高一必修英语课文原文（精选7篇）
高一必修英语课文原文
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Hello Tony, what are you doing? Hello, Daming. I'm doing a model of space station. What do you think?
Very good! Is this your homework for your cosmos travel? I haven't started yet.
Don't be nervous, Ms. J will be there next week. Have you heard the latest news? Some scientists have sent a spaceship to Mars. It will take a few months to get there. Has the spaceship arrived? Yes, it is, that's the reason for the news. Has the astronauts found life on Mars? No, no, no. There are no astronauts on the spaceship. But the astronauts have been to the moon.
But no one has ever been there recently. But many astronauts have been working at the space station, and they travel between the earth and space in a spaceship.
You know a lot about cosmic travel. Can I show your space station model to my parents?
But I heard they went to Shanghai on a business trip. Oh, they come back this evening. I want to show them to them.
Well, you can take it away, but bring it back tomorrow.
U2
Scientists believe that millions of years ago there had been life on the earth. In any case, we can't find life on other planets. Isn't it?
The earth is a planet and it revolves around the sun. The other 7 planets also revolve around the sun. There is no air in one of them, so people and creatures can't grow. The sun and his stars are called the solar system. The solar system is a small part of our galaxy.
We can see stars in the evening, the other stars in the solar system. There are more than 200 million stars in our galaxy, called the Milky way, and our sun is one of them. But scientists have found other galaxies in the universe. They are far away from us and their light will take many years to arrive at us. It's hard to imagine how big the universe is.
Scientists have sent a spaceship to other planets in our solar system, and some of the spacecraft have also been to the solar system. In any case, no one has found any life in space. But no one sends messages to other planets? Do they try to send messages to us? So many stars are in the universe, are we alone? Is there life in space? We don't know yet.
U3
Do you like that zoo? Like it! I've seen the Panda at last - it's so exciting! It's interesting to know about the Wolong panda reserve. But it's sad to think of those endangered animals. It makes me angry! It's amazing to hear that so many animals are in danger. We need to better protect them. It's just too bad to catch whales or elephants to get their meat. It's true, but it's hard to stop it. Many animals have no place to live - our villages and farms are getting bigger and bigger, and we are taking over the land and forests that they live on. Also, their water is often undrinkable because we are polluting. It's awful! We're going to help animals live in a peaceful environment. But a lot of people don't think about it. What can we do? Think about what we can do to save them.
U4
Pandas are one of the most endangered animals, and now there are about 1000 pandas living in the nature reserve. The zoo and the research center take care of about 160 pandas, and scientists are studying how they live and how to make more babies born in the zoo.
Pandas live in forests and mountains in Southwest China. They mainly eat bamboo, and every panda needs to eat a lot of bamboo every day. For many reasons, the area of bamboo becomes smaller and smaller, so the panda can survive less and less. Pandas can't have many babies, and baby pandas often die, and the situation is becoming very serious.
Our government is trying to protect pandas, there are 30 extra nature reserves to protect pandas, but this is not enough. The government has made new plans to help the pandas, the nature reserves will become bigger and the bamboos will get better. The pandas will then have more enough food to eat, more enough to live, and the pandas born in the zoo will be able to return to the nature reserve.
原文翻译：
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你好tony，你在干什么? 你好daming，我正在做一个宇宙空间站的模型，你觉得怎么样?
非常好!这是你的宇宙旅行的家庭作业么?我还没开始呢。
别紧张，J女士下周才要呢，你听说最新的消息了么?一些科学家已经向火星发送了一艘宇宙飞船，它将要花费几个月的时间到那。飞船已经到了么?是的，到了，那就是成为消息的.原因。宇航员已经在火星上发现生命了么?不，没有。在宇宙飞船上没有宇航员。但是宇航员已经到过月球了。
但是最近没有人到过。但是许多宇航员已经在宇宙空间站上工作，他们乘坐宇宙飞船往返于地球和太空之间，
你知道许多关于宇宙旅行的事情，我能把你的宇宙空间站的模型展示给我的父母看么?
但是我听说他们去上海出差了。 噢，他们这个晚上回来，我想要把这些展示给他们看
好吧，你能带走它，但是明天要带回来。
u2
科学家们认为几百万年前在地球上有过生命。无论如何，我们还不能在其他行星上找到生命。不是么?
