Down by the riverside
走在河滩上
I laid my burdens down
我卸下了负担
Now I'm traveling light
现在我轻装前行
My spirit lifted high
我的精神在升腾
I found my freedom now
我终于找到了自由
And I'm traveling light
我轻装前行
Do you like traveling?
A journey of a thousand miles
begins with a single step.
千里之行始于足下
Why do you like traveling?
Why like
traveling
Increase our knowledge
Make friends
Be good to health
Tian’anmen Square
The Heaven Temple
Have you ever been to these places?
The Forbidden City
The Great Wall
He who does not
reach the Great
Wall is not
a true man.
Bird’s nest
(the National
Stadium )
Water Cube
the Terracotta Warriors
Guilin
Mount Qomolongma
(Mount Everest)
Potala Palace
Eiffel Tower
巴黎艾菲尔铁塔
(位于塞纳河南岸)
Mount Fuji
日本富士山
the Pyramids
Liberty of Statue
How will you prepare for traveling?
How will you prepare for traveling?
Things to take
Means of
transportation
A travel plan
travel cost
background
information
time
What to do
Points for
attention
destination
My Travel Plan
When
How
What
Where
Why
Where are you staying?
Why are you going there?
What are you going to do?
How are you getting there?
When are you leaving/coming back?
How long are you going to stay?
Let’s talk！
What things are you taking?
How many kinds of transportation are there ?
on foot
by bike
by motor
by bus
by car
by train
by ship/boat/sea
by plane/ air
by spaceship
Which transport do you prefer?
Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport and fill in the following chart.
What are their advantages and disadvantages?
safe/dangerous
fast/ slow
comfortable/uncomfortable
expensive/cheap
interesting/boring (view on the road)
1. very cheap
2. efficient for short journeys
3. goes to small towns/cities
1. takes longer than the train or airplane
2. does not provide meals
1. cheaper than the airplane
2. journey ends in the center of the town/city
1. takes longer than the airplane
2. does not provide meals
1. cheaper than the airplane
2. provides accommodation and meals
1. more expensive than the train or bus
2. not convenient for visiting inland places
1. quick
2. efficient
3. provides meals
1. expensive
2. journey ends far from the city
Have a nice/good trip!
Have a good time!
Have fun!
Good luck on your journey!
Take care!
All the best!
Use these expressions to end your dialogue
Sample dialogue

A: Linda, where are you going on holiday?
B: I’m going to Thailand.
A: When are you leaving?
B: Next Sunday.
A: How are you going there?
B: I’m taking a plane.
A: How long are you staying?
B: About one week.
A: So what are you going to do?
B: I want to visit some famous places like the
Grand Palace in Bangkok(曼谷泰国大王宫).
A: Great. Good luck on your journey!
B: Many thanks.
We are going to travel !
All of us ___________ (喜欢) traveling and we all have _______________(梦想) visiting some places. This summer vocation, we plan to travel down the Mekong river. It _____________(流经)six countries and has a number of beautiful ______ (风景). We __________travel by train, because there are few ______________ (劣势) and the _____(费用) is low. Before traveling, we need a good travel plan. We need to ___________(关心) a number of things, such as destination, _________ (交通工具),_________(日程表) and things to take.
are fond of
dreamed about
prefer to
fare
disadvantages
care about
transport
schedule
flows through
views
Journey down the Mekong
reading
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Q: How many countries does the river pass through?
The countries Mekong River flows through
Mekong River
The main idea of each paragraph
What’s the relationship between
Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
They are brother
and sister,
and both are
college students.
2. What was their dream?
Their dream was
to take a great
bike trip.
3.Who are Dao Wei
and Yu Hang?
They are Wang Kun’s
cousins who
are at a college
in Kunming.
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Where are they going to and how to get there?
They have the idea to ___ _____the Mekong River. From ______ it ______to _____ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends
When are they going to the trip?
After graduating from college
Who planned the trip to the Mekong?
Wang Wei panned
the trip.
What did Wang Wei prepare
for the trip?
She didn’t know the best way of getting
to places.
She hadn’t looked at a map.
She doesn’t care about details.
Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?
Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
Altitude: more than 5000m
Air: hard to breathe
Temperature: very cold
She can be really stubborn.
insist
not change one’s mind
determined
make up one’s mind
give in
A. 坚决 B.固执
How to describe a person
Learning tip:
Support your opinion with facts.
What’s the characters between Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
What did Wang Kun and Wang Wei made the preparation for the trip?
They went to the library and found a
large atlas with good maps that showed
details of world geography.
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What can they see during the journey?
It begins at a ______ on a ______ _________ in ________ _________ .
glacier
Tibetan
mountain
Qinghai
Province
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Then, it______ quickly. It becomes
______ as it passes through deep _____.
moves
rapids
valley
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Sometimes, the river enters ____ _____
and becomes _______ .
wide valley
waterfall
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After, It travels slowly through
____ , __________, and______.
hills low valleys
plains
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At last, the river’s _____ enters
the South China sea.
delta
Fill in the blanks
a glacier on a
Tibetan mountain
deep valleys
China
the Southeast
Asia
hills, low valleys
and plains
the South
China Sea
The passage is mainly about
__________ and __________ dream and __________ for taking a great _________ along the Mekong River.
The Main Idea of the Passage
travel plan
bike trip
Wang Kun
Wang Wei’s
Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s dream
was to ____________________.
A. travel around China
B. travel around Yunnan Province
C. take a great motorcycle trip
D. take a great bike trip
Reading Comprehension
2. Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s plan was to _______________________.
A. visit their cousins
B. buy an expensive mountain bike
C. cycle along the Mekong River
D. cycle along from theirhometown
3. Which sentence is False according to the text?
A. Wang Wei advised Wang Kun to buy a mountain bike and he agreed.
B. Wang Wei seldom listened to others.
C. Before their trip they went to the library.
D. Wang Wei knew the best way of getting to places.
4. When you travel along the Mekong River maybe you can not see_________.
A. waterfalls
B. hills and valleys
C. plains where rice grows
D. desert
5. The source of the Mekong is in _______ and it enters the________.
A. Yunnan Province; South China Sea
B. Guizhou Province; East China Sea
C. Hunan Province; East China Sea
D. Qinghai Province; South China Sea
Wang Kun and Wang Wei are brothers and sisters. They have dreamed of
(take) a great bike trip. was Wang Wei who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River .They (ride) bicycles to travel along the Mekong River, source is in Qinghai Province. When it enters Southeast Asia, it travels (slow) through hills and low valleys and the plains where rice grows. In spite the
taking
It
rode
which
slowly
of
difficulties, Wang Kun and Wang
Wei (determine) to begin their journey at altitude of more than 5,000 meters in Qinghai Province.During their journey,they enjoyed the (continue) change of the weather. Finally, they reached Dali in Yunnan Province, Dao Wei and Yun Hang joined them. The four of them went on their great bike trip.
determined
an
continous
where
Disccusion
What can we learn from the passage?
Life is just a series of trying to make your mind.
生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。

Hitch your wagon to a star.
树雄心，立大志。

Success belongs to the persevering.
胜利属于有毅力者。

No success in life merely happens.
人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。