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Unit 3 Journey Down The Mekong Reading 杭州市塘栖中学 高一英语备课组 Where there is a river , there is a city. How many great rivers do you know in the world? Name of river Rhein (莱茵河) Mekong Thames (泰晤士河 ) Nile (尼罗河) Amazon (?亚马逊河 ) Mississippi (密西西比河) Niger (尼日尔河) Seine (塞纳河) Location Brazil Germany US France China, South East Asia England West Africa Egypt the world’s longest river the world’s largest river Do you know the names for the Mekong River? Tibetans --- Dza Chu, which mean “River of Rocks” People of Yunnan --- The Lancang Jiang “wild river” People of Thailand --- “mother of waters” (or Mekong) Laos --- “the sea of Laos” Cambodians --- “great water” Vietnam --- “river of nine dragons” since it divides into nine tributaries (支流) in the delta of that country. Laos Thailand Myanmar Cambodia Vietnam China Which countries does the Mekong River pass through? Where is the source (源头) of the Mekong River and which sea does it enter? Qinghai Province in China the South China Sea Main idea The passage is mainly about Wang Kun and his sister’s ______ and ____of c______ along_______________________________________________________________. dream plan ycling the entire Mekong River from where it begins to where it ends My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she persuaded me to buy one. Last year, she visited our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming. They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River in other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too. After graduating from college. We finally got the chance to take a bike trip. I asked my sister, Where are we going? It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the entire Mekong R