地球是一个行星并且它围绕太阳转动。其他7个行星也围着太阳转。他们中没有一个环境里有空气，所以人们和生物不能生长。太阳和他的星星们被称作太阳系。太阳系是我们星系中的一小部分。
我们能在晚上看到星星的是太阳系中的其他星星。有多于200亿万颗星星在我们的星系中，称作银河，我们的太阳是其中之一。 但是科学家们曾在宇宙中发现了其他星系。他们离我们很远并且他们的光要旅行很多年才到达我们。很难想象宇宙有多大。
科学家曾送飞船去在我们太阳系的其他行星，并且一些飞船还去过太阳系以外。无论如何，还没有人在太空中发现任何生命。 但是没人从其他行星上发信息给我们?他们试图发信息给我们么?有如此多的星星在宇宙中，我们是孤独的么，是否有生命在太空中?我们还不知道。
u3
你喜欢那个动物园吗?喜欢!我终于见到熊猫了--太激动了!了解一些关于卧龙熊猫保护区的情况很有意思。可是一想到那些濒危动物就令人伤心。太让我气愤了!令人吃惊的是听到那么多动物都处于濒危状态。我们需要更好地保护它们。捕杀鲸或象来获取它们的肉简直太不应该了。确实如此，但要制止却很难。很多动物无处生存--我们的村庄和农场变得越来越大，我们正在占据它们(赖以生存)的土地和森林。还有，它们的水常常不宜饮用--因为我们给污染了。真是太糟糕了!我们要帮助动物生活在安宁的环境里。但很多人却不考虑这些。我们到底能做些什么呢?想一想为了挽救它们，我们能做些什么。。。
u4
熊猫是最濒危动物之一，现在大约有1000只熊猫住在自然保护区。动物园和研究中心照顾大约160只大熊猫，科学家正在研究它们怎么生活，怎么让更多的熊猫宝宝在动物园出生。
熊猫住在中国西南的森林和山里，它们主要以竹子为食，每只熊猫每天都需要吃很多竹子，因为许多原因竹子的区域变的越来越小，所以熊猫能够生存的地方也越来越少。熊猫不能有许多的宝宝，熊猫宝宝经常死亡，这种情况正在变得非常严重。
我们的政府正在努力保护熊猫，有多余30个自然保护区去保护熊猫，但是这还不够，政府已经制定新计划去帮助熊猫，自然保护区将变得更大，竹子将变得更好。然后熊猫将会有更足够的食物去吃，更足够的地方去生存，在动物园出生的熊猫能够回到自然保护区里居住。
篇2：高一英语课文必修一原文
Unit1 ANNE’S BEST FRIEND
Anne’s Best Friend Do you want a friend whom you could tell everything to, like your deepest feelings and thoughts? Or are you afraid that your friend would laugh at you, or would not understand what you are going through? Anne Frank wanted the first kind, so she made her diary her best friend. Anne lived in Amsterdam in the Netherlands during World War Ⅱ. Her family was Jewish so nearly twenty-five months before they were discovered. During that time the only true friend was her diary. She said, ”I don’t want to set down a series of facts in a diary as most people do, but I want this diary itself to be my friend, and I shall call my friend Kitty.” Now read how she felt after being in the hiding place since July 1942. Thursday 15th June, 1944 Dear Kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so crazy about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time when a deep blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me spellbound. That’s changed since I was here. …For example, one evening when it was so warm, I stayed awake on purpose until half past eleven in order to have a good look at the moon by my self. But as the moon gave far too much light, I didn’t dare open a window. Another time five months ago, I happened to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window bad to be shut. The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the thundering clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face… …Sadly …I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains hanging before very dusty windows. It’s no pleasure looking through these any longer because nature is one thing that really must be experienced. Yours, Anne
Unit2 THE ROAD TO MODERN ENGLISH
the Road to Modern English At the end of the 16th century, about five to seven million people spoke English. Nearly all of them lived in England. Later in the next century, people from England made voyages to conquer other parts of the world, and because of that, English began to be spoken in many other countries. Today, more people speak English as their first, second or a foreign language than ever before. Native English speakers can understand each other even if they don’t speak the same kind of English. Look at this example: British Betty: Would you like to see my flat? American Amy: Yes. I’d like to come up to you apartment. So why has English changed over time? Actually all languages change and develop when cultures meet and communicate with each other. At fist the English spoken in England between about AD 450 and 1150 was very different from the English spoken today. It was base more on German than the English we speak at present. Then gradually between about AD 500 and 1150, English became less like German because those who ruled England spoke first Danish and later French. These new settlers enriched the English language and especially its vocabulary. So by the 1600’s Shakespeare was able to make use of a wider vocabulary than ever before. In 1620 some British settlers moved to America. Later in the 18th century some British people were taken to Australia to. English began to be spoken in both countries. Finally by the 19th century the language was settled. At that time two big changes in English spelling happened: first Samuel Johnson wrote his dictionary and later Noah Webster wrote The American Dictionary of the English language. The latter gave a separate identity to American English spelling. English now is also spoken as a foreign or second language in South Asia. For example, India has a very large number of fluent English speakers because Britain ruled India from 1765 to 1947. During that time English became the language for government and education. English is also spoken in Singapore and Malaysia and countries in Africa such as South Africa. Today the number of people learning English in China is increasing rapidly. In fact, China may have the largest number of English learners. Will Chinese English develop its own identity? Only time will tell.
