Unit3TravelJournalLet’sdiscoverthebeautyoftheworld!PeriodTwoIfyoulivealongoneoftherivers,howwouldyouuseit?Ifyouhaveachancetotraveldownoneofthem,whichonewouldyouchoose?Why?Mississippi(USA)Nile(Egypt)Thames(England)Mekong(China,SEAsia)WhichcountriesdoestheMekongRiverflowthrough?WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiverandwhichseadoesitenter?What’sthenameoftheChinesepartoftheriver?China,Laos,Myanmar,Thailand,Cambodia,Vietnam.QinghaiProvince,theSouthChinaSea.LancangRiverNameofRiverLocationMekongChina,SEAsiaRheinGermanyGangesIndiaSeineFranceNileEgyptThamesEnglandDanubeCentralEuropeAmazonBrazilMississippiUSNewwordspersuadegraduatecyclefinallyscheduleshortcomingstubbornvt.说服；劝说vi.毕业n.大学毕业生vi.骑自行车adv.最后;终于n.时间表；进度表vt.为某事安排时间n.缺点adj.顽固的；固执的orgnizedeterminejourneyaltitudevalleyattitudeNewwordsvt.组织；成立vt.决定；确定；下定决心n.旅行；旅程n.海拔高度；高处n.山谷；流域n.态度；看法Expressionseversincebefondofcareaboutchangeone’smindmakeupone’smindgivein从那以后喜爱；喜欢关心；忧虑；惦念改变主意下决心；决定投降；屈服；让步Gooverthetextandanswerthequestions.Skimming:What’sthedream?What’stheplan?Thedreamwastotakeagreatbiketrip.TheplanwastocyclealongtheMekongRiver.Readparagraphoneandanswerthequestions.WhoareWangKunandWangWei?WhatdoesWangWeilovetodo?Theyarebrotherandsister,andbotharecollegestudents.Shelovestogoforlongbikeridesinthecountryside.ScanningWhoareDaoWeiandYuHang?Wouldthecousinsjointhem?TheyareWangKun’scousinswhoareatacollegeinKunming.Yes,theywould.1.WangWeiinsistedthattheybeginthejourneyinQinghai.2.WangWeithoughtthatherwaywastheproperway.3.WangWeiwasastubbornandcarefulgirl.TrueorfalseTFT4.Thejourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5000meters,whereitishardtobreatheandverycold.5.WangKungaveinatlast.6.WangKunthoughtthatitwouldbeeasytostartinQinghai.TrueorfalseTFTTheMekongRiverbeginsina_______onaTibetanmountain.Atfirst,theriveris______,andthewateris_____and______Thenitbeginstomove______.Itbecomes______asitpassesthroughdeepvalleys,travelingacrosswesternYunnanProvince.Sometimestheriverbecomesa________andenterswidevalleys.glaciersmallclearcoldquicklyrapidswaterfallFillintheblanksWewerebothsurprisedtolearnthat_____oftheriverisinChina.AfteritleavesChinaandhighaltitude,TheMekongbecomes_____,______and______.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspace______.Itmakeswide_____ormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows.Atlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.halfwidebrownwarmslowsbendsAttitudesaboutthetripSimilarattitudesaboutthetripBothWangWeiandWangKunthink1.takingthistripisadreamthatcomestrue.2.theywillenjoythetripalot.3.theyshouldseealotoftheMekong.4.thatmostoftheMekongwillbefoundinSoutheastAsia.DifferentattitudesaboutthetripWangWeibelieves1.theymuststartinQinghaiwheretheriverbegins/seealloftheMekong.2.thattheydon’tneedtopreparemuch.WangKunbelieves1.itistoocoldandhightostartinQinghai.2.thatusinganatlasisveryimportant.ThedevelopmentofthejourneydreamabouttakingagreatbiketripcousinspersuadedtojoininchancegotfinallytheforabiketripfoundaatlasfordetailsaboutMekongtriptobeganatanaltitudeof5,000mThisparttellsusthebackgroundofthebiketrip,especiallytheplanningthatwentintoitandintroducesusthefouryoungpeoplewhomadethetrip:WangKun,thewriterofthejournalandhissister,WangWeiandtheircousinsDaoWeiandYuHang.manygeographicaltermstobeusedthroughoutthelaterpartsofthest...
