Unit3TraveljournalItemsStudyingaimsanddemandsWords名词：journal,disadvantage,fare,shortcoming,journey,altitude,valley,attitude,parcel，insurance,wool,pillow,midnight,flame,temple,cave动词：prefer,persuade,cycle,organize,determine,boil形容词：fond,stubborn,determined,reliable副词：finally介词：beneath兼类词：transport(n./vt.),flow(vi./n.),graduate(vi./n.),schedule(n./vt.),pace(vi./n.),bend(n./vt.&vi.),forecast(n./vt.),view(n./vt.)Expressionseversince,befondof,careabout,changeone'smind,makeupone'smind,givein,asusual,atmidnightSentences1.ItwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.2．Althoughshedidn'tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly.3．WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.GrammarThePresentContinuousTense:expressingfuturity(现在进行时表示将来)Topics1.Travelling(旅行)2．Describingajourney(描写一次旅行)Writing如何写复合句(I)——宾语从句SectionⅠWarmingUp&ReadingTheMekongRiverisoneoftheworld'smajorrivers.Itistheworld's6thlongestriverandthe3rdlongestinAsia.TheMekongRiverpassesthroughmorecountriesthananyotherriverinAsia.ItbeginsintheJifuMountainsofQinghaiProvince,atanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres.Itis4,909kmlongandinChinaitiscalledtheLancangRiver,whichis2,198km.TheriverrunssouthuntilitleavesChinainYunnanProvinceandthenchangesitsnametotheMekongRiver,whichcontinuestoflow2,711kmthroughLaos,Myanmar,Thailand,CambodiaandVietnam.ItfinallyentersthePacificOcean(太平洋)inthesouthofVietnam.ThiscomplicatedflowandrelationshipsbetweeneachcountryhavecreatedspecifichistoryandinternationalrelationshipsoftheMekongRiver,i．e.manykindsofproblemsorfrictions(冲突)relatedtoeconomyandpoliticsamongthenations.Thereforethisriverisoftencalled“TheDanube(多瑙河)inAsia”duetoitsdifficultyasaninternationalriver.ThehistoryofadjustmentbeganfromtheMekongRiverCommitteethatwasorganizedunderECAFE(亚洲及远东经济委员会)ofUNin1957.AfterthelongwarperiodofIndo-Chinanations,thecommitteewasreorganizedandthenMRC(MekongRiverCommission)undertookthetaskindependently(独立地)againstUN.PresentmembersareVietnam,Thailand,Cambodia,andLaosfollowedbyChinaandMyanmar.Nowtheirbiggestthemeissustainabledeveloping(可持续发展)oftheMekongRiver.小组讨论truepersuadedsourcestubborn1．HowmuchhaveyoulearnedabouttheMekongRiver?2．Whatareyourfavoriteplacestovisit?一、在空格处填上适当的词概括课文ThispassageshowsushowWangKunandhissistermadetheirdreamoftakingagreatbiketripcome(1)_____．Hissister(2)________theircousinstojointhemanddecidedtobegintheirjourneyfromthe(3)________oftheMekongRiver,sotheytriedtolearnabouttheriverwithsomegoodmaps.Fromthepassage,wecanseehissisteris(4)________and(5)．determined二、根据课文内容，选择最佳答案1．Whendidtheygetthechancetotakeabiketrip?A．Duringmiddleschool.DB．Aftergraduatingfrommiddleschool.C．Duringcollegetime.D．Aftergraduatingfromcollege.2．WhothinksWangWeiisreallystubborn?DA．YuHang.C．WangWei'scousins.B．DaoWei.D．WangKun.3．WangWei'sproperwaytodothetripis________.A．travellingbybikewiththeircousinsCB．caringaboutdetailsandorganizingitwellC．beginningthejourneyfromthesourceoftheriverD．lookingatthemapsandlearningabouttheriver4．WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiver?A．InTibet.CB．InYunnanProvince.C．InQinghaiProvince.D．InwesternYunnanProvince.5．WangKunandWangWeiwe...
