TraveljournalUnit3traveling1.Doyouliketraveling?OnNationalDayandMayDay,manypeopleincludingyoumayprefertogotravelingforabreak.1.Ifyouwanttogotraveling,whereareyougoing?WarmingupTian’anmenSquareTheGreatWallTheForbiddenCityTheHeavenTempleDoyouknowthefollowingplaces,haveyoueverbeenthere?EiffelTowerLouvreMuseumTheNorthPoleTheSouthPoleWhichmeansoftransportwillyouuse?onfootbybikebymotorbikebybusbycarbytrainReadingJOURNEYDOWNTHEMEKONGHerearesomefamousrivers.Doyouknowtheirnames?Pre-readingMississippi(theUSA)Thames(England)Seine(France)AmazonRiver(Brazil)TheNileRiverTheYellowRiverThisriveriscalledourmotherriver.ThisriveristhelongestoneinChina.TheYangtzeRiver(ChangjiangRiver)ThePearlRiverItisafamousriverinGuangdongProvince.TheLancangRiver(OutofChina,itiscalledtheMekongRiver.)ItbeginsinQinghaiProvince,andflowsthroughseveralcountriesinsoutheastAsia.NowwereachtheMekongWhereistheMekongRiver?FindthecountriestheMekongRiver—thelongestriverinsoutheastAsia—flowsthrough.1.WangKunandWangWei’sdreamwasto____________________.A.travelaroundChinaB.travelaroundYunnanProvinceC.takeagreatmotorcycletripD.takeagreatbiketripFastreading2.WangKunandWangWei’splanwasto_______________________.A.visittheircousinsB.buyanexpensivemountainbikeC.cyclealongtheMekongRiverD.cyclealongtheYellowRiver3._______plannedthetriptoMekong.A.WangKunB.WangWeiC.DaoWeiD.YuHangSkimmingThepassageismainlyabout__________and__________dreamand_____fortakingagreat_________alongtheMekongRiver.themainideaofthepassageplanbiketripWangKunhissister’sWangWeiinsistedonfindingthesourceoftheriverandbeginningtheirjourneythere.Fromtheatlas,theylearnedalotabouttheMekongRiver.Para.1:Para.2:Para.3:Thewriterandhissisterfinallygotachancetotakeagreattrip.Matchthemainideaswiththeparagraphs.Careful-readingCareful-readingReadthepassagecarefully,andgivetheanswers:1.Whohadthedream?WangKunandWangWei.2.Whatweretheirdreamandplan?TakingagreatbiketripandcyclingalongtheentireMekongRiver.3.Whoplannedthetripatlast?WangWei.4.Whatdidtheydoforthetrip?TheywenttothelibrarytolookforsomeinformationabouttheMekongRiver.Itbeginsina______ona_________.glaciermountainThen,it_______quickly.Itbecomes______asitpassesthroughdeep_______.movesrapidsvalleysWhatcantheyseeduringthejourneydowntheMekongRiver?Sometimes,theriverbecomesa________andenters____________.widewaterfallAfter,itenters_____________,pacesslowlyandmakes______through___________to______.Atlast,theriver_____enterstheSouthChinaSea.lowvalleysplainsSoutheastAsiabendsdeltavalleysWangKunandWangWeihave_________abouttakingagreatbiketripwhenthey__________fromcollege.They_______to_____alongtheMekongRiverwiththeir_______.WangWeiisvery_________.Oncesheis__________todosomethingshewillnever_______hermind.AlthoughitisdifficulttotravelalongtheMekongRiverbybike,she_______thattheyfindthe_______oftheriverandbegintheirjourneythere.ASummarydreamedgraduateddecidedcyclecousinsstubborndeterminedchangeinsistedsourceWhenWangWeiwastoldthatthe_______wouldbeginatan_______ofmorethan5,000metres,shewasexcitedaboutit.WhenWangKuntoldherthedifficultiestheywouldcomeacrossduringthejourney,shegavehima___________look—thekindthatsaidshewouldnot______________.WangKunknowsonceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Finallyhehadto______.journeyaltitudedeterminedchangehermindgiveinDiscuss:Referringtothetext,whatshouldyoudoinyourowntrip?Wecangetmuchfunfromtravelbutifwedon’tcareourmanners,wecanbringourselvestroubleorgetabadimpressionfromothers.Inthepublicplaces,weshouldn’tshoutorcryattimes,orwecanbethoughttobearudeperson.Wehadbetternottakeuppublicpropertyfortoolong,andhadbetterstandinline,forexample,whenwewaitforourbusorotherservice.Apersonwhospitsorlittersathisown,smokesregardlessofotherswon’tberespected.Aslongaswecareourmanners,wecangetnotonlyagoodmoodbutagoodimpressionfromothers.Thegreatesttalkersarealwaysleastdoers.语言的巨人总是行动的矮子。
