1、Travel journalthe Great Wall He who doesnt reach the Great Wall is not a true manthe Terracotta Armythe PyramidsLiberty of StatueGuilin East or west,Guilin landscape is best The world has many great rivers.Can you name some?The Yellow River 黄河The Changjiang River 长江The Nile RiverThe Lancang River 澜沧
2、江Names of RiverLocationMekong Rhine Nile Thames Mississippi Chang jiangEgyptGermanyChina,SE AsiaUSChinaEngland Many 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?The beautiful sceneryLets take off!Now!Now we reach
3、 the Mekong River!Where is the Mekong River?Find the countries the Mekong River flows through?Map of the MekongLaosThailandMyanmarCambodiaVietnam The Mekong RiverMekong River(湄公河)澜沧江 湄公河是东南亚最重要的一条国际河流，有“东方多瑙河”之美称。源头在我国青海唐古拉山，全长4880 公里，在我国内河道里程长 2161 公里，其中在云南境内 1247 公里，从勐腊县南腊河口 244 号界桩处出境后，澜沧江始称湄公河，流
4、经缅甸、老挝、泰国、柬埔寨、越南5 个国家，最后在越南胡志明市附近注入太平洋。许多重要城市、港口和商贸重镇坐落在湄公河畔。它的下游孕育了世界最大的粮仓 湄公河粮仓，闻名全球的四大米市均在湄公河畔。紧靠岸边的“金三角”，从前以种植、制造、贩卖鸦片而闻名于世，而今已变成泰国的旅游胜地，每年吸引着400 多万游人前去观光。澜沧江 湄公河是沿岸 6 国人民的共同财富。据考察，我国西南和东南亚各国间，开展水陆联运。所以，这条天然的水上大动脉，被誉称为未来的“黄金水道”，沿江各国人民把它奉为“幸福之母”、“生命之江”.2.Get the main idea of each paragraph1.Whats
5、 the style of the passageTravel JournelWang wei insisting on finding the source of the river and beginning their journey there.From the atlas,they learn a lot about the Mekong River.Para.One:Para.Two:Para.Three:The writer and his sister finally got a chance to take a great trip.The main idea of each
6、 paragraph1.How many people are there in the story?Who are they?Four.They are Wang Kun,Wang Wei,Dao Wei and Yu Hang.2.Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.3.What was their dream?Their dream was to take a great bike trip.1 What kind of person is Wangw
7、ei?2 How do you know?3.Where is the source of the Mekong River?The source of the river is in Qinghai Province.She is very stubborn.Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places,she insisted that she organize the trip properly.a glacier on a Tibetan mountainquicklydeep valleysChinathe Sou
8、theast Asialow valleys to plainsthe South China Sea What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?glacierwaterfallplainvalleyrapidsdelta 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 Yunnan province.3.The source of Mekong is i
9、n 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 River 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
10、 does not flows through Thailand.FFFT1.When you travel along the Mekong River maybe you can not see_.A.Waterfalls B.hills and villages C.Plains where rice grows D.desert2.What kind of person is Wang Wei?Which answer is wrong?A.stubborn B.determined C.careless D.careful（2）Reading comprehension:If you
11、 have a chance to travel along a 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.
