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1. Why do people like traveling ? 2. If you are going traveling, where are you going? 3. How are you going? What do you have to consider before you decide which means of transportation you will use? Cost(花费) Safety(安全) Comfort (舒适) Quickness Convenience (方便) Skimming: Who are Wang Kun and Wang Wei? What was their dream? Who are Dao Wei and Yu Hang? Scan the passage and then list the countries that the Mekong River flows through. 1. 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 the Mekong and which sea does it enter? 4. What can you see when you travel along the Mekong? 5. What difficulties did Wang Kun and Wang Wei find about their journey? 6. What do you think about Wang Kun and Wang Wei? Discuss the text in details. What’s the main idea of the text? The passage tells us a main idea that no success in life merely happens by describing my sister’s and my dream-taking a bike trip and preparations for the trip. Do you know some proverbs about it? What can we learn from the text? Life is just a series of trying to make your mind. 生活是由一系列下决心的努力所构成的。 Hitch your wagon to a star. 树雄心，立大志。 Success belongs to the persevering. 胜利属于有毅力者。 No success in life merely happens. 人生中没有什么成功是纯粹偶然得来的。 1. persuade: cause sb by reasoning 说服，劝说　（暗示是成功的，如果未成功则用try to persuade） (1)persuade sb to do sth 或persuade sb into doing sth:说服某人干某事 How can you persuade him to change his mind/into changing his mind? (2) persuade sb out of doing sth 说服某人不要干某事 Finally, we persuaded her out of traveling by plane. 2. insist: declare firmly, esp.in the face of doubt of opposition 坚持认为；坚决主张 (1)“坚决主张，坚决要求”，后接的宾语从句用陈述语气（表示一个主张或一种看法），即“should+动词原形”，should可省略。 I insisted that he (should) come with us. 我坚持主张他跟我们同行。 (2)“坚持说”（表示一个事实），后接的从句用陈述语气，即按需要选择时态 He insisted that he hadn’t stolen the girl’s handbag.他坚持说他注册码偷那女孩的包。 (3) Insist on/upon doing sth 坚持干某事 I insisted on/upon his coming w