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Unit3TravelJournalWarmingupDoyouknowthefollowingplaces,haveyoueverbeenthere?Tian’anmenSquareTheGreatWallForbiddenCityTheHeavenTempleEiffelTower巴黎艾菲尔铁塔(位于塞纳河南岸)LouvreMuseum罗浮宫[法国巴黎](或译卢浮宫现为国立美术博物馆)TheNorthPoleTheSouthPoleUndertheseaTheMoonTheEarthOnNationalDayandMayDay,manypeopleincludingyoumayprefertogotravelingforabreak.1.Ifyouwanttogotraveling,whereareyougoing?2.Howareyougoing?Whatdoyouhavetoconsiderbeforeyoudecidewhichmeansoftransportyouwilluse?meansoftransportonfootbybikebymotorbikebybusatthebusstopbyjeepbycarbytrainbyship/boat/seaattheport/harborbyplane/airattheairportbyspaceshipCanyouguessthenameofthisriver?JourneydowntheMekong(PartI:thedreamandtheplan)unit3ReadingWhichcountriestoflowthroughChinaMyanmarLaosThailandCambodiaVietnamPART1THEDREAMANDTHEPLANMynameisWangKun.Eversincemiddleschool,mysisterWangWeiandIhavedreamedabouttakingagreatbiketrip.Twoyearsagosheboughtanexpensivemountainbikeandthenshepersuadedmetobuyone.Lastyear,shevisitedourcousins,DaoWeiandYuHangattheircollegeinKunming.TheyareDaiandgrewupinwesternYunnanProvinceneartheLancangRiver,theChinesepartoftheriverthatiscalledtheMekongRiverinothercountries.WangWeisoongottheminterestedincyclingtoo.Aftergraduatingfromcollege.wefinallygotthechancetotakeabiketrip.Iaskedmysister,"Wherearewegoing?"ItwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.Nowsheisplanningourscheduleforthetrip.Iamfondofmysisterbutshehasoneseriousshortcoming.Shecanbereallystubborn.Althoughshedidn'tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly.Now,Iknowthattheproperwayisalwaysherway.Ikeptaskingher,"Whenareweleavingandwhenarewecomingback?"Iaskedherwhethershehadlookedatamapyet.Ofcourse,shehadn't;mysisterdoesn'tcareaboutdetails.SoItoldherthatthesourceoftheMekongisinQinghaiProvince.Shegavemeadeterminedlook—thekindthatsaidshewouldnotchangehermind.WhenItoldherthatourjourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres,sheseemedtobeexcitedaboutit.WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.Iknowmysisterwell.Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Finally,Ihadtogivein.Severalmonthsbeforeourtrip,WangWeiandIwenttothelibrary.Wefoundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsthatshoweddetailsofworldgeography.FromtheatlaswecouldseethattheMekongRiverbeginsinaglacieronaTibetanmountain.Atfirsttheriverissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.Thenitbeginstomovequickly.Itbecomesrapidsasitpassesthroughdeepvalleys,travellingacrosswesternYunnanProvince.Sometimestheriverbecomesawaterfallandenterswidevalleys.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.AfteritleavesChinaandthehighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide，brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspaceslows.Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows.Atlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.TaskTrueorfalseⅠFast-reading1.WangKunandWangWeihavedreamedofalongbiketripforalongtime.2.DaoWeiandYuHanggrewupneartheLancangRiver.3.WangWeihasstudiedthemapoftheMekongcarefully.4.Whentheygraduatedfrommiddleschool,theygotthechance.5.TheywantedtotakethetripfromthebeginningoftheMekongRivertoitsend.TTTFFWhatcantheyseeduringthejourneydowntheMekong?Itbeginsata________ona_______________.glacierTibetanmountainThen,it______quickly.Itbecomes______asitpassesthroughdeep____...