Unit3TravelJournalWhatdoestheMekonglooklike？Thewaterisclearandcold.Thenitbeginstomovequickly.Itbecomesrapids&passesthroughdeepvalleys.Sometimestheriverenterswidevalleysandbecomeswaterfalls.Atfirst,theriverisverysmall.TheLancangRiver–澜沧江InChinaitiscalledOutofChina,itiscalledtheMekongRiverthelongestriverinSoutheastAsiatheMekongRiverLaos(老挝)Myanmar(缅甸)Thailand(泰国)Cambodia(柬埔寨)Vietnam(越南)TheMekongRiverflowsthrough….Itrunsthrough______countriessixLanCangRiverMekongRiver(PartI:thedreamandtheplan)themainideaofeachparagraph:(chooseA.B.C)Paragraph1:_____________Paragraph2:_____________Paragraph3:_____________A.PreparationB.DreamC.AstubbornsisterDreamDreamPreparationPreparationAstubbornsisterAstubbornsister2.DecidewhichisthemainideaofthepassageA.Theauthorandhissister’splanabouttheirwinterholiday.B.Theexperienceduringtheauthorandhissister’stripinQinghai.C.Theauthorandhissister’splanandpreparationsfortheirtrip.D.anecdotes(轶事）thathappenedduringtheirtrip.Discussthetextindetails.Paragraph1:DreamParagraph1:DreamSincemiddleschool…Sincemiddleschool…Whenwegraduatedfromcollege…Whenwegraduatedfromcollege…Twoyearsago…Twoyearsago…Lastyear…Lastyear…mysisterWangWeiandIhavedreamedabouttakingagreatbiketrip.wefinallygotthechancetodoit.sheboughtanexpensivemountainbike.Thenshepersuadedmetobuyone.shevisitedourcousins,DaoWeiandYuHangattheircollegeinKunming.Paragraph2:AstubbornsisterQ1:whatdidshedowhenItoldherthatthesourceoftheMekongisinQinghai?Q2:Wasshewellpreparedfortheirjourney?Q3:IsWangWeiastubborngirl?Why?Yes.sheinsistedthatwefindthesourceoftheriverandbeginourjourneythere.Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Shejustgivemeadeterminedlookglacierrapidsvalleywaterfallbends/meandersplainReadPara3,andtrytofindoutthegeographicalterms(地理术语).deltaCirclethefollowinggeographicalwords.Paragraph3Paragraph3Matcheachwordtothepropermeanings1.rapids2.waterfall3.glacier4.delta5.plaina.ahighplacefromwhichariversuddenlygoesdownb.alargeflatplacec.afast-movingpartofariverd.alargebodyoficemovingslowlydownahighvalleye.thelowplacewhereariverentersthesea.TheMekongbeginsina______onaTibetanMountain.Atlasttheriver______entersthe______________．Then,itbecomes_____asitpassesthroughdeep_____,sometimesitbecomes_______.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itrunsslowly.Itmakes______or_________tothe________.glacierrapidsvalleysawaterfallbendsmeandersplaindeltaSouthChinaSeaCarefulReadingParagraph3:PreparationParagraph3:PreparationFindoutmoreinformationabouthowtheMekongchanges.WhatcanyouseealongtheMekong?WhatcanyouseealongtheMekong?1.beginglacier2.becomerapidspassthroughvalleys3.becomesometimesawaterfall4.makebendsthroughvalleystoplains5.deltatheSouthChinaSea12345,theriverisverysmall.Thewaterisandcold.Thenitbeginstomove.Itbecomesandpassesthroughdeep.Sometimestheriverwidevalleysandbecomes.Chinaandhigh,theMekongbecomeswide,and.,theriver’senterstheSouthChinaSea.AtfirstclearquicklyrapidsvalleysenterswaterfallsFillintheblanks:LeavingaltitudebrownwarmAtlastdeltaDiscussionTheNationalHolidayiscoming,whereareyougoingtospendyourholiday?Task:Workwithyourpartnersandmakeatravelplanforyourgroup.OurTravelPlanDestinationTrafficToolScheduleInformationabouttheplaceOurexpectation……Wearegoingto…tospendourNationalHoliday.Weplantogothereby….Weareleaving…sothatwecanarrive….Itisknownthat….Andwewanttoknowmoreaboutit,forexample,….What’smore,we…OurTravelPlanHomework:1.WriteashortpassageabouttheMekongRiver.2.Underlinethedifficultsentencesandusefulstructuresinthepassage.
