Unit 6 At one with nature Understanding ideas学案-2023-2024学年高中英语外研版（2019）必修第一册

While-reading Task 1: How do they grow crops in these mountainous areas? Task 2: What’s the main idea of the text? A. The bright future of Longji Rice Terraces. B. The history of development about Longii Rice Terraces C. A natural wonder - Longji Rice Terraces D. The reason for building Longii Rice Terraces Task 3: Look through the text and choose the author's purpose in writing the passage. (P64 3) 1 To praise the wisdom of the ethnic groups living in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. 2 To explain how people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces. 3 To describe the beauty of the Longji Rice Terraces and to attract visitors to this scenic spot. Task 4: Match the main ideas with each paragraph. Para 1 The reasons for building the terraces. Para 2 The working principles of the terraces. Para 3 The vivid description of the terraces. Para 4 The history of the terraces. Para 5 Its meaning to local people. Task 5: Task 6: Choose the best answer according to the passage. 1. How does the author develop Paragraph 1? A. By listing the facts. B. By comparing the facts. C. By vividly describing the scene. D. By painting the beautiful colors 2. Which is not the reason why the people built the terraces? A. Lack of enough flat areas B. Holding the rainwater C. Protecting the soil D. Making the mountains more steep 3. The significance of the Longii Rice Terraces lies in the fact that ________. A. they were built by the Zhuang and Yao people living in Guangxi B. they increase the areas in which they could grow rice C. they can catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from being washed away D. people worked in harmony with nature to create the Longji Rice Terraces 4. Which is the correct order of how the terraces work? ①The gas forms cloud ②The rain falls down ③ The water is turned into gas ④ The sun heats the water ⑤ The water flows into the terraces A. ②⑤④③①② B. ③①④②⑤③ C. ①④②⑤③① D. ②①④③⑤② 5. What can we conclude from the last paragraph? A. Modern technology helps people there produce more rice. B. People there still value the ancient growing methods. C. Many visitors come here to learn how to grow rice. D. The young people there like to create great wonders. Task 7: Read the summary of the passage and correct four factual mistakes. The Longji Rice Terraces were built by the local Zhuang ethnic group alone. Though there are many large, flat areas in the region, they built terraces on the mountains to have more areas to grow rice. The terraces are cleverly designed, and can wash away the shallow soil. There are hundreds of waterways, along which rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. Today, local people use modern methods to maintain the terraces, and they attract lots of visitors from all over the country. Task 8: Read the passage again and find out the working principle of the Longji Rice Terraces. Use the picture to retell the principle in your own words. After-reading Try to retell the text according to the graphic organizer. Complete the summary using the information in the passage. The Longji Rice Terraces were built by the local Zhuang and Yao people, to ________ Guangxi is home. Starting in the Yuan Dynasty, work on the terraces took hundreds of years, until its ___________ in the early Qing Dynasty. But why did these people go to so much trouble ________ the entire mountains into terraces? Firstly, there are ____ large, flat areas of land in the region. Building the terraces therefore ________ that they could increase the areas in which they could ________. Secondly, the mountains are _____ and the soil is _______. The flat terraces catch the rainwater and prevent the soil from ___________________. However, what is most _________ is the way people have worked _______________ nature to make these terraces and grow rice. It _____along the waterways that rainwater moves down the mountains and into the terraces. These terraces provide a perfect environment for birds and fish. Although modern technology could help produce more crops, these terraces still _____________ to the local people. Today, thousands of visitors ____________ by this ____________ every year. Think and Share (P64) 1. Why do the local people still keep their traditional way of growing rice? 2. In what other ways do people live in harmony with nature? Give examples. 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 $$