【正文】 h Murray, i ncl udi ng hi s two daughters. H e 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 ncl uded m ore than 15, 000 pages i n twelve books. And you thought your di cti onary was bi g! Uni t 3 JO URNEY DO WN THE M EKO NG PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLAN My nam e i s Wang Kun. Ever si nce mi ddle school, m y sister Wang Wei and I have dream ed about taking a great bi ke 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 sited our cousi ns, Dao Wei and Yu H ang at thei r col ege i n Kunm i ng. They are Dai and grew up i n western Yunnan Provi nce near the Lancang Ri ver, the Chi nese part of the river that i s cal l ed the Mekong Ri ver i n other countries. Wang Wei soon got them interested i n cycli ng too. After graduati ng from col lege. we final y got the chance to take a bi ke tri p. I asked m y si ster, Where are we goi ng? It was m y si ster who fi rst had the i dea to cycle al ong the entire Mekong River from where it begi ns to where i t ends. N ow she i s pl anni ng our schedul e for the tri p. I am fond of m y sister but she has one seri ous short i ng. She can be real l y stubborn. Al though she di dn39。t。t care about detai l s. So I tol d her that the source of the Mekong i s i n Qi nghai Provi nce. She gave m e a determ i ned look—the ki nd that sai d she woul d not change her m i nd. When I tol d her that our journey woul d begi n at an al ti tude of m ore than 5, 000 m etres, she seem ed to be exci ted about i t. When I tol d her the air woul d be hard to breathe and i t woul d be very col d, she sai d it woul d be an i nteresti ng experi ence. I know m y si ster wel . O nce she has m ade up her m ind, nothi ng can change i t. Fi nal l y, I had to gi ve in. Several m onths before our tri p, Wang Wei and I went to the li brary. We found a l arge atl as wi th good m aps that showed detail s of worl d geography. From the atl as we coul d see that the Mekong River begi ns in a glaci er on a Ti betan m ountai n. At fi rst the ri ver is sm al l and the water i s cl ear and col d. Then i t begi ns to m ove qui ckly. It be es rapi ds as i t pases through deep val l eys, travel i ng across western Yunnan Provi nce. Som etim es the river be es a waterfal and enters wi de val l eys. We were both surpri sed to l earn that half of the ri ver i s in Chi na. After i t l eaves Chi na and the hi gh alti tude, the Mekong be es wi de， brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asi a, i ts pace sl ows. It m akes wi de bends or m eanders through low val l eys to the pl ains where ri ce grows. At l ast, the ri ver del ta enters the South Chi na Sea. PART2 A NIGH T IN TH E MOUNTAINS Al though i t was autum n,the snow was al ready begi nning to fal i n Ti bet. O ur l egs were so heavy and col d that they fel t li ke bl ocks of i ave you ever sen snowmen ride bicycl es?That’s what we l ooked l ike! Al ong the way chil dren dressed in l ong wool coats stopped to l ook at us. In the l ate afternoon we found i t was so col d that our water botl es owever, the l akes shonel i ke gl ass i n the setti ng sun and l ooked wonderful. Wangwei rode i n front of m e as usual. She i s very reli able and I knew I didn’t need to encourage her. To cl im b the m ountains was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surpri sed by the vi ew. We seem ed to be abl e to see for mi les. At one poi nt we were so high that we found oursel ves cycl ing through cl ouds. Then we began goi ng down the hi l s. It was great fun especi al y as i t gradual y becam e m uch warm er. In the val eys col ourful butterfl i es fl ew around us and we saw m any yaks and sheep eati ng green gras. At thi s poi nt we had to change our caps, coats, gl oves and trousers for Tshi rts and shorts. In the earl y eveni ng we al ways stop to m ake cam p. We put up our tent and then we eat. After super Wang Wei put her head down on her pil low and went to sl eep but I stayed awake. At mi dni ght the sky becam e cl earer and the stars grew bri ghter. It was so qui et. There was alm ost no wi nd—onl y the fl am es of our fi re for pany. As I l ay beneath the stars I thought about how far we had al ready travel ed. We wi l reach Dal i in Yunnan Provi nce soon, where our cousi ns Dao Wei and Yu H ang wi l join us. We can hardl y wait to see them ! PART 6 TH E END OF OUR JOUNEY Cam bodi a was i n m any ways sim il ar to Laos, al though i t has twice the popul ati on. At another i nn, we talked wi th a teacher who tol d us that hal f of the peopl e in her country coul dn’t read or write. H er vil age coul dn’t even afford to buil d a school, so she had to teach outside under a large tent. When we said goodbye, we al l fel t very l ucky to have studi ed i n col l ege. Back on the road, we passed between m any hi l s and forests. Then we cam e to the pl ai ns and entered Phnom Penh, the capi tal of Cam bodi a. In m any ways i t l oked l i ke Vi entiane and H o Chi Mi nh City。 項(xiàng)目申報(bào)單位及法人代表 項(xiàng)目申報(bào)單位： 山東 xx 牧工商聯(lián)合公司 法人代表： 王宏岳 投資規(guī)模及資金構(gòu)成 項(xiàng)目總投資 1290萬(wàn)元。t know the best way of geti 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。 m y si ster doesn39。 i t al so had wi de streets wi th trees i n rows and ol d French houses. Unli ke Vi enti ane, shi ps coul d travel the Mekong Ri ver here. In the center of the city we visi ted the pal ace and a beauti ful whi te el ephant. It can onl y be seen outsi de the palace on speci al days. We ate an early supper and went to see a great tem pl e with fl oors m ade of sl iver. The next m orni ng our group sl ept l ate. We were very ti red from the l ong bi ke ri de the day