必修一-Unit-3-Travel-journal-(Reading)

人教课标高一必修1Unit3TraveljournalPeriod2-3ReadingJourneydowntheMekongJOURNEYDOWNTHEMEKONGPART1THEDREAMANDTHEPLANMynameisWangKun.Eversincemiddleschool,mysisterWangWeiandIhavedreamedabouttakingagreatbiketrip.Twoyearsagosheboughtanexpensivemountainbikeandthenshepersuadedmetobuyone.Lastyear,shevisitedourcousins,DaoWeiandYuHangattheircollegeinKunming.TheyareDaiandgrewupinwesternYunnanProvinceneartheLancangRiver,theChinesepartoftheriverthatiscalledtheMekongRiverinothercountries.WangWeisoongottheminterestedincyclingtoo.Aftergraduatingfromcollege.wefinallygotthechancetotakeabiketrip.Iaskedmysister,“Wherearewegoing?”ItwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.Nowsheisplanningourscheduleforthetrip.Iamfondofmysisterbutshehasoneseriousshortcoming.Shecanbereallystubborn.Althoughshedidn’tknowthebestwayofgettingtoplaces,sheinsistedthatsheorganizethetripproperly.Now,Iknowthattheproperwayisalwaysherway.Ikeptaskingher,“Whenareweleavingandwhenarewecomingback?”Iaskedherwhethershehadlookedatamapyet.Ofcourse,shehadn’t;mysisterdoesn’tcareaboutdetails.SoItoldherthatthesourceoftheMekongisinQinghaiProvince.Shegavemeadeterminedlook—thekindthatsaidshewouldnotchangehermind.WhenItoldherthatourjourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres,sheseemedtobeexcitedaboutit.WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.Iknowmysisterwell.Onceshehasmadeuphermind,nothingcanchangeit.Finally,Ihadtogivein.Severalmonthsbeforeourtrip,WangWeiandIwenttothelibrary.Wefoundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsthatshoweddetailsofworldgeography.FromtheatlaswecouldseethattheMekongRiverbeginsinaglacieronamountaininQinghaiProvince.Atfirsttheriverissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.Thenitbeginstomovequickly.Itbecomesrapidsasitpassesthroughdeepvalleys,travellingacrosswesternYunnanProvince.Sometimestheriverbecomesawaterfallandenterswidevalleys.WewerebothsurprisedtolearnthathalfoftheriverisinChina.AfteritleavesChinaandthehighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,brownandwarm.AsitentersSoutheastAsia,itspaceslows.Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows.Atlast,theriverdeltaenterstheSouthChinaSea.沿湄公河而下的旅行第一部分梦想与计划我的名字叫王坤。从高中起，我姐姐王薇和我就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车旅行。两年前，她买了一辆昂贵的山地自行车，然后她还说服我也买了一辆。去年她去看望了我们的表兄弟—在昆明读大学的刀伟和宇航。他们是傣族人，在云南省西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，流经其他国家后就叫湄公河。很快，王薇使表兄弟也对骑车旅行产生了兴趣。大学毕业后，我们终于有了作一次骑车旅行的机会。我问姐姐：“我们要去哪里？”首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅行的是我的姐姐。现在，她正为我们的旅行制订计划。我很喜欢我姐姐，但是她有一个严重的缺点。她有时确实很固执。尽管她对去某些地方的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持要把这次旅行安排得尽善尽美。现在，我知道了这个尽善尽美的方式总是她的方式。我老是问她：“我们什么时候动身？什么时候回来？”我问她是否已经看过地图。当然她并没有看过;我的姐姐是不会考虑细节的。于是我告诉她湄公河的源头在青海省。她给了我一个坚定的眼神—这种眼神表明她是不会改变主意的。当我告诉她我们的旅行将从5000多米的高地出发时，她似乎显得很兴奋。当我告诉她那里空气稀薄，呼吸会很困难，而且天气会很冷时，她却说这将是一次很有趣的经历。我非常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了决心，就什么也不能使她改变。最后，我只好让步了。在我们旅行前的几个月，王薇和我去了图书馆。我们找到了一本大型的地图册，里面有一些世界地理的明细图。我们从图上可以看到，湄公河发源于青海省一座山上的冰川。起初，江面很小，河水清澈而冷冽，然后它开始快速流动。它穿过深谷时就变成了急流。流经云南西部。有时，这条河形成瀑布，进入宽阔的峡谷。我们惊奇地发现这条河有一半是在中国境内。当流出中国，流出高地之后，湄公河就变宽了，变暖了。河水也变成了黄褐色。而当它进入东南亚以后，流速减缓，河水蜿蜒缓慢地穿过低谷，流向生长稻谷的平原。最后，湄公河三角洲的各支流流入中国南海。Ⅰ.Readthepassagecarefullyandanswerthefollowingquestions.⒈WhatwasWangKunandWangWei’sideaofagoodtrip?Itwastotakealongbiketrip.⒉WhoplannedthetriptotheMekong?WangWei.⒊WhereisthesourceoftheMekongandwhichseadoesitenter?ThesourceoftheriverisinQinghaiProvinceanditenterstheSouthChinaSea.⒋WhatcanyouseewhenyoutravelalongtheMekong?Thesourceglacier,rapids,hills,valleys,waterfallsandplains.⒌WhatdifficultiesdidWangKunandWangWeifindabouttheirjourney?Thejourneywillbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5,000metres,whereitishardtobreatheandverycold.⒍WhatdoyouthinkaboutWangKunandWangWei?WangKun’scharacter:enthusiastic,critical,sensibleWangWei’scharacter:imaginative,organized,eager,persistent,stubborn,risk-takingⅡ.Lookatthefollowingsentencesfromthetextandexplaintheminyourownwords.⒈Shegavemeadeterminedlook—thekindthatsaidshewouldnotchangehermind.Thissentencemeansthatshehasdecidedtodosomethingandwillnotchangeherideas.⒉…mysisterdoesn’tcareaboutdetails.…detailsarenotimportanttomysister.Thismeansthatsheconcentratesonthebroadoutlineofthetripbutnotthedetails:wheretheywillstay,whattheywilltakewiththemetc.⒊Itmakeswidebendsormeandersthroughlowvalleystotheplainswherericegrows.Ameanderisageographicaltermtodescribethesnakelikebendsthatarivermakesasitslowsdowntoflowthroughvalleystotheplains.ThesentencemeansthattheMekongRiverflowsslowlyandgentlythroughthevalleysandreachesthefarmingplains.Ⅲ.Anattitudeiswhatapersonthinksaboutsomething.WritedownWangWei’sandWangKun’sattitudetothetrip.Thenaddyourownopinion.WangWei’sattitudeWangKun’sattitudeMyattitudePositivetothetrip.Shewantstoorganizeitasitwasheridea.Lesspositivetothetripashewantstoorganizeitandthinkshecandothatbetterthanhissister.ItsoundslikeawonderfultripandIwouldlovetobeabletodoatriplikethatmyselfoneday.ScanthepassageandthenlistthecountriesthattheMekongRiverflowsthrough.SouthChinaSeaChinaChinaLaosMyanmarThailandCambodiaVietnam老挝缅甸泰国柬埔寨越南Readthepassageandtrytogetthemainideaofeachparagraph.Para.1Para.2Para.3A.ItshowsushowstubbornhissisterWangWeiisbyinsistingonh