1、Journey down the Mekong,printing,Paper-making,compass,Gun powder,Four great invetions of china,Would you like to travel?,How are you going?,What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?,means of transportation,on foot,by bike,by motor,by bus,at the bus st
2、op,by jeep,by car,by train,by ship/boat/sea,at the port/harbor,by plane/air,at the airport,by spaceship,Cost(花费)Safety(安全)Comfort(舒适)Quickness Convenience(方便),What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use?,There are many famous rivers in the world.Can you
3、tell us the names of them.,The Suifen River 黑龙江,The Yellow River 黄河,Brahmaputra Yarlung Zangbu River 雅鲁藏布江,The Changjiang River 长江,The Pearl River 珠江,The Lancang River 澜沧江,Lancang River澜沧江,Mekong River湄公河,Look at the map carefully.The Chinese part of the river is called the Lancang River and after f
4、lowing in other countries,the river is called the Mekong River.,Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the Lancang River?,The great rivers in the world,How do people who live along a river use it?,go swimming,travel along a river,to irrigate their fields,to make electricity,Brains
5、torming,Lets take off!Now!,Lan Chang River,The Mekong River,Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through?,ChinaLaosBurmaThailandCambodiaVietnam,Laos,Laos is a country in SE Asia between China and Cambodia.Population:5.9million(2005).Capital:Vientiane,Burma(before 1989)is one of the large
6、st countries in South East Asia.Population:52.17 million(2003)Capital:Yangon,蘇禮佛塔(Sule Pagoda),仰光,Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power.Population:63.36 million(2003)Capital:Bangkok,Cambodia,Cambodia is a country in SE Asia between Thailand an
7、d Vietnam.Population:13.4 million(2003)Capital:Phnom Penh.,Vietnam,Vietnam is a country in SE Asia,next to Cambodia and China.Population:81.4(2003).Capital:Hanoi.,Now we reach the Mekong River!,After reaching the Mekong,an old man told me a story about the journey in the Mekong of a boy and a girl?D
8、o you want to know?,Try to find the topic sentence of each paragraph,It was my sister who first has the idea to cycle along the Mekong river,Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places,she insisted that We find the source of the river and begin our journey there,Para 2.,para1.,Para3.,W
9、e found a large atlas with good maps that showed the details of the world geography,Listen to the text!,Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei?Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang?Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?What can you see when you travel along the Mekong?,They are bother and
10、 sister,and both are college students.,They are Wang Kuns cousins who are at a college in Kunming.,The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.,You can see glacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfalls and plains.,Taking a great bike trip.,Finding and beginning there.,
11、Both of them bought,got their cousins interested in traveling and turned to the atlas in the library.,Journey down the Mekong River,the source,expensive bikes,an altitude of more than 5000 meters,glacier,deep valleys,Southeast Asia,the South China Sea,Reading comprehension:Which sentence is not true
12、 according to the text?Wang Wei advised Wang Kun to buy a mountain bike and he agreed.Wang Wei seldom listened to others.Before their trip they went to the library.Wang Wei knew the best way of finding the source of the river.,What does the last paragraph on Page 18 tell us?They wanted to know how s
13、oon they would come back.They wanted to learn the worlds geography.They went to the library to know something about the Mekong River.Wang Kun wanted to let Wang Wei know how difficult their trip was.When you travel along the Mekong River maybe you can not see_.A.Waterfalls B.hills and villages C.Pla
14、ins where rice grows D.desert,Discussion,Imagine you are helping the cyclists to prepare for their trip down the Mekong.Do you think which of the following objects is the most useful.And your reasons?,tent,compass,map,raincoat,flashlight,umbrella,matches,water bottle,Can&bottle openers,radio,tyre/ti
15、re,blanket,ReadingVIII(2m),Do you know some proverbs about it?What can we learn from the text?,Life is just a series of trying to make your mind.生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。Hitch your wagon to a star.树雄心,立大志。Success belongs to the persevering.胜利属于有毅力者。No success in life merely happens.人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。,Homework:Read the passage and find out the sentences you appreciate and then share with your desk mates.,
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