河北省南宫市奋飞中学人教版高一英语必修一课件Unit3 Travel journal Reading reading.ppt

Journey down the Mekong Reading Here are some famous rivers. Do you know their names? This river is called our mother river. The Yellow River This river is the longest river in China and the third longest one in the world. The Yangtze River (Chang Jiang River) The Nile River It is the longest river in the world which lies in Egypt. It is the second longest river in the world which lies in Brazil. Amazon River (亚马逊河） The Mississippi River(密西西比河) It is the fourth longest river in the world which lies in the U.S.A. Thames(泰晤士河) It is the river on which London lies. Rhine(莱茵河) Seine(塞纳河) The Congo River(刚果河) It is the second longest river in Europe which runs across nine countries. the Danube (多瑙河） This river begins in Qinghai Province and flows through several countries. Part of it is in China, called the Lancang River Out of China, it is called the Mekong River Map of the Mekong River China Laos Thailand Cambodia Vietnam Can you list the countries that the Mekong flows through? Myanmar 注:流经 湄公河---the Mekong river，干流全长4880公里，是亚洲最重要的跨国水系，有 “ 东方多瑙河 ” 之美称,是世界第六大河流；主源为扎曲，发源于中国青海省玉树藏族自治州杂多县。流经中国、老挝、缅甸、泰国、柬埔寨和越南，于越南胡志明市流入南海。流域除中国和缅甸外，均为湄公河委员会成员国。湄公河上游在中国境内，称为澜沧江，下游三角洲在越南境内，称为九龙江，总程度长2139公里。许多重要城市、港口和商贸重镇坐落在湄公河畔。它的下游孕育了世界最大的粮仓 —— 湄公河粮仓，闻名全球的四大米市均在湄公河畔。紧靠岸边的 “ 金三角 ” ，从前以种植、制造、贩卖鸦片而闻名于世，而今已变成泰国的旅游胜地，每年吸引着 400 多万游人前去观光。　　澜沧江 —— 湄公河是沿岸 6 国人民的共同财富。据考察，我国西南和东南亚各国间，开展水陆联运。所以，这条天然的水上大动脉，被誉称为未来的 “ 黄金水道 ” ，沿江各国人民把它奉为 “ 幸福之母 ” 、 “ 生命之江 ”. 背景知识 (Part I: the dream and the plan) 1. Find out the main idea of each paragraph: Paragraph 1: about ______ Paragraph 2: about _______ Paragraph 3: about _____________ their dream The Mekong Wangwei the Mekong River B. their dream C. Wangwei---a stubborn sister Scanning: Read the passage as quickly as possible and find the main idea of each paragraph. 2. Decide which is the main idea of the passage A. The author(作者) and his sister’s plan about their winter holiday. B. The experience during the author and his sister’