必修1《Unit 3 第一课时(Reading & Talking)》

What about the Mekong River? Let’s take off! Now! Do you know where it is? Laos Laos is a country in SE Asia between China and Cambodia. Population:    5.9million (2005). Capital:Vientiane Cambodia Cambodia is a country in SE Asia between Thailand and Vietnam. Population:13.4 million     (2003)  Capital: Phnom Penh.      Can you tell the differences between the Mekong River and the Lancang River ?  Look at the map carefully.  The Chinese part of the river is called the Lancang River and after flowing in other countries the river is called the Mekong River. 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 ? Do you want to know? Now listen to the tape ,pay attention to the pronunciation that you are  not sure, and do the exercises   New Words and Expressions persuade:        stubborn :   properly: determined； change her mind： give in： Work in pairs. Ask and answer the following  questions.      (5 minutes)  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?   Complete the form    Fill in the blank Fun Time Imagine that you are helping the cyclists to prepare for their trip down the Mekong. You need to choose what you will take with you. The following I will give you something      to choose  and write down their names as many as possible. Thailand is the only Southeast Asian  country never to have been taken over by a European power.  Population: 63.36 million (2003) Capital: Bangkok  Vietnam Vietnam is a country in SE Asia, next to Cambodia and China. Population:81.4(2003).  Capital: Hanoi.  Comprehension    劝服 顽固的 适当地 坚决的 改变她的主意 屈服 They are bother and sister, and both are college students. They are Wang Kun’s 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. 2.Read the passage again to complete the form. Their preparation The Mekong River  Their journey  their dream Reading Details 2.Read the passage again to complete the form(I). Their preparation Their journey  their dream Taking a great bike trip Finding the source. Along the Mekong River  from the source . 1.They bought expensive  mountain bikes. 2.Wang Wei got their cousins  interested in cycling. 3.They turned to the atlas in   the library. Reading Details 2.Read the passage again to complete the form(II).     The Mekong River 1.begin/glacier on a Tibetan  mountain/ small/clean/cold. 2.move quickly/pass through  deep valleys  3.half/in China/Lancang River. 4.wide brown and warm/enter Details An attitude is what a person thinks about something. Make lists of Wang Wei’s and Wang Kun’s similar and different attitudes about the trip.(6 minutes) Wang Wei believes… 1.    2.  Wang Kun believes.. 1.  2. Both Wang Wei and Wang Kun think… 1.  2.   3.  Difference attitudes about the trip Similar attitudes about the trip taking this trip is a   dream  that comes true. that they will enjoy this trip a lot. that most of the Mekong will  be found in Southeast Asia. that they must start in Qinghai  where the river begins/see all of the Mekong.  that they don’t need to  prepare much.  it is too cold and high to start  in Qinghai. that using an atlas is very  important.  Students work in pairs to discuss the following open question: Is it a difficult journey to cycle along the Mekong? Why?