Unit3 Travel journal
Journey Down the Mekong 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 if 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 time interested in cycling too. After graduating from 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 it ends. Now she is planning our schedule for the trip. 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 organize the trip properly. Now I know that the proper way is always her way. I kept asking her, “When are we leaving and when are we coming back?” I asked 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 meters, 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. Once she has made up her mind, nothing can change it. Finally, I had to give in. Several months before our trip, Wang Wei and I went to the library. We found a large atlas with good maps that showed details of world geography. From the atlas we could see that the Mekong River begins in a glacier to move quickly. It becomes rapids as it passes through deep valleys, traveling across western Yunnan Province. Sometimes the river becomes a water fall and enters wide valleys. We were both surprised to learn that half of the river is in China. After it leaves China and high altitude, the Mekong becomes wide, brown and warm. As it enters Southeast Asia, its pace slows. It makes wide bends or meanders through low valleys to the plains where rice grows. At last, the river delta enters the South China Sea.
Unit4 ANIGHTTHEEARTHDIDN'TSLEEP
Strange things were happening in the countryside of northeast Hebei.For three days the water in the village wells rose and fell,rose and fell.Farmers noticed that the well walls had deep cracks in them.A smelly gas came out of the cracks.In the farmyards,the chickens and even the pigs were too nervois to eat.Mice ran out of the fields looking for places to hide.Fish jumped out of their bowls and ponds.At about 3:00 am on july 28,1976,some people saw bright lights in the sky.The sound of planes could be heard outside the city of Tangshan even when no planes were in the sky.In the city,the water pipes in some buildings cracked and burst.but the one million people of the city,who thiught little of these events,were asleep as usual that night.
At 3:42 am everything began to shake.It seemed as if the world was at an end!Eleven kilometres directly below the city the greatest earthquake of the 20th century had begun.It was felt in Beijing,which is more than two hundred kilometres away.One-third of the nation felt it.A huge crack that was eight kilometres long and thirty metres wide cut across houses,roads and canals.Steam burst from holes in the ground.Hard hills of rock became rivers of dir.In fifteen terrible seconds a large city lay in ruins.The suffering of the people was extreme.Two-thirds of them died or were left without parents.The number of people who were killed or injured reached more than 400,000.
But how could the survivors believe it was natural?Everywhere they looked nearly everything was destroyed.All of the city's hospitals,75%of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes were gone.Bricks covered the ground like red autumn leaves.No wind,however,could blow them away.Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for travelling.The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel.Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again.Half a million oigs and millions of chickens were dead.Sand now filled the wells instead of water.People were shocked.Then,later that afternoon,another big quake which was almost as strong as the first one shook Tangshan.Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins.More buildings fell down.Water,food,and electricity were hard to get.people begab to wonder how long the disaster would last.
All hope was not lost.Soon after the quakes,the army sent 150,000 soldiers to Tangshan to help the rescue workers.Hundreds of thousands of people were helped.The army organized teams to dig out those who were trapped and to bury the dead.To the north of the city,most of the 10,000 miners were rescued from the coal mines there.Workers built shelters for survivors whose homes had been destroyed.Fresh water was taken to the city bu train,truck and plane.Slowly,the city began to breathe again.
Unit5 ELIAS'STORY
My name is Elias. I am a poor black worker in South Africa. The time when I first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of my life. I was twelve years old. It was in 1952 and Mandela was the black lawyer to whom I went for advice. He offered guidance to poor black people on their legal problems. He was generous with his time, for which I was grateful.
I needed his help because I had very little education. I began school at six. The school where I studied for only two years was three kilometers away. I had to leave because my family could not continue to pay the school fees and the bus fare. I could not read or write well. After trying hard, I got a job in a gold mine. However, this was a time when one had got to have a passbook to live in Johannesburg. Sadly I did not have it because I was not born there, and I worried about whether I would become out of work.
