A.Preparation B.Dream C.A stubborn sister
Answer the following questions:
1 What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip? 2 Who planned the trip to the Mekong? 3 Where is the source of the Mekong? 4 What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? 5 What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey?
Disadvantages airplane, crowded
Байду номын сангаас
Transport Advantages
ship
cheaper than plane, comfortable, carefree
Disadvantages slow, dangerous,
seasick
Transport Advantages
Unit 3 Travel journal
Which kind of transport did you use?
bike
bus
train plane
ship on foot
Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport and fill in the following chart.
It’s too _c_o_l_d__a_n_d_h_i_g_h_ to start in Qinghai Use _a_n__a_tl_a_s_ is very important
The Mekong River begins ___ a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first, the river is small and the water begins to move_______. It becomes ______as it passes ______ deep valleys, traveling ______ western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the River ______ wide Valley and becomes a_________. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. After it leaves china and the high altitudes, the Mekong becomes _____, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly _________hills and low valleys, and the _____ where rice grows. At last the river’s delta enters the South China Sea.
Myanmar
Laos
a travel journal
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
Find out the main idea of each paragraph：
Paragraph 1:_____D_r_e_am_____ Paragraph 2:_A__st_u_b_b_o_rn__si_s_te_r Paragraph 3:__P_re_p_a_r_a_ti_on____
Different attitudes about the trip
Must start in _Q_i_n_g_h_a_i__where the Wang Wei (sister) river begins
don’t need to __p_r_e_p_a_re__ much
Wang Kun (I)
airplane
fast, time-saving, comfortable
Expensive,
Disadvantages Airports are far from
the centre of the cities.
Winter Holiday is Plan your journey!
Coming!
Disadvantages or plane, no meals,
uncomfortable
Transport Advantages
train
cheaper than the airplane, seeing views along the road, punctual, safe
longer than the
Where are you going? When are you leaving? Who are you travelling with? What are you taking? How are you getting there? …
Journey down the Mekong (湄公河)
Imagine that you are Wang Kun and Wang Wei. Use the information in the reading text to help you make up a dialogue.
WANG WEI: You know, we’ve always wanted to do a long bike trip. Why don’t we go on one after we graduate from college?
WANG KUN: That’s a good idea. …
1 Write a short summary of the reading text in less than 150 words. 2 Finish Exercise 1&2 on Page 20.
Thank you!
Transport Advantages Disadvantages
bus train ship airplane
Transport Advantages
bus
very cheap, efficient for short journeys, timely
longer than the train