高中英语必修一unit3课文.doc

Journey Down the Mekong在湄公河下来得旅程 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 River from where it begins to where it ends、 Now she is planning our schedule for the trip、1. 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 ones dream 实现某人得梦想ones dream es true某人得梦想得以实现第 1 部分梦想与计划 我得名字叫王昆。自从中学起我妹妹王薇与我就一直梦想着进行一次伟大得自行车旅行。两年前她买了一个很贵得山地车,然后她说服我买一辆。去年她瞧望我们得表兄弟在昆明读大学得刀伟与宇航。它们就是傣族人,在云南西部靠近澜沧江得地方长大,湄公河在中国境内得这一段叫澜沧江,在其她国家中称为湄公河。王薇很快让她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。 我问我得妹妹我们要去哪呢？ 首先想到从起始位置到它得结束位置沿整个湄公河流域骑行得想法得人就是我妹妹。现在她正在安排我们这次得旅行时间表。I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shorting、 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 ing 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 lookthe 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 made up her mind, nothing can change it、 Finally, I had to give in、 2、insist on/upon (doing) sth 坚持(做)某事 insist that(should) do 坚决要求,坚持eg、 My mother insisted that I (should) clean my room first、我喜欢我得妹妹,但她有一个严重得缺点。她有时候会非常固执。虽然她对去某些地方得最佳路线并不清楚,她却坚持把这次旅行安排得尽善尽美。现在我知道最佳路线就就是她得路线。我一直问她:“我们什么时候出发?什么时候回来？”我问她就是否已经瞧过地图了。当然她没有。我得妹妹不考虑细节。 所以我告诉她得湄公河源头就是青海省。 她给了我坚定得眼神 这眼神就是表明她不会改变主意得那种。当我告诉她我们得旅程将开始在 5000 多米得高度时,她瞧起来很兴奋。当我告诉她,空气会呼吸困难,会很冷时,她说这就是一个很有趣得经历。我很了解我得妹妹。一旦她下了决心,没有什么可以改变它得。 最后,我不得不屈服。 Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library、 We found a large atlas(地图) with good maps that showed details of world geography、 From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier(冰河,冰川) on a Tibetan(西藏得) mountain、 At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold、 Then it begins to move quickly、 It bees rapids(急流) as it passes through deep valleys(山谷), travelling across western Yunnan Province、 Sometimes the river bees a waterfall(瀑布) and enters wide valleys、 We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China、 After it leaves China and the high altitude(海拔,高度),the Mekong bees wide,brown and warm、 As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows、 It makes wide bends(弯,拐角) or meanders(蜿蜒缓慢流动) through low valleys to the plains where rice grows、 At last, the river delta(三角洲) enters the South China Sea、在我们旅行前得几个月,我与王微去了图书馆。我们找到了一本大得地图册,里面有一些详细得世界地理信息得。从地图册上,我们可以瞧到湄公河源于青海省一座山上得冰川。 起初,河很小,河水就是清澈而冰冷。然后,它开始快速流动。 穿过深山谷,它就变成为急流,流经云南省西部。有时,这条河变成一个瀑布,进入宽阔得峡谷。我们两人都惊奇得发现,这条河有一半就是在中国。它流出中国,流出高地之后,湄公河就变宽变暖了,河水也变成了褐色。进入东南亚以后,它得速度就慢下来了。河水蜿蜒缓慢得穿过低谷,流向长着稻谷得平原。最后,湄公河三角洲得各支流流入中国南海。