Do you like travelling?

Where have you ever been to?

--I’ve been to …

What did you see/ appreciate?

--I saw/ appreciated…

What did you eat/taste?

--I ate/tasted…

What did you hear?

--I heard…

What do you do before travel?

We should be prepared to travel.

We should get ready to travel.

We should make a travel plan.

How will you prepare for traveling?

things to do

time to set out

place to go

backgroundinformation

travel cost

points for attention

means of transportation

things to take

A travel plan

Group work

The Water Cube

The bird’s Nest

Hawaii hula

Great Barrier Reef

DisneylandLondon Bridge

medicine

mobile phone

ID card

credit card

cameragood shoes

laptop

sun glasses

sunscreen

Things to take

by bus

by jeep by car

by train by ship/sea by air/plane

by bike by motor

Which kind of transport do you prefer to use?How are you getting there?

How are you getting there?

现在进行时表示一般将来时 . 一般这个将来的动作是有计划的 , 有安排的 .

动词 : go, come, leave, start, begin, stay, do, ,arrive, die, get…

If I’m given a chance to travel,

I prefer to go to…,

and I’m leaving (when)…,

and I’m getting there by….

Make sentences

Here are some famous rivers. Do you know

their names?

This river is called our mother river.

The Yellow River

This river is the longest one in China.

The Changjiang River/

The Yangtze River

Amazon

Nile

MississippiThames(England)

TheMekong River

List the countries that the Mekong River flows through

China

Mekong

Laos

Myanmar Vietnam

Thailand

Cambodia

Pre-reading

The source( 源头 ) of the Mekong River is in______ province in China, and then it flows through ___ countries: ______, Maynmar, Thailand, Cambodia and _________, and at last it enters ____________________.

the South China Sea.

Vietnam

5

Laos

Qinghai

Information about the Mekong River

Scenery along the river

glacier

valley

Scenery along the river

rapids

waterfall

Scenery along the river

meander

bend

delta

plain

Let’s have a journey along the Mekong River together.

Reading

Journey down the Mekong

Scanning 1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?

2. What was their dream?

4. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?

3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

Wang Kun is the author of this article, and Wang Wei is the author’s sister.

Their dream was taking a great bike trip.

They are Wang Kun’s cousins.

You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.

1. Dao Wei and Yu Huang belong to ( 属于 ) the Han nationality( 民族 ).

2. The part of the Mekong River in China is called LangCang River.

SkimmingTrue or false

T

F

3. Wang Wei insisted that they begin the journey in Qinghai.

T

4. Wang Wei thought that her way was the proper way.

5. Wang Wei was a stubborn and careful girl.

F

T

True or false

Skimming

6. The journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.

T

5. Wang Kun thought that it would be easy to start in Qinghai.

6. Wang Kun gave in at last.

F

T

True or false

Skimming

Is it easy to travel along the Mekong river?

Source of the river

altitude

air

weather

The data of the river:

Wang Wei’s attitude:

excited about it

Interesting experience

Interesting experience

Qinghai Province

More than 5,000 metersHard to breathe

Very cold

A determined look wouldn’t change her mind

Careful reading (P2)

Why?

The

Mekong

River

1).It begins at __________ on a Tibetan mountain. The river is ______ and the water is _____________, and then moves quickly.

2)Then it becomes _________ and passes through deep_______, traveling across western Yunnan Province.

3) Sometimes it becomes ___________ and enters ___________.

4) Half of it is in China.

a glacier small

rapids valleys

a waterfall

wide valleys

Careful reading (P3)

clear and cold

The

Mekong

River

5) After that, it becomes ______________________. It enters the Southeast Asia.

6) Then its pace slows. It makes _________or_________through _________ to _________ where rice grows.

7)At last it enters __________________ .

wide, brown and warm

wide bends meanders low valleys

the South China Sea

Careful reading (P3)

the plains

•ever since 自从 (L1)

•dream about/ of doing 梦想 (L2)

•take a bike trip 骑自行车旅行 (L3)

•persuade sb.(not) to do 说服某人（不）做某事 (L4)

•grow up 成长 , 长大 （ L7)

•get sb. interested in sth. 使某人对某事感兴趣 (L10)

•Graduate from college 大学毕业 （ L11)

•get the chance to do sth. 有机会做某事 (L11)

•cycle along the entire Mekong River 骑自行车沿着整条湄公河 （ L14)

Phrases

•from where it begins to where it ends 从源头到终点（ L15 ）•plan/make a schedule for the trip 为旅行制定计划 (L15)

•be fond of 喜爱，喜欢 (L16)

•the way of doing sth. 做某事的方法 (L17)

/the way to do sth.

•insist that (should) do sth. 坚持要求，坚持要 (L17)

• care about details 关心 / 在乎细节 (L20) care for 喜欢，照顾 the source of the river 河流的源头 (L20)a determined look 一个坚定的眼神 (L21)

change one’s mind 改变某人的想法 (L22)at an altitude of 5000meters 在海拔 5000 米的高处 (L22)make up one’s mind 下定决心 (L25)give in (to sb.) ( 向某人 ) 屈服 (L25)

give up 放弃pass through deep valleys 穿过深谷 (L29)

Discussion

Post-readingMake a plan for your trip

1. Where are you going to?

2. How are you going to...?

4. When are you leaving?

5. What are you going to take with you?

6.Where are you staying?

7.How long are you staying in…?

8. What are you going to do?

9.When are you coming back?

A Summary Wang Kun and Wang Wei have _________ about taking a great bike trip. when they __________ from college. They _______ to _____ along the Mekong River with their ________. Wang Wei is very _________. Once she is __________ to do something she will never _______ her mind. Although it is difficult to travel along the Mekong River by bike, she ________ that they find the ________ of the river and begin their journey there.

dreamed

graduated

decided

cyclecousins

stubborndetermin

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