【公開課】必修五Unit 3 Reading

Unit3TravelJournalReadingNamesofriverLocation(位置)LancangRiverSeine[sein]塞納河NileKongo剛果河Amazon亞馬遜河MississippiThames[temz]泰晤士河EnglandEgyptCentralAfricatheUSFranceChinaBrazilTheGreatRiversintheWorld……Howdopeoplewholivebesidearivermakeuseofit?goswimmingtravelalongarivertoirrigate(灌溉)theirfieldstomakeelectricityBrainStormingTheMekongRivergiantsoftshellturtleListthecountriesthatMekongflowsthroughChinaLaosThailandCambodiaVietnamSouth

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SeaMyanmarBackground

"Khong,Themotherofwater"TheMekongisatrans-boundaryriverinSoutheastAsia.Itistheworld's12th-longestriverandthe7th-longestinAsia.Itsestimatedlengthis4,350km(2,703mi),anditdrainsanareaof795,000km2(307,000sqmi),discharging

457km3(110cumi)ofwaterannually.TheChinesepartoftheriveriscalledtheLancangRiverandafterflowingintoothercountries，theriveriscalledtheMekongRiver.CanyoutellthedifferencesbetweentheLangcangRiverandtheMekongRiver?ReadingPart1ThedreamandtheplanListentothetapeandgetthemainideaofeachparagraphPara.1WangKunandWangWei’sdream.Para.2TheirdifferentattitudesandWangWeiisstubborn.Para.3Preparingfortheirtrip.Mainideaofeachparagraphskimming1.Thetypeofwritingofthispassageis_____.A.newsB.advertisementC.traveljournalD.productinstruction

2.WhenyoutravelalongtheMekongRivermaybeyoucannotsee_________.A.WaterfallsB.hillsandvillagesC.PlainswherericegrowsD.desertCD1.Altogetherthereare_____peolewhowilltakethetrip.A.oneB.twoC.threeD.four2.ItcanbeinferredfromthepassagethatWangKunisa____person.A.braveB.kindC.timidD.carefulscanningDD3.Accordingtothetext,whichofthefollowingstatementsisnottrue?A.WangKunthinksittoocoldandtoohightostarttheirtripinQinghai.B.Theyfoundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsinthelibrary.C.Atfirst,theMekongRiverissmall,andthewaterisclearandwarm.D.TheMekongRiverfinallyflowsintotheSouthChinaSeaC4.

Putthefollowingsentencesintoproperorderaccordingtothetext.a.TheriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.b.TheMekongRiverbeginsataglacieronaTibetanmoutain.c.Atfirst,theMekongRiverissmall,andtheriverisclearandcold.d.TheMekongRiverenterstheSoutheastAsiae.TheMekongRivertravelsacrossthewesternYunnanprovince.f.TheMekongRiverleavesChina.b,c,e,f,d,a1.WhatwasWangKunandWangWei’sideaofagoodtrip?Theirideawastotakeagreatbiketrip.carefulreading2.WhoplannedthetriptotheMekong?

WangWei.3.WhereisthesourceoftheMekongRiverandwhichseadoesitenter?ThesourceoftheriverisinQinghaiProvinceanditenterstheSouthChinaSea.4.WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekong?Youcanseeglacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfallsandplains.glaciervalleyrapidsdeltawaterfallplain5.WhatdifficultiesdidWangKunandWangWeifindabouttheirjourney?Thejourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000meters,whereitishardtobreatheandverycold.6.WhatdoyouthinkaboutWangKunandWangWei?WangKun’scharacter:

enthusiastic,critical,sensibleWangWei’scharacter:

imaginative,organized,eager,persistent,stubborn,risk-taking1.Theirdreamwastogohikingalongtheriver.2.Wangkunisahighschoolstudent.3.BothDaoWeiandYuHangareDai

andtheygrewupineasternYunnanprovince.FTrueorFalseFF4.WangWeipersuadedtheircousins,DaoWeiandYuHang,tojoinintheircycling.5.Beforeflowinginothercountries,theMekongRiveriscalledtheLancangRiver.6.ThesourceoftheriverisinQingHaiProvinceanditenterstheeastChinaSea.TTF7.TheyfoundfewatlasandbooksaboutMekongRiverinlibrary.8.AllpartsoftheMekongRiverareinChina.9.TherearenowaterfallsintheMekongRiver.10.Youcanseeglacier,rapids,valleys,waterfallsandplainsalongtheriver.FFFTEversince____________,IandWangWeihavedreamedabouthavingagreat__________.ItwasWangWeiwhofirsthadtheideato_____alongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereit______towhereit____.Mysisterdoesn’t___________details,becauseshedoesn’tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces.Completethispassagemiddle

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