JourneydowntheMekongPartITheDreamandthePlantheYangtzeRiverMississippiRiverRiverNileAmazonRiverWhichriverdoyouchoose?Whydoyouchoosethatone?Howwillyoutravelalongit????NameofRiverLocationMekongChina,SEAsiaRheinGermanyGangesIndiaSeineFranceNileEgyptThamesEnglandDanubeCentralEuropeAmazonBrazilMississippiUSLancangRiver---MekongRiverMekongLancangRiverSouthseaMapoftheMekongSkimmingWhotakespartinthejourney?What’stheirdream?Howdotheytravel?WhoareWangKunandWangWei?sistersandbrothersWhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiverandwhichseadoesitenter?QinghaiProvince,SouthChinaSeaWhoareDaoWeiandYuHang?cousinsScanningDifficulties:HowdoesthescenerychangewhenyoutravelalongtheMekong?Atfirst…Then…Sometimes…After…As…Atlast…Discuss:similarattitudesaboutthetripdifferentattitudesaboutthetripBothWangWeiandWangKunthink…WangWeibelieves…WangKunbelieves…IsitadifficultjourneytocyclealongtheMekong?Why?Homework:DescribetheMekongRiverDescribeWangWeiThemainideaofthetextThisparttellsusthebackgroundofthebiketrip,especiallytheplanningthatwentintoit.Thispartalsointroducesustothefouryoungpeoplewhomadethetrip:WangKun,thewriterofthejournalandhissister,WangWeiandtheircousinsDaoWeiandYuHang.Thissectionalsointroducesustomanyofthegeographicaltermstheywillusethroughoutthelaterpartsoftheirstory.
