READING
What does the Mekong look like？
The water is clear and cold.
Then it begins to move quickly.
It becomes rapids & passes
through deep valleys.
Sometimes the river enters wide valleys and becomes waterfalls.
At first, the river is very small.
The Mekong in China is called the Lancang River.
China
Laos
Myanmar
Cambodia
Thailand
Vietnam
LiZhengyang is traveling on foot
happily !
Glacier
Valley
Delta
Plain
Waterfall
Rapids
Now we’re going to read a passage about a boy’s travel journal along the Mekong River.
Journey Down The Mekong
Reading:
Fast Reading
Read the passage quickly
and answer the followings
his sister WangWei
taking a great bike trip
WangKun
and
are dreaming
of
Who and What Where and How Why and When
They have the idea to_________the Mekong River from _____ it ______ to ______ it _____.
cycle along
where
begins
where
ends
Where and How
Why and When
Ever since … have dreamed about taking…

after graduating from colleage
the main idea of each paragraph:(choose A.B.C )

Paragraph 1:_____________

Paragraph 2:_____________

Paragraph 3:_____________

Preparation
Dream
A stubborn sister
Dream
Preparation
A stubborn sister
Discuss
the text
in details.
my sister Wang Wei and I have
dreamed about taking a great
bike trip.
we finally got the chance to do it.
she bought an expensive mountain
bike. Then she persuaded me to buy
one.
she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and
Yu Hang at their college in Kunming.
About Wang Wei (para2)
1. Which adjectives can best describe Wang Wei’s attitude about the trip? Why?
uninterested crazy curious scared
brave determined stubborn excited
careless
Find the words from the text that mean the same
journal
transport
finally
cycle
persuade
stubborn
insist
fare
determine
altitude
valley
attitude
Imagine that you are Wang Wei, tell your classmates your experiences about your traveling, and write it down.
Activity