第三单元Travel journa l
JOURNE Y DOWN THE MEKONG
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My name is Wang Kun. Ever since middle school, my sister Wang Wei and I have dreame d about t aking a great bike trip. Two years ago she bought an expensi ve mounta in bike and then she persua ded me to buy one. Last year, she visite d our cousins, Dao Wei and Yu Hang at theircolleg e in Kunmin g. They are Dai and grew up in wester n Yunnan Provin ce near the Lancan g River, the Chines e part of the riverthat is called the Mekong Riverin othercountr ies. Wang Wei soon got them intere stedin cyclin g too. Aftergradua tingfrom colleg e.we finall y got the chance to take a bike trip. I askedmy sister, "Whereare we going?" It was my sister who firsthad the idea to cyclealongthe entire Mekong Riverfrom whereit begins to whereit ends. Now she is planni ng our schedu le for the trip.
I am fond of my sister but she has one riou s shortc oming. She can be really stubbo rn. Althou gh she didn't know the best way of gettin g to places, she insist ed that she organi ze the trip proper ly. Now, I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, "When are we leavin g and when are we coming back?" I askedher whethe r she had looked at a map yet. Of course, she hadn't; my sist中英翻译在线
2011考研英语作文er doesn't care aboutdetail s. So I told her that the source of the Mekong is in Qingha i Provin ce. She gave me a determ inedlook—the kind that said she wouldnot change her mind. When I told her that our journe y wouldbeginat an altitu de of more than 5,000 metres, she emed to be excite d aboutit. When I told her the air wouldbe hard to breath e and it wouldbe very cold, she said it wouldbe an intere sting experi ence. I know my sister well. Once she has made up her mind, nothin g can change it. Finall y, I had to give in.
Severa l months before our trip,Wang Wei and I went to the librar y. We found a largeatlas with good maps that showed detail s of worldgeogra phy. From the atl aswe could e that the Mekong River begins in a glacie r on a Tibeta n mounta in. At first the river is smalland the wateris clearand cold. Then it begins to move quickl y. It become s rapids as it pass throug h deep valley s, travel lingacross wester n Yunnan Provin ce. Someti mes the riverbecome s a waterf all and enters wide valley s. We were both surpri d to learnthat half of the riveri s in China. Afteri t leaves Chinaand the high altitu de,the Mekong become s wide，brown and warm. As it enters Southe ast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meande rs throug h low valley s to the plains whereri ce grows. At last, the riverdeltaenters the SouthChinaSea.
沿湄公河而下的旅行
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第一部分梦想与计划
我的名字叫王坤。从高中起，我姐姐和我就一直梦想作一次伟大的自行车旅行。两年前，她买了一辆价钱昂贵的山地自行车，然后她还说服我也买了一辆。去年她去看望了我们的表兄弟—在昆明读大学的刀伟和宇航。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，流经其他国家后就叫湄公河。很快，王薇使表兄弟也对骑车旅行产生了兴趣。到大学毕业后，我们终于有了作一次骑车旅行的机会。我问姐姐：“我们要去哪里？”首先想到要沿湄公河从源头到终点骑车旅行的是我的姐姐。现在，她正为这次旅行制订计划。
我很喜欢我姐姐，但是她有一个严重的缺点，她有时确实很固执。尽管她对到某些地方的最佳路线并不清楚，她却坚持要把这次旅行安排的尽善尽美。
现在我知道了这个尽善尽美的方式总是她的方式。我老是问她：“我们什么时候动身？什么时候回来？”我问她是否已经看过地图。当然她并没有看过，我
的姐姐是不会考虑细节的。于是我告诉她湄公河的源头在青海省。她给了我一个坚定的眼神—这种眼神表明她是不会改变主意的。当我告诉她我们的旅行将从5000多米的的高地出发时，她似乎显得很兴奋。当我告诉她那里空气稀薄，呼吸会很困难，而且天气会很冷时，她却说这将是一次很有趣的经历。我非常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了决心，就什么也不能使她改变。最后，我只好让步了。
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在我们旅行前的几个月，王薇和我去了图书馆。我们找到了一本大型的地
图册，里面有一些世界地理的明细图。我们从图上可以看到，湄公河源于西藏
一座山上的冰川。起初，河很小，河水清澈而冷冽，然后它开始快速流动。它穿过深谷时就变成了急流。流经云南西部。有时，这条河形成瀑布进入宽阔的puju
峡谷。我们惊奇的发现这条河有一半是在中国境内。当流出中国，流出高地后，湄公河就变宽，变暖了。河水也变成了黄褐色。而当它进入东南亚以后，流
速减慢，河水变宽慢慢地穿过低谷，到了长着稻谷的平原。最后，湄公河三角洲的各支流流入中国南海。
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JOURNE Y DOWN THE MEKONG
PART 2 A NIGHTIN THE MOUNTA INS
Althou gh it was autumn, the snow was alread y beginn ing to fall in Tibet. Our legs were so heavyanallegromoderato
d cold that they felt like blocks of ice. Have you ever en snowme n ride bicycl es? That's what we looked like! Alongthe way childr en dresse d in long wool coatsstoppe d to look at us. In the late aftern oon we foundit was so cold that our waterbottle s froze. Howeve r, the lakesshonelike glassin the ttin g sun and looked wonder ful. Wang Wei rode in frontof me as usual. She is very reliab le and I knew I didn't need to encour age her. To climbthe mounta ins was hard work but as we looked around us, we were surpri d by the view. We emed to be able to e for miles. At one pointwe were so high that we foundourl ves cyclin g throug h clouds.
wonderwall什么意思Then we begangoingdown the hills.It was greatfun especi allyas it gradua lly became much warmer. In the valley s colorf ul butter flies flew around us and we saw many yaks and sheepeating greengrass.At this pointwe had to change our caps, coats, gloves and trouse rs for T-shirts and shorts.
In the earlyevenin g we always stop to make camp. We put up our tent and then we eat. Aftersupper Wang Wei put her head down on her pillow and went to sleepbut I stayed awake. At midnig ht the sky became cleare r and the starsgrew bright er. It was so quiet. Therewas almost no wind-only the flames of our fire for compan y. As I lay beneat h the starsI though t abouthow far we had alread y travel led.英文版动画片
We will reachDali in Yunnan Provin ce soon, whereour cousin s Dao Wei and Y u Hang will join us. We can hardly wait to e them!