The day when Nelson Mandela helped me was one of my happiest. He told my how to get the correct papers so I could stay in Johannesburg. I became more hopeful about my future. I never forgot how kind Mandela was. When he organized the ANC Youth League, I joined it as soon as I could. He said:
“The last thirty years have seen the greatest number of laws stopping our rights and progress, until today we have reached a stage where we have almost no rights at all.”
It was the truth. Black people could not vote or choose their leaders. They could not get the jobs they wanted. The parts of town in which they had to live were decided by white people. The places outside the towns where they were sent to live were the poorest parts of South Africa. No one could grow food there. In fact as Nelson Mandela said:
“…we were put into a position in which we had either to accept we were less important or fight the government. We chose to attack the laws. We first broke the law in a way which was peaceful; when this was not allowed…only then did we decide to answer violence with violence.
As a matter of fact, I do not like violence…but in 1963 I helped him blow up some government buildings. It was very dangerous because if I was caught I could be put in prison. But I was happy to help because I knew it would help us achieve our dream of making black and white people equal.
篇3：高一课文原文
在香港飘扬了一百五十多年的英国米字旗最后一次在这里降落后，接载查尔斯王子和离任港督彭定康回国的英国皇家游轮“不列颠尼亚”号驶离维多利亚港湾——这是英国撤离香港的最后时刻。
英国的告别仪式是30日下午在港岛半山上的港督府拉开序幕的。在蒙蒙细雨中，末任港督告别了这个曾居住了二十五任港督的庭院。
4点30分，面色凝重的彭定康注视着港督旗帜在“日落余音”的号角声中降下旗杆。根据传统，每一位港督离任时，都举行降旗仪式。但这一次不同：永远都不会再有港督旗帜从这里升起了。4时40分，代表英国女王统治了香港五年的彭定康登上带有皇家标记的黑色“劳斯莱斯”，最后一次离开了港督府。
掩映在绿树丛中的港督府于1885年建成，在以后的近一个半世纪中，包括彭定康在内的许多港督曾对其进行过大规模改建、扩建和装修。随着末代港督的离去，这座古典风格的白色建筑成为历史的陈迹。
晚6时15分，象征英国管治结束的告别仪式在距离驻港英军总部不远的添马舰军营东面举行。停泊在港湾中的皇家游轮“不列颠尼亚”号和临近大厦上悬挂的巨幅紫荆花图案，恰好构成这个“日落仪式”的背景。
此时，雨越下越大。查尔斯王子在雨中宣读英国女王赠言说：“英国国旗就要降下，中国国旗将飘扬于香港上空。一百五十多年的英国管治即将告终。”
7点45分，广场上灯火渐暗，开始了当天港岛上的4：高一课文原文
《别了，“不列颠尼亚”》这篇课文是新闻特写（也有看作是通讯的），它侧重于“再现”，往往采用文学手法，集中、突出地描述某一重大事件的发生现场，或某些重要和精彩的场面，生动、形象地将所报道的事实再现在读者面前。
在本文中，作为历史的见证人，集中描写了英国撤离香港那一天的几个具有典型性的场景，把生动的现场气氛传达给读者。《别了，“不列颠尼亚”》要文学的语言来表述香港回归这一重大事件，既不能只写中方，又要完整反映英方撤离的情况；既不能对英方讽刺谴责，又要突出殖民统治结束的象征意义，表现民族自豪感。这篇文章形象而庄重的语言，在含蓄中包含了很多言外之义，非常耐人寻味。如在写到英方在告别仪式上降下英国国旗时说：“一百五十六年前，一个叫爱德华·贝尔彻的英国舰长带领士兵占领了港岛，在这里升起了英国国旗；今天，另一名英国海军士兵在‘威尔士亲王’军营旁的这个地方降下了米字旗。”看似平实的语言，却鲜明的对比，饱含了对长达一个半世纪的殖民统治结束后的欣喜之情。在教学中操作好这一点，将能体现文章的最大值。
