Unit 3

Travel journal

Reading

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This river is called our mother river.

The Yellow River – 黄河

This river is the longest one in China.

The Changjiang River – 长江

This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries.

The Mekong River

The countries the Mekong River

flows through:

China, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand,

Cambodia, Vietnam

China

Laos

Thailand

Cambodia

Vietnam

South China Sea

Myanmar

Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the Lancang River ?

The Chinese part of the river is called

the Lancang River and after flowing

in other countries the river is called

the Mekong River.

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Journey down the MekongReading

Part 1 The dream and the plan

Read the whole passage quickly and decide which is the main idea of the passage. _______

A. The dream of Wang Kun and Wang Wei and their preparation for the bike trip.

B. Their dream and the journey down the Mekong.C. Their plan to travel down the Mekong and the attitudes of two people.

D. The proper trip down the Mekong.

A

Read

the text

in details.

New words about geography:

altitude 海拔高度glacier 冰河rapids 急流valley ( 山 ) 谷waterfall 瀑布plain 平原delta 三角洲

1.梦想做某事2.骑自行车旅游3. 说服…做…

4. 关心 , 介意5. 改变主意6. 下定决心7. 屈服 , 让步8. 使某人对 ····· 感兴趣

dream of / about doing sth

take a bike trip

persuade sb to do

care about

change one’s mind

make up one’s mind

give inget sb interested in

Useful words and phrases

1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip?

Their idea was to take a great bike trip.

Answer the questions.

2. Who planed the trip

to the Mekong?

Wang Wei.

3. 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.

4. What can you see when you travel along

the Mekong?

You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys,

waterfalls and plains.

glacier

valley

rapidsdelta

waterfall plain

5. What difficulties did Wang Kun and

Wang Wei find about their journey?

The journey would begin at an altitude

of more than 5, 000 meters, where it is

hard to breathe and very cold.

1. Their dream was to go hiking along

the river.

2. Wang kun is a high school student.

3. Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are Dai

and they grew up in eastern Yunnan

province.

F

True or False

F

F

4. Wang Wei persuaded their cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang, to join in their cycling. 5. Before flowing in other countries, the Mekong River is called the Lancang River. 6. The source of the river is in QingHai Province and it enters the east China Sea.

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T

F

7. They found few atlas and books about Mekong River in library. 8. All parts of the Mekong River are in china.9. There are no waterfalls in the Mekong River.10. You can see glacier, rapids, valleys, waterfalls and plains along the river.

F

F

F

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1.Rather than ______ on a crowded bus, he always

prefers 　 a bicycle ． A ． ride; ride 　 B ． riding; ride C ． ride; to ride D ． to ride; riding2. I preferred ___ at home ____to the noisy

party. A. to stay; going B. staying; rather

than go C. to stay; rather than going D. staying;

to going

C

D

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While shopping, people sometimes can’t

help ____ into buying something they

don’t really need.

A. to persuade B. persuading

C. being persuade D. be persuaded 　

C

We had a meeting in the meeting room

yesterday afternoon.

It was ____ ________ had a meeting in the

meeting room yesterday afternoon.

It was __________ ______ we had in the

meeting room yesterday afternoon.

It was ____________________ ______ we

had a meeting yesterday afternoon.

It was ____________________ ______ we

had a meeting in the meeting room.

we who/that

a meeting that

in the meeting room that

yesterday afternoon that

高考链接1)Was it ___ that I saw last night at the

concert?

A. you B. not you

C. that yourself

2)It was because of bad weather ____

the football match had to be put off.

A. so B. so that

C. why D. that

A

D

I insisted that a doctor ___ immediately.

A. has been sent for B. sent for

C. will be sent for D. be sent for 　　

高考链接

D

give up 放弃 , 认输 give out 筋疲力尽 ; 分配 give away 捐赠 , 泄露 give off 发出 ( 光、气味 ); 长出 ( 枝、杈 )

---Smoking is bad for your health.

---Yes, I know. But I simply can’t ____.

A. give it up B. give it out

C. give it in D. give it away

A

1) After the long trip, both the men and

the horses ________.

2) Because of his small salary, he had to

_______ his dream trip to Europe.

3) Seeing that he could not persuade

me, he had to ________ my view.

gave out

gave up

gave in to

练一练

4) He _________ most of his fortune to

the poor.

5) Please keep the secret, don’t ____ it

______.

6) I _______ trying to persuade him

to continue with his studies.

7) The government refused to ______

to their demands.

gave away

gave

away

gave up

give in

The new railway winds its way to Hong Kong, ___ mountains ___ tunnels and ___ rivers.A. across; over; throughB. over; across; throughC. over; through; acrossD. through; over; across

C

Practice

1. 这个小女孩梦想成为流行歌星。 (dream about)

_______________________________

_______________________________

2. 我决定不听他的劝告。 (determine)

________________________________

The little girl dreamed about

becoming a pop star.

I deternined not to follow his advice.

3. 说服他放弃这个计划很难。 (persuade)

_________________________________

_________________________________

4. 最后 , 我不得不做出让步。 (give in)

__________________________________

5. 他总是喜欢和小孩子玩。 (be fond of)

__________________________________

It’s difficult to persuade him to give

up this plan.

Finally, I had to give in.

He is always fond of playing with children.