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1、_Journey Down the Mekong在湄公河下来的旅程PART 1 THE DREAM AND THE PLANMy name is Wang Kun.Ever since middleschool,my sister Wang Wei and I havedreamed about taking a great bike trip.Twoyears ago she bought an expensive mountainbike and then she persuaded me to buy one.Last year,she visited our cousins,Dao W
2、eiand Yu Hang at their college in Kunming.They are Dai and grew up in westernYunnanProvince near the LancangRiver,theChinese part of the river that is called theMekongRiver in other countries.Wang Weisoon got them interested in cycling too.Aftergraduating from college,we finally got thechance to tak
3、e a bike trip.I asked my sister,Where are we going?It wasmy sisterwhofirsthad the idea to cycle along the entireMekongRiver from where it begins to where itends.Now she is planning our schedule for thetrip._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 实现某人的梦想one
4、s dream comes true 某人的梦想得以实现第 1 部分梦想和计划我的名字叫王昆。自从中学起我妹妹王薇和我就一直梦想着进行一次伟大的自行车旅行。两年前她买了一个很贵的山地车，然后她说服我买一辆。去年她看望我们的表兄弟在昆明读大学的刀伟和宇航。它们是傣族人，在云南西部靠近澜沧江的地方长大，湄公河在中国境内的这一段叫澜沧江，在其他国家中称为湄公河。王薇很快让他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。我问我的妹妹我们要去哪呢？首先想到从起始位置到它的结束位置沿整个湄公河流域骑行的想法的人是我妹妹。现在她正在安排我们这次的旅行时间表。_Iam fond of m
5、y sister but she has oneserious shortcoming.She can be reallystubborn.Although she didnt know the bestway of getting to places,she insisted that sheorganize the trip properly.Now,I know thatthe proper way is always her way.I keptasking her,When are we leaving and whenare we coming back?I asked her w
6、hether shehad looked at a map yet.Of course,she hadnt;my sister doesnt care about details.So I toldher that the source of the Mekong is inQinghaiProvince.She gave me a determinedlookthe kind that said she would not changeher mind.When I told her that our journeywould begin at an altitude of more tha
7、n 5,000metres,she seemed to be excited about it.When I told her the air would be hard tobreathe and it would be very cold,she said itwould be an interesting experience.I know mysister 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
8、_insist that(should)do 坚决要求，坚持eg.My mother insisted that I(should)cleanmy room first.我喜欢我的妹妹，但她有一个严重的缺点。她有时候会非常固执。虽然她对去某些地方的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持把这次旅行安排的尽善尽美。现在我知道最佳路线就是她的路线。我一直问她：“我们什么时候出发?什么时候回来？”我问她是否已经看过地图了。当然她没有。我的妹妹不考虑细节。所以我告诉她的湄公河源头是青海省。她给了我坚定的眼神 这眼神是表明她不会改变主意的那种。当我告诉她我们的旅程将开始在 5000 多米的高度时，她看起来很兴奋。当我
9、告诉她，空气会呼吸困难，会很冷时，她说这是一个很有趣的经历。我很了解我的妹妹。一旦她下了决心，没有什么可以改变它的。最后，我不得不屈服。Several months before our trip,Wang Wei andI went to the library.We found a large atlas(地图)with good maps that showed details ofworld geography.From the atlas we could see_that the Mekong River begins in a glacier（冰河，冰川）on a Tibetan
10、(西藏的)mountain.Atfirst the river is small and the water is clearand cold.Then it begins to move quickly.Itbecomes rapids（急流）as it passes throughdeep valleys（山谷）,travelling across westernYunnan Province.Sometimes the riverbecomes a waterfall（瀑布）and enters widevalleys.We were both surprised to learn th
11、athalf of the river is in China.After it leavesChina and the high altitude（海拔，高度）,theMekong becomes wide，brown and warm.Asit enters Southeast Asia,its pace slows.Itmakes wide bends（弯，拐角）or meanders（蜿蜒缓慢流动）through low valleys to theplains where rice grows.At last,the river delta（三角洲）enters the South China Sea.在我们旅行前的几个月，我和王微去了图书馆。我们找到了一本大的地图册，里面有一些详细的世界地理信息的。从地图册上，我们可以看到湄公河源于青海省一座山上的冰川。起初，河很小，河水是清澈而冰冷。_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，进入宽阔的峡谷。我们两人都惊奇的发现，这条河有一半是在中国。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，它的速度就慢下来了。河水蜿蜒缓慢的穿过低谷，流向长着稻谷的平原。最后，湄公河三角洲的各支流流入中国南海。_