Warming-up,Reading.ppt

Have you ever been to these places? Think about the advantages and disadvantages of each form of transport and fill in the following chart. Transport Advantages disadvantages bus train ship airplane Reading: Journal Down The Mekong Skin the passage and answer the questions 1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip? 2.Who planned the trip to Mekong? 3.Where is the source of Mekong and which sea does it enter? 4.What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? 5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? 6.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei? 1.What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei’s idea of a good trip? Their idea was to take a long bike trip. 2.Who planned the trip to Mekong? Wang Wei planned the trip. 3.Where is the source of Mekong 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 the source glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains. 5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? The journey will begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold. 6.What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei? Wang Kun’s character: enthusiastic, critical, sensible… Wang Wei’s character： imaginative, organized, eager, persistent, stubborn, risk-taking. listen to the tape and enjoy the beauty of the language Catfish(鲶鱼) China →Myanmar →Laos → Thailand →Cambodia →Vietnam Look at the map on page 18 and list the countries the Mekong River flows through. China Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam South China Sea Myanmar The Mekong River flows through… Unit 3 Travel Journal Do you like travelling? The Great Wall He who does not reach the Great Wall is not a true man. The Yellow Mountain Guilin in southern China, provides one of China’s most extraordinary views. The Forbidden City Means of transportat