthor’sattitudetowardshissister,WangWei?_________A.Hedoesn’tlikeheratallB.HeisabitproudofherandadmiresherC.HehastoobeyherbecausesheishissisterD.HethinksthatsheisstubbornandherknowledgeofgeographyisverypoorDWhatdoestheMekonglooklike？Thewateris____and____.Thenitbeginstomovequickly.Itbecomes________asitpassesthroughdeep______.Sometimestheriverenterswidevalleysandbecomesa________.Atfirst,theriverisvery____.TheMekonginChinaiscalledtheLancangRiver.clearcoldsmallrapidsvalleyswaterfallPara3Task3DiscussionCouldyouusesomewordsorphrasestodescribethecharacteristicsofWangweiandWangkun?WangWei:stubborn,confident,organized,imaginativeWangkun:enthusiastic,critical,sensibleASummaryWangKunandWangWeihave_________abouttakingagreatbiketrip.whenthey__________fromcollege.They_________to_____alongtheMekongRiverwiththeir________.WangWeiisvery___________.Oncesheis__________todosomethingshewillnever_______hermind.AlthoughitisdifficulttotravelalongtheMekongRiverbybike,she________thattheyfindthe________oftheriverandbegintheirjourneythere.dreamedgraduateddecidedcyclecousinsstubborndeterminedchangeinsistedsourceHomework1.Readthetextagain,underlinetheimportantwordsandphrasesandfindoutthedifficultsentencesforyou.2.Rememberthenewwordsofthisreadingpart.
