unit3Traveljournalperiod2Canyouguesswhatthenamesoftheseriversare?Thisriveriscalledourmotherriver.TheYellowRiver–黄河ThisriveristhelongestoneinChina.TheChangjiangRiver–长江ThisisthefamousriverinGuangdongProvince.ThePearlRiverThisriverbeginsinQinghaiProvinceandflowsthroughseveralcountries.TheMekongRiverTheNileRiverNamesofriverLocation(位置)LancangRiverSeine[sein]塞纳河Nile[nail]尼罗河Kongo刚果河Amazon亚马逊河MississippiThames[temz]泰晤士河EnglandEgyptCentralAfricatheUSFranceChinaBrazilThegreatriversintheworld……Howdopeoplewholivebesidearivermakeuseofit?goswimmingtravelalongarivertoirrigate(灌溉)theirfieldstomakeelectricityBrainStormingLanChangRiverTheMekongRiverCanyoulistthecountriesthattheMekongflowsthrough?ChinaLaosThailandCambodia[kæm'bəudiə]Vietnam[viət'næm]SouthChinaSeaMyanmar['mjænm:]ɑtheLancangRiver–澜沧江InChinaitiscalledOutofChina,itiscalledtheMekongRiverReadthepassageandgetthemainideaofeachparagraph:Para.1WangKunandWangWei’sdream.Para.2WangWeiisstubborn.Para.3Preparingfortheirtrip.Readthewholepassagequicklyanddecidewhichisthemainideaofthepassage._______A.ThedreamofWangKunandWangWeiandtheirpreparationforthebiketrip.B.TheirdreamandthejourneydowntheMekong.C.TheirplantotraveldowntheMekongandtheattitudesoftwopeople.D.ThepropertripdowntheMekong.AReadthetextindetails.WhoandWhatWangKunand________WangWeiaredreamingabout_____________________.hissistertakingagreatbiketripParagraph1:DreamWhereandHowTheyhavetheideato_________theMekongRiverfrom______it______to_____it_____.cyclealongwherebeginswhereendsParagraph2:AstubbornsisterSheinsistedthattheyfindthesourceoftheriverandbegintheirjourneythere.Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Whatcantheyseeduringthejourney?Itbeginsina____________ona________________.glacier(冰川)TibetanmountainParagraph3:PreparationThen,it______quickly.Itbecomes______asitpassesthroughdeep______.movesrapidsvalleysSometimes,theriverbecomesa________andenters__________.widevalleyswaterfallAfter,Ittravelsslowlythrough__________to_____________.lowvalleysplains(平原)Atlast,theriver_____enterstheSouthChinaSea.deltadelta三角洲Newwordsaboutgeography:altitude海拔高度glacier冰河rapids急流valley(山)谷waterfall瀑布plain平原delta三角洲1.WhatwasWangKunandWangWei’sideaofagoodtrip?Theirideawastotakeagreatbiketrip.Answerthequestions.2.WhoplanedthetriptotheMekong?WangWei.3.WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiverandwhichseadoesitenter?ThesourceoftheriverisinQinghaiProvinceanditenterstheSouthChinaSea.4.WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekong?Youcanseeglacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfallsandplains.glaciervalleyrapidsdeltawaterfallplain5.WhatdifficultiesdidWangKunandWangWeifindabouttheirjourney?Thejourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000meters,whereitishardtobreatheandverycold.6.WhatdoyouthinkaboutWangKunandWangWei?WangKun’scharacter:enthusiastic,critical,sensibleWangWei’scharacter:imaginative,organized,eager,persistent,stubborn,risk-taking1.Theirdreamwastogohikingalongtheriver.2.Wangkunisahighschoolstudent.3.BothDaoWeiandYuHangareDaiandtheygrewupineasternYunnanprovince.FTrueorFalseFF4.WangWeipersuadedtheircousins,DaoWeiandYuHang,tojoinintheircycling.5.Beforeflowinginothercountries,theMekongRiveriscalledtheLancangRiver.6.ThesourceoftheriverisinQingHaiProvinceanditenterstheeastChinaSea.TTF7.TheyfoundfewatlasandbooksaboutMekongRiverinlibrary.8.AllpartsoftheMekongRiverareinchina.9.TherearenowaterfallsintheMekongRiver.10.Youcanseeglacier,rapids,valleys,waterfallsandplainsalongtheriver.FFFTReadingcomprehension:1.Whichsentenceisnottrueaccordingtothetext?A.WangWeiadvisedWangKuntobuyamountainbikeandheagreed.A.WangWeiseldomlistenedtoothers.B.Beforetheirtriptheywenttothelibrary.C.WangWeiknewthebestwayoffindingthesourceoftheriver.D2.WhatdoesthelastparagraphonPage18tellus?A.Theywantedtoknowhowsoontheywouldcomeback.B.Theywantedtolearntheworld’sgeography.C.TheywenttothelibrarytoknowsomethingabouttheMekongRiver.D.WangKunwantedtoletWangWeiknowhowdifficulttheirtripwas.C3.WhenyoutravelalongtheMekongRivermaybeyoucannotsee_________.A.WaterfallsB.hillsandvillagesC.PlainswherericegrowsD.desert4.WhatkindofpersonisWangWei?Whichansweriswrong?A.stubbornB.determinedC.carelessD.carefulDDEversince____________,IandWangWeihavedreamedabouthavingagreat__________.ItwasWangWeiwhofirsthadtheideato_____alongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereit______towhereit____.Mysisterdoesn’t___________details,becauseshedoesn’tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces.CompletethispassagemiddleschooltripcyclebeginsendscareaboutbikeWhenItoldherthedifficultieswewouldcomeacrossduringthejourney,shegavemea__________look---thekindthatsaidshewouldnot_______________.Iknowonceshehas__________________,nothingcanchangeit.Ihadto_________.determinedchanghermindmadeuphermindgivein
