Unit 3 Travel Journal Part Two: Teaching Resources
第二部分：教学资源
Section 1: A text structure analysis of JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
I. Type of writing and summary of the idea
II. A diagram of JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKON
Why to travel
their dream---taking a bike trip
Their preparations
both of them bought expensive bikes.
got their cousins interested in traveling
went to the library and found a large atlas with good
maps that show details of the Mekong River.
III. Retelling the text in about 200 words. 1. Retell the story in the third person.
2. Refer to the information in the chart above. One possible version Wang Kun
The Mekong River and his
1. It begins at a glacier on a Tibetan mountain which is at an altitude of more than sister
5000 meters. Wang Wei
2. It is small and the water is clean and cold at first. Then it moves quickly and dreamed
passes through deep valley. about
taking a 3. Half of it is in China and it is called Lancang River in China. great bike 4. As it enters Southeast Asia , it travels slowly through hills and low valleys, and the plains where rice grow. trip ever
since their middle school days. After graduated from college, they got a chance to do it. It was Wang Wei who first had the ideas to cycle along the Mekong River from its source. They both bought expensive mountain bikes. They also got their cousins Dao Wei and Yu Hang to go who were interested in cycling, too.
Wang Wei was a stubborn girl. Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that they should find the source of the river and began their journey there. When she heard the source of the Mekong River was in Qinghai, she wouldn’t change her mind. She was even excited when she knew that their journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5000 meters. She also thought that it would be an interesting experience.
Before the trip, they went to the library, where they found a large atlas with good maps. From the atlas, they learnt more information about the Mekong River.