英语人教版必修1 Unit 3 Reading.pptVIP

Para. 1: What is their plan? Para. 2: True or False? ( ) 1. Wang Wei insisted she organize the trip, because she knows the proper way to get to the places. ( ) 2. Once Wang Wei has decided something, nothing will change her mind. ( ) 3. Wang Wei looked at the map, and already made a perfect plan about this trip. ( )4. At last, Wangkun had to give in. How did Wang Kun and Wang Wei make a plan for their journey? Discussion The National Holiday is coming, where are you going to spend your holiday? Task: Work with your partners and make a travel plan for your group. Our Travel Plan Unit 3 Travel journal 1. Many people live beside a river. How do they make use of it in their daily life? Pre-reading irrigate their fields make electricity go swimming go fishing travel along the river …… What about the great rivers in the world? Do you know some great rivers in China? Yangtze River Yellow River Danube River (Central Europe) Amazon River (Brazil) Nile River (Egypt) The Pearl River Mississippi(USA) Thames (England) Mekong Seine ( France) Lancang River Laos Thailand Vietnam Myanmar Cambodia Look at the map on page 18 and list the countries that the Mekong River flows through. China South China Sea It runs through ______ countries six Introduction The Mekong is the largest river in South East Asia at around 4,500 kms long. The river comes from the Tibet in China, flowing through Tibet, Myanmar (缅甸), Laos(老挝), Thailand, Cambodia(柬埔寨) and the Mekong delta in Vietnam. The Tibetans know the river as the “Turbulent (动荡的) River, the Cambodians as Great Water, the Vietnamese as the Nine Dragons River and closer to home the Thai and Lao people refer to it as Mai Nam Kong - Mother of Waters! The Mekong has a long history of exploratio