【正文】 l ock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he woul d work by the candl e li ght i nto the eveni ng. Murray hoped to fi ni sh the new di cti onary i n ten years. But after fi ve years, he was sti l addi ng words for the l eter A! then others went to work wi th Murray, i ncl udi ng hi s two daughters. He worked on the di cti onary until he was very ol d. Fortyfour years l ater, i n1928, other edi tors fi ni shed i t. It i ncluded m ore than 15, 000 pages i n twel ve books. And you thought your di cti onary was big! Uni t 3 JO URNEY DOWN THE M EKO NG PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN My name i s Wang Kun. Ever si nce mi ddl e school, m y si ster Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taki ng a great bike tri p. Two years ago she bought an expensi ve m ountai n bi ke and then she persuaded m e to buy one. Last year, she vi si ted our cousi ns, Dao Wei and Yu H ang at thei r col l ege i n Kunmi ng. They are Dai and grew up i n western Yunnan Provi nce near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the ri ver that i s cal ed the Mekong Ri ver i n other countri es. Wang Wei soon got them i nterested in cycli ng too. After graduati ng from col l ege. we fi nal y got the chance to take a bi ke tri p. I asked my si ster, Where are we goi ng? It was m y si ster who first had the i dea to cycl e al ong the enti re Mekong Ri ver from where i t begi ns to where i t ends. Now she is pl anni ng our schedul e for the tri p. I am fond of m y si ster but she has one seri ous short i ng. She can be real y stubborn. Al though she di dn39。 m y si ster doesn39。t know the best way of getti ng to pl aces, she i nsi sted that she ani ze the tri p properl y. N ow, I know that the proper way i s al ways her way. I kept asking her, When are we l eavi ng and when are we i ng back? I asked her whether she had l ooked at a m ap yet. O f course, she hadn39。 專(zhuān)業(yè)合作社機(jī)構(gòu)健全，有財(cái)務(wù)部、收購(gòu)部、加工部、營(yíng)銷(xiāo)部、服務(wù)部和產(chǎn)品研發(fā)中心，注冊(cè)有“鹿臺(tái)”牌茶葉商標(biāo)。 it was a wonderful journey of discovery. The l argest dictionary in the worl d i s the O xford Engli sh Di cti onary, or O ED for short. The i dea for thi s di cti onary cam e from an i m portant m eeti ng i n Bri tai n i n 1857. Twentytwo years l ater, O xford Uni versity asked Jam es Murray to be the edi tor of i ts new di cti onary. Murray had never been to col ege. At the age of fourteen, he l eft hi s vi l age school i n Scotl and and taught him self whil e working i n a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After O xford gave him the job, Murray had a pl ace buil t i n the garden behi nd hi s house to do hi s work. Part of i t was one m eter underground. In wi nter i t fel t l i ke a barn, he had to wear a heavy coat and put hi s fet i n a box to keep warm. Every m orning, Murray got out of bed at five o’cl ock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he woul d work by the candl e li ght i nto the eveni ng. Murray hoped to fi ni sh the new di cti onary i n ten years. But after fi ve years, he was sti l addi ng words for the l eter A! then others went to work wi th Murray, i ncl udi ng hi s two daughters. He worked on the di cti onary until he was very ol d. Fortyfour years l ater, i n1928, other edi tors fi ni shed i t. It i ncluded m ore than 15, 000 pages i n twel ve books. And you thought your di cti onary was big! Uni t 3 JO URNEY DOWN THE M EKO NG PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN My name i s Wang Kun. Ever si nce mi ddl e school, m y si ster Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taki ng a great bike tri p. Two years ago she bought an expensi ve m ountai n bi ke and then she persuaded m e to buy one. Last year, she vi si ted our cousi ns, Dao Wei and Yu H ang at thei r col l ege i n Kunmi ng. They are Dai and grew up i n western Yunnan Provi nce near the Lancang River, the Chinese part of the ri ver that i s cal ed the Mekong Ri ver i n other countri es. Wang Wei soon got them i nterested in cycli ng too. After graduati ng from col l ege. we fi nal y got the chance to take a bi ke tri p. I asked my si ster, Where are we goi ng? It was m y si ster who first had the i dea to cycl e al ong the enti re Mekong Ri ver from where i t begi ns to where i t ends. Now she is pl anni ng our schedul e for the tri p. I am fond of m y si ster but she has one seri ous short i ng. She can be real y stubborn. Al though she di dn39。 it was a wonderful journey of discovery. The l argest dictionary in the worl d i s the O xford Engli sh Di cti onary, or O ED for short. The i dea for thi s di cti onary cam e from an i m portant m eeti ng i n Bri tai n i n 1857. Twentytwo years l ater, O xford Uni versity asked Jam es Murray to be the edi tor of i ts new di cti onary. Murray had never been to col ege. At the age of fourteen, he l eft hi s vi l age school i n Scotl and and taught him self whil e working i n a bank. Later he became a great teacher. After O xford gave him the job, Murray had a pl ace buil t i n the garden behi nd hi s house to do hi s work. Part of i t was one m eter underground. In wi nter i t fel t l i ke a barn, he had to wear a heavy coat and put hi s fet i n a box to keep warm. Every morning, Murray got out of bed at five o’cl ock and worked several hours before breakfast. Often he woul d work by the candl e li ght i nto the eveni ng. Murray hoped to fi ni sh the new di cti onary i n ten years. But after fi ve years, he was sti l addi ng words for the l eter A! then others went to work wi th Murray, i ncl udi ng hi s two daughters. He worked on the di cti onary until he was very ol d. Fortyfour years l ater, i n1928, other edi tors fi ni shed i t. It i ncluded m ore than 15, 000 pages i n twel ve books. And you thought your di cti onary was big! Uni t 3 JO URNEY DOWN THE M EKO NG PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN My name i s Wang Kun. Ever si nce mi ddl e school, m y si ster Wang Wei and I have dreamed about taki ng a great bike tri p. Two years ago she bought an expensi ve m ountai n bi ke and then she pers