②③⑤④①LangcangRiver澜沧江MekongRiver湄公河TheChangjiangRiver(长江)TheYellowRiver(黄河)ThePearlRiver(珠江)HeilungkiangRiver(黑龙江)TheYarlungZangboRiver(雅鲁藏布江)Thames(泰晤士河)TheMississippiRiver(密西西比河)Rhine(莱茵河)Seine(塞纳河)Nile(尼罗河)TheCongoRiver(刚果河)LancangRiver（澜沧江）China(thesource)LaosBurma(Myanmar缅甸）ThailandCambodiaVietnamTheSouthChinaSea(theend)LaosBurmaThailandCambodiaVietnamFastreading:Who?Where?How?When?Thispassageismadeupofthreeparagraphs.Canyoumatcheachparagraphwithitsmainidea?Para1Para2para3Itshowsushowstubbornhissisteris.Ittellsussomethingabouttheirgreatdreamandhowtheystarted“thejourneydowntheMekong”tomaketheirdreamcometrue.ItintroducestoussomebasicknowledgeabouttheMekongRiverfromalargeatlas.ThefirstparagraphTheirdreamandhowtomaketheirdreamcometrue.Dream:takingagreatbiketripHow?a)Twoyearsago…b)Then……c)Lastyear……Itwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheidea…Itwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheidea…SheboughtanexpensivebikeShepersuadedWangKuntobuyoneShevisitedtheircousinsandgottheminterestedincycling,tooThesecondparagraphWangKun’ssister----WangWeiisstubborn.WhydoesWangKunthinkhissisterisstubborn?Althoughshedidn’tknowthebestwayof…,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly.……Shegavemeadeterminedlook--……shewouldn’tchangehermind.Theairwouldbehardtobreatheand……cold……interesting……atanaltitudeofmorethan……sheseemedtobeexcited1)2)3)4)Differentattitudes•TheymuststartinQinghaiwheretheriverbegins•Theydon’tneedtopreparemuch•ItistoocoldandhightostartinQinghai•ItisimportanttocareaboutthedetailsWangWeiWangkunTheMekongRiverItbeginsat____________________________,movesquicklyandpassesthrough__________.Sometimesitbecomes_________andenters___________.Thenitenters______________.Ittravelsslowlythrough__________________.Atlastitenters_______________aglacieronaTibetanmountaindeepvalleyswidevalleysawaterfallSoutheastAsiaplainslowvalleysandtheSouthChinaSeaglaciervalleywaterfallplainvalleyThedreamandtheplanwhowherehowthedreamtheplanSumuptwoyearsago…then…lastyear…findanatlasabouttheMekongRiverstartsendswhenPair-work:Workinpairsandmakeadialogueaboutyourownjourneyplan.1.Whereareyougoing?2.Whenareyougoingto…?3.Howareyougoingto…?4.Whydoyouchoosethisplace,thistimeandmeans?Writeashortsummaryofthepassage.Finishtheexercisesonp20.Findoutthesentencesusingthe–ingforminthispassage.
