Unit3LaosThailandMyanmarCambodiaVietnamWhatcountriesdoesTheMekongRiverflowthrough?ChinaAbouttheMekongRiver(para3)WhatcanyouseealongtheMekong?glacierrapidsvalleywaterfallplaindeltaLet’senjoythedescriptionoftheMekongRiver1.Atfirst,itissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.2.Thenit______tomovequickly.3.Sometimes,it________awaterfalland_____widevalleys.4.Afterit______Chinaandhighaltitude,it________wide,brownandwarm.5.Asit______SoutheastAsia,itspace______.6.Atlast,theriverdelta______theSouthChinaSea.Para.3:beginsbecomesentersbecomesleavesentersslowsenterstheMekongRiver:inChinaItbeginsinaglacieronaTibetanmountain.Theriverissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.Then,itmovesquickly.Itbecomesrapidsasitpassesthroughdeepvalleys.theMekongRiver:inChinaSometimes,theriverbecomesawaterfallandenterswidevalleys.theMekongRiver:inChinaAfteritleavesChinaandhighaltitude,itbecomeswide,brownandwarm.Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplain.TheMekongRiver:outofChinaAtlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinasea.TheMekongRiver:outofChinaSkimming—mainideaJourneydowntheMekongPara.1Para.2Para.3AboutthedreamAboutWangWeiAbouttheMekongRiverAboutthedream(para1)Who?WangKunandWangWeiWhatdidtheydreamabout?…takeagreatbiketrip…Howaretheygoing?…cyclealongtheMekongRiver…Whoelse?DaoWeiandYuHangWhoandWhatWangKunand_______WangWeiaredreamingabout_____________________.WhereandHowTheyhavetheideato__________theMekongRiverfrom______it______to______it______.hissistertakingagreatbiketripcyclealongwherebeginswhereendsAboutWangWei(para2)WhatkindofpersonisWangWei?WangWeibraveadventurousstubborndeterminedcarelessstubborn•Sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetrip.•Theproperwayisalwaysherway.determined•Shegavemeadeterminedlook.•Shewouldnotchangehermind.•Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.braveandadventurous•ShefirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiver.•Shefeelexcitedwhentoldthejourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres.•Shefeelinterestedwhentoldtheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold.Choose“√”or“×”•1.WangWeiisahighschoolstudent.•2.BothDaoWeiandYuHangareDaiandtheygrewupineasternYunnanProvince.•3.ThesourceoftheMekongisinQinghaiprovince.•4.FinallyWangKunagreedwithhissistertocyclewithher.•5.TheyfoundfewatlasabouttheMekongRiver.•6.OnlyasmallpartoftheriverisinChina.•7.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itmovesslowly.×√×√××√I’mastudentinXiaoshanNO.3SeniorHighSchool.IgetthechancetotakeabiketripdowntheMekongRiverwithWangWei.It’sagreatriverwithglacier,_________,_______,_______,______anddelta.I__________(喜爱)mypartnerWangWei,becausesheis______,_________and___________.shealsohasaserious_____________(缺点):_______.Shedoesn’t__________（关心）details.Onceshe_______________（下定决心）,shewillnot_______________（改变主意）and________（让步、屈服）.Itwillbeadifficultjourneywhichwillbeginatan________ofmorethan5,000metres.SoIwillhelpherplanour_________forthetripcarefully.Ithinkit’simportanttoknowthefollowingthings:Whatistheweatherlikethere?Howarethepeoplethere?Whatarewegoingtotake?Whenareweleaving?Wherearewestaying?Howarewegoingthere?Howlongarewestayingthere?Whenarewearriving?Whenarewecomingback?I’msureourdreamwillcometrue.waterfallrapidsvalleysplainamfondofdeterminedshortcomingstubborncareaboutmakesuphermindchangehermindgiveinaltitudescheduleadventurousbrave(GroupWork)WhydoyouthinktheytookabiketripdowntheMekongRiver?maketheirdreamcometruegetclosetonatureexperiencethelifetrainthemselvesenrichtheirlives……Lifeiswonderful.Loveit,andwewillenjoyit.Natureisbeautiful.Exploreit,andwecanbenefitfromit.SummaryHowcanwemakeasuccessfuljourney?why?when?where?how?howlong?withwhom?what?DiscussionGroupWork•Ifyougetachancetotravelalonganygreatriversintheworld,whichonewillyouchooseandhowwillyouplanthisjourney?TeamleaderTeammembersRiverHowWhenFare(费用)preparationHomework1.MakeadialoguebetweenWangkunandareporter/ex.4onpage192.Finishexercisesonpage203.Findoutkeyphrasesandsentencesinthetext.LaosThailandMyanmarCambodiaVietnamTheMekongRiverChinacanyon
