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Unit 2 Travelling Around
Period 5
Reading for Writing
Have you ever travelled to Xi’an ? What attractions have you visited?
Lead-in
2
the Shanxi
History Museum
the Terracotta Army
the Huaqing Palace
the Xi’an City Wall
Xi’an
the Xi’an bell tower
TERRACOTTA ARMY
Come and see the Terracotta Army: more than 8,000 statues were made in the third century BCE to guard the tomb of the Chinese Emperor Qinshihuang! Each statue has a different face, leading researchers to believe that each one is copy of a real soldier.
size
history
feature(特点,特征)
Cultural note
Reading 1
4
The statues fill only one part of the emperor's huge tomb , which still has not been completely unearthed. More than 700,000 people worked for nearly 40 years to build this tomb. However,
no one in modern times knew about the tomb or the terracotta statues until 1974, when some farmers discovered the tomb while they were digging a well!
length of time
and labor
Cultural note
What do you learn from the short passage?
be discovered by accident
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Part 2 Reading
Reading 2
Read Richard’s email to Xiao Li, and then find out the aspects mentioned in his travel paln.
where to go
when to go
why
how
with whom
what to do
Read for the structure
main purpose for the trip
other plans for the trip
Transport
Final thoughts
Greeting
Signature
Activity 2:
Study the organization and language features.
1. Summarize the email in the table.
Paragraph Main idea Detail
1 main purpose for the trip
2 other plans for the trip
3 transport
4 final thoughts
go to Xi’an to see the Terracotta Army
go to the Shaanxi History museum, the Xi’an City Wall, and a few other famous sights.
take the train, leave the day before the October holiday begins and arrived at 9:30 a.m.
write again soon and send photos
Study language features
Words and phrases used to express emotion
2. Underline the words and phrases used to express emotion in the email. Then complete the sentences below.
Study the organization and language feat