1、Travel journalthe Great Wallthe Terracotta Armythe PyramidsLiberty of StatueThe world has many great rivers.Can you name some?The Yellow River 黄河The Changjiang River 长江The Lancang River 澜沧江The Nile RiverNames of RiverLocationMekong Rhine Nile Thames Mississippi Chang jiangEgyptGermanyChina,SE AsiaUS
2、ChinaEnglandMany people live beside a river.How do they make use of it in their daily life?(Part I:the dream and the plan)What about the Mekong River?Lets take off!Now!Now we reach the Mekong River!Where is the Mekong River?Find the countries the Mekong River flows through?Map of the MekongLaosThail
3、andMyanmarCambodiaVietnam The Mekong River2.Get the main idea of eachparagraph1.Whats the style of the passageTravel JournelWang wei insisting on finding the source of the river and beginning their journey there.From the atlas,theylearn a lot about the Mekong River.Para.One:Para.Two:Para.Three:The w
4、riter and his sister finally got a chance to take a great trip.The main idea of each paragraphA diagram(图表)of the text1.prepare to take a bike trip2.Wang Wei organized the trip3.Information about the MeKong River2.Who are they?1.How many people are there in the story?Four.They are Wang Kun,Wang Wei,
5、Dao Wei and Yu Hang.3.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.4.What was their dream?Their dream was to take a great bike trip.Since middle school:Two years ago:Last year:Graduate from college:dreamed about taking a great bike tripgot the chance to take
6、 a bike tripbought an expensive mountain bikeWang wei got her cousins interested in cycling tooSeveral months before the tripWent to the library to get some information about the river1/What kind of person is Wangwei?2/How do you know?3.Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it e
7、nter?The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.She is very stubborn.Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places,she insisted that she organize the trip properly.4.Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?Yes.The journey begins at an altitu
8、de of more than 5,000 meters,where it is hard to breathe and very cold.5.Can you find some words to describe the feelings of Wang Wei about the trip?Determined,excited,interestedThe Mekong RiverIt begins at _ _,moves _ and passes through _.Half of it is in _.It enters _.Then it travels slowly throug
9、h _where rice grows.At last it enters _.a glacier on a Tibetan mountainquicklydeep valleysChinathe Southeast Asialow valleys to plainsthe South China Sea What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?You can see glacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfall and plains.glacierwaterfallplainvalleyr
10、apidsdelta 1.Wang kun and Wang Wei are brother and sister.2.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnanprovince.3.The source of Mekong is in Qinghai province.4.Finally Wang Kun agreed with his sister to cycle with her.TFTT（1）T/F5.They found few atlas and books about Mekong Ri
11、ver in library.6.Mekong river begins at glacier on a Tibet mountain,the water there is clear but not cold.7.The end of the River enters South China Sea.8.The River does not flows through Thailand.FFFT1.Which sentence is not true according to the text?A.Wang Wei advised Wang Kun to buy a mountain bik
12、e 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.（2）Reading comprehension:2.What does the last paragraph on Page 18 tell us?A.They wanted to know how soon they would come back.B.They wanted to learn th
13、e worlds geography.C.They went to the library to know something about the Mekong River.D.Wang Kun wanted to let Wang Wei know how difficult their trip was.3.When you travel along the Mekong River maybe you can not see_.A.Waterfalls B.hills and villages C.Plains where rice grows D.desert4.What kind o
14、f person is Wang Wei?Which answer is wrong?A.stubborn B.determined B.C.careless D.careful If you have a chance to travel along the Yongjiang river,how will you prepare your journey?time;person;transport;things to take with you When are you leaving?How are you going to?How long are you staying?When are you arriving in/at?Where are you staying?When are you coming back?Homework:Finish the exercises on the workbook from 56 to 57.
