Unit 4 Section Ⅰ Welcome to the unit and Reading—Preview（Word教参）-【优化指导】2023-2024学年新教材高中英语选择性必修第三册（译林版2020）

Heritage is our legacy from the past，what we live with today and what we pass on to future generations. 遗产是我们从过去遗留下来的，是我们今天赖以生存的东西，是我们传给后代的东西。 主题语境——人与社会——物质与非物质文化遗产天坛，世界文化遗产，在北京市南部，东城区永定门内大街东侧。占地约273万平方米。天坛始建于明永乐十八年(1420年)，清乾隆、光绪时曾重修改建。为明、清两代帝王祭祀皇天、祈五谷丰登之场所。天坛是圜丘、祈谷两坛的总称，有坛墙两重，形成内外坛，坛墙南方北圆，象征天圆地方。 The Temple of Heaven The Temple of Heaven is situated in the southern part of the city of Beijing.It was built in 1420，covering an area of①273 hectares (公顷). The temple was the place where the emperors of the Ming and Qing Dynasties worshiped②heaven and prayed for③good harvests.It is regarded as④one of the greatest architectural structures in the world.Some environmental artists and gardeners describe the temple as a place where people can talk to heaven. In Beijing，four imperial⑤temples were built during the Ming and Qing Dynasties.At the southern end of the city axis⑥is the Temple of Heaven.It is the most important of the four.The other three are the Altar⑦of Earth in the north，the Altar of Moon in the west，and the Altar of Sun in the east just behind the Beijing Friendship Store.All of them are still standing，but the Temple of Heaven is the largest group of temple buildings of its kind in China，nearly four times larger than the Forbidden City.It was designed in a way that makes you close to heaven. In making the structures，the designers made good use of⑧the colour，sound，and figures of the circle and the square.The combination of building and gardens helps to make it appear mysterious⑨and magical.The temple's architecture has two themes.One is “on the earth” while the other is “in the heaven”． In imperial days，the Chinese people believed that the sky was circular and the earth was square.On the basis of⑩this traditional concept，the circle was widely adopted in the design of the temple's main building.It is in accordance with⑪people's imagination⑫of heaven. ①cover an area of占地…… ②worship vt.崇敬，崇拜 ③pray for祈祷…… ④be regarded as...被认为是…… ⑤imperial adj.皇帝的 ⑥axis n．轴线 ⑦a