内容正文:
THE MAYA
What do you know about the mystery of the Maya?
Pre-reading
1 Predict what this passage might talk about based on the title and picture.
2 Read and check your prediction.
Read for structure
1 What is the genre?
Expository writing.
(to explain/clarify/ expose)
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Read for structure
2 In what aspects does the writer explain the mysteries of the Maya?
Use key words to summarise each paragraph.
An incredible discovery
Human causes
Achievements
Decline
Natural causes
Ending
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Read for details
1 Choose the topic sentence in Activity 3 to complete the passage.
Ways to achieve cohesion:
Reference 指代
Lexical cohesion 词汇衔接
Conjunction 连接
Read for details
1 Choose the topic sentence in Activity 3 to complete the passage.
Ways to achieve cohesion:
Reference 指代
Lexical cohesion 词汇衔接
Conjunction 连接
Activity 3
1 Choose the topic sentence in Activity 3 to complete the passage.
Read for details
Ways to achieve cohesion:
Reference 指代
Lexical cohesion 词汇衔接
Conjunction 连接
Activity 3
1 Choose the topic sentence in Activity 3 to complete the passage.
Read for details
Ways to achieve cohesion:
Reference 指代
Lexical cohesion 词汇衔接
Conjunction 连接
Activity 3
1 Choose the topic sentence in Activity 3 to complete the passage.
Read for details
Ways to achieve cohesion:
Reference 指代
Lexical cohesion 词汇衔接
Conjunction 连接
Activity 3
1 Choose the topic sentence in Activity 3 to complete the passage.
Read for details
Ways to achieve cohesion:
Reference 指代
Lexical cohesion 词汇衔接
Conjunction 连接
Activity 3
1 Choose the topic sentence in Activity 3 to complete the passage.
Read for details
Ways to achieve cohesion:
Reference 指代
Lexical cohesion 词汇衔接
Conjunction 连接
Activity 3
Read for details
2 Organise information from the passage and complete the file of Maya civilisation.
Activity 4
Mexico
Central America
natural disasters
turning wetlands into fields
digging huge canal systems
population
droughts
lasting for a couple of years
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3 Complete the cultural comparis