高中英语人教版03

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[00:00.00]和谐英语学习网 Unit 3 Travel journal
[00:11.39]Reading
[00:15.05]JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
[00:20.01]PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN
[00:26.17]My name is Wang Kun.
[00:29.94]Since middle school,
[00:33.70]my sister Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taking a great bike trip.
[00:40.18]When we graduated from college,we finally got the chance to do it.
[00:46.84]It was my sister who first had the idea to cycle along the Mekong River
[00:53.29]from where it begins to where it ends.
[00:57.86]She loves to go for long bike rides in the countryside.
[01:03.32]Two years ago she bought an expensive mountain bike.
[01:08.68]Then she persuaded me to byu one.
[01:12.93]Last year,she visited our cousins,Dao Wei and Yu Hang at their college in Kunming
[01:21.68]They are Dai and grew up in western Yunnan Province near the Lancang River,
[01:28.95]the Chinese part of the river that is called the Mekong River
[01:35.01]before flowing in other countries.
[01:39.68]Wang Wei soon got them interested in cycling too.
[01:45.85]Wang Wei can be really stubborn.
[01:50.60]Although she didn't know the best way of getting to places,
[01:56.24]she insisted that we find the source of the river and begin our journey there.
[02:03.01]She told me that she wanted to do the trip properly.
[02:08.37]Now,I know that the proper way is always her way.
[02:14.74]I asked her whether she had looked at a map yet.
[02:19.89]Of course,she hadn't; my sister doesn't care about details.
[02:26.55]So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qinghai province.
[02:33.21]She gave me a determined look - the kind that said she wouldn't change her mind.
[02:40.65]When I told her that our journey would begin at an altitude of more than 5,000 metres,
[02:48.91]she seemed to be excited about it.
[02:53.48]When I told her the air would be hard to breathe and it would be very cold,
[03:00.92]she said it would be an interesting experience.
[03:05.60]I know my sister well.
[03:09.86]Once she has made up her mind,nothing can change it.Finally,I had to give in.
[03:18.40]Several months before our trip,Wang Wei and I went to the library.
[03:25.35]We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of the world's geography
[03:32.61]I kept asking her,"When are we leaving and when are we coming back?"
[03:39.38]From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River
[03:44.03]begins at a glacier on a Tibtan mountain.
[03:49.07]At first,the river is small,and the water is clear and cold.
[03:56.62]Then it begings to move quickly.
[04:01.06]It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys,
[04:07.01]travelling across western Yunnan Province.
[04:12.06]Sometimes the river enters wide valleys and becomes a waterfall.
[04:18.51]We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China.
[04:25.48]After it leaves China and the high altitudes,
[04:30.73]the Mekong becomes wide,brown and warm.
[04:35.49]As it enters Southeast Asia,it travels slowly through hills and low valleys,
[04:42.75]and the plains where rice grows.
[04:46.90]At last,the river's delta enters the South China Sea.
[04:53.75]Using Language
[05:02.81]Reading and speaking
[05:07.49]JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
[05:11.64]PART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINS
[05:17.70]Although it was autumn,the snow had already begun to fall in Tibet.
[05:25.15]Our legs felt so heavy and cold,we thought they were ice.
[05:31.52]Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles?
[05:37.27]Wang Wei was in front of me,as usual.
[05:42.33]I knew I didn't need to encourage her.
[05:47.19]To climb the mountain road was hard work but to go down the hills was great fun.
[05:54.64]When we reached a valley,it became much warmer.
[06:00.52]We had to change from our caps,coats,gloves and trousers into T-shirts and shorts.
[06:08.98]Then,as we reached the colder altitudes,we had to change again.
[06:15.51]In the early evening,we stopped to make camp.
[06:21.75]First we put up our tents and then we ate.
[06:27.81]After supper,Wang Wei went to sleep but I stayed awake.
[06:34.97]At midnight,the sky became clear and the stars were bright.