Unit 3 Travel journal
Paul Roberts, 15, lives in New York. Like thousands of other American students, he usually goes away to a summer camp during the school holidays. These camps are just for teenagers, without their parents, and Paul always has a great time. But this summer he's doing something different — he's going on an adventure (冒险) holiday in Hawaii. He tells us about his plan, “It's a camping holiday for three weeks in Hawaii, for kids from 14 to 18. I'm leaving on 23 July and coming back on 12 August.”
First, we're well-prepared and walking through the forest on an old native Hawaiian path. They say it's very beautiful, with huge waterfalls and golden beaches.
After this five-day walk, we're staying for two days in a valley on the Pacific Ocean. The main activity here will be surfing (冲浪). I don't know how to surf, but instructors will teach us how to do it, and I'm really looking forward to this.
Then the organizers are providing mountain bikes and we're going for long rides — about 30 miles a day, around one of Hawaii's volcanoes (火山). And on one day we're meeting a local Hawaiian family and helping them to plant fruit trees on their farm.
After that, we're sailing for three days along the coast, and they say we'll have a chance to swim with dolphins and sea turtles! This sounds fantastic.Finally, we're going out for three days in sea kayaks (小艇) — we're visiting sea caves and we'll be swimming and diving too.
Every night for the three weeks, we're camping in tents, usually on the beach. This isn't a holiday for everyone! They say you have to be fit, and of course you have to know how to swim and ride a bike. But I think it's going to be a fantastic experience.
Section_ⅠWarming Up & Reading — Pre-reading
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JOURNEY DOWN THE MEKONG
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 graduatingfrom 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
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①ever since 自从；自……以后 ②dream about/of doing sth.梦想做某事 ③persuade[p?'sweId] vt.说服；劝说
persuade sb.(not) to do sth. 说服某人(不)做某事 ④that ...是 that 引导的定语从句，修饰the river。 ⑤get sb. interested in sth.使某人对某事物产生兴趣 ⑥cycle ['saIkl] vi.骑自行车
⑦graduate ['gr?d??eIt] vi.毕业，['gr?d???t] n．大学毕业生 graduate from 毕业于……
⑧finally ['faIn?lI] adv.最后；终于
⑨本句是强调句型“It was ... who ...”，其中who可换为that。from ... to ...“从……到……”，from和to后均跟了where引导的宾语从句。
10schedule ['?○edju?l；'sked??l]n.时间表；进度表vt.为某事安排时间
沿湄公河而下的旅程
第一部分 梦想与计划 [第1段译文]
我叫王坤。从中学起，我姐姐王薇和我就一直梦想进行一次伟大的自行车旅行。两年前，
她买了一辆昂贵的山地自行车，然后她说服我也买了一辆。去年她去看望了我们的表兄弟——在昆明读大学的刀卫和宇航。他们是傣族人，在云南省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(境内)叫湄公河。很快，王薇使表兄弟也对骑车产生了兴趣。大学毕业以后，我们终于有了机会骑自行车旅行。我问我姐姐：“我们要去哪儿？”首先想到要沿整条湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅游的是我的姐姐。现在她正在为我们的旅行制订日程表。
I am fond of my sister but she has one serious shortcoming. She can be really stubborn. Although she didn't know the best way of getting to places, she insisted that she organizethe trip properly . Now I know that the proper way is always
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?be fond [f?nd] of 喜爱；喜欢 ?shortcoming ['???t?k?mI?] n．缺点
?can 表示客观的可能性，意为“可能；有时会”。 ?stubborn ['st?b?n] adj.顽固的；固执的 ?organize ['??g?naIz] vt.组织；成立
?insist表示“坚持；主张；坚决要求”时，后接的宾语从句用虚拟语气，即谓语动词用“(should＋)动词原形”。
?keep doing sth. 一直做某事；不断地做某事 ?进行时 are leaving, are coming back 表示将来。 ?care about关心；忧虑；惦念
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