Reading
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What do we use a river for?
Brain
go swimming
provide us with drinking water
to irrigate(灌溉) our fields
to make electricity
storming
Pre-reading
Yangtze
Amazon
Can you guess what the names of these rivers are?
Yellow
Pearl
Nile
The Mekong River
The Mekong river
Journey down the Mekong
Reading
1.Who planned the trip to Mekong?
A. Wang Wei B. Yu Hang C. Wang Kun
2.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip?
A. took a bus trip.
B. took a long bike trip.
C. took a long ship trip.
3.Where is the source of the Mekong and which sea does it enter?
A. In Qinghai Province and enters North China Sea
B. In Qinghai Province and enters South China Sea
C. In Heilongjiang Province and enters South China Sea
Listening
Who and what
Wang Kun and ___ ____ Wang Wei are dreaming about_____________________.
her sister
taking a great bike trip
Where and How
They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River. From ______ it ______to _____ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends
Detailed reading
What can they see during the journey?
What do think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
1. Where is the source of the Mekong
River and which sea does it enter?
The source of the river is in Qinghai
Province and it enters the South
China Sea.
What can they see during the journey?
It begins in a ______ on a _________.
glacier
mountain
Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
rapids
valley
Sometimes, the river enters ____ _____
and becomes _______ .
wide valley
waterfall
After, It travels slowly through
____ , __________, and______.
hills low valleys
plains
At last, the river’s _____ enters
the South China sea.
delta
2.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
Wang Kun’s character: enthusiastic, critical ,sensible.
Wang Wei’s character: imaginative, organized, eager, stubborn, persistent.
True or False
1.Wang Kung first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong.
2.Wang Kung and Wang Wei have had the dream to cycle along the Mekong since middle school.
3.They decided to begin their trip from the source of the Mekong.
4.Wang Wei didn’t think much about the difficulty of the trip.
5.Two thirds of the Mekong River is in China.
6. Wang Kun believes it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai Province.
F
F
T
T
F
T
Wang Wei
after graduating from college
Half of
Read the text again and fill in the blanks.
My name is Wang Wei. My brother Wang Kun and I have _________________ taking a great bike trip. When we ______ from college, we decided to ride bicycles to travel along the Mekong River. Although I didn’t know the best way of getting to places, I ______ I organize the trip ______. When I knew that the journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, I seemed to be ______ about it.
dreamed of / about
graduated
insisted
properly
excited
When I was told the air there would be cold and hard to ______, I thought it would be an interesting _________. Once I have _______________, nothing can change it. So Wang Kun had to ______. Because I wouldn’t change my mind, someone says I am a little _________, but I think I am just a person with great determination.
What do you think of Wang Wei? What can you learn from her?
stubborn
breathe
experience
made up my mind
give in
语法填空
My name is Wang Kun. Since middle school, my sister and I____________ (dream) about _______(take) a great bike trip. When we graduated from collage, we finally got the chance to do it. It______ my sister _______ first had the idea to cycle along ____ Mekong River from _______ it begins to where it ends. The Dai live near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that___________ (call) the Mekong River in the countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. She insisted that we ______ (find) the source of the river .She gave me a__________ (determine) look. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give______.
have dreamed
taking
was
who/that
the
where
is called
find
determined
in
1. Read the text again, underline the important
words and phrases and find out the difficult
sentences for you.
2. Finish SB P20 Ex. 1-3.
3. Retell the text using your own words.
V Homework