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Unit
3
Travel
Journal
旅行日记
Journey down
the
Mekong
旅行
湄公河
part1
：
THE DREAM AND
THE PLAN
梦想和计划
My name is
Wang Kun.
①
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.
（
同位语）
Wang Wei soon got
them
interested in cycling too.
②
It was my sister who
first had the idea
to cycle along the entire Mekong River
from where it begins to where it ends.
Now she is
planning our schedule for the trip.
①
自从中学时
,
我的姐姐
王薇
和我一直梦想要以一
个伟大的
自行车
旅行。
②
这是我
的姐姐谁先想到要循环沿湄公河从源头到
终点。现在
,
她在做旅行
计划时间
表。
I
am fond of
my
sister but she has one serious
shortcoming. She can be really
stubborn
.
③
Although she
didn't know the best way of getting to
places, she insisted
that she organize
the trip properly. Now, I know that the
proper
way is always her
way. I
kept asking
her,
are we leaving and when are we coming
back?
her
whether
she had looked at a map yet. Of course, she
hadn't; my sister doesn't care about
details
. So I told her
that the
source
of the Mekong is in Qinghai Province.
She gave me a determined
look
—
the kind that said she
would not
change her
mind.
When I told her that our
journey would begin
at an
altitude of
more than 5,000
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
（了解某人）
. Once she
has
made up her
mind
, nothing can change it.
Finally, I had to give in.