本节课的设计的主导思想是三点一线，即有文体特征引出语言的品味，进而归结到思想感情的培养。教学重点是学会揣摩重点语句的深刻含义，体会文章的文学效应，由此培养学生的爱国热情和民族自信心。语言的揣摩贯穿始终——一切课堂活动都围绕其进行。回归到语文教学的本体——学习语言上来。也就是要把“培养和提高学生正确理解和运用祖国语言文字的能力”作为语文教学的根本任务。这也是语文组的实验课题即“语言本体教学”的基本理论。
教学目标：
1．掌握基本的新闻知识，明确新闻与新闻特写的异同。
2．品味文章中重点语句的深刻含义，品味本文庄重、含蓄的语言风格
3．回顾历史，培养学生的爱国热情和民族自信心。
教学重点：
1. 掌握基本的新闻知识，了解新闻和新闻特写的区别。
2. 品味本文庄重、含蓄的语言风格。
教学难点：
1． 品味文章中含义深刻的细节之处。
2．学习本文把历史场景和现实场景相融合的写作方法。
教学过程：
一、整体感知，精段品读
邓小平同志一国两制的伟大构想使香港回归变成了现实，离开祖国怀抱150多年的香港终于……我们一起重温那段历史吧。(播放香港回归的影音资料，大约5分钟)
1、 大家谈观看影音资料的感受------激动，感慨。
当时情景，令我们心潮澎湃，如果我们是记者，目睹了这一历史场景，怎样将我们的所见所闻传递给更多的人呢？小组讨论，形成一篇新闻稿。
2、讨论前明确：学生对“新闻”一词自己提出问题
（1）什么是新闻？（2）新闻的特点 （3）新闻的结构
（定义：新闻是关于最近所发生的新鲜而重要的报道或评述。它有广义和
狭义之分。广义的新闻包括消息、通讯、特写；狭义的新闻只包括消息。
3、从结构出发完成新闻稿的标题和导语------小组讨论成稿，基本掌握
新闻的知识。
二、关于新闻特写
本文是一篇新闻特写，广义上是新闻的一种。形象性、文学性、感染力比新闻强，常带有的议论和抒情，篇幅较长，描写细腻。
就新闻的写作来讲，同一个事件，可有不同的报道角度；同一个意思，可有不同的表达方式。本篇特写与一般的消息有所不同，它不是以纯粹的叙述来报道某一事件，而是用文学的笔法来些新闻。而其文学的效果主要借助语言的魅力得以实现。那么本篇特写用文学的语言来表述香港回归这一重大事件，意在如何呢？
4、大家交流新闻稿
明确：1997年7月1日中国政府恢复对香港行使主权。这是中华民族的一大盛事，也是世界历史上的一件大事。这一重大事件每个中华民族的子孙都十分关注的，也为此而万分激动和自豪的，那么一定会以此为写作的切入点和写作目标，通过告别仪式的现场描述和156年的沧桑回顾，体现出回归的划时代的重大历史意义，从而激发民众的民族自豪感、爱国意识。为了达到这一目的，是万“写”不离其宗，施展语言技巧，以动人心。
三、质疑问难，合作探究
5、对于这一伟大的历史事件，不仅仅是华夏儿女关心，世界各大媒体齐聚香港，截至1997年5月8日，就有778家传媒，8423人登记对交接仪式进行采访，作为中国国家通讯社的新华社不辱使命，不负众望，高人一筹，获得中国新闻奖一等奖，正是这篇《别了，“不列颠尼亚”》
6、出示思考问题：
（1）这则新闻为什么会获此荣誉?为下文使用“发现法”做好铺垫。 (提示:可以从那些角度考虑?如:它的结构、标题等角度)
（2）我们学习新闻的意义何在?(联系我们生活的时代特点)
分组讨论问题。
四、成果展示、视野融合
各组交流，达成共识：
（1）共识:标题巧，语言妙，角度新。
（2）我们生活在这个信息时代，新闻媒体已经成了我们看世界的窗口，我们应该学会利用这个途径，提取重要信息、关注社会，关注生活，关心国内外大事。）
五、揣摩并鉴赏语言
揣摩和鉴赏语言往往要落实到具体的词句上去，教会学生发现富有表现力的词句，让学生因此明白，词不离句，句不离段等道理——在语境中把握关键词、关键句，注意关键词句之间的关联和其辐射作用。
在所有的语言训练项目中，需要不断地向学生灌输或反复体现一个指导思想，即揣摩什么语言；揣摩语言的什么；怎样揣摩语言。揣摩语言就是反复思考推敲语言的意味。具体说,就是在整体感知课文内容的基础上,在一定的语境中对关键词语的深层含义、感情色彩和表达作用等进行辨析、品味和理解,以准确理解文句的含义,并依靠自己的独立思考,加深对课文思想内容的理解。语言文字训练主要是通过对字词句的理解，把握文章的主要内容，进而掌握遣词造句，课篇布局，“有所为而作”的规律。因此，阅读教学中，如何引导学生抓关键词语去体会句子的含义，对理解文章内容起着至关重要的作用。如本文在叙述中语言显得沉着平静，没有直接的议论和抒情，但从这些我们又仿佛听到内心的激动和心跳，这是为什么呢？请找出这些隐藏感情的语句。
篇5：高一英语必修一课文翻译
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第三单元
沿湄公河而下的旅行
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。
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。
