Unit 3
Travel journal
READING1
List the countries that the Mekong River flows through
China
Laos
Thailand
Cambodia
Vietnam
Mekong
Laos
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
Myanmar
Myanmar
Scan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.
Laos
Thailand
Myanmar
Cambodia
Vietnam
China

1. atlas
2.rapids
3.glacier
a.a book of history

b.a book of maps
A part of the river which flows fast

b.A part of the river which flows slowly
A river with lot of sand

A river with large body of ice
Guess the words meaning from context:

4.waterfall
5.plains
6.delta
a river flows through a valley

b. a river goes down from a high place
a large flat place

b.a small narrow place
the low place where a river enters the sea

b.The low place where a river begins
1.Who are Wang Kun
and Wang Wei?
They are brother
and sister,
and both are
college students.
SKimming:
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.
Read again and get the main idea of each paragraph and tell the reason:
Para.1
Wang Kun and Wang Wei’ dream.
Para.2
Wang Wei is stubborn.
Para.3
Preparing for their trip.
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.
Scanning
Why is it a difficult journey to cycle
along the Mekong?

What can you see when you travel
along the Mekong?
The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.
Glacier, rapids, waterfalls, hills, valleys and plains.
What do you know about Wang Kun and Wang Wei?
Wang kun’s character:enthusiatic,critical and sensible
Wang Wei’s character:imaginative,organized,
eager,persistent,stubborn and risk-taking
Work in pairs and fill in the following form:
1. It will be a great bike trip.
2. that they should do the trip properly.
3. they should see a lot of the Mekong.
4. that most of the Mekong will be found in Southeast Asia.
1. they must start in Qinghai where the river begins /see all of the Mekong.
2. that it would be an interesting experience.
1. it is too cold and high to start in Qinghai.
2. that using an atlas is very important.
Discuss
the text
in details.
Taking a
great bike trip.
the source
expensive bikes
the atlas
an altitude of more than
5000 meters
glacier
deep valleys
Southeast Asia
the South China Sea
Read paragraph 3 and try to find the scene along the river and the change of the water
Tibet (glacier)
Small
clear
cold
Yunnan(valleys)
rapids
Enters wide valleys
(waterfall)
Leaves China
Wide brown warm
Southeast Asia(hills, low valleys and plains)
delta
sea
Goodbye