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Nurturing nature
Book 4 Unit 6
Starting out
Look at the pictures and answer:
1 How do you feel about these landscapes?
2 Do you think it's important to protect the natural environment? Why?
Activity 1
UNESCO has maintained a list of World Heritage Sites.
Starting out
Watch the video, take notes, and complete the chart.
Activity 2
Type Number Example Threat
__________ World Heritage sites
__________ World Heritage sites Lake Baikal
__________ World Heritage sites
Starting out
Watch the video, take notes, and complete the chart.
Activity 2
Type Number Example Threat
__________ World Heritage sites
__________ World Heritage sites Lake Baikal
__________ World Heritage sites
Cultural
Natural
Mixed
800+
30+
Giza Pyramid Complex
Mount Tai Mount Hua Mount Wuyi Mount Emei
human activity
climate change
What other natural heritage sites in China do you know of?
2017年,波兰当地时间7月7日下午15:14分, 在联合国教科文组织第41届世界遗产委员会大会上通过终审,青海可可西里成功列入《世界遗产名录》,成为中国第51个世界遗产项目。
B4U6
Understanding ideas
Qinghai-Tibet Railway
Pre-reading
Work in pairs and complete the quiz. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Activity 1
1 Which is the highest railway in the world?
a The Trans-Siberian Railway.
b The Qinghai-Tibet Railway.
c The Chengdu-Kunming Railway.
2 In which year was the completed Qinghai-Tibet Railway put into operation?
a 1984.
b 2001.
c 2006.
10
Pre-reading
Work in pairs and complete the quiz. Try to guess if you are not sure of the answers.
Activity 1
3 Which of these stations is not on the Qinghai-Tibet Railway?
a Lhasa
b Golmud.
c Lanzhou.
4 Which of these natural World Heritage Sites does the Qinghai-Tibet Railway pass by?
a Xinjiang Tianshan.
b Qinghai Hoh Xil.
c South China Karst.
11
Predict the challenges when building the Qinghai-Tibet Railway
While-reading
Summarise the passage in one sentence.
This passage talks about _________________________________
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