人教高中英语必修2Unit2 Warming up and reading 课件

At last, the river’s _d_e_lt_a_ enters the South China sea.
Comprehending
1. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter?
2. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River?
Discussion
If you and your friends want to go for a travel, what will you prepare, and why? Different travelers may have different purposes to travel, what about you when you plan to travel? Do you know Xu Xiake? Do you think his way of traveling is meaningful? Why?
The main idea of the text
The passage tells us that no success in life merely happens by describing my sister’s and my dream-taking a bike trip and preparations for the trip. The author also mainly describes sister’s “stubborn character”, “always taking her way for a proper way” and her being determined.
Dream Plan
Team Leader
Taking a great trip by ______
Cycling along the entire ___________
Mekong River Wang ___________ Wei
bike
Dao Wei Team Members Wang Kun, __________ and Yu Hang
2. Finally/at last/in the end
1) They talked about it for hours. Finally, they decided not to go.
2) The children arrived home at last/in the end after the storm.
3. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River?
1. Where is the source of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? The source of the river is in Qinghai Province and it enters the South China Sea.
When I was told the air there would be cold and hard to b__re_a_t_h_e, I thought it would be an interesting _e_x_p_e_r_ie_n_c_e. Once I have m__a_d_e__u_p_m__y_m__i_n_d, nothing can change it. So Wang Kun had to g_i_v_e_i_n_. Because I wouldn’t change my mind, someone says I am a little _s_tu_b__b_o_r_n_, but I think I am just a person with great determination. What do you think of Wang Wei? What can you learn from her?
2) 我做梦也没想到他是个撒谎的人. I never dreamed him to be a liar.
dream about = dream of 梦见, 梦想 My younger brother dreams of becoming a spaceman. He always dreams about traveling around the world.
Reading
Journey Down The Mekong
Pre-reading The Mekong River
Myanmar
Laos
Vietnam
Thailand
Cambodia
Reading
What was Wang Kun and Wang Wei `s idea of a good trip? 2.Who planned the trip to the Mekong? 3.Where is the source of Mekong and which sea does it enter? 4.What can you sea when you travel along the Mekong 5.What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? 6.What doyou think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei ?
dream
of/about sth. (vi.) a…dream (vt.) that… (vt.) sb. to be … (vt.)
1) 他梦想着有一天为自己工作, 没有老板. He dreams of working for himself and not having a boss one day.= He dreams that one day he will work for himself and not have a boss.
Sometimes, the river enters w__id_e_ v_a_l_le_y_ and becomes w__a_t_er_f_a_ll.
After, It travels slowly througBiblioteka Baidu _h_il_l_s , _lo_w__v_a_l_le_y_s_, and_p_l_a_in_s_.
③Sometimes it becomes r_a_p__id_s_, sometimes
it becomes a waterfall.
Read the text again and fill in the blanks. My name is Wang Wei. My brother Wang Kun and I have _d_r_e_a_m_e_d__o_f_/_a_b_o_u_t_ taking a great bike trip. When we g_r_a_d_u_a_ted from college, we decided to ride bicycles to travel along the Mekong River. Although I didn’t know the best way of getting to places, I i_n_s_is_t_e_dI organize the trip p__ro_p__er_l.y When I knew that the journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, I seemed to be _ex_c_i_t_ed_ about it.
heard that the source of the Mekong River is in Qinghai Province, she wouldn’t… She even … when she knew that their journey would… of more than 5,000 meters… they found …in the library. From the atlas they knew clearly about…
②At first the river is small and the water is
__cl_e_a_r_ and cold. Then it begins to move q_u__ic_k_l_y. After it leaves China and high
altitude, it becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows.
Preparations
①Buying expensive mountain bikes ②Finding a large ______ with good maps that shows details of world geography
atlas
Information about the River
Language points
1. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. 从中学起, 我姐姐王薇和我梦想作一 次了不起的自行车旅行。
1). dream n. v. dreamed/dreamt dreamed/dreamt
What can they see during the journey?
It begins at a g_l_a_c_ie_r_ on a _T_ib__et_a_n _m_o_u__n_ta_i_n_.
Then, it_m__o_v_e_s quickly. It becomes _r_a_p_id_s_ as it passes through deep v_a_l_l_ey_.
Retell the text according to Form 1
Wang Kun and his sister … since middle school. After graduation from college, they finally got the chance to… His sister thought of the idea to… the Mekong River. They both bought… They also… Wang Wei stuck to the idea that they … When she
①The Mekong River which is called the
Lancang River in China begins in a _g_la_c_i_e_r
on a Tibetan mountain and enters the
_S_o_u_t_h_C__h_i_n_a_S__ea__ at last.
2. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong River? You can see glacier, rapids, hills, valleys, waterfalls and plains.
3. Is it a difficult journey along the Mekong River? Yes. The journey begins at an altitude of more than 5,000 meters, where it is hard to breathe and very cold.