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Welcome
Here are some famous rivers in the world. Do you know their names?
Guessing Game
The Yellow River
黄河
the second largest in China
You can never wash yourself clean even if you jump into the river.
our mother river
Three Gorges Dam
(三峡大坝)
the third longest in the world
the longest in China
6300 km
The Yangtze River
长江
In Egypt
the longest in the world
The Nile River尼罗河
Aswan Dam
（阿斯旺大坝）
Longest in Britain
The Thames River
泰晤士河
Mother river of Britain
Which countries does Mekong river flow through?
China
Journey Down The Mekong
North
South
down
South China Sea
Learning aims
1. To grasp the main idea of the whole text
2. To understand how the author and his sister plan the trip.
3. To retell the passage briefly.
Step I: Fast reading
It is mainly about ________ of Wang kun and Wang wei and their ___________ to cycle along the ________.
Mekong River
the dream
preparation
What is the passage mainly about?
2 Match the main idea with each paragraph
Para.1


Para.2
Para.3
A. Their preparation to look up informations about the Mekong river
B. It shows how stubborn his sister is by insisting on her idea
C. Something about their dream and plan for the trip
Step II.Careful reading
Para. 1: the dream
1. What is their plan?
Wang Wei, Wang Kun, Dao Wei and Yu Hang
Mountain bike
Where the Mekong begins
Where it ends/The end of the Mekong
2.Translate the following sentence
They are Dai( 傣族）and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries.
尝试翻译：
他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，在其他国家（境内）叫湄公河。
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1.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?
The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and it is very cold.
Paragraph 2: A stubborn sister
What does Wang Kun mean by saying, “the proper way is always her way”?
Wang Wei is reliable(可信赖的), because she always knows the proper way.
Wang Wei always insists on（坚持） her way, even though she doesn’t know the proper way.
Wang Kun thinks that his sister is stubborn and can’t do anything properly.
Wang Kun thinks that his sister can find the best way to get to the places.
2. Choices
√
glacier
rapids
valley
waterfall
bends/
meanders
plain
Para 3, the preparations
Do you know the geographical terms (地理术语) in this paragraph
delta
The Mekong begins in a ______ on a Tibetan Mountain.
At last the river ______ enters the ______________．
Then, it becomes _____ as it passes through deep _____, sometimes it becomes _______.
As it enters Southeast Asia, it runs slowly. It makes ______ or _________ to the ________.
glacier
rapids
valleys
a waterfall
bends
meanders
plain
delta
South China Sea
Find out more information about how the Mekong changes.
Step III.Post-reading ( Discussion)
What factors(因素）did Wang Kun and Wang Wei consider before their journey?
journey
Place to go
traffic tool
information about the place
atlas
… …
schedule
Ever since ______ ______, I and Wang Wei
have dreamed about having a great ___ ___. It was Wang Wei who first had the idea to ____ along the entire Mekong River. My sister doesn’t ____ ____ details, because she doesn’t know the best way of getting to places.When I told her the difficulties we would come across during the journey, she gave me a __________look--- the kind that said she would not _____ ____ ____. I know once she has ____ ___ ___ ___, nothing can change it. I had to ___ ___. Then we found an _____ and knew clear about the details of the Mekong River's geography.
middle school
bike trip
cycle
care about
determined
chang her mind
made up her mind
give in
atlas
HOMEWORK
1. Read the passage and find out the sentences or expressions you appreciate.
2. Surf on the internet, get more information about the Mekong River
3. Try to retell the passage.
Thank you for
your attending!
Out of China, it is called
the Mekong River
In China it is called
The Lancang River – 澜沧江