1、Unit3 Journey Down -The Mekong RiverThe ChangjiangRiverCan you guess what the names of these rivers are? The Yellow RiverThe Lancang River 瀾滄江瀾滄江Lancang River瀾滄江瀾滄江Mekong River湄公河湄公河The Chinese part of the river is called the Lancang River and after flowing in other countries the river is called the

2、 Mekong River.The Mekong frows from South-West China through all the mainland South East Asian countries-China,Myanmar,Laos,Thailand,Cambodia and Vietnam.Where does the mekong river flows?Have you known any other rivers? Rhein(萊茵河 ) in Germany Seine(塞納河 ) in France Nile(尼羅河) in Egypt Thames(泰晤士河(流經(jīng)牛

3、津,倫敦等)Do you like traveling along a river, a great river? What role does a river play in peoples life? 1. People can drink the water in a river or wash their clothes. 2.People can swim in a river in summer.3.People can use a river to irrigate their fields4.People can use a river to produce electrici

4、ty.5.People can travel along a river. Sights along Mekong river芭堤雅芭堤雅：素以陽光、沙灘、海鮮名揚天下，被譽為“東方夏威夷”吳哥窟：吳哥窟：東方四大奇跡之一，神秘的微笑神圣的仰光大金塔神圣的仰光大金塔緬甸緬甸:可愛的小和尚們也會擺posecatfishKong waterfall on Mekong river 1.Wang kun is a high school student. 2.Both Dao Wei and Yu Hang are dai and they grew up in eastern Yunnan pro

5、vince 3.The source of Mekong is in Qinghai province . 4.They found few atlas and books about Mekong River in library. 5. All parts of the Mekong River are in china. 6. The end of the River enters South China Sea. 7. There are no waterfalls in the Mekong River.FTrue or FalseTFFFFT1.Who are the charac

6、ters in the article? Wang Kun and Wang Wei.2.What is their dreams ? 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.) 4.Where is the source of Mekong river and where does it enter? The source of the river is i

7、n Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea. 5.Is it difficult to cycle along the Mekong river? Why? Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.Para1&para2 Mekong River begins _at_ a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first

8、 ,The river is small and the water begins to move_quickly_. It becomes _ rapids_as it passes _through_ deep valleys. Traveling _across_western Yunnan Province. Sometimes The River _enters_ wide Valleys and becomes a _waterfall_. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China . Af

9、ter it leaves china and the high altitudes, the Mekong becomes _wild_ , brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, it travels slowly _through_hills and low valleys, and the _plains_ where rice grows. At last the rivers delta enters the South China Sea.para3Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind. 生活是由一系列下決心的努力所構成的. Success belongs to th