必修一英语unit课文翻译JourneyDownTheMekong.pptx

会计学JourneyDownTheMekongTwoyearsago,sheboughtanexpensivemountainbikeandthenshepersuadedmetobuyone.Lastyear,shevisitedourcousins,DaoWeiandYuHangattheircollegeinKunming.Aftergraduatingfromcollege,wefinallygotthechancetotakeabiketrip.Iaskedmysister,“wherearewegoing?”ItwasmysisterwhofirsthadtheideatocyclealongtheentireMekongRiverfromwhereitbeginstowhereitends.Nowsheisplanningourscheduleforthetrip
Iamfondofmysisterbutshehasoneseriousshortcoming.ShecanbereallystubbornNowIknowthattheproperwayisalwaysherway.Ikeptaskingher.“whenareweleavingandwhenarewecomingback?”Iaskedherwhethershehadlookedatamapyet.Ofcourseshehadn’t;Mysisterdoesn’tcareaboutdetails.SoItoldherthatthesourceoftheMekongisinQinghaiProvince.Shegavemeadeterminedlook—thekindthatsaidshewouldnotchangehermind.WhenItoldherthatourjourneywouldbeginatanaltitudeofmorethan5000meters,sheseemedtobeexcitedaboutit.WhenItoldhertheairwouldbehardtobreatheanditwouldbeverycold,shesaiditwouldbeaninterestingexperience.我非常了解我的姐姐，她一旦下了决心，什么都不能是她改变。最后，我只好让步了。Severalmonthsbeforeourtrip,WangWeiandIwenttothelibrary.Wefoundalargeatlaswithgoodmapsthatshoweddetailsofworldgeography.我们从图上可以看到，湄公河发源于西藏一座山上的冰川。Atfirsttheriverissmallandthewaterisclearandcold.Thenitbeginstomovequickly.Itbecomesrapidsasitpassesthroughdeepvalleys,travellingacrosswesternYunnanProvince.有时，这条江变成了瀑布，进入宽阔的峡谷。我俩惊奇地得知这条河有一半在中国境内。AfteritleavesChinaandhighaltitude,theMekongbecomeswide,brownandwarm.而当它进入东南亚以后，它的脚步变缓，蜿蜒穿过低谷，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。