必修一unit3reading.ppt

List the countries that the Mekong River flows through List the countries that the Mekong River flows throughChina LaosThailandCambodiaVietnamMekongLaosVietnamThailandCambodiaMyanmarMyanmarScan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong River flows through.LaosThailandMyanmarCambodiaVietnamChina 1.atlas2.rapids3.glaciera.a book of history b.a book of maps a.A part of the river which flows fast b.A part of the river which flows slowlya.A river with lot of sandb.A river with large body of ice Guess the words meaning from context:4.waterfall5.plains6.deltaa.a river flows through a valleyb.a river goes down from a high placea.a large flat place b.a small narrow placea.the low place where a river enters the seab.The low place where a river begins1.Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?They are brother and sister,and both are Middle school 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 Kuns 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.2Wang 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?vWang kuns character:enthusiatic(热情的),critical（挑剔的）and sensible（明智的）vWang Weis character:imaginative,organized,vEager（热心的）,persistent（坚持的）,stubborn（固执的）and risk-taking（冒险的）Similar attitudes about the trip Different attitudes about the tripBoth Wang Wei and Wang Kun think Wang Wei believesWang Kun believesWork 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.Their dreamWang Weis suggestionFinding_ and Finding_ and beginning there.beginning there.Their preparationsBoth of them Both of them bought_,bought_,got their cousins interested got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to in traveling and turned to _ in the library._ in the library.Taking a great bike trip.the sourceexpensive bikesexpensive bikesthe atlasthe atlasWhy excitedTheir journey would begin Their journey would begin at_.at_.The Mekong RiverIt begins at a _on a Tibetan It begins at a _on a Tibetan mountain,moves quickly and mountain,moves quickly and passes through_.Half passes through_.Half of it is in China.It enters of it is in China.It enters the_.Then it the_.Then it travels slowly through hills and travels slowly through hills and low valleys and plains,at last it low valleys and plains,at last it enters_.enters_.an altitude of more thanan altitude of more than 5000 meters 5000 metersglacierdeep valleysdeep valleysSoutheast AsiaSoutheast Asiathe South China Seathe South China SeaRead paragraph 3 and try to find the scene along the river and the change of the waterTibet(glacier)SmallclearcoldYunnan(valleys)rapidsEnters wide valleys(waterfall)Leaves China Wide brown warmSoutheast Asia(hills,low valleys and plains)deltasea