At the end of class, students will be able to:1. get a good view of the Mekong.2. get the main ideas of the passage or paragraphs.Lan Chang RiverThe Mekong RiverCan you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?ChinaMyanmar（缅甸）LaosThailandCambodia（柬埔寨）Vietnam（越南）Go through the passage quickly and answer the questions:1. What is the text mainly about?2. What does Part 1 mainly talk about? A journey down the Mekong.The dream and the plan.Read Para.1 and answer the questions:1.Who had the dream?2.What were the dream and the plan?3. Who made the plan?Main idea : Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream and their plan. Taking a great bike trip and cycling along the entire Mekong River.Wang Kun and Wang Wei.Wang Wei.Read Para.2 and answer the questions:1.What is Wang Kun’s attitude towards Wang Wei?2.What kind of person is Wang Wei?3. Who planned the trip at last?He is fond of his sister.She can be stubborn.Wang Wei.Their different attitudes towards the plan.Read Para.3 and answer the questions:1.What did they do for the trip?2.What is an atlas?They went to the library to look for some information about the Mekong.An atlas is a book with good maps that show details of world geography.3. What can they see during the journey down the Mekong River?It begins at a ______ on a ______ _________. glacierTibetanmountainThen, it quickly. It becomes______ as it passes through deep _____. movesrapidsvalleySometimes, the river becomes _______ and enters ____ _____ .wide valleywaterfall After, it enters _________ _____ , paces slowly and makes __________ through __________to______.low valleys plainsSoutheast AsiabendsAt last , the river’s _____ entersthe South China sea.deltaThe information about the Mekong River. Read the passage again then do the following “T” or “F”: 1. Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in Qinghai. 2. Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way. 3. Wang Wei was a stubborn and careful girl. 4. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 6000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold. 5. Wang Kun gave in at last. 6. Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in Qinghai.TFTFTFA Summary Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _________ about taking a great bike trip. when they __________ from college. They _______ to _____ along the Mekong River with their ________. Wang Wei is very _________. Once she is __________ to do something she will never _______ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she ________ that they find the ________ of the river and begin their journey there.dreamedgraduateddecidedcyclecousinsstubborndeterminedchangeinsistedsourceHomework:1.Recite the vocabulary from “detail” to “attitude”.2. Finish Reading Exercise D.3. Read and recite Para.3, from “Mekong River begins…” to the last sentence.
