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Journey Down the Mekong 在湄公河下来的旅程 PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN 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 dream of /about 梦想，梦见+n. /代词/动名词 dream a good/bad dream 做了一个好梦、噩梦 realize one’s dream 实现某人的梦想 one’s dream comes true某人的梦想得以实现 第 1 部分梦想和计划 我的名字叫王昆。自从中学起我妹妹王薇和我就一直梦想着进行一次伟大的自行车旅行。两年前她买了一个很贵的山地车，然后她说服我买一辆。去年她看望我们的表兄弟在昆明读大学的刀伟和宇航。它们是傣族人，在云南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，在其他国家中称为湄公河。王薇很快让他们对骑自行车旅行产生了兴趣。大学毕业后我们终于有机会骑自行车旅行了。 我问我的妹妹我们要去哪呢？ 首先想到从起始位置到它的结束位置沿整个湄公河流域骑行的想法的人是我妹妹。现在她正在安排我们这次的旅行时间表。 I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didnt know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organize the trip properly. Now, I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, When are we leaving and when are we coming back? I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet. Of course, she hadnt; my sister doesnt care about details. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province. She gave me a determined look—the kind that said she would not change her mind. When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres, she seemed to be excited about it. When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold, she said it would be an interesting experience. I know my sister well. Once she has