Journey down the Mekong River Warmingup Prereading reading

Journey down the Mekong River Warming-up, Pre-reading &reading 花都区花东中学高一6班 英语 邹进生

Step 1 Let’s watch a video n n Answer the following questions: How do you think of it? great wonderful amusing a place funny/interesting love/dislike it be worth seeing

What about this? the Mekong River

Step 2 Some tips： the longest ______ (long) river in Southeast Asia the Mekong River

In China it is called the Lancang River – 澜沧江

Out of China, it is called the Mekong River

What countries does the Mekong River flow through? Myanmar Laos Cambodia Thailand Vietnam a

Step 3 Discussing If you travel along the river, what kind of partners would you prefer to? And why. 4 p 4 h 2 s n honest positive polite a partner humorous handsome smart determined determin powerful ed careful patient helpful strong

Step 4 Prediction What’s the reading about? Journey down the Mekong Part 1 The dream and the plan

Step 5 Skimming 看标题！！ Decide which is the main idea of the passage A. The author and his sister’s plan about their winter holiday. B. The experience during the author and his sister’s trip in Qinghai. C. The author and his sister’s plan and preparations for their trip. D. anecdotes(轶事）that happened during their trip. 　

*Match the main idea with each paragraph Para. 1 A. The preparation before the trip and details about Mekong river. Para. 2 B. Different attitudes between wang kun and wang wei. Para. 3 C. Deciding to take a great bike trip along the Mekong river.

Step 6 Careful Reading Read Paragraph 1 quickly and answer the following questions 1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 2. What is their dream? 3. Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?

Skimming : 1. Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? They are brother and sister, and both are college students.

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 Kun’s cousins.

stubborn Paragraph 2: A _____sister Q 1: Did Wang Wei give Wang Kun a determined look when Wang Kun told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai? Yes Q 2: Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why?

Q 2: Is Wang Wei a stubborn girl? Why? Yes. She insisted that she (should) organize the trip _______ properly. Once she has made up her mind nothing can ________, change it. xlj

Paragraph 3: Preparation What can they see along the Mekong? xlj

glacier waterfall plain delta valley rapids

1 glacier 2 valley 3 waterfall plain delta 4 5

Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong? The Mekong begins in a _____ on a _______. It makes wide______or meanders through _______ to the______where rice grows. At first, the river is small. Then it becomes _____ as it passes through deep ______, travelling across_______ Province. Sometimes the river becomes a_______ and enters ______. At last the river delta enters _________.

Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong? The Mekong begins glacier in a _____ on a Tibetan _______mountain _______.

Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong? At first, the river is small. Then it becomes rapids _____ as it passes through deep ______, travelling valleys western ______ Yunnan across_______ Province. Sometimes the waterfalland river becomes a_______ wide valleys enters ______.

Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong? It makes wide______or bendsthrough meanders _______ to low valleys the______where rice plains grows.

Paragraph 3: Preparation What can you see along the Mekong? At last the river delta enters the South China Sea _________.

Step 7 Discussing § If you travel along the river, who would you prefer to, Wang Wei or Wang Kun? And why. § Model 1仿照例子 § I prefer Wang Wei who is obviously a determined girl. It is because being determined plays an important role in life. Once you make up your mind, just stick to it.

Step 8 Summary § Retell the text with the help of the key words if possible. Some proverbs Where there is a will, there is a way.

Homework 1. Review the passage and make 3 sentences using the new phrases. n 2. Finish Ex 1 on P 22, SB. n