Unit 6 Understanding ideas Longji Rice Terraces 公开课赛课课件-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

Unit 6 Longji Rice Terraces -Reading Let's enjoy a video. Q1:What do you learn from the video? Warm-up: Video time Q1:What do you learn from the video? First stop: Longji Rice Terraces Let’s go travel around Guang Xi. travel tips Read the following passage to learn about Longji Rice Terraces, which will help you enjoy your trip. Skim the passage and get the main idea of each paragraph. paragraphs main idea P1 P2 P3 P4 P5 the meaning how they work the reason the background the view Learning to learn: Main idea often comes at the beginning of a paragraph; sometimes, it appears in the middle or at the end. So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn the entire mountains into terraces? topic sentence Activity 1: Read for understanding Topic sentence: ...these terraces still mean a lot to the local people for whom traditions hold much value. seasons color thing verbs spring summer autumn winter silver water wrap shine bright green growing rice gold white turn are cover white frost Read para 1 and fill in the form. mountains st Function: to attract readers Why does the writer mention the view at the beginning? Natural beauty: hook elements background of the construction who where when how long Zhuang and Yao people Guang xi start in the Yuan Dynasty and complete in the early Qing Dynasty hundreds of years Natural way Why did it take so long to build them? what hook Read para 2 and fill in the form. 3. So why did these people go to so much trouble to turn the entire mountains into terraces? Firstly, there are few large, flat areas of land in the region. Building the terraces meant that they could increase the areas in which they could grow rice. Secondly, the mountains are steep and the soil is shallow. The flat terraces prevent the soil from being washed away. problem solution _ large and flat areas in the region _ the areas where they could grow rice _ mountains _ rainwater _ soil _ the soil from being _ _ few steep shallow increase catch prevent washed away h