必修一unit3reading

1、Unit 3Unit 3Travel journalTravel journalMoon river, wider than a mile;Im crossing you in style some day;Oh, dream maker, you heart breaker;Wherever youre goin, Im goin your way;Moon RiverTwo drifters, off to see the world;Theres such a lot of world to see;Were after the same rainbows; Waitin, round

2、the bend my huckleberry friend;Moon river, and me 1. Many people live beside a river. How do they make use of it in their daily life? Pre-readingPre-readingirrigate their fieldsmake electricitygo swimminggo fishingtravel along the riverThe world has many great rivers. If you could follow the route o

3、f only one of them, which one would you choose? Why?Id like to travel to the River. Because it isYangtze RiverYellow RiverDanube River (Central Europe)Amazon River (Brazil)Nile River (Egypt)The Pearl RiverMississippi(USA)Thames (England)MekongSeine ( France) Lancang RiverIntroduction Journey down th

4、e MekongReadingScanningRead the passage and give the main ideas of each paragraph. Tell the reason.Para 1Para 2Para 3DreamReally stubbornPlan1. What was Wang Kun and Wang Weis dream? Their dream was to take a long bike trip.2. Who planned the trip to the Mekong? Wang Wei panned the trip.Careful Read

5、ingRead the passage carefully and answer the following questions.13. Where is the source of the 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 Melong? You can see the source glacier, ra

6、pids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.glacierwaterfallplainvalleycanyonrapidsdelta5. What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? The journey will begin at an altiude of more than 5,000 metres, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.6. What do you think about Wang K

7、un and Wang Wei? Wang Kuns character: enthusiastic, critical, sensible Wang Weis character: imaginative, organized, eager, persistent, stubborn, risk-taking.She gave me a determined look-the kind that said that she would not change her mind.This sentence means that she has decided to do something an

8、d will not change her ideas.Look at the following sentences from the text and explain them in your own words2. my sister does not care about details.This sentence means that she has decided to do something and will not change her ideas.It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice growsThe sentence means that the Mekong river flows slowly and gently through th