【正文】 00 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.　　Several months before our trip,Wang Wei and I went to the library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier on a Tibetan mountain. At first the river is small and the water is clear and cold. Then it begins to move quickly. It bees rapids as it passes through deep valleys, travelling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river bees a waterfall 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,the Mekong bees wide，brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.沿湄公河而下的旅行第一部分 夢想與計劃　　我的名字叫王坤?，F(xiàn)在，她正為這次旅行制訂計劃。當我告訴她我們的旅行將從5000多米的的高地出發(fā)時，她似乎顯得很興奮。它穿過深谷時就變成了急流。Reading and discussingJOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONGPART 2 A NIGHT IN THE MOUNTAINSAlthough it was autumn, the snow was already beginning to fall in legs were so heavy and cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever seen snowmen ride bicycles? That39。 STORYYou cannot imagine how the name of Robben Island made us afraid. It was a prison from which no one escaped. There I spent the hardest time of my life. But when I got there Nelsom Mandela was also there and he helped me. Mr Mandela began a school for those of us who had little learning. He taught us during the lunch breaks and the evenings when we should have been asleep. We read books under our blankets and used anything we could find to make candles to see the words. I became a good student. I wanted to study for my degree but I was not allowed to do that. Later, Mr Mandela allowed the prison guards to join us. He said they should not be stopped from studying for their degrees. They were not cleverer than me , but they did pass their exams. So I knwe I could get a degree too. That made me feel good about myself.When I finished the four years in prison, I went to find a job. Since I was better educated, I got a job working in an office. However, the police found out and told my boss that I had been in prinson for blowing up government buildings. So I lost my job. I did not work again for twenty years until M r Mandela and the ANC came to power in 1994. All that time my wife and children had to beg for good and help from relatives or friends. Luckily Mr Mandela remembered me and gave me a job taking tourists around my old prison on Robben Islannd. I felt bad the first time I talked to a group. All the terror and fear of that time came back to me. I remembered the beatings and the cruelty of the guards and my friends who had died. I felt I would not be able to do it, but my family encouraged me. They said that the job and the pay from the new South African government were my reward after working all my life for equal rights for the Blacks. So now at 51 I am proud to show visitors over the prison, for I helped to make our people free in their own land.。而當它進入東南亞以后，流速減慢，河水變寬慢慢地穿過低谷，到了長著稻谷的平原。我們從圖上可以看到，湄公河源于西藏一座山上的冰川。于是我告訴她湄公河的源頭在青海省。到大學(xué)畢業(yè)后，我們終于有了作一次騎車旅行的機會。t。她們計劃去拜訪艾米的姑媽，并決定乘地鐵去，但是她們找不到最近的地鐵站。美國英語之所以有這么多的方言是因為美國人是來自世界各地的緣故。當今，在中國學(xué)英語的人數(shù)正在快速增加，事實上，中國可能是學(xué)英語人數(shù)最多的國家。英語也就開始在這兩個國家使用。請看看這個例子：英國人貝蒂：來看看我的公寓嗎？美國人艾米：好的，我來看看你的公寓吧。它可以幫你記住一些過去發(fā)生的事件。每個想法可以自成一個段落。仔細閱讀右邊的信，然后幫王小姐回復(fù)。親愛的王小姐：現(xiàn)在我同班上的同學(xué)有些麻煩事?！热缯f，有一天晚上天氣很暖和，我故意熬到晚上11點半都不睡覺，為的就是能獨自好好地看看月亮。在那段時期，她的日記成了她唯一忠實的朋友。她和她的家人躲藏了25個月之后才被發(fā)現(xiàn)。自從我來到這里之后，這一切都變了。聽完錄音之后，核對并討論她的建議。小冬是要征求一些意見。然后把你的建議寫出來，并解釋它為什么會有所幫助。你的王小姐 LEARNING TIP 學(xué)習(xí)建議 It’s a good habit for you to keep a diary. It can help you remember past events. You can express your feelings and thoughts in it. It will help you improve your English if you write your diary in English. Why not have a try? 寫日記對你來說是一個好習(xí)慣。 Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example:British Betty: Would you like to see my flat?American Amy: Yes, I’d like to e up to your apartment.以英語作為母語的人，即使他們所講不是同一種英語，他們也能彼此聽懂。1620年一些英國定居者來到了美洲，后來到了18世紀的時候，一些英國人還被帶到了澳大利亞。在新加坡和馬來西亞以及像非洲的南非，人們現(xiàn)在也說英語。即使在美國有些地區(qū)，兩個相鄰城鎮(zhèn)的人所說的方言也可能稍有不同。Reading and speaking 讀與說 1 Amy and her American friends are visiting London. They plan to visit Amy’s aunt and decide to go there by underground, but cannot find the nearest underground station. So she asks directions and then tells her friends. Re