Unit 3 Diverse Cultures Reading for Writing & Assessing Your Progress课件-2022-2023学年高中英语人教版必修第三册

人教版（2019）必修三 Unit 3 Diverse Cultures Reading for Writing & Assessing Your Progress Reading for Writing Describe a place with distinctive cultural identity Learning objectives By the end of this section, you will be able to: 1. read an introduction to the Chinatown in San Francisco; 2. grasp the organisation and language features of the introduction; 3. write a cultural introduction to your city or town; 4. cooperate with group mates actively through checking your introductions together. Lead-in What’s Li Lan’s impression of the Chinatown in San Francisco? Review. cafés restaurants What do you want to know about the Chinatown in San Francisco? Brainstorm. Chinatown in San Francisco is the oldest Chinese neighbourhood in North America, and the largest Chinese neighbourhood outside of Asia. The first Chinese immigrants arrived in 1848, and the first mention of “Chinatown” in newspapers came in 1853. Nearly all the people living in Chinatown are ethnically Asian, and most still speak Chinese as their first (or only) language. Historically, the vast majority of people residing in Chinatown originally came from Guangdong or Hong Kong. Read the introduction to the Chinatown in San Francisco quickly, and think about the following questions. Pre-writing Who are the target readers? What is the writer’s purpose of writing this text? Visitors. To attract more visitors. Suggested Answers Read the introduction to the Chinatown in San Francisco and answer the questions. What are the famous tourist sites in the Chinatown of San Francisco? What else can you do there? Dragon Gate, Tin How Temple, Bank of Canton, and Portsmouth Square. We can explore the interesting sights, experience traditional Chinese culture, go shopping, eat Chinese food, and so on. Suggested Answers Cultural Notes The Dragon Gate is the most photographed site in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The gate was designed by three Chinese-American architects in 1967 using traditional Chinese village